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Mark Hodgetts

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Fiction Fragments of my life

Drawing From My Infinite Dark Well

Dec 30, 2022 Mark
Fragments of my life

Why do I write such weird dark stuff?

Oct 20, 2022 Mark
Fragments of my life inspiration Music

The good that “ordinary” people do

Mar 21, 2022 Mark
Fragments of my life

Reflections on the path to forgiveness of self

Mar 11, 2022 Mark
Fragments of my life

Heronswood Dromana – a place worth visiting

Mar 2, 2022 Mark
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    Dark Weird Stuff Launch Fun and Games
  • Fiction Fragments of my life
    Drawing From My Infinite Dark Well
  • Why do I write such weird dark stuff?
    Fragments of my life
    Why do I write such weird dark stuff?
  • Rediscovering the joy of writing speculative fiction after a long hiatus
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    Rediscovering the joy of writing speculative fiction after a long hiatus
  • Summit Avenue Belmont Memories of a Simple Time
    Fragments of my life
    Summit Avenue Belmont Memories of a Simple Time
  • Incandescent Rage
    Fragments of my life
    Incandescent Rage
  • Why Cloudbusting by Kate Bush Made Me Cry
    Fragments of my life Music
    Why Cloudbusting by Kate Bush Made Me Cry
  • Success tasted dirty stale  and repugnant
    Fragments of my life
    Success tasted dirty stale and repugnant
  • Fiction
    Dark Weird Stuff Launch Fun and Games
  • Fiction Fragments of my life
    Drawing From My Infinite Dark Well
  • Rediscovering the joy of writing speculative fiction after a long hiatus
    Fiction media
    Rediscovering the joy of writing speculative fiction after a long hiatus
Fragments of my life Musings

The Sisyphean pursuit of happiness

Feb 25, 2022 Mark

It seems to me that the pursuit of happiness is a classic three-card trick. We are consistently encouraged to seek happiness through a variety of channels. We are told that…

Finance Politics Rants

Everything goes to hell when the accountants take over

Feb 21, 2022 Mark

Accountants perform valuable functions. They can count, apply ratios, prepare reports and highlight areas of concern. Their profession is conservative and rightly so. Numbers are their domain. They’re very good…

Tech

Medium commits the cardinal sin of arrogance

Feb 20, 2022 Mark

For those that don’t know Medium is an online platform that published articles by independent authors. It is a highly successful platform. I recall seeing statistics somewhere that stated that…

Finance media Tech

Can the system as we know it survive cryptocurrency?

Feb 16, 2022 Mark

A couple of weeks ago I was commissioned to write a piece on banks and cryptocurrency. I intentionally kept it relatively light and didn’t dig too deep. The subject is…

Fragments of my life Musings

Fear is to be embraced

Feb 10, 2022 Mark

Let’s talk about fear. The gut churning, sleep depriving, mind numbing demon that we all pretend not to know. It lurks inside our minds waiting to challenge us at our…

Fragments of my life media

10 Books that changed my life one way or another

Feb 4, 2022 Mark

I was once an avid reader. A good book would have me immersed in a whole new world that allowed me to escape from whatever I was running from. I’d…

Fragments of my life inspiration Musings

And the moment was gone

Feb 1, 2022 Mark

This morning, I was up early. The sun hadn’t quite risen when I embarked on my morning walk. It was cool and I appreciated the welcome breeze that I’d been…

Rants Tech

Why I Won’t Bid For Your Task on Airtasker or Upwork

Jan 29, 2022 Mark

Airtasker and Upwork are two platforms that have become key components of the gig economy. Upwork is by far the better platform from a writing perspective, whereas Airtasker tends to…

media Music

Why Bother with creating anything?

Jan 23, 2022 Mark

Last evening, I had a visit from a friend that I used to work with 35 years ago. Although he is five or so years younger than me, we were…

Music

Avi Rosenfeld & Tasos Lazaris Very Classic Very Metal Review

Jan 21, 2022 Mark

One of the great things about being an underground writer (So far underground that you’d need a mining permit to find me), is that you meet some really interesting creative…

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Fiction Fragments of my life

Drawing From My Infinite Dark Well

Dec 30, 2022 Mark
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    Drawing From My Infinite Dark Well
  • Why do I write such weird dark stuff?
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    Why do I write such weird dark stuff?
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    The good that “ordinary” people do
  • Reflections on the path to forgiveness of self
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    Reflections on the path to forgiveness of self
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    Heronswood Dromana – a place worth visiting

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Dark Weird Stuff Launch Fun and Games

Feb 1, 2023 Mark
Fiction Fragments of my life

Drawing From My Infinite Dark Well

Dec 30, 2022 Mark
Fragments of my life

Why do I write such weird dark stuff?

Oct 20, 2022 Mark
Fiction media

Rediscovering the joy of writing speculative fiction after a long hiatus

Oct 13, 2022 Mark
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Essential Reading
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My Publications
  • Dark Weird Stuff Collection of short stories in the H/SF/Dark Fantasy Genres 1
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