London torn. Night and day. Sinners and angels. Debut novel by Mark A. King, available now
Dearest reader, My first novel, Metropolitan Dreams, is live on Kindle Scout. https://kindlescout.amazon.com/p/291VJ4R4SYSK8 You can vote for free on the link above. If I am successful then you get a free ebook sent to you before it launches. I'm very grateful for any votes or support you can provide. If I'm selected, it will make …
Debut Novel Update My first novel, Metropolitan Dreams, will be submitted to Kindle Scout soon. To say that I am proud of the book would be an epic understatement. It has been an ambitious project to attempt for my first novel, but with the help of a very dedicated and talented editor (thank you, EJS), …
Codex I blew the smoke from my blunderbuss and readied chamber with gunpowder and buckshot, prepared to shoot the injured daemon should it rise. It did not. I jumped on to my steam-powered bike. Fired the engine–it gave a satisfied hiss as the wheels engaged with the cobblestones and the primitive power unleashed. I …
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The Original Mr Grey One of them wears a white suit. Has golden hair. Has teeth that are so white you need headache pills to recover from his smile. If you find yourself surrounded by your family, in your old age, in a hospital — it’s him that you’ll want to meet. To …
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The Superhero Alchemist She sits and waits. Her time is coming. In her kitchen, the kettle boils and her mind brews. Cupboards of unobtainable chocolate call to her, but she must resist, for there is a higher calling. She thinks about the superheroes of the world. The flowing capes, the shiny symbols, unearthly powers and …
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Metropolitan Darkness “I have watched attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion,” the charismatic Replicant says on the large LCD screen. From the Kinect senor, I watch the friends, their gormless faces and silly hats illuminated in harsh TV ghost-light. I have been calling them to me since the Nordic ships, since the …
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Z-A of an Apocalypse Zedonk once roamed the savannah. Yet we ignored their extinction, like our own. Xyster winds scrapped soil from land, like flesh from bone. We watched oil tankers turn to rust on the sand dunes of London. Voices of nature, whispered then screamed. Muffled by our greed. Useless products filled our homes …
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The Sirens of Europa …and so I find myself with a difficult choice to make. Nestled between the hulking cookies ‘n’ cream swirling skies of the Jovian overlord and the fragile crackle-glaze ice-moon of Europa, I watch, monitor and wait. Despite the rewards, NASA couldn’t afford the mission. It was paid for by the 1% …
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FAQs We are near the end now. I once harboured you – in roughened houses, in biblical arks, behind strengthened doors and the curled razor barricades of Flanders. You cut me with sharpened metals from the earth. Peeled my skin. Pulped my flesh. Yet, you nurtured and respected me. We once were …
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Mirror | Mirror Her paddleboat is a glorified bicycle on water. Yet it skims the mirrored surface, on dreams of tranquillity. She is leaving the shores of eroded memories, of this long and prosperous life. She envisions the sunsets of Monet. How she has lived. How she has loved. How she has taken everything, from …
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Metropolitan Dreams 