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Terry Pratchett, Douglas Adams, Brandon Sanderson, Steven King

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M F Alfrey has always been fascinated by creatures – especially the strange and the overlooked, from peculiar dinosaurs to bizarre insects. A lifelong love of wildlife and monsters had him dreaming of a career in special creature FX, but with no clear path at the time, he turned to art. Eventually, that passion evolved into writing, where he now brings his own monsters to life on the page. From the horrific to the inexplicable, his creatures are more than just threats – they’re the wildlife of his worlds, serving as antagonists, protagonists, or mirrors of humanity in all its beauty and brutality.

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Freeworld is OUT NOW!

I am super happy to announce that Freeworld, my new dystopian sci-fi thriller about the price of handing over the power to big corporations and indiscriminate use of gen-AI in a near-future society where life is "free". The question of course is: what's the catch?
Available now on Amazon!
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The House in the Cerulean Sea (Cerulean Chronicles, #1)

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King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa

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Drowning in its own verbose exposition, racism, and sexism. I don’t normally write reviews for books I’ve read that I score less than three stars, but for The Drowned World I couldn’t ignore the deep problems with the narrative. I read it after reading ...more
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I read Downward to the Earth as I’d heard it took some inspiration from Heart of Darkness; a book I’ve read a few times in conjunction with rewatches of Apocalypse Now. I enjoy seeing/reading different treatments of the same story. So, naturally ther ...more
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