Category Archives: goodreads

The Horror At Red Hook: The Complete Lovecraftian #42

Posted on April 10, 2018 by Mark Hayes

It was back in the 80’s when I first came across the literary universe of H.P Lovecraft, and I came across in it a way that many people fo my generation did, in the form of the Call of Cthulhu … Continue reading →

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The Shunned House: The Complete Lovecraftian #41

Posted on April 5, 2018 by Mark Hayes

I know, I know, I am fully aware, yer thanks for pointing that out… Yes, I did say last time I was back on the horse, and the Lovecraftian side of this blog would be back on track, after the … Continue reading →

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Odd Moments Of Wonderfulness…

Posted on April 3, 2018 by Mark Hayes

We all need the odd moment of wonderfulness to brighten our days. Sometimes it’s a geeky little meme that just makes us smile or a quote from a favourite author that amuses us. On a rainy Tuesday after a rainy (and … Continue reading →

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The Festival: The Complete Lovecraft #40

Posted on March 5, 2018 by Mark Hayes

“Efficiunt Daemones, ut quae non sunt, sic tamen quasi sint, conspicienda hominibus exhibeant.” —Lactantius. (Devils so work, that things which are not, appear to men as if they were real.) The mildly ominous quote above preludes a Lovecraft tale that … Continue reading →

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Muscle memory and the writer…

Posted on February 14, 2018 by Mark Hayes

I’ve had a bit of an odd job in my day job for the last three weeks or so. Not odd in that its something unusual to me, but the exact opposite in many respects. Unlike my normal day job, … Continue reading →

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Ending the drought…

Posted on January 29, 2018 by Mark Hayes

I’ve had a bit of a dry January. Not that apocryphal one that borderline alcoholics and fitness obsessives have made popular in the last decade or so. ‘I shall not partake of strong drink for thirty-one days after the excesses of the holidays…’ … Continue reading →

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Grim synopsis…

Posted on January 19, 2018 by Mark Hayes

In a possibly vain attempt to have my novels published by a small independent publisher, rather than be purely self-published I found my self-having to write synopsis’s of my two published novels and the forthcoming third novel ‘A Spider In The Eye…’ Actually, I … Continue reading →

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The Unnameable: The Complete Lovecraft #39

Posted on January 3, 2018 by Mark Hayes

What is it about Randolph Carter and sitting around in graveyards, it never turns out well for him, you would think he would learn… At least this time he is in the pastoral surroundings of New England rather than the middle of … Continue reading →

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Bright Futures: BitCoin Hurricane’s

Posted on December 14, 2017 by Mark Hayes

The future’s bright… Utopian in fact… No, really it is… Everything has an upside, even global warming, welcome to a future where Burgundy grapes are grown on the south facing slopes of the North Yorkshire Moors, and English summers are … Continue reading →

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To Blog Or Not To Blog..?

Posted on November 24, 2017 by Mark Hayes

That’s not really the question… but if you can’t steal from the old hack of Stratford on Avon then who can you steal from… This then is a bit of an odd blog post, because it’s a blog post about … Continue reading →

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