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Mark West

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in Kettering, The United Kingdom

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http://www.markwest.org.uk

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Horror, Mystery & Thrillers, Literature & Fiction

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Mark West was born in Northamptonshire in 1969. Writing stories since the age of eight, he discovered the small press in 1999 and since then, he’s published more than 60 stories in various publications around the world.

His first collection, “Strange Tales”, appeared from Rainfall Books in 2003 and this was followed in 2005 by the novel “In The Rain With The Dead”, from Pendragon Press. His novelette “The Mill” was part of the critically acclaimed five author collection “We Fade To Grey” and was followed by "Conjure", which Rainfall Books published in September 2009.

Greyhart Press published "The Mill" as an ebook in 2011 and followed it up with a paperback release in 2012. West's chapbook, "What Gets Left Behind" appeared from Spectral Pres...more

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Recent love for Mr Stix

Went straight to Mark West's MR STIX to see what all the fuss was about. The fuss is warranted, it's a very good, creepy story. Maybe his best yet.
- Johnny Mains, author, editor and horror aficionado

Shows you can have a powerful, cringe-worthy death without any blood!
-Daniel I. Russell, author of "Tricks, Mischief And Mayhem"

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	What Gets Left Behind 4.05 of 5 stars 4.05 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
	The Mill 4.23 of 5 stars 4.23 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 2011 — 4 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
	ill at ease by Mark West (Goodreads Author), Stephen Bacon, Neil Williams 4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 10 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
	Conjure 3.86 of 5 stars 3.86 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2009 — 3 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
	In The Rain With The Dead 3.67 of 5 stars 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2005	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
	In the Rain with the Dead 3.0 of 5 stars 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 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
	Strange Tales 3.0 of 5 stars 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2003	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
	Glass 0.0 of 5 stars 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1994 — 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 of the Nun and Dragon by Sarah Cawkwell, Mhairi Simpson (Goodreads Author), Adrian Tchaikovsky (Goodreads Author) 4.63 of 5 stars 4.63 avg rating — 19 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
	Urban Occult by Gary McMahon, Gary Fry, Adam Millard (Goodreads Author) 4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 13 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

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Mark liked Ginger Nuts 's review of What Gets Left Behind: " Some writers thrill me with their action packed all guns blazing horror. Some chill me to the bone with their dark and scary imaginations, and some authors dig their icy talons deep into my emotional cortex and tear it to pieces. Mark West is one... " Read more of this review »
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Mark rated a book 3 of 5 stars Return of the Jedi by James Kahn 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
Set a little while after the events of “The Empire Strikes Back” (it’s not clear but at least six months), this starts with Luke, Leia, Lando, Chewie and the droids rescuing Han from the clutches of slimy gangster Jabba The Hutt. Once freed, Luke goe...more
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Mark liked Karen's review of Return of the Jedi: " So here we go: Me on vacation with all the relatives at our annual summer gathering on the Oregon coast. I'm maybe nine. I have to sleep up in the attic. Directly above the head of my bed is a window, and I can look directly out to the beach and o... " Read more of this review »
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Mark and 2 other people liked Rachel's review of Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (Star Wars, #6): " This man should be punished for trying to write dialog for R2-D2 and Chewbacca. It makes for obnoxious reading, until one realizes that you can just skip those bits. It does make me wonder how Dave Wolverton could ever have read this book (assumin... " Read more of this review »
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Mark added Alt-Dead (The Alternative Dead Anthology) by Peter Mark May	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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Mark rated a book 4 of 5 stars Everett Smiles by Neil John Buchanan read in May, 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
Sheila is coming… In a near-future Earth, almost destroyed by aliens that have slipped through rifts between this space and the next, Paige is a lonely survivor, holed up in a department store. An ex-police officer, registered junkie and a mother who...more
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