Category Archives: fantasy

Things to come… In Twenty Twenty-one

Posted on January 4, 2021 by darrack1

New years resolutions are always an exercise in futility and is 2020 taught us anything, its that all plans for a year are built on foundations of sand. This time last year I wrote that I hoped to write four … Continue reading →

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Howard vs Lovecraft…

Posted on December 14, 2020 by darrack1

It is a reasonably undisputable fact that HP Lovecraft is more well known now than his most of his literary contemporary’s from the golden age of pulp scifi/fantasy magazines back in the 1920’s and 30’s. Indeed, were you asked to … Continue reading →

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Harvey VI: Erupting from the grave

Posted on December 11, 2020 by darrack1

Writing is a solitary activity, which suits me just fine. Anti-social introverts make good writers, and good writers tend (though not exclusively) to be anti-social introverts. This is not a bad thing, for we take flight in worlds of the … Continue reading →

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A Harvey Christmas to all

Posted on December 2, 2020 by darrack1

Christmas is coming, the goose is looking worriedly at the chopping block, good will to all men, women, and those who define themselves as neither. the fat bloke in red with a beard you could lose reindeers in is preparing … Continue reading →

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The November Indie reads pile

Posted on November 16, 2020 by darrack1

October came and went with twelve books, as i revisited David & Lynn Eddings grand opus as I am want to do every decade or so. As an exercise, rereading a huge fantasy epic with the eyes of a writer … Continue reading →

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Fantastic Flash Fiction

Posted on October 22, 2020 by darrack1

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 favorites 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 darrack1

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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The Thing On The Doorstep : TCL 64

Posted on October 8, 2020 by darrack1

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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Awesome and unexpected connections

Posted on September 25, 2020 by darrack1

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 darrack1

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 →

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