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Chris Heron of Tall Tale TV reads 'Five Years'

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  As a world killing asteroid looms toward Earth humanity must escape to Mars, but is the selection process of who lives and dies fair? One of the stories from my anthology 'Dead People on Facebook' https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07L519ZV9 Link to the story on Tall Tale TV

Harry Lampeter and the Turing Engine is FREE to download this weekend

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  Harry Lampeter and the Turing Engine Book 3 of the Harry Lampeter series is FREE to download I'd appreciate a review if you enjoy it Renegade patriot Harry Lampeter is called back into service by MI6 The Franco-German alliance has occupied the island of Guernsey and plans to invade England. They try to pass their action off as a peacekeeping operation but they have built steam launchers for their flying bombs, high altitude observation balloons for targeting, and Big Bertha, an enormous gun sited on the French coast that can bombard London. But all this activity is a smoke screen intended to hide their real intentions, an invasion from a completely different and unexpected direction. Harry, with the help of the Brigadier, Ms Rigby, Shaky Tom and erotic dancers Emma and Elsa are called to play their part in saving Albion. Even Mr Tze Lim’s Chinese Magic Lantern Show with its cornucopia of ‘Bare-naked Ladies’ has a role to play. Link to Amazon UK Link to Amazon US

My story 'Northern Rock' has been published in the October issue of 'The Oldie' magazine

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The Oldie  is a British monthly  magazine  written for older people "as a light-hearted alternative to a press obsessed with youth and celebrity." to quote Wikipedia. I'll be adding it to my collection of autobiographical stories 'A Horse in the Morning'. Link to Amazon US Link to Amazon UK

New artwork for 'The Chronoscape Collection.'

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  New artwork for 'The Chronoscape Collection.' To celebrate I've set Book 1 'Chronoscape' FREE to download for a few days. I also have some UK Audible promo codes for Books 1 & 2 Check out the book descriptions on the Amazon link below Needless to say, I'd appreciate a short review if you enjoy the books. Link to Amazon UK Link to Amazon US

Riding my Cross Training machine - Seinfeld

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Most mornings I ride my cross training machine for twenty minutes. I like to watch a long series while I exercise. Over the years I've watched:: 3rd Rock from the Sun, Breaking Bad, Northern Exposure, Better Call Saul, The Big Bang Theory and now I'm down to the last episode of Seinfeld. What am I going to watch next? HELP ME. And btw, my ratings on Goodreads are still stuck at 199!

Twitter Horror Writer's Lounge 1 - Curing Brian

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I've joined a group of Horror writers on Twitter and this is my first tweet to them. 'My stories tend to be dark rather than horrify but here's my attempt at a zombie story. In my view all horror writers should write at least one. Read by the inimitable Chris Heron at #TalltaleTV '   Link to Tall Tale TV

A detailed and perceptive review of 'Chronoscape' by reader Jan Hansen

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  Link to Chronoscape on Amazon Time. And again. I love it! Ley produces a riveting narrative in this book. It manages to be fairly straight forward, while being riddled with complexities of choice and events. There is so much at play, I really enjoyed taking the time to listen again. having said that, this is not a "feel good novel". this is a no holds thriller. Chronoscape feels very "un-hollywood", in fact it feels almost indie-British, which is one of my favourite aspects of the book. It is not a spectacle of superintelligence and base evil. It isn't even Star Trekky in its weird timeline but ultimately "good will prevail" mumbo jumbo. Actions have irrevocable consequences in THIS reality. and boy do they take actions. I think (without having a scientific clue, really) that causality, temporal mechanics and the genesis (and long term application) of "time-meddling" are excellently and logically rationalized. it makes sense and offers an i...