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2022 Film Preview Quiz
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Steve Haywood
- Oct 31, 2021
- 5 min
A Tricky Brew - A Short Story by Steve J Haywood
Marvin adjusted his hat in attempt to make it sit more comfortably, but inevitably it only grumbled. In his mind hats just had too much...
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Steve Haywood
- Oct 31, 2021
- 2 min
Calling all Crime Writers - Can I help promote your books?
I've recently written and published a guide to British crime fiction, The Crime Fiction Tour of Britain. In it, I've included over 100...
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Steve Haywood
- Oct 29, 2021
- 5 min
Victorian Crime Mystery Fiction in Britain
Everyone knows about Sherlock Holmes, but what if you want to go beyond the great man and read some different crime fiction set in the...
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Steve Haywood
- Oct 23, 2021
- 5 min
A Guide to Medieval Crime Fiction in Britain
Of all eras, there must be far more historical mysteries set in medieval times than in any other period of history, so this is never...
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Steve Haywood
- Oct 4, 2021
- 3 min
The Crime Fiction Tour of Britain - A New Guide to British Crime Fiction
Do you love reading crime & detective fiction, but struggle to find a new series or author to get your teeth into? Whether it is...
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Steve Haywood
- Sep 29, 2021
- 10 min
The Bookcase by Steve J. Haywood
I lived in an ordinary semi-detached house in a regular suburban neighbourhood. There was nothing out of the ordinary about me, my house,...
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Steve Haywood
- Sep 10, 2021
- 4 min
Top 12 Best Exploration SF Novels
I was recently discussing best books on the theme of 'exploration' and someone said, what, you mean science fiction novels? I didn't mean...
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Steve Haywood
- Jul 22, 2021
- 17 min
Goodbye My Friends by Steve Haywood
This story was first published in The Colored Lens magazine in summer 2020. MAGI Mission Log 21231702: Mission going well so far. Bridget...
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Steve Haywood
- Apr 1, 2021
- 7 min
Historical Crime Fiction Guide - Part One: Ancient & Medieval Britain
I wanted to write a guide to historical crime fiction but, realising it would be too big a topic for one article, decided to split it in...
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Steve Haywood
- Feb 18, 2021
- 2 min
The Strings of Murder by Oscar De Muriel
I used to not really like historical crime fiction, probably due to reading what I considered mediocre books with generic crimes dumped...
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Steve Haywood
- Feb 16, 2021
- 2 min
The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
I have wanted to read this book for a long time, but have always been put off by just how darn long it is. And it is long, about 970...
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Steve Haywood
- Feb 2, 2021
- 3 min
Short Stories Read - January 2021
I have challenged myself to read a short story a day during 2021. I'm not trying to make myself read a story each and every day, I will...
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Steve Haywood
- Dec 31, 2020
- 4 min
Reading Review of 2020
Well it has been quite a year. Different to normal in almost every way, and that has impacted on my reading, though in a fairly positive...
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Steve Haywood
- Dec 12, 2020
- 2 min
The Spy and the Traitor by Ben McIntyre
I read this book a few weeks ago, and was delighted earlier this week when Bill Gates' annual review of his best books of the year...
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Steve Haywood
- Dec 6, 2020
- 4 min
Great Environmental Fiction: Top 10 Climate Change Novels
There have been claims that the literary world has been slow in dealing with the challenges of climate change, however others have...
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Steve Haywood
- Nov 8, 2020
- 7 min
Reading the Chunksters – 10 Great Long Books
I’ve got so many books that I want to read that one of my top criteria for reading a book is length. I tend to favour shorter books –...
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Steve Haywood
- Nov 2, 2020
- 3 min
A New Online Bookshop!
I’ve always have a thing about bookshops, particularly independent bookshops – as a child one of my biggest ambitions was one day to have...
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Steve Haywood
- Oct 30, 2020
- 4 min
A Study in Scarlet by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
“There’s the scarlet thread of murder running through the colourless skein of life, and our duty is to unravel it, and isolate it, and...
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Steve Haywood
- Oct 24, 2020
- 5 min
Crime Fiction Tour of Britain – Part Two: Scotland, Northern Ireland and the North of England
In Part One of our Crime Fiction Tour of Britain, we began our guide to the state of British crime fiction in the South of England. Now...
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