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Isolation Space
STEP outside the Hive and see the world from a new perspective. Be warned – it can be an unsettling experience, but that’s only to be expected in the Isolation Space.
Beyond the portals of the Isolation Space are found those Souls that seethe against the common flow of consciousness. Mark Cantrell has merged with the flow, listened to the echoes, and returned to tell the tales that crave life in the human mind.
Here, twenty of those stories are bound into one thrilling collection of science fiction, fantasy and horror, with a few literary twists and turns that will fertilise the mind. There is something for everyone in the Isolation Space, if you dare to open the covers, breach the event horizon, and step forth into the worlds that lie within.
Beware, you might emerge from the Isolation Space unscathed – but never untouched.
Blood will out, it is said; when a group of vampires go looking for their origins, they discover far more than they can stomach…
We all have our ups and downs, but when it came to being stuck in a rut, this old Greek legend really had it made – or so he thought…
These days it takes real dedication and commitment for modern authors to get themselves noticed. Reality television is all very well, but isn’t a live execution for heresy a little extreme? Still, think of the Royalties…
She was the one afraid of the dark, that’s why the other vamps in her gang laughingly called her Shade, but she’s still breathing – and she’s stalking the man who slaughtered them. So, he’s just a vampire-slayer, right? Think again. Shade is in for one Hell of a surprise…
First contact is a delicate and harrowing business, so when the aliens do drop in for lunch, be careful where you take them. The fate of the world rests on the menu…
Beyond the portals of the Isolation Space are found those Souls that seethe against the common flow of consciousness. Mark Cantrell has merged with the flow, listened to the echoes, and returned to tell the tales that crave life in the human mind.
Here, twenty of those stories are bound into one thrilling collection of science fiction, fantasy and horror, with a few literary twists and turns that will fertilise the mind. There is something for everyone in the Isolation Space, if you dare to open the covers, breach the event horizon, and step forth into the worlds that lie within.
Beware, you might emerge from the Isolation Space unscathed – but never untouched.
Blood will out, it is said; when a group of vampires go looking for their origins, they discover far more than they can stomach…
We all have our ups and downs, but when it came to being stuck in a rut, this old Greek legend really had it made – or so he thought…
These days it takes real dedication and commitment for modern authors to get themselves noticed. Reality television is all very well, but isn’t a live execution for heresy a little extreme? Still, think of the Royalties…
She was the one afraid of the dark, that’s why the other vamps in her gang laughingly called her Shade, but she’s still breathing – and she’s stalking the man who slaughtered them. So, he’s just a vampire-slayer, right? Think again. Shade is in for one Hell of a surprise…
First contact is a delicate and harrowing business, so when the aliens do drop in for lunch, be careful where you take them. The fate of the world rests on the menu…
284 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 1, 2009
18 people want to read
About the author
Mark Cantrell
15 books79 followersA coffee-guzzling journalist turned author, Mark Cantrell has chased the literary dream for years.
Somehow, it's always managed to stay one step ahead, but Mark perseveres in his pursuit all the same. There are worse ways to kill time, after all.
Mark is the author of two novels (so far), both released in paperback and digital editions by the indie press, Inspired Quill.
Both his novels haunt dystopian ground, but aside from their dark tone they remain very different beasts.
While CITIZEN ZERO (2017) runs towards political science fiction thriller, SILAS MORLOCK (2013) ventures into the shadows of dark, urban fantasy in homage of literary culture.
For want of comparison, in CITIZEN ZERO The Matrix meets V for Vendetta with a touch of I, Daniel Blake. SILAS MORLOCK, though, is more a macabre melding of Fahrenheit 451 and Nosferatu.
Away from novel-length works, Mark has written plenty of short stories and novelettes in his time. He's even been known to dabble in poetry.
Over the years, his stories have appeared in a variety of small press journals both in print and online.
Way back in 1998, two of his stories were featured in the Clover Books horror anthology, Spirit of Darkness. In 2001 there was Love, Sex, Death & Carrots. More recently, his work appeared in Bards and Sages Publishing's The Society of Misfit Stories Presents, Vol 1, Issue 1 (February 2019).
Between times, his fiction has appeared in publications such as Sci-Fright, Alternaties, Asphalt Jungle, Writers' Muse, the Writers’ Compass, and more. He's even self-published some of these works, individually as 'digital shorts', and in his collection of short fiction, ISOLATION SPACE (2009/2011).
Broadly speaking, Mark's work fits into the science-fiction-fantasy-horror spectrum, but he tends to write to the story and worry about the genre later. It seems to work, more or less. Certainly, he's happy (flattered) to be called a science fiction author.
By trade, Mark is a journalist. This is reflected on his author blog, where he writes articles about politics, society and current affairs, along with regular excursions into science, culture and literary life. Well, it keeps the 'blog-beast' fed.
As a jobbing B2B hack, Mark has mostly written for trade mags. He worked in Manchester for nigh on 15 years, writing about England's social housing industry. A pretty gritty topic, it definitely offered fuel for the dystopian mind.
On a more personal note Mark is a Yorkshireman born and bred in the city of Bradford. These days he lives in Stoke-on-Trent in the Midlands, but he remains a proud Northerner.
Mark studied politics at the University of Liverpool and trained as a journalist at the City University, London. After that, he got distracted writing what would become CITIZEN ZERO when he should have been pursuing his first break in the media. You live and learn. It kind of paid off in the end, though.
The writing bug caught Mark from a curious source. It all began towards the tail end of the 8-bit home computing era, when he crafted a series of text adventure games for the ZX Spectrum 48K and 128K computers.
Mark even won an award for one of those games, which led to them all being picked up and released by indie adventure game stalwart, Zenobi Software – itself an award winning company.
It proved to be a satisfying way of closing that chapter of his life, Mark says, as he went on to embark on a new beginning as an author and journalist.
Catch Mark on Facebook.
Visit his page on Smashwords.
Visit his Amazon Author Page.
Somehow, it's always managed to stay one step ahead, but Mark perseveres in his pursuit all the same. There are worse ways to kill time, after all.
Mark is the author of two novels (so far), both released in paperback and digital editions by the indie press, Inspired Quill.
Both his novels haunt dystopian ground, but aside from their dark tone they remain very different beasts.
While CITIZEN ZERO (2017) runs towards political science fiction thriller, SILAS MORLOCK (2013) ventures into the shadows of dark, urban fantasy in homage of literary culture.
For want of comparison, in CITIZEN ZERO The Matrix meets V for Vendetta with a touch of I, Daniel Blake. SILAS MORLOCK, though, is more a macabre melding of Fahrenheit 451 and Nosferatu.
Away from novel-length works, Mark has written plenty of short stories and novelettes in his time. He's even been known to dabble in poetry.
Over the years, his stories have appeared in a variety of small press journals both in print and online.
Way back in 1998, two of his stories were featured in the Clover Books horror anthology, Spirit of Darkness. In 2001 there was Love, Sex, Death & Carrots. More recently, his work appeared in Bards and Sages Publishing's The Society of Misfit Stories Presents, Vol 1, Issue 1 (February 2019).
Between times, his fiction has appeared in publications such as Sci-Fright, Alternaties, Asphalt Jungle, Writers' Muse, the Writers’ Compass, and more. He's even self-published some of these works, individually as 'digital shorts', and in his collection of short fiction, ISOLATION SPACE (2009/2011).
Broadly speaking, Mark's work fits into the science-fiction-fantasy-horror spectrum, but he tends to write to the story and worry about the genre later. It seems to work, more or less. Certainly, he's happy (flattered) to be called a science fiction author.
By trade, Mark is a journalist. This is reflected on his author blog, where he writes articles about politics, society and current affairs, along with regular excursions into science, culture and literary life. Well, it keeps the 'blog-beast' fed.
As a jobbing B2B hack, Mark has mostly written for trade mags. He worked in Manchester for nigh on 15 years, writing about England's social housing industry. A pretty gritty topic, it definitely offered fuel for the dystopian mind.
On a more personal note Mark is a Yorkshireman born and bred in the city of Bradford. These days he lives in Stoke-on-Trent in the Midlands, but he remains a proud Northerner.
Mark studied politics at the University of Liverpool and trained as a journalist at the City University, London. After that, he got distracted writing what would become CITIZEN ZERO when he should have been pursuing his first break in the media. You live and learn. It kind of paid off in the end, though.
The writing bug caught Mark from a curious source. It all began towards the tail end of the 8-bit home computing era, when he crafted a series of text adventure games for the ZX Spectrum 48K and 128K computers.
Mark even won an award for one of those games, which led to them all being picked up and released by indie adventure game stalwart, Zenobi Software – itself an award winning company.
It proved to be a satisfying way of closing that chapter of his life, Mark says, as he went on to embark on a new beginning as an author and journalist.
Catch Mark on Facebook.
Visit his page on Smashwords.
Visit his Amazon Author Page.
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