The Hard Part

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The Devil Made Me Do It – 3 - The Witch and the Vampire. - Dancing In darkness

Spread the loveIntro. Well now, whoever saw that coming? It was kind of touching in a way. Jonathan killed his lover and remained with him. It would have been – if I had  them – really rather emotional.

Outcasts. - Dancing In darkness

Spread the loveAmazon Preview When Daniel James Killed himself, he didn’t die. A graze on his head, the only proof of his death. His nightmare had only just started.

Phobias... (15/06/23) - Dancing In darkness

Spread the loveIt is five o’clock in the morning, and I can feel it already. The first thought to cross my mind is this: Do I really have to? My mind is racing around a mental maze, trying to find a way out of this situation.

The Nameless Voyage. - Dancing In darkness

Spread the loveThe darkness wrapped around them like a warm blanket as the salty water splashed over the boat’s edge; they had started their journey.

It is depression. - Dancing In darkness

Spread the loveIt is a dark shadow that stands atop some of us. Come rain or shine, light or dark, day or night, it is always there. It is a haunting reminder of the clouds that can suffocate our minds.

A Ghosts Story. - Dancing In darkness

Spread the love Amazon. Chapter 1 Preview. Chapter 2 Preview. Later Preview. David attends the funeral of his son Jason. After the funeral, David witnesses a disturbing event in a nearby field which leads him to chase after a mysterious figure.

Time. A 10-minute stage play. - Dancing In darkness

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The End. - (10/05/24) - Dancing In darkness

Spread the loveTim was sitting alone in his room, cradling a gun. The room was small, and the lighting was dim with the black curtains pulled shut. The lack of light did not bother him; he liked it that way.

Wilp - Dancing In darkness

Spread the love Amazon. Buy Direct From Me. Chapter 1 & 2 preview. Later chapter preview. A story set in the past, present, and future. A dead body is discovered, and Samantha is sent to investigate.

The Devil Made Me Do It – 2 - The Psychopath. - Dancing In darkness

Spread the loveIntro. So there we begin with Colin Davies. Davies the completely batshit insane! Did I make him do it? That is what Ferguson was just about to get to. She was just about to say that I was once an angel.

The Chill Of Nobody. - Dancing In darkness

Spread the loveIt starts in my fingers. I can feel numbness, just a slight tingling in the very tips. The cold clings to me like the bobbles of grass on a woollen jumper.

The Satanic Curses – Lilith Legend: Risen. - Dancing In darkness

Spread the loveLilith was weak, very weak. The summoning of the trees, her precious trees, had sapped much of her strength. Completely empty? No, but the fuel gauge was hovering around that dastardly ‘E’. What she needed was to feed, to refuel.

Depression. - Dancing In darkness

Spread the love“He often thought it deeply ironic that if a depressed person walked into his office and said the world was so grim that he could not face it, he had to treat him as a sick man. Actually, the patient was right.

Outcasts – CH1 – Egress. - Dancing In darkness

Spread the loveEgress Daniel James is a paranormal researcher; it was something he had done since his twenties. Nearly two decades in the business, and still, he had not, until this point, found any actual proof.

The Devil Made Me Do It – 5 - The Angelic Assassin. - Dancing In darkness

Spread the loveIntro. Hello humans! It has been a while. Dotty, Johnathan, and Colin are still here on stage with me, and they have been waiting, just as you have been for this next tale. Anon from our previous nightmare has joined them.

Paradox - A 10-minute stage play. - Dancing In darkness

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Lobotomy... F%^k you, lobotoyou - Dancing In darkness

Spread the loveMadness. Is it the cerebral cortex of calamity, the whole cerebrum, or something more? I think about this as I watch the light reflect from the silver point. Maybe it is a part of the brain we have yet to explore.

Fixing UK politics - without mentioning PR. - Dancing In darkness

Spread the loveI shall be honest with you; I always am. Upon approaching this subject, my first thought was to burn the lot to the ground. To burn it with hellfire, piss on it, mix it up into a gooey paste, and then bury it.

The Hard Part

– Getting a novel published, By Howard Aiken   AI rendering of my Spanish/Moorish hero Speaking purely from personal experience, the easy part is writing the novel.  The hard part (certai…

The Satanic Curses – Fraud. - Dancing In darkness

Spread the loveGood day to you, kind soul! It is I, the Devil! Old Beelzebub. Do not turn away just yet, for I have changed. I have a story to tell. You have been gaslighted for years; I am not what you believe. You have been misled.

A Memoir Of Madness. - Dancing In darkness

Spread the loveAmazon. Free – PDF – ePub – Website – Website. Reviews. “Dealing with the issues of our time, the narration of this book felt as though it was being told to me in the same room, at times provoking goosebumps in darker moments.

[UNFINISHED] Notes from a fallen island - PT3 - Dancing In darkness

Spread the loveNotes on notes. Notes from a fallen island is an unfinished project. That is important to remember as you venture forwards. It has been lightly edited, and is largely ‘first draft’ stuff.

The Tormented Mind – 2 - The Cracking Of Lies. - Dancing In darkness

Spread the loveOkay, so what weirdo pulled the global pandemic from the hat of shitshows? I mean, for Christ’s sake, of all the things I see, I did not see this coming.

It is depression. - Dancing In darkness

Spread the loveIt is a dark shadow that stands atop some of us. Come rain or shine, light or dark, day or night, it is always there. It is a haunting reminder of the clouds that can suffocate our minds.

A_S (AKA Mental illness will be the death of me) - a 10-minute stage play. - Dancing In darkness

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The Satanic Curses – The Lilith Legend: Rising. - Dancing In darkness

Spread the lovePrincess Sophia was a teenage bitch. There is no polite or easy way to say it, so why not blurt it out? Let the hating run free; amen. Spoiling a child was an excellent way to create a broken one.

[UNFINISHED] Notes from a fallen island – PT4 - Dancing In darkness

Spread the loveNotes on notes. Notes from a fallen island is an unfinished project. That is important to remember as you venture forwards. It has been lightly edited, and is largely ‘first draft’ stuff.

Wilp - Chapters 1 & 2. - Dancing In darkness

Spread the loveThe coming era of Artificial Intelligence will not be the era of war, but be the era of deep compassion, non-violence, and love. Amit Ray.

The End. - (10/05/24) - Dancing In darkness

Spread the loveTim was sitting alone in his room, cradling a gun. The room was small, and the lighting was dim with the black curtains pulled shut. The lack of light did not bother him; he liked it that way.

The Devil Made Me Do It - 1 -The Patient and the Therapist. - Dancing In darkness

Spread the loveIntro. Why hello there humans. How the devil are you? Ignore that mess over there, he once told a joke that offended some, so I have exploded him. It sounds extreme, I know, but there is no place for mistakes in your world.

A Ghosts Story - CH1 - Hell. - Dancing In darkness

Spread the loveHell. The darkness engulfed him. He knew how his tale would unfold like a TV rerun or a record skipping backwards. He had been here before, and he would be here again. His Hell was eternal, his torment timeless.

The Satanic Curses – Gluttony. - Dancing In darkness

Spread the love“Do you ever get bored with it?” the demon asked as he shovelled the pile of meat into the funnel. The tube that flowed between funnel and mincer was big enough for the chunks of meat to traverse easily.

Outcasts. - Dancing In darkness

Spread the loveAmazon Preview When Daniel James Killed himself, he didn’t die. A graze on his head, the only proof of his death. His nightmare had only just started.

The Satanic Curses – The Walk. - Dancing In darkness

Spread the loveI can feel something on the back of my neck. A prickling of every hair standing to salute the world around me. What has bought this feeling of unease on? Of that, I have no idea.