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D.A. Lascelles

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D.A Lascelles is a former clinical scientist turned teacher who writes to stop himself from going insane during the long holidays. He is only just starting out as a professional writer with his first publications. In 2011 he released a short story entitled ‘Gods of the Sea’ in the Pirates and Swashbucklers anthology by Pulp Empires. He is also the author of Transitions, part of the Shades of Love series by Mundania press, a paranromal romance. He contributed the background to Realm: fantasy warfare (http://realmfw.com/)
He lives in Manchester in the UK with his wife and a fox terrier cross called Eddie. You can find his blog on http://www.dalascelles.co.uk. He has also been known to write on other sites such as http://amwritingblog.com/ and ...more

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	The Elementals by Liz Knox (Goodreads Author), Jen L. Grey (Goodreads Author), Heather Young-Nichols (Goodreads Author) 4.63 avg rating — 35 ratings — published 2020 — 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
	Out of This World Alphas by Brynn Burke (Goodreads Author), C.J. Hartnett, D.A. Lascelles (Goodreads Author) 4.75 avg rating — 20 ratings	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
	Pirates & Swashbucklers by Nicholas Ahlhelm (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Kameron M. Franklin (Goodreads Author), Cynthia Ward 3.75 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2011 — 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
	Transitions 3.83 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	Lurking Miscellany 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	The Curse by Judy Bagshaw, Skyla Dawn Cameron (Goodreads Author), Julie Schriver 3.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2012	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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	Lurking MIscellany II: A second collection of short fiction it was ok 2.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 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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So, back in April this year, I had a stall (along with a bunch of other indie authors) in the Dealers room at Eastercon in Belfast. Our table was positioned right next door to Guardbridge books, a small press publisher. The publisher spent some time looking at my postcards and prints for sale and took a fancy to one of them (which he bought) because it had a particular look he liked. We discussed

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