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Author Archives: Mark Hayes
The Rare Unsigned Copy: and other mistakes
“You don’t really want one of the signed copies, what you really want is one of those rare unsigned copies.” Laughter echoed around the bar at the Blackpool landlords amusing quip… Possibly because this was one of the funniest things anyone … Continue reading
Posted in humour, opinion, Passing Place, publication, self-publishing, Uncategorized
Tagged #amwriting, #passingplace, opinion, self-publishing
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The Temple: The complete Lovecraft #21
“He is calling! He is calling!” The question of whom is doing the calling above, well that’s one open to interpretation, but whoever it may be they reside in an ancient temple submerges deep below the waves of the Atlantic… Of … Continue reading
Posted in Lovecraft, mythos, retro book reviews, rites
Tagged amreading, cthulhu, horror, Lovecraft
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Self-publishing: A Guidebook for the Tourist#7: The ‘Free’ book experience
Back in March, I published a post about ‘free’ books. It was rather a long one and went into a lot of detail on the subject and my opinion such as it is. To quote myself (because no one else is … Continue reading
The Happy Thursday Good News Slot #1
We are bombarded with bad news. In these latter days more than ever. 24 Hour news channels that seldom have anything but doom-laden bulletining’s of scandalous regard. War, Politics, terrorism, the celebrity death race, more war, scandal’s, police killings, mass … Continue reading
Misquoting Kipling and other musings…
A question that occurred to me today while working on the final draft of ‘A Spider in the Eye’ a Hannibal Smyth adventure, which I thought I would share. It’s a question of integrity, writers and indeed the integrity of … Continue reading
Posted in opinion, self-publishing, steampunk, writes, writing
Tagged #amwriting, amreading, quotes, writing
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The Picture in the House: The complete Lovecraft #20
Lovecraft’s tales cover a broad spectrum, but the best of them are those that inspire a visceral response deep in your gut. The ones that get under your skin, gnaw the back of your mind and invoke your inner fears. ‘The … Continue reading
Posted in Lovecraft, mythos, retro book reviews, rites
Tagged amreading, cthulhu, Lovecraft
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Celephais: The Complete Lovecraft #19
Regular readers may have noticed there has been a bit of a lull in Lovecraftian posts for the last couple of months. Indeed the last of these was ‘The Tree‘ way back in early April. There are several reasons for … Continue reading
‘Beyond Redemption’ and the bedside table…
I read a lot, as most writers do. Indeed it is more or less a prime requisite for the job. The great sage himself, Stephen King, says… “If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above … Continue reading
Posted in book reviews, pointless things of wonderfulness, reads
Tagged #scifi, bookreview
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E-Book Giveaway…
As the title suggests I am giving away Ebook copies of my first novel ‘Cider Lane: Of Silences and Stars’ on Kindle this week. (Follow the link to read more.) This is for one week only, or five days technically … Continue reading
Posted in cider lane, publication, writing
Tagged #amwriting, #novel, amreading, ciderlane
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Strontium Dogs…
I grew up, back in the 80’s, reading 2000AD. Dredd, Rogue Trooper, Holo Jones, Bad Company, The A.B.C. Warriors, The VC’s, Nemesis the Warlock and all the rest informed my humour, my writing and my love of what sci-fi at its best can … Continue reading
Posted in 2000AD, goodreads, movies, opinion, pointless things of wonderfulness, reads, sci-fi, writes, writing
Tagged 2000AD, art, carlos ezquerra, comics, movies, strontiumdog
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