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Author Archives: Mark Hayes
A Gentleman
“It seems to me, that the use of lockpicks should fall under the remit of a gentleman’s valet, rather than the gentleman himself.” Benjamin West grumbled just after he snapped his second pick in quick succession. Continue reading
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The End of the world is not the Ragnarök
My axe is cold, frost crisscross’s the handle and the fingers that hold it, but the blade is sharp still and blood still flows in he that would wield it.
The Ragnarök is over, we are what remain Continue reading
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The darkness
I am the darkness that dwells in your head
I am the secrets you’ve never said
I am the malice that lay at your heart
Dear Edgar #20 The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket
As authors go you would be hard pressed to find many with a legacy as influential as that of our own dear Edgar. Poe’s works have inspired directly or indirectly much of what we now perceive as the western cannon. … Continue reading
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Dear Edgar #19 The Devil in the Belfry
Order is a wonderful thing, there is a genuine joy to waking up on a morning and knowing there will be breakfast in the cupboard, because there is always breakfast in the cupboard. There is a safety and some would … Continue reading
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The Return of a Semblance of Hope
Time has past… Strange epochs are upon us, the stars are finally right and the thing that was prophesied will now come to pass… Also there make be coco! Continue reading
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Here Today, Scone Tomorrow
Folk law is full of places that don’t entirely exist. Places that slide off the map, and give cartographers a headache. Continue reading
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Prose poet
I had one of those conversations the other day with another writer on the subject of poetry. The essence of which was they held the opinion all writers should write poetry, I disagreed as I don’t. Except of course when … Continue reading
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Genteel light vs Grim dark
Just to avoid any confusion I like grim dark fiction. I like heroes and heroines with shades of grey. I have no problem with a two sided coins, villains with heroic traits and heroes who are half the villain. I … Continue reading
Authors of Folly and Madness
In a dimly lit basement. Beneath the grim streets of a post industrial city whence dark satanic mills long since ceased to pushing dense black smoke in to the air. On a wooden operating table, complete with ancient leather straps … Continue reading
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