Author Archives: Mark Hayes

About Mark Hayes

Writer A messy, complicated sort of entity. Quantum Pagan. Occasional weregoth Knows where his spoon is, do you? #author #steampunk http://linktr.ee/mark_hayes

The thing I hate about self-publishing

Posted on September 12, 2016 by Mark Hayes

This is really just one thing. Which is asking people, I converse with on Facebook, if they will read and review my book … Really, words can not describe how much I hate doing this… which is why I don’t … Continue reading →

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in case anyone is wondering…

Posted on September 9, 2016 by Mark Hayes

Just in case anyone is wondering about the new banner.The dragons name is ErrolMore fully he is Errol the Bookcase Dragon, a rare and wonderful breed of dragon I bought at Gothfest in Whitby a couple fo years ago. He … Continue reading →

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Waiting at the bus stop of lost hopes…

Posted on September 9, 2016 by Mark Hayes

Okay, slight over dramatic title for this piece, but it is taken from the name of the first chapter of Passing Place so it had a certain appeal because waiting is more or less what I am doing. It’s not … Continue reading →

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RELEASE DAY

Posted on September 2, 2016 by Mark Hayes

On the off chance anyone missed it My new novel Passing Place came out today. Needless to say I am very happy about this 🙂 more news on this front in the next few days Fantasy and science-fiction collide with horror … Continue reading →

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Passing Place

Posted on September 1, 2016 by Mark Hayes

No longer coming soon ,, its almost arrived …. “The Greyhound pulled away into the thunderous summer storm, leaving in its wake a dishevelled, world-weary figure in the dark, deserted bus station.” Richard is a man come to the end. … Continue reading →

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Passing Place , Authors notes ,and Playlist

Posted on September 1, 2016 by Mark Hayes

Authors notes. This is a novel about many things, but more than anything else it is a novel about stories. The ones we tell, the ones we here and the ones we all know. How they influence our lives and … Continue reading →

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Passing place short #3

Posted on August 21, 2016 by Mark Hayes

The shaman walked around me Circling slowly Shaking medicine bag and rattle stick Pushing my head over fire I breathe deeply of the smoke He circles again The world shrinking Becoming the smoke around me Choking, cloying water to my … Continue reading →

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Kheris Burning, book review

Posted on August 3, 2016 by Mark Hayes

Not done a review for a while but stumbled over this gem in Stockton SFI festival a year after I read the original 4 novels by C.G.Hatton, which are reviewed way back in this blog about a year ago link … Continue reading →

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I blame Rod Stewart

Posted on July 24, 2016 by Mark Hayes

Occasionally, when half in a daze, a single line from someone, or a song on the radio, sends me off on a bizarre train of thought that has no logic or reason to it. This happened a few nights ago… … Continue reading →

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Passing place short #2

Posted on July 7, 2016 by Mark Hayes

As part of an ongoing series on my facebook page I have been making these small excerpts of the forthcoming passing place, I intend to do one for each chapter, just because there fun and make for nice teasers. I’ll probably … Continue reading →

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