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Mark Reece

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Mark Reece is a widely published short story writer, whose work has been published in Orbis, Structo, Here Comes Everyone, Fire, The Delinquent, and Postscripts (PS Publishing), amongst other places. The Dreams of the Eternal City is his first novel. He currently lives in Staffordshire, in a flat filled with fine paintings (all copies).

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	The Dreams of the Eternal City 2.88 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 2018 — 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
	Far Voyager: A Postcripts Anthology 32/33 by Nick Gevers (Editor), Michael Swanwick, Andrew Jury 3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	Kitchen Sink Gothic 2 (short story collection Book 7) by David A. Riley (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Linden Riley (Editor), James Harper it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 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

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Review- 'Monsters of the multiverse'.

Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse (Dungeons & Dragons, 5th Edition)

Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse by Wizards of the Coast

My rating: 2 of 5 stars

There were some good monsters in this compilation, but overall, it felt mediocre. Very little effort was put into the playable races, many of which had minor variations given that those were supposed to represent species very different to humans.

Many of the monsters were also poorly conceived, with Read more of this blog post »

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