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M R Cosby's blog: May 2014
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M R Cosby's blog. Dying Embers out now. Monday, 26 May 2014. The ghosts of Sydney's past. St Mary's Cathedral is an impressive building. The rain was just starting to pour. St Mary's Cathedral, Sydney. One of many statues dotted about the perimeter of the Cathedral. We couldn't get close enough to them to find out who they. Represented, but this one is fairly obviously St Mary! The interior of Hyde Park Barracks. It's been well restored, with some. One of the peep-holes through which the guards would.
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M R Cosby's blog: January 2014
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M R Cosby's blog. Dying Embers out now. Wednesday, 29 January 2014. Review: Little Visible Delight, by S.P. Miskowski and Kate Jonez. 1 An idea or image that repeatedly intrudes upon the mind of a person against his will and is usually distressing. 2 The action of any influence, notion, or 'fixed idea', which persistently assails or vexes, esp. so as to decompose the mind. When I found out that Little Visible Delight. Each definition seemed scarier than the one before. It was a good omen. She embarks upo...
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M R Cosby's blog: December 2014
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M R Cosby's blog. Dying Embers out now. Sunday, 7 December 2014. 12 of the best reads of 2014. I've been reading and (trying to) write a lot recently, but not blogging much. So, to put that to rights at least for the moment, here is a list and summary of some books I would recommend. Elizabeth Bowen is perhaps one of the best short story writers in the English language; and. Certainly one of the most prolific. I have been working my way through this collection of 79 of. Review soon. Available here. I hav...
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M R Cosby's blog: December 2013
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M R Cosby's blog. Dying Embers out now. Friday, 27 December 2013. More books of 2013. Following on from my blog post earlier this month, here are some more of my books of 2013. There really have been so many great short story collections new to me this year! Once again, in no particular order:. Surely one of the anthologies of the year; S.P. Miskowski and Kate Jonez's. Superb Little Visible Delight. Surprise of the year! Gareth E. Rees's weird. Psychogeographical study of the Lea basin,. My year that was.
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M R Cosby's blog: June 2014
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M R Cosby's blog. Dying Embers out now. Tuesday, 17 June 2014. Dying Embers at Supanova! Last weekend involved a lot of 'firsts' for me. It was the first convention I'd attended; the first time I had met any of the friends made through writing and on social media during the past couple of years; the first time I'd signed a copy of Dying Embers. In person: and the first time I'd met R2D2. I arrived early on the Saturday morning. I was immediately welcomed into the fold of Satalyte Publishing. Overall the ...
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M R Cosby's blog: Review: Knock Knock by S.P. Miskowski
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M R Cosby's blog. Dying Embers out now. Sunday, 11 January 2015. Review: Knock Knock by S.P. Miskowski. SP Miskowski's novel Knock Knock. Was first published a few years back, and introduces the unsuspecting reader to Skillute, a failed logging town in Washington, where ". few events rose in significance above the routine of work, Sunday worship, and the weekend six-pack." It soon becomes apparent, however, that an undercurrent of evil exists just beneath the surface. And, more recently, In The Light.
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M R Cosby's blog: July 2014
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M R Cosby's blog. Dying Embers out now. Sunday, 27 July 2014. Review: The Gate Theory, by Kaaron Warren. Kaaron Warren is an award-winning Australian author, and The Gate Theory. Collects five of her short stories, all of which have been previously published. It was first released in late 2013, and was the first publication from Cohesion Press, an Australian publisher of dark fiction. All of these tales are darkly disturbing, and in the very best of ways. Purity. Is a complex and perfectly-formed piece.
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M R Cosby's blog: Review; The House of Three, by Lily Childs
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M R Cosby's blog. Dying Embers out now. Friday, 15 August 2014. Review; The House of Three, by Lily Childs. 32 Cherry Street has come up for sale, deceased estate; and Sarah is happy to be able to purchase what once was her childhood home. However, is she prepared for the memories it will bring back, or the spirits that may be released? The House of Three. Is a stand-alone short story from Lily Childs. It is a ghost story in the traditional sense, yet in a modern, suburban setting. Darker Times Vol 3.
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M R Cosby's blog: January 2015
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M R Cosby's blog. Dying Embers out now. Sunday, 11 January 2015. Review: Knock Knock by S.P. Miskowski. SP Miskowski's novel Knock Knock. Was first published a few years back, and introduces the unsuspecting reader to Skillute, a failed logging town in Washington, where ". few events rose in significance above the routine of work, Sunday worship, and the weekend six-pack." It soon becomes apparent, however, that an undercurrent of evil exists just beneath the surface. And, more recently, In The Light.
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M R Cosby's blog: August 2014
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M R Cosby's blog. Dying Embers out now. Monday, 18 August 2014. The ghost of Crookhaven Lighthouse. The track from Culburra Beach to Crookhaven Heads is rough and remote. We followed the track into the headland, across increasingly rough ground. Eventually we climbed between trees, and we were intrigued to spot a sign telling us there was a lighthouse further along. It could be said we were in the middle of nowhere by then (or perhaps I should say "the back of beyond? Friday, 15 August 2014. Is a stand-a...