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Mark Hayes
@markhayes.bsky.social
Novelist, Blogger, Quantum Pagan
Dancer on the shores of midnight
Unrepentant Goth residing on the fringe of everything
Founding (and only) member of the cravat appreciation society
"A cravat is not just for Sundays"

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A post Newtonian Magic Victorian Urban fantasy
In Kindle, Paperback, or hardback
#newbook #scifi #steampunk #urbanfanasy #booksky
#magicalrealisum #newreads #kindleunlimited #amreading

www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DWMWJ927
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things are never as bad as they seem
sometimes however, they are worse
so here is a picture of a baby sloth in a bucket, for anyone who needs a picture of a baby sloth in a bucket
January 28, 2026 at 1:45 PM
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Working my first Con of the year in Teesside this Sunday
the only convention I could technically walk to, so I don't have to get up at stupid o'clock to drive to it.

I shall be wearing my best hat

#unleashedevents #comiccon #books #author
February 3, 2026 at 11:06 AM
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A post Newtonian Magic Victorian Urban fantasy
In Kindle, Paperback, or hardback
#newbook #scifi #steampunk #urbanfanasy #booksky
#magicalrealisum #newreads #kindleunlimited #amreading

www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DWMWJ927
February 10, 2025 at 11:14 PM
'Anna could not think of any other profession that used Latin, unless that was being Stephen Fry counted as a profession. '

I may need a second macaroon for that one..
February 4, 2026 at 4:39 PM
I am very proud for myself.
I just worked the 'nonicorn' into my WIP
I have bene trying to work the 'nonicorn' joke into a novel for years and it just happened entirely organically

I think I deserve a macaroon
February 4, 2026 at 4:04 PM
I practice Duck magic
its like dark magic, but with ducks
Dark magic is foul
Duck magic is merely fowl
February 4, 2026 at 3:47 PM
'Enjoy the little things in life because one day you'll look back and realise they were the big things.' ~ Kurt Vonnegut

#quoteoftheday #quotesky #writers
February 4, 2026 at 12:37 PM
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Operetta about mummies, Victorian desecrations and our own Dear Edgars story , in todays #blog
#amreading #poe #bookblog #reads #blogsky

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Dear Edgar 54 ~ Some Words With a Mummy
What could be more Victorian than desecrating bodily remains and destroying another cultures heritage for the purposes of entertainment…
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February 3, 2026 at 4:25 PM
Operetta about mummies, Victorian desecrations and our own Dear Edgars story , in todays #blog
#amreading #poe #bookblog #reads #blogsky

markhayesblog.com/2026/02/03/d...
Dear Edgar 54 ~ Some Words With a Mummy
What could be more Victorian than desecrating bodily remains and destroying another cultures heritage for the purposes of entertainment…
markhayesblog.com
February 3, 2026 at 4:25 PM
I have a file on my desktop which is ostensibly all the Poe blogs I've written
I have just updated it with another 10 recent ones
it now stands at 63445 words

This almost made sense when I started this project...
February 3, 2026 at 11:39 AM
Working my first Con of the year in Teesside this Sunday
the only convention I could technically walk to, so I don't have to get up at stupid o'clock to drive to it.

I shall be wearing my best hat

#unleashedevents #comiccon #books #author
February 3, 2026 at 11:06 AM
Old blog post Tuesday
The one about writing and the choice between writing ‘teenage paranormal, dystopian fantasy with werewolves’ or ’50 shades of turquoise’ or just whatever the fuck you want to

#writing #writersky #blogsky #amwriting #books

markhayesblog.wordpress.com/2017/09/25/w...
Writing Novels: The rules
A writer should write what they want to write, and write it how they want to write it. This is a theory I have expressed before, and one I will continue to express. I am aware that some may disagre…
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February 3, 2026 at 10:00 AM
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January 6, 2026 at 2:30 PM
listening to Candi Carpenter while I write. Occasionally she sings a particularly good line

"Being alive is a kind of terminal illness"
January 29, 2026 at 3:34 PM
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I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.

Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
things are never as bad as they seem
sometimes however, they are worse
so here is a picture of a baby sloth in a bucket, for anyone who needs a picture of a baby sloth in a bucket
January 28, 2026 at 1:45 PM
coffee is not a substitute for sleep
January 28, 2026 at 11:27 AM
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Current reading material on my desk at work
One of these is highly heretical...
The other is the Book of Enoch

#pagan #reads #books #booksky #amreading
#fantasy
(note: The new Harvey Duckman Presents hardback is so very very pretty)
January 27, 2026 at 10:03 AM
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well this put a smile in my day
January 26, 2026 at 1:49 PM
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Book related news
As well as being available in hard back, paper back, Audio, kindle and on Kindle Unlimited , for the next three months Lucifer Mandrake : The Esoteric Cricket ball is also available to borrow for free on kindle with Amazon Prime membership

I am working on a copy in semaphore
January 27, 2026 at 12:33 PM
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This is a delightful book! Here's my review: lauraidaeja.substack.com/p/book-revie...
January 27, 2026 at 1:40 PM
none book related news
Today is not St Brenda's day
There is no St Brenda
This seems to be a major oversight
January 27, 2026 at 12:42 PM