Something in the Bush
by Colin Hazlehurst
Price: $0.99 USD. 10010 words.
Published on August 31, 2011. Fiction.
It might be magical realism or it might be real magic, but something very strange is happening at CERN after an explosion shakes the planet and the Large Hadron Collider runs out of control; the boundary between fact and fiction becomes increasingly blurred as Astrid Nielsen, the only physicist left alive who knows how the LHC works, must return to Geneva in a desperate attempt to save the world.
Location: United Kingdom
Member Since: Dec. 02, 2009
Colin Hazlehurst
Biography
I write reactively, responding to events and situations. Often it's the combination of two or more lines of thought that coalesce into the idea for a story.
For instance, I wrote The Stones of Liverpool to celebrate that city's year as European Capital of Culture. After visiting the International Slavery Museum, I wanted to write about the debt that Liverpool owes to Africa. The Stones of Liverpool is a sci-fi story that asks the question: 'What would happen if you had a time-machine and you set it to journey to the eleven day gap between the Julian and Gregorian calendars?'
The Immortal Game combines chess and the English Lake District. An iconic game of chess was played by Anderssen and Kiesertisky in 1851. The story re-enacts that game as a battle between two armies in the Lakeland fells, from the point of view of an embedded reporter.
Mus musicus was inspired by my daughter's piano teaching. A family of mice builds a nest in an old piano and their musical journey begins when the piano tuner arrives.
In August, 2010, I won third prize in the Mail on Sunday novel competition. The brief was to submit the opening 150 words of a novel. Those words now extend to 85,000 and I have entered them as 'Fusion' in The Terry Pratchett Prize competition.
For instance, I wrote The Stones of Liverpool to celebrate that city's year as European Capital of Culture. After visiting the International Slavery Museum, I wanted to write about the debt that Liverpool owes to Africa. The Stones of Liverpool is a sci-fi story that asks the question: 'What would happen if you had a time-machine and you set it to journey to the eleven day gap between the Julian and Gregorian calendars?'
The Immortal Game combines chess and the English Lake District. An iconic game of chess was played by Anderssen and Kiesertisky in 1851. The story re-enacts that game as a battle between two armies in the Lakeland fells, from the point of view of an embedded reporter.
Mus musicus was inspired by my daughter's piano teaching. A family of mice builds a nest in an old piano and their musical journey begins when the piano tuner arrives.
In August, 2010, I won third prize in the Mail on Sunday novel competition. The brief was to submit the opening 150 words of a novel. Those words now extend to 85,000 and I have entered them as 'Fusion' in The Terry Pratchett Prize competition.
Where to find Colin Hazlehurst online
Twitter: netkingcol
Blog: http://netkingcol.wordpress.com
- netkingcol: It saddens me when someone finds my 5y old blog about retinal vein occlusion; their incidence does peak in February: http://t.co/MM8JPIrb
- netkingcol: Captain Cook in Google Earth: Thirsty Sound to Cape Upstart http://t.co/eqLfOegr
- netkingcol: Captain Cook in Google Earth: Cape Manifold to Thirsty Sound http://t.co/dDkqcBLJ (12 days before running aground on Endeavour Reef)
- netkingcol: Captain Cook in Google Earth Bustard Bay to Cape Manifold: http://t.co/OIqBkZ4v (Still two weeks to go before hitting Endeavour Reef)
- netkingcol: Captain Cook in Google Earth: Point Danger to Bustard Bay http://t.co/dUvcsyhg
Blog: http://netkingcol.wordpress.com
Where to buy in print
Books
Fusion
by Colin Hazlehurst
Price: $1.99 USD. 86000 words. Published on April 10, 2011. Fiction.
The northern hemisphere is destroyed, wiped out by natural disaster and war. The last refuge of civilisation is New Manhattan, Antarctica, where Roman Dragic is a detective with the NMPD. Drugs, homicide, and problematic fusion power form the backdrop. When Dragic meets Giulia Contiello, his promise to look after her takes him further than he could have expected.
Price: $1.99 USD. 86000 words. Published on April 10, 2011. Fiction.
The northern hemisphere is destroyed, wiped out by natural disaster and war. The last refuge of civilisation is New Manhattan, Antarctica, where Roman Dragic is a detective with the NMPD. Drugs, homicide, and problematic fusion power form the backdrop. When Dragic meets Giulia Contiello, his promise to look after her takes him further than he could have expected.
The Stones of Liverpool
by Colin Hazlehurst
Price: $1.99 USD. 26150 words. Published on December 4, 2009. Fiction.
In 2020-Liverpool, Lily, Andy, and John discover that the Jewel of Liverpool is more than a medallion worn by the mayor; it's a dongle that lets its owner surf the timespace web. With the help of a timespace-traveller, they have to stop a gang of pirates pillaging civilisation from a timespace bubble in 16th century Rome. The trick will be to do it without Liverpool crumbling to dust.
Price: $1.99 USD. 26150 words. Published on December 4, 2009. Fiction.
In 2020-Liverpool, Lily, Andy, and John discover that the Jewel of Liverpool is more than a medallion worn by the mayor; it's a dongle that lets its owner surf the timespace web. With the help of a timespace-traveller, they have to stop a gang of pirates pillaging civilisation from a timespace bubble in 16th century Rome. The trick will be to do it without Liverpool crumbling to dust.
Mus musicus
by Colin Hazlehurst
Price: $1.99 USD. 24360 words. Published on December 2, 2009. Fiction.
A family of mice builds a nest inside a piano, not knowing what it is. Their musical journey begins the day the piano tuner arrives. A talent spotter on the Authonomy website said of Mus musicus: 'It's a real treasure in a special category of fine writing for children.'
Price: $1.99 USD. 24360 words. Published on December 2, 2009. Fiction.
A family of mice builds a nest inside a piano, not knowing what it is. Their musical journey begins the day the piano tuner arrives. A talent spotter on the Authonomy website said of Mus musicus: 'It's a real treasure in a special category of fine writing for children.'
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