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Spore & Third Sight
Everybody over the age of forty is dying of a mysterious fungal disease, the older generation will soon be no more. Not everyone thinks this is a tragedy. Alistair's Mother is an inhuman, brutal monster. Now Mother, like the others is infected and he revels in her pain and suffering, penance for the years of abuse at her hands. But Mother is not like the others, she isn't ready to die.
Spore is a short story of just over 2000 words.
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In the town of Leechester England what starts out as the demise of a Jack Russell puppy and his elderly owner, turns the world as Adrian Winters knows it upside down.
Events around Adrian start making him doubt his sanity. Why is he losing time? Why is no one seeing what he is seeing? Are Demons, Zombies and other realms real or is he dreaming it all?
As Adrian’s' world spirals out of control, he must face the fact he hasn't lost his mind, but face his fears and save the people he loves.
Third Sight is a full-length novel of 88,000 words.
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The first three chapters of my zombie story - The Unwashed Dead are enclosed at the end for your reading pleasure.
Spore is a short story of just over 2000 words.
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In the town of Leechester England what starts out as the demise of a Jack Russell puppy and his elderly owner, turns the world as Adrian Winters knows it upside down.
Events around Adrian start making him doubt his sanity. Why is he losing time? Why is no one seeing what he is seeing? Are Demons, Zombies and other realms real or is he dreaming it all?
As Adrian’s' world spirals out of control, he must face the fact he hasn't lost his mind, but face his fears and save the people he loves.
Third Sight is a full-length novel of 88,000 words.
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The first three chapters of my zombie story - The Unwashed Dead are enclosed at the end for your reading pleasure.
237 pages, Kindle Edition
Published October 3, 2010
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About the author
Ian Woodhead
127 books161 followersIan Woodhead is just past the age of forty. He lives in the north of England and is married to a wonderful woman. He has forgotten how many children he has. He had been writing for nearly twenty years but has only just gained the confidence to start showing his work. Ian finds it a little creepy writing about himself in the third person.
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October 19, 2011
I wanted to like this book but I just couldn't. At the core there are some interesting ideas but I had a hard time getting past the execution. The story itself is confusing but this is an attempt to make you feel what the narrator is feeling. It is somewhat effective but is more often just frustrating. Really the biggest problem is it falls victim to making sure no character ever comes out and speaks clearly, thus leading to most of the conflict in the story. This is just poor writing, making everyone speak in riddles and never actually say what they mean is bad plotting, when the entire book could be fixed if someone said something in the first chapter but didn't... it makes the entire thing more aggravating than enjoyable.
January 29, 2024
Spore is more of a vignette than a story. This sight is in desperate need of editing and gay rape scenes are not my cup of tea.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
June 4, 2011
The mistake I made about Spore was to envisage it as a full-length novel when in fact it is a short story released as a standalone title, so in that respect we might consider it as a digital pamphlet.
Well, it’s all part of the cultural learning curve from established print publishing norms (an industry that, historically speaking, cut its teeth on the pamphlet and serialised forms), and an observation that has no direct bearing on this review except insofar of the ending.
No, no spoilers – if you want to know what happens, read it for yourself – but because I had perceived it as a novel it no doubt goes some way to explain why I felt it ended so abruptly. By the time I had gorged myself on its succulent two chapters it was over and I hadn’t had my fill by a long way. That doesn’t mean the ending was poor fare – it wasn’t – but that there is so much more potential to this story.
Said ending is pregnant with possibility, it leaves the reader wondering what happened next, which is often the sign of a good end. There is no sense of indifference, no sigh of relief, but a desperate cry for more! It speaks of a story that has gripped the reader right from the start, just as Spore does: it pulls you in and keeps you thoroughly entertained.
Woodhead has presented a finely-crafted horror story here, threaded with suitably dark humour that nevertheless refrains from ruining the macabre by over-stepping into comic territory. You’ll be horrified at Spore – for all the right reasons.
Well, it’s all part of the cultural learning curve from established print publishing norms (an industry that, historically speaking, cut its teeth on the pamphlet and serialised forms), and an observation that has no direct bearing on this review except insofar of the ending.
No, no spoilers – if you want to know what happens, read it for yourself – but because I had perceived it as a novel it no doubt goes some way to explain why I felt it ended so abruptly. By the time I had gorged myself on its succulent two chapters it was over and I hadn’t had my fill by a long way. That doesn’t mean the ending was poor fare – it wasn’t – but that there is so much more potential to this story.
Said ending is pregnant with possibility, it leaves the reader wondering what happened next, which is often the sign of a good end. There is no sense of indifference, no sigh of relief, but a desperate cry for more! It speaks of a story that has gripped the reader right from the start, just as Spore does: it pulls you in and keeps you thoroughly entertained.
Woodhead has presented a finely-crafted horror story here, threaded with suitably dark humour that nevertheless refrains from ruining the macabre by over-stepping into comic territory. You’ll be horrified at Spore – for all the right reasons.
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