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

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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Brexit and racism

Posted on June 29, 2016 by Mark Hayes

‘Its Okay to be a racist again’ At least that’s the impression the world seems to have all of a sudden. It’s a worrying trend, towards hate, isolationism and xenophobia that has been brewing all year on both sides of … Continue reading →

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Referendums, Brexit, and we the people…

Posted on June 28, 2016 by Mark Hayes

Why do we have a parliament? Why not just put everything to a referendum? Let the people decide like they did with the EU? This may seem like a strange set of questions to ask, but someone, somewhere, is asking … Continue reading →

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Passing Place shorts

Posted on June 15, 2016 by Mark Hayes

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#Yourenext book review

Posted on May 12, 2016 by Mark Hayes

What the scariest monster you have ever seen or read about in horror fiction. Werewolves? Vampires? Zombies? Old tentacle face himself Cuthulu? Pennywise from IT? Pinhead? Maybe old school Frankensteins corpse gave life… It doesn’t matter because all those answers are inevitably … Continue reading →

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