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P.D. Dawson

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P D Dawson has had his work published by Almond Press, Under the Bed, Beyond Imagination Literary Magazine, Earlyworks Press, Schlock! Webzine & HCE: Here Comes Everyone Magazine. His stories have appeared in two books, both of which were published by Almond Press. One is Broken Worlds, a collection of dystopian stories and the other, Apocalypse Chronicles, a collection of stories about the end of the world.

He was delighted to have won the annual Almond Press short story contest in 2015, and is currently working hard on a dystopian novel about a walled city shut off from the rest of the world.

Nothing can keep him from writing. At any one time he finds himself juggling many stories in his head, and is excited by the challenge of getting the ...more

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	Apocalypse Chronicles by Rosie Gailor (Editor), Marek Lewandowski (Editor), P.D. Dawson (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.92 avg rating — 66 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
	Broken Worlds: Dystopian Stories by Thomas Brown (Goodreads Author), Shira Hereld, Miles Gatrell (Goodreads Author) 3.64 avg rating — 50 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
	Schlock! Webzine Vol. 8, Issue 3 by Stephen Hernandez (Goodreads Author), Gary Murphy, Gavin Chappell 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2015	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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Book Review - My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh

Through the eyes and drug-addled mind of its nameless female narrator, we are taken on a journey as she circles sleep like a rotating door, in which consciousness is merely the brief moments put aside for sessions with her clueless psychiatrist and endless trips to the pharmacist to top up on her current sleep drug/s of choice. And though this character is far from likeable, it is intriguing and s Read more of this blog post »

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Sisters in Yellow

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“As the foeman’s axe descended, Ragnar Thorvaldsson thought – quickly, but with uncannily prescient anachronism – that his paltry contribution to this raid would not be recorded in the great sagas, or even a minor tale, but at best he might be remembered centuries hence only as “third oarsman” in the Boys’ Own Book of Viking Adventure Stories. — (Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest winner)”
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“Every being, created by God and unspoiled by man, is perfect, strictly defined and autonomous, entirely complete and at the same time with a built-in ability to grow and develop. This is the essence of its dignity and holiness. It is not an embodiment of God’s immense Personality, but only one of the realisations of His perfection.”
― Danail Hristov, The End of the Jesus Era