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Stoneshard
A lone Ministry agent arrives at the vast Stoneshard Asylum to investigate accusations of dangerous experiments being conducted on its patients. But could his arrival herald the start of something even worse?
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Published February 28, 2022
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Frank Dorrian
16 books102 followersFrank Dorrian was born in Liverpool. His hometown, a post-industrial cityscape, served as poignant inspiration for his creative efforts. He would commence writing in earnest during his teenage years, composing stories to sate desires of both expression and introspection.
Former careers include shop cashier, qualified mental health nurse and large-scale change governance and gap analysis for an international business. Today, Frank works as an operational analyst for a major UK institution, overseeing and improving complex data and processes.
When not writing, Frank spends his spare time reading, playing computer games, collecting tattoos and Thai boxing. He has previously competed as a fighter domestically in the UK and abroad in Thailand.
His first book, The Shadow of the High King, a grimdark fantasy novel, was released 30th August 2016, followed by To Brave the End on the 28th February 2017 and Scars of the Sand on the 8th September 2017, both standalone novellas set in the world of the Weaving Shadows Trilogy.
A further standalone, the start of a new series, Horns of the Hunter was released on 27th July 2021, a standalone novel set in the ancient days of Luah Fáil.
Former careers include shop cashier, qualified mental health nurse and large-scale change governance and gap analysis for an international business. Today, Frank works as an operational analyst for a major UK institution, overseeing and improving complex data and processes.
When not writing, Frank spends his spare time reading, playing computer games, collecting tattoos and Thai boxing. He has previously competed as a fighter domestically in the UK and abroad in Thailand.
His first book, The Shadow of the High King, a grimdark fantasy novel, was released 30th August 2016, followed by To Brave the End on the 28th February 2017 and Scars of the Sand on the 8th September 2017, both standalone novellas set in the world of the Weaving Shadows Trilogy.
A further standalone, the start of a new series, Horns of the Hunter was released on 27th July 2021, a standalone novel set in the ancient days of Luah Fáil.
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May 10, 2022
A string of grizzly murders by a mutated creature send a grizzled Inspector on a collision course with his past. Instead an asylum, rumours abound of horrific experiments that must be stopped at all costs.
Another fascinating and well written story from the author. Well worth checking out!
Another fascinating and well written story from the author. Well worth checking out!
May 10, 2022
The only problem with this short story is that is just a short story. As with all of Frank's other short stories, I just want more.
May 3, 2022
This is one of the three short stories that was generously provided for free in Frank Dorrian’s newsletter.
This one didn’t really work for me. Conceptually this was right up my alley so it saddens me to say that I didn’t love it. Stoneshard is more of a detective-type story about a man sent to investigate an asylum wherein one of the doctors is accused of performing experiments on the patients. The nature of the story and its progression reminded me a lot of Lovecraft and I enjoyed the departure from Dorrian’s usual fantasy works. The biggest problem I had with this is most likely due to the nature of it being a short story. A lot of the plot developments felt rushed and abrupt much to the detriment of the story. If there was more time to fully flesh out it’s ideas then it might have been a winner but in its current form it’s not for me. I would, however, like to see Dorrian tackle another story like this in the future as, like I said, conceptually it is my jam and I think he has a lot of potential in this genre.
This one didn’t really work for me. Conceptually this was right up my alley so it saddens me to say that I didn’t love it. Stoneshard is more of a detective-type story about a man sent to investigate an asylum wherein one of the doctors is accused of performing experiments on the patients. The nature of the story and its progression reminded me a lot of Lovecraft and I enjoyed the departure from Dorrian’s usual fantasy works. The biggest problem I had with this is most likely due to the nature of it being a short story. A lot of the plot developments felt rushed and abrupt much to the detriment of the story. If there was more time to fully flesh out it’s ideas then it might have been a winner but in its current form it’s not for me. I would, however, like to see Dorrian tackle another story like this in the future as, like I said, conceptually it is my jam and I think he has a lot of potential in this genre.
May 30, 2022
Another cracking short story from Frank Dorrian, a brutal gore fest packed into a ten page thriller. I absolutely love Frank's writing, he has you hooked from the very first page to the last. In this little beauty, Stoneshard is an asylum where patients are treated and lobotomized by Dr Merryck. But when an inspector from the ministry turns up after one his patients is fished from the river. What the inspector finds is experiments from hell. This Dr Jekil meets Frankenstein little read is so fast paced and full of twists and turns. I would love to see this made into a full novel, brilliant, highly recommend....😁💥🖤
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