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Author Archives: Mark Hayes
Steampunk issues
Given current events I feel, rightly or wrongly, the need to have a conversation I have meant to have for a while. A conversation about Steampunk, a genre, subculture and in some cases lifestyle choice with which I have a … Continue reading
Posted in amreading, amwriting, books, Canadian steampunk, fiction, Hannibal Smyth, humanrights, indie, indie novels, indie writers, indiewriter, novels, opinion, politics, rant, reads, rights, steampunk, writes, writing
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Truth in fiction
Good fiction, good science fiction in particular, explores truth. In the case of good science fiction it often explores an uncomfortable truth by taking a concept and building upon it an extreme example of where that truth might lead. Really … Continue reading
Posted in amreading, book reviews, books, fiction, goodreads, indie, indie novels, indie writers, novels, opinion, pointless things of wonderfulness, politics, reads, rights, sci-fi, writing
Tagged #scifi, bookreview, books, indie publishing, indienovels, indiewriter, newreads, psycology, reads, reviews, sciencefiction
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Nitschewo : Whatever
If your Russia is as rusty as mine you probably won’t know Nitschewo more or less translates as ‘Whatever’, an expression used throughout these memoirs by both the Russians and the author “You are only a plennie” Wilhelm Max Rose … Continue reading
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Indie Friday roundup
You have probably never heard of #IndieFriday . There could be many reasons for this, perhaps you don’t religiously venerate hashtags, for example, though that would seem to be a heresy within the church of the internet…. Perhaps while interested … Continue reading
Posted in amreading, amwriting, books, druidry, fantasy, Hannibal Smyth, Harvey Duckman, humour, indie, indie novels, indie writers, indiefriday, indiewriter, novels, pagan, reads, sci-fi, steampunk
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The BIG question…
It’s been an odd year so far… It’s hard to put a finger on why, but it has definitely been a little odd… You may have noticed this as well… Among other things I have found myself asking big important … Continue reading
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Tagged big questions, humanity, humour, life, rants, reads
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A Tantalising Titillation of Tantamount
Introduction by Mark Todays Indieapril post is an exert from the truly wonderful ‘Tales from Tantamount’ the fictional (we assume and hope in many ways) record of the town of Tantamount By Meredith Debonnaire. This exert is from the original … Continue reading
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