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Mark Hayes
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Novelist, Blogger, Quantum Pagan
Dancer on the shores of midnight
Unrepentant Goth residing on the fringe of everything
Not to be trusted with the matches
Likes trees, though they do not always like me back

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Mark Hayes @markhayes.bsky.social · Feb 10
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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Playing about with cover art for an new anthology, and find myself in need of opinions, if people have any.
#books #booksky #amwriting #booklover #fantasy #reads
November 12, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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Oh my god (of your choosing)
Just been sent full colour proofs for The Strange World of HP Lovecraft
Oh my god it is so pretty (for the special kind of pretty that includes full colour pictures Hastur, deep ones , yithians )

I may have to lay down
November 6, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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The daily quote thing, mostly from sci-fi writers / philosophers and the occasional Pagan (which are often the same people)

#quotefortheday #quotes #scifi #fantasy #amwriting #quotesky
#pagan
November 5, 2025 at 11:41 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
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Dear Edgar inventing genre's again, but with less success than latterly
#amreading #blog #bookblog #blogsky #scifi #reads

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Dear Edgar 45 ~ A Tale of the Ragged Mountains
Science Fiction is awash with tales of procession or bodily transference… This one by Poe, may have been the first
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October 31, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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Medusa's sister in a charity shop in Cheem
Among other stories...
#urbanfantasy #scifi #fantasy #amreading #booksky #books
#readers

www.amazon.co.uk/Rum-Rosemary...
October 31, 2025 at 5:01 PM
markhayes.bsky.social
Medusa's sister in a charity shop in Cheem
Among other stories...
#urbanfantasy #scifi #fantasy #amreading #booksky #books
#readers

www.amazon.co.uk/Rum-Rosemary...
October 31, 2025 at 5:01 PM
markhayes.bsky.social
Dear Edgar inventing genre's again, but with less success than latterly
#amreading #blog #bookblog #blogsky #scifi #reads

markhayesblog.com/2025/10/31/d...
Dear Edgar 45 ~ A Tale of the Ragged Mountains
Science Fiction is awash with tales of procession or bodily transference… This one by Poe, may have been the first
markhayesblog.com
October 31, 2025 at 12:34 PM
markhayes.bsky.social
Edgar Alan Poe does comedy again. With the predictable results
#blog #reads #bookblog #blogsky #readersky

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Dear Edgar 44 ~ The Spectacles
love at first myopic blur
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October 29, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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My beard is currently (mostly) green
Tomorrow it might be Pillar box red,
or it may not
That is the end of this update...
October 28, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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'He thought he was but a flouncy blouse and case of syphilis away from being the next Bryon.'

I do love a damning observation
October 28, 2025 at 1:53 PM
markhayes.bsky.social
The daily quote thing, mostly from sci-fi writers / philosophers and the occasional Pagan (which are often the same people)

#quotefortheday #quotes #scifi #fantasy #amwriting #quotesky
October 28, 2025 at 10:25 AM
markhayes.bsky.social
The daily quote thing, mostly from sci-fi writers / philosophers and the occasional Pagan (which are often the same people)

#quotefortheday #quotes #scifi #fantasy #amwriting #quotesky
#pagan
October 27, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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Occasionally, serendipity happens
You are writing a chapter on the concept of the universal feminine,
When, entirely separately and on a whim you buy a book which discover includes the perfect example...

May need by quoting horns
October 27, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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Contains reviews of new books by @katebaucherel.bsky.social @bensawyerwriter.bsky.social @shelleyadinasenft.bsky.social and others, and news of my new non-fiction project because i have too many novels to write and need a distraction.
#booksky #books #bookblog

markhayesblog.com/2025/10/24/f...
Friday book news
Because one is as ever behind on reviews, as well as general book news here is a catch up in general on my book news and a few new releases form authors I have reviewed before and recommend. Firstl…
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October 24, 2025 at 2:41 PM
markhayes.bsky.social
Contains reviews of new books by @katebaucherel.bsky.social @bensawyerwriter.bsky.social @shelleyadinasenft.bsky.social and others, and news of my new non-fiction project because i have too many novels to write and need a distraction.
#booksky #books #bookblog

markhayesblog.com/2025/10/24/f...
Friday book news
Because one is as ever behind on reviews, as well as general book news here is a catch up in general on my book news and a few new releases form authors I have reviewed before and recommend. Firstl…
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October 24, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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There may possibly be things in this image that are more than mere window dressing. Subtle clues and subtext that hint at secrets within the novel shown...

or its just random stuff from around the house,

#books #fantasy #newreads
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March 7, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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Tuesdays being what they are...

#steampunk #books #reads

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Tuesdays…
Meanwhile…. (Things the last couple of weeks have been somewhat hectic in the Passing Place of late hence the blog has been quiet… normal service will resume shortly, but until then , b…
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August 12, 2025 at 11:04 AM
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A new Harvey Anthology has joined the family...
A return to Dark/Urban Fantasy
There are no bonus points for guessing out who came up with the title for this one

www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0FV3HRRVG/

#newbook #urbanfantasy #newreads #amreading #fantasy #horror #SpookySeason
October 13, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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Okay Lunchtime was slow and I needed to faff, about so I made a cover for a book that may be getting written this year/next year on quantum physics, phycology and paganism
Subjects I am in no way an expert on
pretty cover though 🙂
#pagan #books #2026
October 21, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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pagan mysticism, faith and quantum physics
You know, small subjects to start writing a book about...
#paganisum #mystisicm #pagansky #blog #blogsky
#amwriting #writer

markhayesblog.com/2025/10/20/t...
The Quantum Pagan an Introduction
Last week, because I don’t have enough to write, I started work on a project that has been kicking about for a few years. While it may never see the light of day, as it is in part a personal …
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October 20, 2025 at 9:35 AM
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This week's Minoan Tarot cards offer sage advice for navigating these Interesting Times. This deck is my creation, made the old-fashioned way (ink on paper) and available at bookstores everywhere.

#Minoan #Tarot #TarotSky
In the cards this week: upheaval and analysis
Hang in there and keep those thinking caps on!
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October 19, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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What does it mean to communicate well? One for people on the bard path especially. druidlife.wordpress.com/2025/10/20/c...
Communication as virtue
(Nimue) One of my recent audio books was about the history of Humanism. This raised the concept of good communication as a virtue, which struck me as being relevant for the bard path. The logic of …
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October 20, 2025 at 9:45 AM
markhayes.bsky.social
pagan mysticism, faith and quantum physics
You know, small subjects to start writing a book about...
#paganisum #mystisicm #pagansky #blog #blogsky
#amwriting #writer

markhayesblog.com/2025/10/20/t...
The Quantum Pagan an Introduction
Last week, because I don’t have enough to write, I started work on a project that has been kicking about for a few years. While it may never see the light of day, as it is in part a personal …
markhayesblog.com
October 20, 2025 at 9:35 AM
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Obligatory picture of books
All set up at Barnsley Metrodome with unleashed events sci-fi con
October 19, 2025 at 8:40 AM