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A failure to Beware!
A year ago I discovered an oddly entertaining fact. I was born on the day Howard Philip Lovecraft died. Why I found this oddly entertaining is a long story, but in essence, I’ve joked for a long time that I … Continue reading
Posted in amwriting, book reviews, books, cthulhu, dreamlands, goodreads, horror, humour, indie, indie writers, indiewriter, Lovecraft, mythos, Nyarlathotep, opinion, publication, reads, sci-fi, supernatural, Uncategorized, writes, writing
Tagged amreading, books, call of cthulhu, cthulhu, Lovecraft, lovecraftian, mythos, Nyarlathotep, reads, sciencefiction, writer, writerslife, writing, writingtips
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A Semblance of Hope
This may be a familiar experience, it may not, but I often find myself intrigued by the idea of ‘another perspective’. Everything I write, everything I read, everything I watch, the world it self and every aspect of life in … Continue reading
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Tagged amreading, art, books, hopeless, horror, reads, sciencefiction, steampunk, tentacles, writing
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A Squid on the Shoulder
Queen Victoria is in the 200th year of her reign, and her Glorious British Empire faces a grievous threat due to the Machiavellian machinations of that most notorious instigator of insurrections Herbert George Wells. No longer an agent of The … Continue reading
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Tagged amreading, amwritingsteampunk, books, Canadian steampunk, reads, sciencefiction, scifi, scifiscarbrough, steampunk, steampunk fantasy, writing
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Occasionally, one is asked why…
Writing is, so E.L. Doctorow would have it, a socially acceptable form of schizophrenia. As quotes go, I find that one just a tad depressing. Mainly because it has a smidgeon of truth to it, for me at least, I … Continue reading
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Tagged mentalhealth, writer, writerslife, writing
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The Hydrogen Cigar
‘Helium is a bit of a sticky wicket you see. Had you requested Hydrogen that would have been easy,’ Sir Robert had been informed by his chief science officer. The scientist, whom Sir Robert suspected was a man who would … Continue reading
Posted in books, fiction, goodreads, Hannibal Smyth, indie, indie novels, indie writers, indiewriter, novels, reads, sci-fi, steampunk, writes, writing
Tagged amwritingsteampunk, fiction, indiereads, reads, sciencefiction, steampunk
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A message from The Sanctimonious Order of the Willing Sacrifice
We, The Sanctimonious Order of the Willing Sacrifice, must regrettably start this annual meeting by apologising, but once again, for the tenth year running, we have failed to secure a year king. While there are of course be those who … Continue reading
Posted in amreading, amwriting, cthulhu, dreamlands, druidry, fantasy, fiction, goodnews, goodreads, horror, humour, indie, indie writers, indiewriter, mythos, opinion, pagan, pointless things of wonderfulness, rant, reads, rites, writes, writing
Tagged amreading, druids, fantasy, fiction, newreads, pagan, reads, writer, writers
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Illuminating observations of the perils of an indiscreet life…
For reasons, that have never been explained to me, at Pudsey (the small town between Leeds and Bradford and somewhat merged into both these days), in the large park behind the swimming pool, just up past the aviary, this is, … Continue reading
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Tagged amreading, books, childhood, druidry, druids, fantasy, reads, steampunk, steampunk fantasy, writers, writerslife, writing
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A touch of yellow…
Those who have followed my blog previously will know that aside from the odd post about writing in general, book reviews, talking about my own work, and the occasional pondering on the inner workings of the universe, mental health and … Continue reading
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Tagged amreading, books, horror, newbooks, newfiction, newreads, reads, steampunk, supernatural, writer, writers, writerslife, writing, writingtips
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Five years of Passing Place
Five years ago my personal favourite of my novels, and the one I will grudgingly admit to being most proud of Passing Place was release. I say grudgingly because all my novels are little slithers of my soul and, excepting … Continue reading
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Sailing on an Hourglass Sea
Not too long ago I reviewed Mat MaCall’s The Dandelion Farmer. I was I think now perhaps a little too gushing in my praise of the novel, the first of a trilogy of which the second The Hourglass Sea is … Continue reading
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