I noticed that while his prose is sharp, Mark has a jarring tendency to end sentences with a preposition. This is a strong short novel that only loses points on a couple of issues. I particularly enjoyed the gothic cinema a wonderful place that I would love to visit, and now actually feel as though I have.Ĭonjure flaunts some genuinely spooky moments the supernatural element works so well because the author merges it with fears we understand, such as abduction and infanticide. Mark excels at dialogue and characterisation the setting is perfect, reminded me of several faded resorts: old fashioned and hard-up, but soldiering on with a stiff but weary upper lip. To further make up your mind, here’re some review highlights:įrom Matthew Fryer’s review, at his Hellforge website
Join up, say hello, have a look at the pics! There’s also a Facebook group for the novel, which can be found by clicking this link. £1.92 in “real money”) on a wide variety of formats (some of which offer a sample 20% of the text!).
The ebook version is available through Smashwords - direct link here - for the princely sum of $2.99 (or approx. There’s a dedicated page for the book on my website at here, which has a lengthy afterword, some teaser artwork and some behind-the-scenes info (on the illustrations and the memorial miniature my Dad made) and I’ll post the artwork up there in time. Thankfully, Steve agreed and so this features a story that was first published in 2000, reprinted in my collection in 2003 and hasn’t been available since - a unique selling point for the ebook. The decision to remove the interior artwork was one based on formatting, but it does add a uniqueness to the print version (which I like the idea of) and I like ‘bonus features’, so suggested we include “Empty Souls, Drowning”. Which is why I decided to approach Stephen James Price at Gen-Next, to see if he’d be interested - it’s a good story, I like to think it’s well told and it’ll be nice to see it have another crack of the whip.
The book was first published in 2009 by Rainfall Books (thanks John!) and picked up some good reviews along the way but, through circumstances beyond anyone’s control, wasn’t as widely available as we’d hoped. This edition features a new cover design by me, though none of the interior artwork from the book version but, to make up for that, it does include my short story “Empty Souls, Drowning”, which first appeared in my “Strange Tales” collection in 2003 and was the story that introduced my east coast seaside town of Heyton. I’m really pleased to announce that my short novel “Conjure” has just been re-published as an ebook by those nice folks at Generation Next Publications.
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