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Darren Sant

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in Stoke-on-Trent, The United Kingdom

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http://darrensant-writer.yolasite.com/

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Darren Sant was born in 1970 and raised in Stoke-on-Trent in Staffordshire which is in the United Kingdom. He moved to Hull in East Yorkshire in 2001.

A life long avid reader he always wanted to be a writer. However, teenage years, girls, work, pubs and football provided adequate distraction until his late twenties. After attending a few creative writing classes he started writing poetry. After moving to Hull he joined a writing group called the Renegade Writers who gained infamy by doing performance poetry with a Rock N Roll ethos. Following the split of the Renegade Writers he settled down a little and didn't write for a while.

He became interested in writing again when his friend, Nick Boldock, introduced him to the Radgepacket series by B...more

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Near To The Knuckle Presents: Gloves Off

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Near To The Knuckle presents "Gloves Off".

"Gloves Off" is a collection of dark stories from the cream of the literary crop. These stories have one thing in common: they will come at you, all guns blazing. There’s a story lurking down every dark alley. Just when your back is turned a plot-twist is ready to attack.

The stories in this anthology are mainly... Read more of this blog post »

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Darren Sant's Books

Average rating: 4.83 · 175 ratings · 52 reviews · 13 distinct works · Similar authors

	Flashes of Revenge 4.9 of 5 stars 4.90 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tales From The Longcroft 4.8 of 5 stars 4.80 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 2012	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Community Spirit 4.83 of 5 stars 4.83 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Good Day 4.93 of 5 stars 4.93 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rowan's Folly 4.86 of 5 stars 4.86 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2011	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tales From The Longcroft 2 4.83 of 5 stars 4.83 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2012	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Radgepacket - Tales From the Inner Cities (Volume Six) by Darren Sant (Goodreads Author), Fiona Glass (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.75 of 5 stars 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2012	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Bank Manager and the Bum 5.0 of 5 stars 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2013	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Off The Record 2 - At The Movies - A Charity Anthology by Luca Veste (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Paul D. Brazill (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Steve Mosby (Contributor) 4.88 of 5 stars 4.88 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2012	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Burning Bridges: A Renegade Fiction Anthology by Allan Leverone (Goodreads Author), Paul D. Brazill (Goodreads Author), Julia Madeleine (Goodreads Author) 4.71 of 5 stars 4.71 avg rating — 17 ratings	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Dodger

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Reading a Writer's Mind: Exploring Short Fiction - First Thought to Finished Story

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Darren Sant and 1 other person liked B J Burton's review of I Woke Up This Morning (FRUGALITY: Book 3: " I keep 5-star reviews for books that I find truly exceptional. I’m giving this one 5 and, if I could, I’d give it 10. The writing style has developed through the trilogy into an extraordinary, free-flowing pouring forth of prose that is frequently... " Read more of this review »
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Darren Sant rated a book 5 of 5 stars Veil of Civility: a Black Shuck thriller by Ian Graham (Goodreads Author) read in June, 2013	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
With Veil of Civility Ian Graham brings us an all action page turner of a thriller. Following the terrible death of a friend former IRA man Declan McIver finds the peaceful life he has tried to build disintegrate before him. Hunted by the FBI and the...more
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Darren Sant rated a book 5 of 5 stars The ePocalypse: Emails at the End by Blaize M. Kaye read in June, 2013	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Darren Sant made a comment in the group UK Amazon Kindle Forum — Freebies June 2013 topic "Near To The Knuckle Presents: Gloves Off Paul D. Brazill Free 6th - 10th June A collection of nineteen dark and diverse crime fiction stories by top UK &...more "
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