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    The Two Headed Dog, Orthrus.

    My earliest recollections of reading Fantasy-type literature is that of ancient myths and legends, particularly the legends of Ancient Greece. Even then, the basic myths, the common stories found in collections and kids books were pretty wild, the Minotaur, Medusa,…

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    Mindful Writing

    We have all been bombarded with the advice – ‘Write every day, set aside some time to put pen to paper’ or the converse, ‘Write when you are in the mood – or when you are able to.’ To me,…

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    The Shadow Rises

    A review of The Shadow Rises, Book 1 of the Witch-Hunter Trilogy by K S Marsden. First published back in 2013. I picked this up after speaking with the Author at a local Comic Con back end of 2021. No…

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    Ianus Bifrons

    Two-faced Janus January is named after the Roman god Janus, the two-faced god of (amongst other things) beginnings, gates, time, and endings. Time to look back on a year that, to be honest, wasn’t the best for many people. No,…

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    Two Minutes to NYC Midnight.

    The glamour, the fortune, the pain. Let’s talk NYC. Everyone loves NYC, don’t they. But this NYC is NYCMidnight. The website that offers ‘Inspiring challenges for storytellers.’ Challenges are posted through the year and include Short Story, Screenwriting, Microfiction 100…

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    One Dream Achieved.

    Five to go! Finally, I am in print! The Darkness Rising launched 25th June 2021. Despite a plethora of excuses, one dream of a child finally satisfied. Now just the others to complete – earn billions, rule the world, fly…

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    Rabbit holes, Heroes and Bunkers

    Not a strange, new Role Playing Game…. Not fantasy related today but just an observation regarding connections. Or as Douglas Adams’ Holistic Detective, Dirk Gently, would put it: ‘the interconnectedness of all things.’ For an inquisitive mind, the fascinating thing…

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    April showers bring May flowers.

    All that hard work in April has paid off – and whilst the results aren’t pastures overflowing from Dragonthorn or Blessed Thistle, Athelas or Elanor, or even a Triffid just yet, the little show of buds is rewarding enough. Mighty…

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    Welcome to my World(s).

    or how and why…. I can’t remember the exact date when I started writing the Maingard Chronicles, but it was sometime in 2012 when I first put digital letter on digital page. But Bex’s story started years before then. She…