In Manchester, England, a young woman is busy dying. This is her story.
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In Manchester, England, a young woman is busy dying. This is her story.
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Special promotion for May day! Free for one day only on the Amazon Kindle. ‘Whingeblade.’ The first volume of the irreverent fantasy series. ‘The Soo-nar Stories’
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Soo-nar is the last of the lion-eagles and Nowan, the prince who must save her. But he doesn’t really want to. He hates responsibility and his demonsword ‘Whingeblade’ would rather soak in hot oil than do any actual work. But, there is no-one else. This tale is about growing up, loyalty to friends and facing life’s challenges. Nothing new, but the true things about life do not change just because the times do. Every generation must pass on its tales to the next to try and ensure that the chain of good things is never completely broken.
Free for a few days on the Amazon Kindle my novel ‘Home Run’
Doug Preston returns to his home on Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula late one night to find his wife, Anne, missing without explanation. When threats and violence follow, Doug hires an inquiry agent. The only clue is that Anne apparently returned to England with a mysterious man named John Moore. Despite the danger to his own life Doug follows the trail to England where with the help of old army and police friends he comes close to solving the mystery of Anne’s disappearance.
Or does he? How many more twists can there be before Doug finally discovers the truth about Anne?
A concise and fast-paced mystery. Told from Doug’s point of view it allows the reader to share his feelings as he tries to solve the mystery of his missing wife. The ending is shocking and surprising. –Scribes World
A unique tale of a man’s search to find the truth. The reader is taken in by the twists and turns of the plot, as Doug discovers one dead lead after another. Will appeal to all who love a story that dares to be different. –E-Book Reviews Weekly
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A FREE PROMOTION for a few days on the Amazon Kindle. Read my novel: THE CELLULOID KID. Get it now, or pay for it later 😦 http://goo.gl/QERWj
Trevor Newell is a hero, though the world around him in the English Midlands of the 1970s sees only a colourless teller behind the counter of the local bank. In the privacy of his own room in his mother’s house, Trevor lives in an escapist world of violent movies, but when fantasy meets reality and brutal robbers come to his bank, his character is tested as he finds himself drawn into a world of harsh realities. Will the Celluloid Kid grow up and does growing up always mean being physically and mentally tough or is there also room for compassion?
I am pleased to report the publication of my short story, ‘Phantom of the Night’ in the excellent ‘Dark Edifice’ – an online literary magazine devoted to bringing you the very best of dark speculative fiction, fantasy, science fiction and horror from unpublished and emerging writers. http://darkedifice.webs.com/magazine
Please support this worthy endeavour by visiting their website and downloading the magazine in pdf format.
Congratulations to all involved…
What a very nice review. Thank you very much!
OK….I love cryptozoology and probably have everything written on the thylacine. So I started this book with a positive bias. Luckily, the writing style works for me, the characters aren’t unrealistic (the bad guys are a little cartoony) and the dialogue works (still burned after trying to read that pathetic dialogue of a best-selling author Robin Cook)….and the biology was fascinating. I’ll be watching for more from this author, especially if it has to do with zoo-keeping, marsupial biology etc!
We all knew that books had a life of their own 🙂
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One of my first cinematic memories stems from seeing George Steven’s movie adaptation of the great Jack Schaefer western novel, Shane at the Gaumont cinema in Wolverhampton in 1953 with my father. I vividly recall being startled by the uncharacteristically loud gunshots when Alan Ladd demonstrated his gunfighting prowess to the hero-worshipping, Joey, played by Brandon DeWilde. Only years later did I learn that Stevens had deliberately intended the sounds to be disturbing and had used a recording of a howitzer being fired into a bucket for the sound effect. I loved that movie like no other before or since.
Some years later I read the novel for the first of many, many times and, at once, discovered both a literary hero and a model for my upcoming manhood.
This book left me wanting more! I loved the whole concept.
The characters each had a story of their own and came together, again and again to produce a wonderful fantasy to get lost in.
I LOVED this book and CAN’T wait for the next volume!
I look forward to living the next adventure with each and every one of these characters that the author brought to life in this epic tale!
Sometimes serious, sometimes humourous…
Read it and you will want to know how it ends, but will want to know what will transpire next!
BRING ON VOLUME 2!!
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Thank you, once again, Treeka. So glad you enjoyed it, makes all the effort worthwhile. Don’t worry, Volume 2 is in the pipeline!
Started work on Volume Two of The Soo-nar Stories this week, tentatively entitled ‘Whingeblade Rides Again.’
Much work to be done and I am very much in the research and planning phase, but I have a basis for the story, I have defined the ending (always a good move before beginning writing, I find, especially if you are a ‘pantser’ like me) and am aware that while most of the original characters will return, in larger or smaller roles, there will also be a new, more powerful antagonist added to the mix.
Stay tuned for more….