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Daren Callow

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Science Fiction, Fiction, Horror

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Ever since he got a Highly Commended sci-fi story published by the Puffin Club (Circa. 1979) Daren has been convinced that he can write decent stories. Occasionally there is some proof of that.

He also dabbles with short plays, general fiction, horror and non-fiction writing in genres from steampunk to information technology.

In 2017 he published his first collection of steampunk short stories – Tales Of New Albion volume 1 and in 2019 he published volume 2. He is also a contributor to number of collections of short horror stories andis currently working on a collection of varied sci-fi short stories.

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Average rating: 4.25 · 115 ratings · 53 reviews · 9 distinct works

	A is for Aliens by P.J. Blakey-Novis (Goodreads Author), Daren Callow (Goodreads Author), Theresa Jacobs (Goodreads Author) 4.33 avg rating — 36 ratings — published 2020 — 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
	Earth (Elements of Horror #1) by Theresa Jacobs (Goodreads Author), Jaq D. Hawkins, Monster Smith 4.11 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 2019 — 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
	Fire (Elements of Horror #3) by P.J. Blakey-Novis (Goodreads Author), Scott Donnelly (Goodreads Author), R.C. Rumple (Goodreads Author) 4.53 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2019 — 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
	Air (Elements of Horror #2) by Jaq D. Hawkins, Daren Callow (Goodreads Author), Dale Parnell (Goodreads Author) 4.29 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2019 — 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
	Water (Elements of Horror #4) by P.J. Blakey-Novis (Goodreads Author), Lee Smart, Theresa Jacobs (Goodreads Author) 4.33 avg rating — 9 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
	Tales of New Albion: A Collection of Steampunk Short Stories by Daren Callow (Goodreads Author), Bartholomew Morris (Illustrator) 4.25 avg rating — 4 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
	Tales of New Albion - Volume 2 3.67 avg rating — 3 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
	Delta Quadrant 1: A Sci-Fi Collection by Daren Callow (Goodreads Author), Ben Henderson (Illustrator) liked it 3.00 avg rating — 2 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
	The Space Between The Carbon: A Delta Quadrant Story 0.00 avg rating — 0 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

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Call This A Cycle Lane?

Some white lines and a bicycle symbol (offset to the left) painted on Portland Road. Amongst many cars.

Bikesy has been at it again. Not painting back in the wonderful and tragically removed Old Shoreham Road cycle lanes this time. The bits in the single motoring lane parts that is, that should f*cking well still be there no matter what your opinion. No, this time they have ventured to the more refined vistas of Portland Road, so cultured is it that über-cool Bess Atwell even mentioned it in a Read more of this blog post »

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Alan Turing: The Enigma

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Really enjoyed this. And it doesn't out stay it's welcome. So it goes. ...more
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Daren Callow rated a book it was amazing 1066 and all that: A memorable history of England by W.C. Sellar	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
Still one of the best, most irreverent history books ever written. A huge influence on my writing.
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Daren Callow rated a book liked it The Firemaker (China Thrillers, #1) by Peter May (Goodreads Author)	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
This isn't the worst thing I've read recently. I was enjoying the details of the police investigation, but the love interest stuff seemed forced and then... the ending was just to big and out of proportion. Shame, it could have been much better. ...more
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Daren Callow rated a book liked it Lambda by David Musgrave	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
I was kind of baffled by this book. There is probably a great idea in there somewhere, but the changes in tone, character and general lack of explanation meant I got totally lost. I still don't know what it was trying to say, or even what really happ ...more
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