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“She’ll feed you to the crows, my friend”
Black market arms dealer, Karel Ludek offers a friendly warning over tea and biscuits
Jan 31
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Mark Cantrell
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“She’ll feed you to the crows, my friend”
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Sticks and stones and ‘othering’ names
Citizen Zero: Language is a vital tool for keeping the poor and powerless in their place
Dec 14, 2024
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Mark Cantrell
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Death and Mercy: The Reaper's Moll
We might take it for just another one of Mercy's Gothic affectations, but is our flamboyant femme fatale simply trying to tell us something?
Nov 30, 2024
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Mark Cantrell
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Death and Mercy: The Reaper's Moll
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One boozy night in the Earth city
The shadow whispered its name
Oct 26, 2024
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Mark Cantrell
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One boozy night in the Earth city
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Dance Macabre in the House of the Reaper's Moll
In the unlikeliest of places we find a sanctuary from the grinding realities of post-war England, so welcome to The Bone Diva; pull up a pew and choose…
Jul 27, 2024
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Dance Macabre in the House of the Reaper's Moll
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Dare you venture where Bradbury feared to tread?
Silas Morlock presents a dark story of redemption in homage to the power of literature
Apr 26, 2024
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Mark Cantrell
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Dare you venture where Bradbury feared to tread?
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Time waits for no morlock
In the deep shade, where evil lurks, time is all rather relative, so let's ponder its nature in this dark urban fantasy
Nov 24, 2023
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Mark Cantrell
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Time waits for no morlock
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Dystopian thriller straddles digital divide
Back when the future-shocker, Citizen Zero was born there was barely even an internet, let alone smartphones or social media, so it was time for an…
Oct 28, 2023
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Dystopian thriller straddles digital divide
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When it’s too dark to read, you need a little light
Silas Morlock: In this macabre urban horror, humanity is haunted by the ghost of its literary past
Aug 12, 2023
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Mark Cantrell
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When it’s too dark to read, you need a little light
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Say hi to Silas Morlock; he's no Citizen Zero
A quick introduction to a couple of novels with nothing in common but the sinister and macabre
Jul 13, 2023
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Mark Cantrell
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Say hi to Silas Morlock; he's no Citizen Zero
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