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Making Mercy: Sing a Song of the Shanties Girl
From child refugee fleeing conflict to a renowned singing sensation, the glare of Mercy’s life in the limelight dazzles some darker truths
Feb 28
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Fancy a pint? Bela Lugosi is bled…
From the archives: How long would it take a vampire to drink you up?
Feb 21
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“Reading really is a superpower,” says Stormzy
The British rapper is backing a national campaign to encourage more people to pick up a book
Feb 8
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Technology designers need to get a grip on accessibility
Jan 10
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You don't get that with a Kindle
Jan 31
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“Reading really is a superpower,” says Stormzy
Feb 8
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"That sounds like science fiction"
Aug 2, 2025
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Ending the scourge Of 'Bradford's Disease'
Jan 24
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Mark Cantrell
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When vinyl speaks the chronicles of carbon
Dec 6, 2025
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All Gothed Up, With Nowhere to Go
Novel: Forever Mercy, Draft Chapter 1
Dec 13, 2025
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Sinners in Streaming Video
Why burn books when you can incinerate the minds that make them?
Sep 27, 2025
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Mark Cantrell
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Of Unicorns & Vampyres
A disparate band of urban vampires go searching for their origins. They're not gonna like what they find
Jun 28, 2025
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Mark Cantrell
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Making Mercy: Sing a Song of the Shanties Girl
From child refugee fleeing conflict to a renowned singing sensation, the glare of Mercy’s life in the limelight dazzles some darker truths
Feb 28
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Mark Cantrell
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Under a sky of urban blight
Silas Morlock: Starved of starlight, Oscar Wilde would hate this city of broken dreams
Aug 30, 2025
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Mark Cantrell
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“She’ll feed you to the crows, my friend”
Black market arms dealer, Karel Ludek offers a friendly warning over tea and biscuits
Jan 31, 2025
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