The daily quote thing, mostly from sci-fi writers or philosophers* (which are often the same) #quotefortheday #quotes #scifi #fantasy #amwriting #quotesky

The daily quote thing, mostly from sci-fi writers or philosophers* (which are often the same) #quotefortheday #quotes #scifi #fantasy #amwriting #quotesky *I have no idea which of the shows writers wrote these words.

In case anyone needs to see one today a happy sloth

man is born , Man diddles, man dies Thus it has always been.... According to Dear Edgar at any rate #bookblog #reads #booksky #blogsky #blog #Poe #amreading markhayesblog.com/2025/10/03/d...

In order to avoid death by the old god in the to-read pile. A book review ( with the usual whittering on ) of @bensawyerwriter.bsky.social Monsters at the Gate... which is not his new book... #reads #bookblog #to-read_pile_old_god #booksky #urbanfantasy #blog markhayesblog.com/2025/10/02/m...

On Sunday i will be in Sheffield, in a bowler hat, kilt and newrocks , like you do. Trying to corrupt people into reading words printed on murdered trees , I shall be with fellow Harvey writer @katebaucherel.bsky.social who has a new book out... #shefield #comiccon #scifi #books #unleashedevents

Be kind to your cat... or else... Dear Edgar reaches Poe's morality tale about drunkenness. #amreading #blog #bookblog #horror #booksky #reads markhayesblog.com/2025/10/01/d...

Be kind to your cat... or else... Dear Edgar reaches Poe's morality tale about drunkenness. #amreading #blog #bookblog #horror #booksky #reads markhayesblog.com/2025/10/01/d...

On Sunday i will be in Sheffield, in a bowler hat, kilt and newrocks , like you do. Trying to corrupt people into reading words printed on murdered trees , I shall be with fellow Harvey writer @katebaucherel.bsky.social who has a new book out... #shefield #comiccon #scifi #books #unleashedevents

Widdershins is an old Scottish word meaning to circle something in the direction opposite to the sun or anti-clockwise. To turn widdershins is considered to be bad luck So why did we name a book 3 Turns Widdershins #pagan #folklore #books #booksky #newreads #blog markhayesblog.com/2025/09/29/t...

Widdershins is an old Scottish word meaning to circle something in the direction opposite to the sun or anti-clockwise. To turn widdershins is considered to be bad luck So why did we name a book 3 Turns Widdershins #pagan #folklore #books #booksky #newreads #blog markhayesblog.com/2025/09/29/t...

Spirit of 1976 - a punk review from Mark Hayes.

The true story about when I met a sex pistol... (also a review of a rather splendid book by @stephenauthor.bsky.social about the UK Punk explosion of 1976/77) #music #blog #punk #reads #booksky #musicsky #amreading #reads #bookblog markhayesblog.com/2025/09/19/t...

The true story about when I met a sex pistol... (also a review of a rather splendid book by @stephenauthor.bsky.social about the UK Punk explosion of 1976/77) #music #blog #punk #reads #booksky #musicsky #amreading #reads #bookblog markhayesblog.com/2025/09/19/t...

Presenting the cover art for The Masque of the Mummers, the third novel in the Holly Trinity and the Ghosts of York series, out in time for #Halloween #spookyseason #newbookalert #urbanfantasy #fantasyreads ##fantasybooks Art by Nick Jenkinson.

A post Newtonian Magic Victorian Urban fantasy In Kindle, Paperback, or hardback #newbook #scifi #steampunk #urbanfanasy #booksky #magicalrealisum #newreads #kindleunlimited #amreading www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DWMWJ927

There are good days There are bad days There are days you buy a new tea pot

Just a reminder that this exists.

My research took a turn... My dearest Mother thank you for the small primroses, the Weekly Review, the banana, and the most captivating cat picture, which I shall give a permanent place on the wall Lovecraft's letter to his mum 24 Feb 1921

The daily quote thing, mostly from sci-fi writers or philosophers* (which are often the same) #quotefortheday #quotes #scifi #fantasy #amwriting #quotesky

For whomever may need to hear this today Life is infinitely better than the alterative The world is infinitely better with you in it #suicidepreventionday #mentalhealth

#WednesdayWisdom #WednesdayMotivation #WednesdayThoughts writingforwellbeing.co.uk

The (bonus) daily quote thing, mostly from sci-fi writers or philosophers* (which are often the same) #quotefortheday #quotes #scifi #fantasy #amwriting #quotesky

The daily quote thing, mostly from sci-fi writers or philosophers* (which are often the same) #quotefortheday #quotes #scifi #fantasy #amwriting #quotesky

Research, the novelist and the importance of #Brewers #amwriting #writersky #bookblog #reads markhayesblog.com/2025/04/05/r...

Research, the novelist and the importance of #Brewers #amwriting #writersky #bookblog #reads markhayesblog.com/2025/04/05/r...

The daily quote thing, mostly from sci-fi writers or philosophers* (which are often the same) #quotefortheday #quotes #scifi #fantasy #amwriting #quotesky *it should be noted this particular quote is one of my own, but I am a sci-fi writer and did degree level philosophy

In the hours before the dawn... Or too many idea's #bookblog #reads #pagan #amwriting #writer markhayesblog.com/2025/09/08/a...

Introducing the latest recruit to the Holly Trinity roadshow as talk turns to cover art and a bold new direction... #booksky #urbanfantasy #theshowmustgoon bensawyerauthor.wordpress.com/2025/09/08/t...

In the hours before the dawn... Or too many idea's #bookblog #reads #pagan #amwriting #writer markhayesblog.com/2025/09/08/a...

Three turns windleshin's Around the Lochfa'ston Three turns windleshin's an' call the other’s names Three turns windleshin's a'fore the moon does rise Three turns windleshin's And fear not the dark Three turns windleshin's Around the Lochfa'ston Three turns windleshin's For she is devine

A post Newtonian Magic Victorian Urban fantasy In Kindle, Paperback, or hardback #newbook #scifi #steampunk #urbanfanasy #booksky #magicalrealisum #newreads #kindleunlimited #amreading www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DWMWJ927

#bookblog #blog markhayesblog.com/2025/08/27/b...

Occasionally one wonders why why one does not know

Can literature save lives? Our Dear Edgar journey brings us to the story of The Gold Bug #books #blog #bookblog #poe #reads #amreading #blogsky markhayesblog.com/2025/08/25/d...

Because it has been one of those lifetimes... #quotesky #blog #quotes #humour markhayesblog.com/2025/08/26/a...

Because it has been one of those lifetimes... #quotesky #blog #quotes #humour markhayesblog.com/2025/08/26/a...

Can literature save lives? Our Dear Edgar journey brings us to the story of The Gold Bug #books #blog #bookblog #poe #reads #amreading #blogsky markhayesblog.com/2025/08/25/d...

yesterday was 'A day' For anyone else who had 'A day' I present some old religion (yesterday really was a bad one, I needed to feel the ground beneath me) #blog #reads #amreading #fantasy #folklore markhayesblog.com/2021/12/15/a...

yesterday was 'A day' For anyone else who had 'A day' I present some old religion (yesterday really was a bad one, I needed to feel the ground beneath me) #blog #reads #amreading #fantasy #folklore markhayesblog.com/2021/12/15/a...

The daily quote thing, mostly from sci-fi writers or philosophers (which are often the same) #quotefortheday #quotes #scifi #fantasy #amwriting #quotesky

The relentless thud thud thud of a thousand English Lit teachers pounding there heads against the blackboard... Dear Edgars Telltale heart... with added Pinhead #blog #booksky #blogsky #reads #amreading #readersky markhayesblog.com/2025/08/18/d...

The real thing! #punk #punks #punkrock #punkrockhistory #punkrockmusic #streetpunk #punksnotdead

The relentless thud thud thud of a thousand English Lit teachers pounding there heads against the blackboard... Dear Edgars Telltale heart... with added Pinhead #blog #booksky #blogsky #reads #amreading #readersky markhayesblog.com/2025/08/18/d...

Tuesdays being what they are... #steampunk #books #reads markhayesblog.com/2025/08/12/t...

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

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

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...