Mark Hayes

A post Newtonian Magic Victorian Urban fantasy
In Kindle, Paperback, or hardback
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Thinking ahead, after the run of 'the bluffers guide to Edgar Alan Poe' is done (which might be a year or more) I am considering doing a bluffers guide to the fore fathers of Science fiction
basically do Wells, Verne, haggard and others as I did for Lovecraft and am doing for Poe

must do some more of these at some point
#menindarktweed #steampunk

Dear Edgar 37 ~ The Landscape Garden the Landscape garden, a story by Dear Edgar that is not exactly worth your time... with an explanation of why that is the case. and an expose on 1840's women's magazines

Expose of what goes on between the pages of an 1840's womans magazine ...
Which apparently includes Poe talking about gardening #blog #read #bookblog

sadly 49% of voters are always below average intelligence

if a bookshelf has no books on it, is it a bookshelf

so as an acre is 16 tennis courts,
a hectare is approximately 40 tennis courts
or 1 Wimbledon
I believe that is singles not doubles courts but I will admit this is a bit vague

the orbital path of 2020CD a near earth object that became a temporary satellite of that blue dot (that's us) between 2017 and 2020
the yellow ring is the moons orbital path

pretty isn't it
4 years of potential Armageddon...

When a chap is not a chap… An internet friend reminded me the other day of an important lesson we all need to take on board and remember. When I say all I am talking about 49.9% of the population though the core message appl…

For reasons, I felt this one needed to be shared again today
the main reason just been because.

#mentalhealth #fiction #reads #blog #mensmentalhealth #bookblog

When a chap is not a chap... markhayesblog.com/2023/03/01/w...

As i had a quiet hour and was curious, I exported all 39 of the current Poe blogs into a word file, with 27 of his stories left to do I have already written 48614 words...
at this rate this will end up a good 20000 words longer than my Lovecraft book written on the same premise

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Sloths can hold their breath longer than dolphins…

Plants are actually farming humanity. They feed us with oxygen, so they can get the carbon dioxide they require. Then when we are no longer of use to them we decompose in the ground so they can consume us.

Despite Lions not being native England, the national animal of England is in fact a Lion
Scots consider this to be a classic example of the arrogance of the English, making an animal that has never been native to your shores as your national animal…

The national animal of Scotland is a unicorn…

A Hippopotamus runs faster on land the an average human. Hippos also swim faster than the average human. This is why the modern triathlon has a bicycle stage, its the only way we stand a chance.

When a chap is not a chap… An internet friend reminded me the other day of an important lesson we all need to take on board and remember. When I say all I am talking about 49.9% of the population though the core message appl…

For reasons, I felt this one needed to be shared again today
the main reason just been because.

#mentalhealth #fiction #reads #blog #mensmentalhealth #bookblog

When a chap is not a chap... markhayesblog.com/2023/03/01/w...

Dear Edgar 39 ~ The Pit and the Pendulum It is a perfect tale in that respect, in that it does exactly what Poe set out to do. It gets under your skin, and crawls about…

the Queen of all scream Queens Barbara Steele, and iron maiden, and Poe at his dark sinister phycological best...
#reads #blog #blogsky #amreading #horror

markhayesblog.com/2025/07/29/d...

If you have not read Kates novels , you should grab this while you can

you say mermaids, I say Deep Ones ...

well that's not worrying at all

personally i can't believe you have not written the third yet ...

I prefer the sequel , this is not to say the first one isn't great, it is, I just think the sequel broadens out the original premise superbly while keeping the sinister threatening darkness of Keith's uniquely engrossing post apocalyptic world

I am going to examine who blinded those three mice next week , and the horrendous mutilation done on to them by the farmers wife

If I am bored enough at work :)

39 Poe blogs done 27 to go

oh why did I start this again?

Dear Edgar 39 ~ The Pit and the Pendulum It is a perfect tale in that respect, in that it does exactly what Poe set out to do. It gets under your skin, and crawls about…

the Queen of all scream Queens Barbara Steele, and iron maiden, and Poe at his dark sinister phycological best...
#reads #blog #blogsky #amreading #horror

markhayesblog.com/2025/07/29/d...

I have been using this excuse for years
but I am a novelist, all reading is research
of course why that means i am reading Wuthering Heights for the umptieth time instead of writing my contemporary urban fantasy is an unreasonable question i refuse to answer

The Humpty Dumpty Controversy I have questions, many questions, but lets consider first why did Humpty fall. Obviously, people do fall off walls we know, but in general not just because they are just sat on them. In actuality, …

Was Lewis Carrol an agent for the insidious St Johns Ambulance cover up of the Humpty Dumpty incident?
#blog #reads #humour #bookblog

markhayesblog.com/2025/07/28/t...

The Humpty Dumpty Controversy I have questions, many questions, but lets consider first why did Humpty fall. Obviously, people do fall off walls we know, but in general not just because they are just sat on them. In actuality, …

Was Lewis Carrol an agent for the insidious St Johns Ambulance cover up of the Humpty Dumpty incident?
#blog #reads #humour #bookblog

markhayesblog.com/2025/07/28/t...

Dear Edgar 28 ~ The Mystery of Marie Roget ‘Based on true events’ is a cliche, a trope so common we pay it no mind. Writers have been using it for years… In fact it is not unreasonable to say they have been using it since …

Am I the only one who has seen the classic of Italian surrealist cinema 'The Howl'?
Who died in a bath tub in Paris at a reported age of 31 (she was 39)?
And what does any of this have to do with Edgar Alan Poe
#blogsky #reads #amreading #mystery #booksky #blog

markhayesblog.com/2025/07/21/d...

To be a Writer To be a writer you have to write, it really is as simple and as complicated as that.

To be a writer you have to write, it really is as simple and as complicated as that.

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