The next ‘Miller Report’ will wing its way to all subscribers in time for the Winter Solstice, or if the year is 2014, the date of the ‘West Hill High Secondary School Masquerade Ball.’ Find out how I created my ‘Arrow and Tropes’ Graphic, a classic marketing tool, and what I did to try toContinue reading “Newsletter Zero Plus One”
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A Note in the Margin
Found in the margins of an A4 Black Notepad titled ‘2017.’ Odd that Lauren should have signed the entry. Find out more about Lauren Miller and her brother, Jake, read ‘The Red Marsh King’ – Book One in ‘The Last Extraordinary Days of Jake Miller’ series on Amazon and free on Kindle Unlimited CLICK HEREContinue reading “A Note in the Margin”
Another Dark Tower of Sorts
A love of Stephen King got me into this. Along with Clive Barker and James Herbert. If you’re looking for who’s responsible, they are. Each one accountable. Guilty men. They left me driven to write. Uncertain of my talent. Invisible to any audience. With a need to tell poky stories of horror. I cry inContinue reading “Another Dark Tower of Sorts”
Ghost Train
No seats, no space, crammed into the rear of a train, body against body. Hot. Dark. Sweaty. Six hours from Prague to Munich in a tin-can carriage. How nice to be reminded that we humans can be considerate. The carriage entertains the poor toddler trapped amongst all these towering adults. Please, thank you, sorry andContinue reading “Ghost Train”
Mystic Courage
The little house at Number 14, Golden Lane of Madame de Thebes, whose real name was Matylda Prisov. The widow of a pharmacist, tragically waiting in vain for the return of her son from the First World War, A psychic, mystic and a mistress of cartomancy. The Lenormand not the Tarot deck. She foretold theContinue reading “Mystic Courage”
Disintegration
The Memorial to the Victims of Communism at the foot of Petřín created by sculptor Olbram Zoubek. We are HUMAN. If our freedoms are stripped away, we disintegrate. Without freedom of thought or expression, we are less. Stripped clean of who and what we are. The inscription alongside says, ‘Victims of Communism 1948 – 1989Continue reading “Disintegration”
Ghost Surgery
St. Francis Hospital situated on the banks of the Vltava River is the oldest medieval hospital in Prague, seven hundred years old, and built on compassion for the poor … … but the dark can shade even kindness. With no anaesthetic, no pain relief and no infection control, doctors dealt death with the best ofContinue reading “Ghost Surgery”
Dreaming of Monsters
Beauty in the Gothic. St Stephen’s Cathedral, Vienna. We live in a world that seems keen to abandon reason, while we all sleep. Lauren and Jake rarely find themselves beneath such Gothic splendour. Though once they did. In of all places a northern moor. There is inspiration in the rafters, shadows beneath the vaulted ceilingsContinue reading “Dreaming of Monsters”
Ferriphobia
There are places, and there are creations that give birth to the most delicious of fantasies, and this oldest of Ferris wheels, the Riesenrad, set in the delirious grounds of a surprisingly old-fashioned amusement park, is one of them. Lauren wouldn’t like it. Too Many memories. This is perhaps one of the most iconic filmContinue reading “Ferriphobia”
The World Doesn’t Make Heroes …
… outside of our stories. Look what I found to read at my hotel … Sadly, my skill with language doesn’t go much beyond my own, and even then, that’s questionable. Last week, I opened Lemarchand’s Box, and now find myself exploring a new darkness with Clive Barker’s ‘The Great & Secret Show.’ I planContinue reading “The World Doesn’t Make Heroes …”
ianhedley - Indie Horror / Dark Fantasy Writer 