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Location: United Kingdom
Member Since: Dec. 28, 2010

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Mark Cantrell

Biography

Every author needs a day job, if only to remind them why they write.

In my case, I work for a company that publishes a series of regional B2B print magazines based in Manchester, UK.

So that's my trade, a journalist, but by inclination I'm a creative writer, and have been for almost as long as I can remember.

My work tends to spread itself around the science fiction, horror and fantasy genres, but it does like to venture into the satirical and the political every now and again.

Short stories have found their way into a number of small press journals over the years, along with a couple of anthologies, but novels remain the main focus of my writing.

More personally, I was born and bred in Bradford, West Yorkshire, but these days I live in Stoke-on-Trent and commute up to Manchester for the day job.

Where to find Mark Cantrell online

Website: http://www.markcantrell.co.uk
Twitter: Man0Words

Facebook: Facebook profile
LinkedIn: http://uk.linkedin.com/pub/mark-cantrell/27/297/a32
MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/citizenzero-novel
Blog: http://www.markcantrell.co.uk/apps/blog/

Where to buy in print

http://www.lulu.com/tyke21

Books

On Literature by Mark Cantrell
Price: Free! 9320 words. Published on April 30, 2011. Fiction.
A small collection of essays and journalism, On Literature explores the creative life, from poets waxing lyrical to poets getting down right political. Some crucial excursions with the muse are explored in the 'pages' of this book, so dip inside and be inspired, there's more to literary living than you might think.

Isolation Space (Anthology) by Mark Cantrell
Price: $3.15 USD. 61090 words. Published on January 4, 2011. Fiction.
Isolation Space is an anthology that brings together 20 of Mark Cantrell’s short stories into one exciting volume. The collection presents a hard-hitting and entertaining combination of science fiction, horror and fantasy, with stories of a more satirical and thought-provoking nature added to the mix. It all adds up to a powerful and enthralling experience that is not to be missed.

Deus Ex Insomnia by Mark Cantrell
Price: $2.99 USD. 13050 words. Published on January 2, 2011. Fiction.

(5.00 from 1 review)
Deus Ex Insomnia is the début poetry collection by journalist and novelist Mark Cantrell. The collection pulls together 80 examples of his writing, with the added sweetener of prosaic essays pondering the mysteries of the written word. He has a reputation for darkness in his writings, so taste his night-life for yourself – and discover that life isn't all in shadow.

Citizen Zero by Mark Cantrell
Price: $3.15 USD. 107430 words. Published on December 29, 2010. Fiction.

(4.00 from 2 reviews)
JobNet was supposed to usher in a better life for unemployed David Mills; instead it plunges him into a bitter struggle for survival when he is caught in the midst of a political conspiracy that pushes Britain to the brink of civil war... A gripping political thriller, Citizen Zero presents a dystopian glimpse of a broken future born in an age of austerity... The future is what we make it...

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Mark Cantrell's favorite authors on Smashwords

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Smashwords book reviews by Mark Cantrell

Time Standing Still on May 20, 2011

A small selection of short stories it may be, but they are all finely written depictions of lives in motion. The stories don't depict grandiose themes, or great adventure, but those small moments that might seem fleeting but are of great import. Here, in these little slivers of living, is where human life is really defined, and these stories are engaging, moving, and filled with human warmth, even where the story touches upon the darker aspects of human nature. Time Standing Still makes for a worthy introduction to Farrell's work. It will not disapoint.
Thug on June 04, 2011

This is a short but far from sweet story. That's not a comment on the writinng, but on the relationship the writing depicts. Howells pulls no punches, much like the thug of the title, who brutally betrays his girlfriend's trust and affection by, well... read the story and you'll see. Written to raise the issue of domestic violence, it leaves no doubt (as if there ever could be any) of the cowardly brutality of those 'men' who hide their inadequacies behind their fists.