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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

Apr 13, 2023 Mark
Fiction Fragments of my life

Writing in the wilderness – choosing between proven paths and possibilities.

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

Feb 16, 2023 Mark
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Drawing From My Infinite Dark Well

Dec 30, 2022 Mark
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Excerpt from “Statue” from Dark Byways of Possibility
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Excerpt from “Statue” from Dark Byways of Possibility
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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
The dark fantasy story that scared me the most
Fiction Fragments of my life
The dark fantasy story that scared me the most
Summit Avenue Belmont Memories of a Simple Time
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Summit Avenue Belmont Memories of a Simple Time
Incandescent Rage
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Incandescent Rage
Why Cloudbusting by Kate Bush Made Me Cry
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Why Cloudbusting by Kate Bush Made Me Cry
Success tasted dirty stale  and repugnant
Fragments of my life
Success tasted dirty stale and repugnant
Excerpt from “Statue” from Dark Byways of Possibility
Fiction
Excerpt from “Statue” from Dark Byways of Possibility
Dark Weird Stuff Excerpt From Tin Can Man
Fiction
Dark Weird Stuff Excerpt From Tin Can Man
The dark fantasy story that scared me the most
Fiction Fragments of my life
The dark fantasy story that scared me the most
The songs that inspired my dark speculative fiction juices
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The songs that inspired my dark speculative fiction juices
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Australia A Land O f Sheep With the Wool Pulled Over It’s Eyes

Feb 24, 2018 Mark

  The romantic myth of Australia is just that. You know what I’m talking about. The irreverent, rebellious land of Ned Kelly and Crocodile Dundee where “women glow and men…

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Alternative Media Identities Flocking to Steemit

Jan 30, 2018 Mark

Recently I’ve been recording the obvious censorship being carried out by Twitter.  Similar happenings are happening across the social media landscape.  This isn’t a random happening. Left unchecked, Social Media…

Politics

Twitter Censorship In Full Beast Mode

Jan 28, 2018 Mark

The Twitter platform, having been exposed as a “gatekeeper” seems to have hgone full beast mode when it comes to censoring content that it deems to be ‘sensitive,” “fake news,”…

Politics

Do Australian Politicians Fear The Downfall The House Of Clinton?

Jan 27, 2018 Mark

Australian governments of differing hues have made massive contributions to the Clinton Foundation.  Over the past decade Australia has  been something of a honey pot for the Clinton Foundation.   Between…

Politics

Australia Day – Celebration Of a Vassal State Day -While a True Patriot Is Left To Rot

Jan 25, 2018 Mark

Today is Australia Day.  The press will talk up the Australian spirit, the land of the fair go and  the larrikin Australian attitude towards authority.  There will be citizenship ceremonies…

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How Big Is The Box You Live In?

Jan 25, 2018 Mark

Expand Your Thinking We all live in a box.  The box defines our belief system, our values and our prejudices and fears. We define how big the box is by…

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Twittersphere Tweetstorm January 25

Jan 24, 2018 Mark

Things are hotting up on Twitter. The censorship continues unabated and is obviously run on an algorithm. Despite this, debate still rages. Unpacking General Flynn’s Actions Imperator Rex logically looks…

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Twittersphere tweetstorm January 24

Jan 23, 2018 Mark

Censorship issues The ongoing Big Brotherlike behavioyr of Twitter continues . We look at sensitive content blocked from viewing as well as a letter from Democrat heavyweights Feinstein and Schumer…

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Polarisation is Death

Dec 20, 2017 Mark

“Don’t just stand there polarise.” This was the catch phrase on a political cartoon that I saw when I was in Year 10.  That simple cartoon has swum back in…

Rants

Does the CIA influence Australian Media?

Dec 6, 2017 Mark

The CIA Coup in Australia The Cia influence Goverments around the world.   John Pilger has made a convincing case that the CIA successfully launched a soft coup against the…

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

May 26, 2023 Mark
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    Words Will Never Do You Justice – a Brother’s Tribute
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    The dark fantasy story that scared me the most
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Excerpt from “Statue” from Dark Byways of Possibility

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

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