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Some books are just toxic
But it's not necessarily the content that makes you sick
49 mins ago
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Mark Cantrell
Tykewriter Digest, October 2025
The latest quarterly news and writings from journalist and SFF author Mark Cantrell
Oct 12
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Mark Cantrell
There's nothing soft about Northern literary power
Ilkley Literature Festival explores 'soft power' and the North's poetic spirit
Oct 3
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Mark Cantrell
September 2025
Sinners in Streaming Video
Why burn books when you can incinerate the minds that make them?
Sep 27
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Mark Cantrell
Machines made flesh
Robots may one day move with muscular grace, thanks to lab-grown tissue, but will these 'bio-bots' be plagued by cramps?
Sep 20
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Mark Cantrell
We've all got a cross to bear
But sometimes it's a treasure, like the 8th Century Saxon pendant unearthed in a Leeds field
Sep 13
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Mark Cantrell
Vampires can't partake without an invitation
Whitby hosts its very first literary festival later this year
Sep 6
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Mark Cantrell
August 2025
Under a sky of urban blight
Silas Morlock: Starved of starlight, Oscar Wilde would hate this city of broken dreams
Aug 30
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Mark Cantrell
A visit to the dentist just got even hairer...
Dental scientists have proposed repairing teeth with human hair
Aug 23
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Mark Cantrell
Play the game to save the planet
A new computer game aims to tackle plastic pollution
Aug 16
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Mark Cantrell
Birmingham is running with the bulls
The art installation featuring 40 colourful sculptures aims to raise money for a local hospice charity
Aug 8
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Mark Cantrell
"That sounds like science fiction"
An avid reader of science fiction he may be, but when it comes to being a writer, Mark Cantrell is not so sure he's earned his place among the genre's…
Aug 2
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Mark Cantrell
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