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Mark R. Faulkner

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Horror, Paranormal, Contemporary

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Mark is a British horror author, who in 2011, published Flux. This was rapidly followed up by The Dark Stone, and the novella, Infested.

Picker's Bleed was published in September 2021.
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Average rating: 3.73 · 362 ratings · 96 reviews · 6 distinct works • Similar authors

	Flux 3.57 avg rating — 133 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	Infested 3.64 avg rating — 122 ratings — published 2014	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
	A Splendid Salmagundi by Kath Middleton (Goodreads Author) (editor), Andrew K. Lawston (Goodreads Author), Cornelius Harker (Goodreads Author) 4.37 avg rating — 41 ratings — published 2012	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
	Slime and Other Stories 3.59 avg rating — 34 ratings — published 2011	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 Dark Stone really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	Picker's Bleed 4.14 avg rating — 14 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

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Picker’s Bleed – OUT 13TH SEPTEMBER

Almost a decade after the publication of FLUX, I finally have a new novel.

I’m excited and nervous about this one, which I suppose is normal for any release. If any bloggers / reviewers want a copy then please get in touch, I’d love to hear from you.

Here’s the blurb

Deep in the woods at Picker’s Bleed there’s a fairy-tale cottage, where witches lived and demons lurk.

When Hannah and Jake mana

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Oathbringer (The Stormlight Archive, #3)

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The Girl and the Moon (Book of the Ice, #3)

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Come with Me

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“Whatever life throws at me, I'll take with a smile upon my face and Nirvana's 'Bleach' on the stereo.”
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