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Mark Hodgetts

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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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Excerpt from “Statue” from Dark Byways of Possibility
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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
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
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
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
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
Fragments of my life

The Black Dog and Blue Skies

May 7, 2020 Mark

When I was younger…so much younger than today I knew I was in deep trouble with the black dog but I didn’t seek help. I battled on, fighting an unwinnable…

media Politics

Kid Gloves for China

May 6, 2020 Mark

Regardless of what you think of the coronavirus “pandemic,” the situation has certainly brought some issues into focus. Perhaps one of the most interesting issues that is still floating beneath…

media Politics

When Thinking Becomes An Act of Rebellion

April 12, 2020 Mark

The New York Times recently took time out to ridicule people who questioned the official narrative about Covid-19. I am one of those people and I don’t give a flying…

Politics

What really happened to Diana Spencer?

April 7, 2020 Mark

Diana Spencer is, to my mind, a great enigma. A young girl thrown in at the deepest of deep ends and expected to swim amongst a school of sharks. She…

Fragments of my life

Clearly Quite Absurd

April 1, 2020 Mark

Clearly Quite Absurd is a very quiet piece from the Deep Purple album Rapture of the Deep. Its concept is simple. Life would be much simpler if we could clear…

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Is There Already a Cure For Coronavirus?

March 26, 2020 Mark

There is a lot of doom and gloom being pedalled by most mainstream media outlets about the effects of coronavirus and how long this pandemic may last. A coronavirus cure…

inspiration media Politics

Maybe we need a little March Madness

March 19, 2020 Mark

So, this is March madness. Empty supermarket aisles, a toilet paper shortage, politicians slashing regulations and pumping money into the economy like crazy, CEOS resigning en masse, travel basically ceasing,…

Fragments of my life

Salvation

March 7, 2020 Mark

Sometimes potential life partners pass each other by with never a backward glance. Time and circumstances don’t create the necessary spark. Other times, the stars align and everything falls into…

media Politics

Shameful, Pathetic & Sad Assange Rally

February 26, 2020 Mark

I’m staring up incredulously at an earnest young man telling me and the scattered Assange rally “crowd” that the young people of Australia are uniting behind Assange and that revolution…

Fragments of my life

Things I never said or did

February 12, 2020 Mark

It’s been almost thirty five years to the day since you left us. Eighteen or so months more since a civil word passed between you and I and the time…

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