Tag Archives: sciencefiction

Blind Chance Theory

Posted on October 30, 2018 by Mark Hayes

Occasionally things happen. No one knows why this is the case. Personally, I favour a little-known variant of Chaos Theory, BCT or Blind Chance Theory. Blind Chance Theory, which states that in an infinite universe, given an infinite amount of … Continue reading →

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Insidious horizons: Hacked Future

Posted on October 26, 2018 by Mark Hayes

‘The future’s bright… Utopian in fact… No, really it is…” Erm… or then again, maybe it’s not as bright as it seemed in December last year when that jolly little quote above was the opening lines of a blog/review of … Continue reading →

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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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The Call Of Cthulhu: TCL #47 Part 2 The Tale of Inspector Legrasse…

Posted on June 11, 2018 by Mark Hayes

“Ph’nglui mglw’nafh Cthulhu R’lyeh wgah’nagl fhtagn.” “In his house at R’lyeh dead Cthulhu waits dreaming.” The above is from the second part of Call of Cthulhu, Lovecraft’s most well-known work, and one of his best. I’m not going to make … Continue reading →

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The Call Of Cthulhu: TCL #47 Part 1 The Horror in Clay…

Posted on June 7, 2018 by Mark Hayes

“That is not dead which can eternal lie, And with strange aeons even death may die.” No story by H.P. Lovecraft has had a more pervasive impact on popular culture or done more to establish ‘old tentacle hugger’ as a … Continue reading →

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Well that was odd…

Posted on May 21, 2018 by Mark Hayes

Occasionally, something unexpected happens that strikes you as odd. Or at the very least utterly unexpected. One of those strange little moments of wonderfulness, that take you completely off guard. Particularly if your a tad neurotic, and struggle to see any real value in … Continue reading →

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Fear of the Darkest Kind…

Posted on May 16, 2018 by Mark Hayes

One of the hardest tricks for an author to pull off is the series, and before you pull me up on that I know what your thinking as you read that, almost everyone writes in series… But that doesn’t stop … Continue reading →

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Scrap-ends…

Posted on September 13, 2017 by Mark Hayes

For no good reason, or perhaps the best reason of all, I’ve spent a listless hour pondering my way through a folder on my desktop that predates the hard drive. The folders called scrap-ends. It’s an apt description used as … Continue reading →

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