Ray Daley

Ray Daley was born in Coventry & still lives there. He served 6 yrs in the RAF as a clerk & spent most of his time in a Hobbit hole in High Wycombe. He is a published poet & has been writing stories since he was 10. His current dream is to eventually finish the Hitch Hikers fanfic novel he's been writing since 1986.

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Twitter: @RayDaleyWriter
Blog: http://raymondwriteswrongs.wordpress.com

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• Bucketheads on May 12, 2011
  
  Kinda odd but in a good way, your initial description of the robots makes them sound like The Iron Man (by Ted Hughes). It peters out at the end like you ran out of ideas, I would have liked it to have been longer. Good read though.
  
• Marooned on July 18, 2011
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  before publishing this you might want to learn how to add linespaces between paragraphs. in its current state its an unreadable clusterfuck of an ebook. and thats being polite. fix it.
  
• EarthStar: A Steampunk Space Opera - Prelude on July 20, 2011
  
  The story itself is good enough but its spoiled by the fact the author never took the time to proof read or properly format his output. Line spaces between paragraphs are an occasional after thought and there are a few spelling mistakes as well. If these minor points were fixed this would be a pretty decent release.
  
• The Day I Burned The Outhouse Down on Aug. 03, 2011
  
  I hate to be the one to point out AV fuel has an EXTREMELY high combustion point and that mere matches wouldn't set fire to it. If you'd bother to Google "if a lit match is dropped into JP-4, ignition does not occur." I now offically call bullshit!
  
• Aupes on Oct. 19, 2011
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  I finished this yesterday, the start isn't great and could use a bit of work. I would have liked to have had a bit more time on Earth to learn about what caused the poisonous clouds (if its explained in the book then I clearly missed it). I guess Les read the final book in the Forever War trilogy as the sections about the Earth colony are almost identical to Haldemans book, thats not a bad thing as Haldeman is a good writer and Les has emulated him well. The endings not fantastic either, I had the feeling the return to Earth would prove more fruitful so generally the middle (founding and building the colony & working with the Aupsians) is what redeems this work. I'd look forward to reading any more of your work though Les. This was a good read.
  
• Light and Dark on Nov. 28, 2011
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  Finally a sensible ghost hunter! I really need to introduce you to those idiots from TAPS.
  
• Dead Land, Malachi and Sebastian on Nov. 28, 2011
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  "This is the first chapter of the post-apocalyptic anthology". Erm, NO. second. Hatch was first.
  
• One Man Army: Part One on Feb. 25, 2012
  
  try proof reading at least 4 times before you upload, some sentences appear to have words missing so don't make sense. You should always captilize the first letter in a name (which you both do then don't, terrible habit, get out of it now!). Smashwords frowns on ppl uploaded incomplete stories. If you're gonna write something, finish it, then upload it.
  
• The Recycling Kid on Feb. 27, 2012
  
  It seems I have to rewrite my original review as the author didn't quite get my intended meaning. This a GOOD read. A VERY good read. It's detailed enough to give great imagery but because I read a lot of horror it's something I have definitely seen before. Mr Stark's work looks more like that of a professional writer. Someone who has been doing it for at least a decade & who has sold enough of his work to be able to make a decent amount of money. It does remind me of IT by Stephen King (which isn't a bad thing, it's an excellent book), but it felt too much like that piece. Some writing can be too good, and make you suspect the "writer" of not having "written" all of it. I am NOT saying that is the case here. It's more than possible to use similar situations and make them your own, I know I've done it plenty of times. Edwin seems to have a pretty good horror mindset, I think he'll do well in this genre (his cyberpunk is pretty damn good too!) and look forward to seeing more in this series. I've now read a couple of Mr Starks samples and one thing is certain, he can write very well indeed. I was surprised to discover English isn't his 1st language as this particular title is exceptionally detailed. A.I. Rebellion did display the hallmarks of someone still picking up the little nuances of the English langauge. But it did remind me William Gibson. So Mr Stark has managed to emulate 2 of my favourite authors very well. My one piece of advice for his horror town? Perhaps consider anagramming the towns name, It was immediately obvious where you were going once you said what it was called. But otherwise? Keep up the good work.
  
• Yesterday, I died (The Devil's Forge) on March 27, 2012
  
  That's a right cracking little read for such a short story. Nice Going!
  
• Ménage à Moi on April 18, 2012
  
  It makes a change to read erotica written by someone who actually does sound like they've HAD sex more than once. Unlike a lot I tend to see.
  
• Socks on April 22, 2012
  
  Instead of sticking to a thousand word limit, you should develop this into something longer. It'd be cool to see the world before, perhaps as a prologue so you can meet some the characters who go underground. Maybe learn about the bombing & the reasons behind it. develop out the quest for the library, the discovery then the search for the equipment to read it. possibly even have a few inserts from the ppl in the bunker. I reckon you have more than enough to work into a novella here. Go for it!
  
• Perry's Requiem. on April 23, 2012
  
  This isn't half bad for a short, spotted a spelling mistake though. "A raven haired mad sat up". You probably meant man? Lose that 6 at the end too. Both easily fixed though. Zombies unlike any I've read about before, impressive. More, please!
  
• Baby, It's Cold Outside on May 10, 2012
  
  An interesting idea, using the lyrics of a well known song to base a story around. Quite cleverly done.
  
• Ian's Gang - The Bad Ian on May 20, 2012
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  Aren't you selling this on Amazon as well? So releasing it here is in violation of your Amazon contract.
  
• The Gift on May 24, 2012
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  This would be a lot easier on the eyes with paragraph breaks in it.
  
• Frontier 9 on May 28, 2012
  
  paragraph breaks would greatly aid the readability of this.
  
• The Island - Part 1 on June 26, 2012
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  Unless you are releasing the MOBI/PRC version of this on Amazon I am a bit puzzled why you chose to publish every format but those here on Smashwords? The Kindle exists.
  
• 7:45 Evil Time on July 12, 2012
  
  Hard to read? Insanely hard to read! Seriously, learn what a line space is.
  
• Diary of Infection: The Turning on July 31, 2012
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  any chance of you fixing the info mettags on all 3 of these so they don't show up with terrible tmp filenames on the Kindle?
  
• Why 'The Devil Came Down to Georgia' Is a Stupid Song on Aug. 30, 2012
  
  Pretty funny
  
• Samuel the Sliding Sausage - Boodles HooHa House Origins on Oct. 10, 2012
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  Unfortunately all the images are missing.
  
• Teeny Time Travel Tales on Oct. 30, 2012
  
  Interesting little collection, seems to have covered most time travel tropes.
  
• Survivor on Feb. 03, 2013
  
  It's not entirely terrible. Factually you need to learn how DNA works (not the way you think it can here, go watch Blade Runner and Roy Batty talking to Eldon Tyrell near the end) and how people recycle used rifle rounds (also not the way you describe, your magnet method is totally unnecessary because there are boxes designed to catch ejected rounds). On the whole its not a bad story, gets into the idea easily enough. Worth carrying on with, maybe go twice as long next time.
  
• Hunting Comp. on June 10, 2013
  
  Kinda reminds me of Ray Bradbury's "A Sound of Thunder" which inspired the story which inspired you. Nice twist at the end and the science sounds pretty cohesive too! Oh, and thanks for all the reads & reviews. Most appreciated.
  
• My first time visiting an escort to be dressed as a girl (Part 1) on July 01, 2013
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  certainly needs a re-read for proofing, adding an "End of part 1" might avoid confusion when the story fizzles out to nothng.
  
• A Halo Too Deep (a flash fiction story) on Oct. 24, 2013
  
  I'm not a history buff or expert on greek myths but I know weird when I read it and I liked this for its weirdness!
  
• Notes from Underground: A Cold War Missileer Goes Home on Dec. 09, 2013
  
  A bit disappointing to be honest, I half expected this to be a memoir of his time but comparing it to modern times.
  
• Tale from Omega Station: Accidents Will Happen on Dec. 11, 2013
  
  I've been enjoying these so far but did I miss number 8 being released?
  
• The Worlds of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror on Aug. 25, 2017
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  Tried to read both volumes of this, thinking about submitting. Reading them put me straight off. No linebreaks? What the hell is wrong with you? I know these are free but did you not want anyone reading them ever. It's just textblocks. Terrible on the eye.