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Dale Parnell was born and raised in Norwich, and moved to Staffordshire in 1999. He has been writing for almost thirty years, but it wasn’t until 2017 that he self-published his first collection, “The Green Cathedral”, a selection of seven contemporary fantasy short stories.

This was followed by a second collection in 2019, “Bramble and other stories”, this time branching out to include horror and science-fiction as well as fantasy.

Dale’s first foray into poetry came in 2018, when he was fortunate enough to have three pieces accepted for the anthology “Further Within Darkness & Light” from Nothing Books. Since then, Dale has featured in over forty fiction and poetry anthologies from some of the best independent publishers around the world. ...more

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Average rating: 4.24 · 366 ratings · 121 reviews · 32 distinct works

	Lockdown: Horror #1 (Lockdown Horror, #1) by D. Kershaw (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Maggie Pawsey (Editor), S.N. Graves (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 3.81 avg rating — 108 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
	The Deep by A.R. Ward (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Abi Marie Palmer (Goodreads Author), Adrian David 4.02 avg rating — 65 ratings — published 2021 — 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
	Byline Legacies by Jaime Dill (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Lizzie Thornton (Editor), Carol Beth Anderson (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.67 avg rating — 33 ratings — published 2021 — 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
	It Came From The Darkness by P.J. Blakey-Novis (Goodreads Author), C.L. Raven (Goodreads Author), Ross Baxter really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 32 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
	The Green Cathedral 4.75 avg rating — 12 ratings — 4 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
	Bramble 4.75 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
	Pyr it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2023 — 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
	If I Were Not Me 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — 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
	Foundations really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2023	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
	Foundations: a short story collection 0.00 avg rating — 0 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

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Dale Parnell's Blog: Short Ramblings

Why I could never write a regular blog!

Like the diaries of my youth, blogs present something of a challenge for me - forgetting to write it!
I like the theory of them - writing on a regular basis is always a good thing, and sharing your experience of something that others may find vaguely interesting has its own appeal - but in practice how do people manage to maintain them? I dont have an especially busy schedule; I work full time, I s Read more of this blog post »

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Dale Parnell rated a book it was amazing Bog People: A Working-Class Anthology of Folk Horror by Hollie Starling	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 wanted to read this book as soon as I heard about it, and more so - I wanted to love it. Growing up working-class is a strange thing, but not without its artistic inspirations. There are working-class TV shows (the soap operas are the biggest examp ...more
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Dale Parnell rated a book it was amazing The Crimson Petal and the White by Michel Faber	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 is an incredible book! It is so well written, I found that even after over 800 pages, I wanted more - I'm certain this is a book I will go back to. If you like your Victorian novels to pack a punch then this is the one for you! ...more
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Dale Parnell rated a book it was amazing Vampire Hunters: An Incomplete Record of Personal Accounts by L.C.W. Allingham (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 is, without doubt, one of the best short story anthologies I've ever read! I don't say that lightly, and I certainly don't say it because I am lucky enough to be featured in this collection (I really don't see the point in lying on a book review) ...more
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Dale Parnell rated a book liked it The Satsuma Complex (Gary Thorn, #1) by Bob Mortimer	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
There are moments throughout the book that did make me laugh out loud, and for anyone who has watched Bob Mortimer on TV for any length of time you'll read a lot of it in his voice (I certainly did). Overall it was an entertaining read, although not o ...more
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Dale Parnell rated a book it was amazing The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath	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
Beautifully written and deeply moving, this is an incredible examination of how easily someones mental health can slip and fall.
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Beautifully written and deeply moving, this is an incredible examination of how easily someones mental health can slip and fall.
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Dale Parnell rated a book really liked it Z is for Zombies (A to Z of Horror) by O.D. Smith	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
Red Cape Publishing's glorious 'A-Z of Horror' series draws to an end, and like the other books in this series I have read, it does not disappoint! Within this anthology you have 13 stories that explore the theme of zombies, each one offering a differ ...more
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