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Category Archives: horror
The Indie Christmas List…
Christmas is coming, the annual festival of shiny barbarism and excess, and in theory at least good will and giving. Surprising as I doubt you find it, one of my favourite gifts to give or receive at Christmas are books. … Continue reading
Posted in amreading, book reviews, books, booksale, Canadian steampunk, cider lane, cthulhu, depression, fantasy, fiction, goodnews, goodreads, grathic novels, Hannibal Smyth, Harvey Duckman, horror, humour, indie, indie novels, indie writers, indiewriter, novels, opinion, Passing Place, pointless things of wonderfulness, reads, sci-fi, steampunk, supernatural, writes, writing
Tagged amreadingscifi, bookblog, bookreview, bookreviews, booksale, goodreads, indie, indie publishing, reading, reads, reviews, writer, writerslife, writing
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A taste of Harvey…
Just putting this here…. Okay maybe a little more explanation is needed. As regular readers will be aware I have over the last year been part of the grand undertaking that is the Harvey Duckman Presents… series. The series curated … Continue reading
Posted in amreading, books, Canadian steampunk, cthulhu, dreamlands, dystopia, Esqwiths, fiction, goodnews, goodreads, Goth, Hannibal Smyth, Harvey Duckman, horror, humour, indie, indie novels, indie writers, indiewriter, novels, pointless things of wonderfulness, reads, retro book reviews, rites, sci-fi, steampunk, supernatural
Tagged authors, bookblog, books, booksale, fantasy, horror, sciencefiction, scifiscarbrough, steampunk, writer, writerslife, writing
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Insomniac awakenings…
Occasionally, while I lay staring into the darkness at the ceiling I know is above my bed but can’t see – trying and failing to count imaginary ovine flocks – strange thoughts occur to me. This then, is one of … Continue reading
Posted in dreamlands, dystopia, horror, humour, indie, insomnia, mental-health, pointless things of wonderfulness, rant
Tagged humour, insomnia, life, rants, thoughts, wierdtales, witterings
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November ‘Hopeless’ reviews#1
New England Gothic By Nimue Brown , illustrated by Tom Brown I am, as some readers may be aware, an unapologetic a fan boy when it comes to Tom Browns art, Nimue Browns writing and the world of Hopeless … Continue reading
Posted in amreading, book reviews, books, Canadian steampunk, cthulhu, dreamlands, fantasy, fiction, goodreads, Goth, grathic novels, horror, indie, indie novels, indie writers, IndieApril, indieoctober, indiewriter, Lovecraft, steampunk
Tagged bookblog, bookreview, bookreviews, books, cthulhu, graphic novels, hopeless, horror, Lovecraft, steampunk, steampunk fantasy
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Free Harvey Duckman
To celebrate the release of Harvey Duckman Presents Book 3 on Halloween. The Kindle edition of the first book in this wonderful series is available free on Kindle on the 30th and 31st. If you have not yet got a … Continue reading
Posted in amreading, amwriting, book reviews, books, booksale, Canadian steampunk, fantasy, fiction, goodreads, Hannibal Smyth, Harvey Duckman, horror, humour, indie, indie novels, indie writers, indieoctober, indiewriter, pointless things of wonderfulness, sci-fi, steampunk, supernatural, world book day, writes, writing
Tagged #scifi, bookblog, bookcovers, books, booksale, fantasy, horror, indie publishing, indiebooks, indieoctober, indiewriter, kindle, kindlesale, sciencefiction, steampunk
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New England Gothic: A hopeless kickstarter…
Other girls believed there were monsters in the woods. If that were true, they paid Annamarie no attention. Sometimes she felt disappointed by this. This is going to be an odd review, because I am reviewing something i haven’t finished … Continue reading
Posted in amreading, book reviews, cthulhu, dreamlands, dystopia, Goth, grathic novels, horror, indie, indie novels, IndieApril, indiewriter, pointless things of wonderfulness, rites, sci-fi, supernatural
Tagged cthulhu, gothic, hopeless, indie, indie publishing, indiebooks, indienovels, kickstarter, writer, writing
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This is where we are now…
I generally avoid talking politics on this blog. There are a number of reasons for this, not least of which is my desire not to enter into the kind of pointless ‘debates‘ on politics which are so common in these … Continue reading
