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Steve Shahbazian has won no awards, no competitions and isn't critically acclaimed. Some of his best friends have gone so far as to describe his work as “okay in places” and his books have been in huge demand, mostly due to the large number of wonky tables needing propping up...

Okay, okay, I wrote that. I'm sure you're all sick of writers bigging up their work, telling you how many awards they won and blah, blah, blah... seriously, how many bestsellers are there out there!?! For me, all that matters is writing original stories that you, dear reader, enjoy. For me, the reader is everything.

If you like a mixture of literary fiction, science fiction and political dystopian fiction with the occasional dark and disturbing twist, check out my wri
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Steve Shahbazian The ability to create. By writing, we get to create whole fictional worlds that didn’t exist before and add to the collective imagination. To know tha…moreThe ability to create. By writing, we get to create whole fictional worlds that didn’t exist before and add to the collective imagination. To know that others are reading what I’ve created and being inspired by it is a magical feeling. Well, I say it is, but as I don’t have any followers yet, that’s purely conjecture. Would you like to know the worst thing about being a writer?(less)
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Lady Don’t Fall Backwards by Darcy Sarto

Sometimes, the internet turns up things you never expected to find. As a long-time fan of Hancock’s Half Hour, I’d loved the episode “The Missing Page” since childhood. I could remember Tony Hancock and Sid James getting “Lady Don’t Fall Backwards” out of the library and becoming fixated on trying to work out who the […]

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“If you’re drowning and a murderer throws you a line, you can’t wait for someone more agreeable to come along.”
Steve Shahbazian, Green and Pleasant Land

“Life is rarely a choice between good and bad, but bad and worse.”
Steve Shahbazian, Green and Pleasant Land

“The media’s so central to our lives that we believe what we see onscreen is real. In fact, it’s more real than reality: emotions are heightened, drama sharpened, issues simplified.”
Steve Shahbazian, Green and Pleasant Land

“He looked back as they shepherded the children indoors, thinking of the cities with their walls, gatehouses, razor wire, shutters, barriers, alarms, security cameras and bulletproof screens; it was the architecture of siege, not harmony. Division was engraved in the landscape and fear expressed in physical form.”
Steve Shahbazian, Green and Pleasant Land

“By thinking in the prescribed language, we conform without realising.”
Steve Shahbazian, Green and Pleasant Land

“If you load oppositional words with negative connotations, then critical thought is stifled. If you load supportive words with positive connotations, then people can’t avoid thinking in the prescribed way.”
Steve Shahbazian, Green and Pleasant Land

“People want the Government to do their thinking for them. They happily regurgitate their catchphrases and slogans, thinking they’ve come up with the ideas themselves. It’s a well-known phenomenon: it’s called passive cognition.”
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“The media’s so central to our lives that we believe what we see onscreen is real. In fact, it’s more real than reality: emotions are heightened, drama sharpened, issues simplified.”
Steve Shahbazian, Green and Pleasant Land

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