Category Archives: books

Seeing The Future

Posted on October 12, 2020 by Mark Hayes

Its October, the leaves are falling, the witches are abroad, and I’ve opened the blog up to guest writers again. Yes its Indie October. Throughout October some old favourites among my guests will be returning along with some new voices. … Continue reading →

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Echoes of a Cursed Ship

Posted on October 9, 2020 by Mark Hayes

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The Book : TCL #66

Posted on October 9, 2020 by Mark Hayes

Towards the end of his life Lovecraft had a minor crisis of confidence in his own writing. Such minor crisis are not particularly unusual among writers, it probably was not the first time in his career, it was probably the … Continue reading →

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The Evil Clergyman : TCL 65

Posted on October 8, 2020 by Mark Hayes

Old tentacle hugger had more than his fair share of strange dream by anybody’s standards. It was often these dreams that inspired aspect of his stories and occasionally there entirety. This story however is unique among the collected works because … Continue reading →

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The Thing On The Doorstep : TCL 64

Posted on October 8, 2020 by Mark Hayes

It is true that I have sent six bullets through the head of my best friend, and yet I hope to shew by this statement that I am not his murderer. At first I shall be called a madman—madder than … Continue reading →

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Is your work product or art?

Posted on October 7, 2020 by Mark Hayes

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The Suggestion Of A Monster

Posted on October 6, 2020 by Mark Hayes

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Bad News…

Posted on October 4, 2020 by Mark Hayes

“I should be writing…” To be fair this is one of those statements I make quite often. “I should be writing…” generally refers to absolutely any time I am doing anything else. Which is quite often. On occasion however any … Continue reading →

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Awesome and unexpected connections

Posted on September 25, 2020 by Mark Hayes

I’ll let you in on a secret here, some authors are occasionally known to partake of a nip or two of rum. Also, sometimes these same authors will engage in late-night chats with another author who may or may not … Continue reading →

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The Shadow over Innsmouth / TCL #61

Posted on September 23, 2020 by Mark Hayes

While many of Lovecraft’s stories were published in periodical magazines like Weird Tales in his lifetime, only one was ever published as a book, even then the whole print run was only 200 copies each priced at a dollar. It … Continue reading →