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Marcus Turner

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in Australia

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https://streamofmadness.wordpress.com

Genre

Horror, Fantasy, Poetry

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October 2018

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By day, a manager at a well-known bookstore chain in Melbourne, Australia, moonlighting as a ghoulish horror author by night.

Marcus lives to share his passion for the written word – whether it’s in recommending books someone else has written, or in sharing his own. He particularly likes to use words to scare the shit out of people.

A dedicated horror aficionado, Marcus is also a gamer, metal-head/elder emo kid, voracious reader, and may be a little too obsessed with Cthulhu, the apocalyptic hubris of mankind and the inevitable heat death of the universe.

Marcus lives with bipolar II disorder. He uses his experience to inform his bipolar- and mental illness themed podcast, “Letters From The Edge”, available to listen on Spotify and other major ...more

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	World War Four by Sam M. Phillips (Editor, Contributor), Adam Bennett (Goodreads Author) (Editor, Contributor), James Agombar (Contributor) 4.37 avg rating — 49 ratings — published 2019 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Capricorn (The Zodiac Series #1) by Austin P. Sheehan (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Jocelyn Spark (Editor), Alanah Andrews (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.41 avg rating — 22 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Full Metal Horror 2 by Adam Bennett (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Sam M. Phillips (Editor), Alan I'Anson (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.39 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2019	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Through Death's Door by Natalie Rix (Goodreads Author), Lozzi Counsell (Goodreads Author), Marcus Turner (Goodreads Author) 4.86 avg rating — 14 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Tides of War 4.42 avg rating — 12 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Harbingers: Short Stories Inspired by the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse by Alanah Andrews (Goodreads Author), E.L. Giles (Goodreads Author), Marcus Turner (Goodreads Author) 4.50 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2019 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Gemini: Speculative Fiction Inspired by the Zodiac (The Zodiac Series #6) by Austin P. Sheehan (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Zoey Xolton (Goodreads Author), Sasha Hanton (Goodreads Author) 3.60 avg rating — 10 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Wandering Stars: The Best of the Zodiac Series by Austin P. Sheehan (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Tim Borella, Belinda Brady it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Bright Skies, Long Shadows it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2023 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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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The Source (Necroscope, #3)

by Brian Lumley

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The Ritual

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Writing in the Dark

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Marcus Turner liked Stephen's review of The Source (Necroscope, #3): "HEADS UP READERS: For a 3 star rating, this ~~rant~~ review contain's a higher concentration of I'm so pissed than you might expect. The reason: there's a 250 to 300 page 5 star gem in here just begging on its paper knees to sparkle but it’s being rooste" Read more of this review »
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Solid but uneven collection of stories
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