Category Archives: reads

Echoes of a Cursed Ship

Posted on October 9, 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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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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The Accidental Novel

Posted on October 5, 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 favorites among my guests will be returning along with some new voices. … Continue reading →

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Managers took my power circle

Posted on October 1, 2020 by Mark Hayes

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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 →

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Writing in the dark

Posted on September 21, 2020 by Mark Hayes

Fairy tales, those bright cheerful stories of our childhood upon which Walt Disney built an empire, once you get below the gloss tend to be on the dark side. But then, most fairy tales started out as folk tales, and … Continue reading →

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At The Mountains Of Madness :TCL #60

Posted on September 18, 2020 by Mark Hayes

Its fair to say that of all Lovecraft’s stories Call of Cthulhu has had the greatest cultural impact in the zeitgeist, but in terms of over all impact and inspiration At The Mountains of Madness probably tips the scales. Of … Continue reading →