Category Archives: steampunk

Steampunk and Alan Shaw…

Posted on July 18, 2018 by Mark Hayes

Steampunk is a broad, and occasionally elusive, church. You can, in point of fact, stick a top hat on a story, liberally sprinkle around a few cog-wheels, the odd bit of clockwork, a corset or two and voila, you have … Continue reading →

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An Authors Avarice…

Posted on June 22, 2018 by Mark Hayes

I may have mentioned this… But forgive me for being overly excited about a new release… Normal service, whatever waffling meanderings on writing, Lovecraft, politics, the world, and general geekery can be described as normal will resume shortly. But in … Continue reading →

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New release…

Posted on June 19, 2018 by Mark Hayes

Well, it’s finally out there. Though… For reasons I am not entirely sure of the kindle version (edit kindle version now live too) is taking some time to go live, however, available in paperback NOW for the tiny price … Continue reading →

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Writing The End…

Posted on May 25, 2018 by Mark Hayes

Back in March, I wrote a post called ‘Searching for an ending’ about the struggles I was having with my latest novel ‘A Spider in the Eye, a Hannibal Smyth Adventure. Since then I have spent a lot of time doing just … Continue reading →

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A Scar Of Avarice…

Posted on April 19, 2018 by Mark Hayes

Cover reveals are a bit of the thing… Apparently. But as a break from the second draft, I was messing about on https://www.canva.com/ this evening. That and deciding on a title for the short novel I was talking about in the previous … Continue reading →

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Whats in a title…

Posted on April 17, 2018 by Mark Hayes

I’ve just finished writing the first draft of a short Hannibal Smyth crossover novelette that is set in Esqwiths Passing Place. I’ve not made mention of this before now because it started out as an experiment a week ago when … Continue reading →

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Misquoting Kipling and other musings…

Posted on June 27, 2017 by Mark Hayes

A question that occurred to me today while working on the final draft of ‘A Spider in the Eye’ a Hannibal Smyth adventure, which I thought I would share. It’s a question of integrity, writers and indeed the integrity of … Continue reading →

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Oswald Bastable: The Original Steampunk Trilogy

Posted on February 14, 2017 by Mark Hayes

H.G.Wells and Jules Verne share the honour of being amongst the father’s Science Fiction, and retrospectively the fathers of Steampunk. There is little doubt the Verne and Wells influence on Steampunk is huge, though their tales are set in a … Continue reading →

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20000 Leagues under the Sea: Jules Verne: Retro Book Review

Posted on January 25, 2017 by Mark Hayes

If you want to know about a classic, and any book that survives in print long enough generally gets considered a classic, there are plenty of dry Wikipedia entries you could read. No one reviews them in the way they … Continue reading →