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Words Will Never Do You Justice – a Brother’s Tribute

May 26, 2023 Mark
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The dark fantasy story that scared me the most

April 13, 2023 Mark
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Writing in the wilderness – choosing between proven paths and possibilities.

March 9, 2023 Mark
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Does Artificial Intelligence Signal the Death of the artist, writer and musician?

February 16, 2023 Mark
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Drawing From My Infinite Dark Well

December 30, 2022 Mark
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Closing the deep purple circle with Blackmore and Gillan
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Closing the deep purple circle with Blackmore and Gillan
Excerpt from “Statue” from Dark Byways of Possibility
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Excerpt from “Statue” from Dark Byways of Possibility
Dark Weird Stuff Excerpt From Tin Can Man
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Dark Weird Stuff Excerpt From Tin Can Man
Words Will Never Do You Justice – a Brother’s Tribute
Fragments of my life
Words Will Never Do You Justice – a Brother’s Tribute
Summit Avenue Belmont Memories of a Simple Time
Fragments of my life
Summit Avenue Belmont Memories of a Simple Time
Why Cloudbusting by Kate Bush Made Me Cry
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Why Cloudbusting by Kate Bush Made Me Cry
Incandescent Rage
Fragments of my life
Incandescent Rage
Success tasted dirty stale  and repugnant
Fragments of my life
Success tasted dirty stale and repugnant
Excerpt from “Statue” from Dark Byways of Possibility
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Excerpt from “Statue” from Dark Byways of Possibility
Dark Weird Stuff Excerpt From Tin Can Man
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Dark Weird Stuff Excerpt From Tin Can Man
The dark fantasy story that scared me the most
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The dark fantasy story that scared me the most
The songs that inspired my dark speculative fiction juices
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8 Core Freelancing Tactics to Keep You On Track

June 12, 2019 Mark

Freelancing is not what it’s cracked up to be. For the most part it’s hard work, it can be boring and it’s highly competitive. However, these drawbacks are more than…

Politics

When faith meets political correctness

June 12, 2019 Mark

Amidst all the hand-wringing finger pointing and allegations of media bias in relation to the Australian federal election result there has been little analysis of what may be a sleeper…

media Politics

Is your news simply a narrative?

June 12, 2019 Mark

Somebody once said that history is written by the winners. A similar saying could be applied to the news. In effect the news as reported by the mainstream legacy media…

Politics

Australia the Police State

June 5, 2019 Mark

The Australian government has once again taken the opportunity to remind Australians that they live in a police state. Today, police armed with the necessary warrants raided the home of…

Politics

Lessons the Left Refuse to Learn

May 21, 2019 Mark

The “shock” Australian election result wasn’t that much of a shock to me. In fact, it all seemed eerily familiar. Any one with the ability to get outside their bubble…

Politics

The Assange Problem

May 10, 2019 Mark

Regular readers of this irregular and somewhat erratic publication know where I stand on the treatment of Julian Assange. Some may have noted my apparent silence after his extraction from…

media Politics Rants

Julian Assange Should Be an Election Issue

April 9, 2019 Mark

At the time of writing, there is genuine fear circulating among Assange supporters. Ecuador have been making noises about handing Assange over to the UK (ostensibly for a bail violation…

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Thoughts About The Melbourne Free Assange Rally

March 18, 2019 Mark

” I thought that there would be more people here,” said an elderly lady. I agreed. True, in the end there may have been between 300 and 500 people gathered…

Fragments of my life

Incandescent Rage

March 4, 2019 Mark

Caitlin Johnstone’s epic piece on Cardinal George Pell is remarkable in many ways. However, for me, it hammered home some truths that I have only dared skate across in moments…

media Politics

Assange is a piece in play in a much bigger game.

February 19, 2019 Mark

I haven’t written directly about Julian Assange for some time. There are people who have greater insights and larger audiences than me. I re-post their pieces and support Assange in…

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Fragments of my life

Words Will Never Do You Justice – a Brother’s Tribute

May 26, 2023 Mark
The dark fantasy story that scared me the most
Fiction Fragments of my life
The dark fantasy story that scared me the most
Writing in the wilderness – choosing between proven paths and possibilities.
Fiction Fragments of my life
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Does Artificial Intelligence Signal the Death of the artist, writer and musician?
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Drawing From My Infinite Dark Well

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Essential Reading
  • Being Julian Assange 0
  • The Swamp Creatures Who Tried To Eat WikiLeaks The chain of events that led to Assange seeking refuge 0
  • Twenty One Thoughts On The Persecution Of Julian Assange Catlin Johnstone nails it 0
My Publications
  • Dark Weird Stuff Collection of short stories in the H/SF/Dark Fantasy Genres 1
  • Postcards From Hell Self published book looking at my journey through darkness into light 0

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