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King in the Dark: Combined Print Edition

Into Darkness, When Duty Calls, and Swan's Song

At the end of the Second World War, Captain Arthur King leads a covert strike deep inside Nazi territory—a mission that unravels in ways no training could prepare him for. Injured and evacuated to England, King wakes in a military hospital with his sight gone… yet something else stirring behind the darkness.

As doctors search for answers, King...

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Into Darkness

The Prequel to the Spectral Detective Series.
Book #0 from the series: The Spectral Detective

April 1945.

As the Third Reich crumbles, a covert Allied team is sent deep into the Thuringian mountains on a mission that doesn’t officially exist. Their orders: infiltrate a medieval castle seized by the SS and recover a relic hidden within its ancient vaults — an artefact whispered to defy reason.

Captain Arthur King, a soldier turned...

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King in the Dark: Part One — Duty Calls

First part of Book One of the Spectral Detective Series
Book #1 from the series: The Spectral Detective

At the end of the Second World War, Captain Arthur King leads a covert strike deep inside Nazi territory—a mission that unravels in ways no training could prepare him for. Injured and evacuated to England, King wakes in a military hospital with his sight gone… yet something else stirring behind the darkness.

As doctors search for answers, King...

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Series

Into Darkness
King in the Dark: Part One — Duty Calls
King in the Dark: Part Two — Swan's Song

The Spectral Detective

Blinded during a covert wartime mission, Captain Arthur R. King returns from the shadows of the Second World War with more than scars. Where others see darkness, King sees echoes: ghosts of violence, fragments of memory, and impossible clues hidden in the unseen world.

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Blog

Burning through the vanities to leave a seamless narrative.

Hey, and hello to new subscribers and regular readers—and to any irregulars, skirmishers, and fresh faces who wandered by.


The Anatomy of the Flame

Ever built a bonfire?

Not of vanities, but of wood.

Back in the day, when men still hung around in caves, a campfire meant survival. Here, after the mammoth dinner, the storytellers would stand before the flames and feed their audience’s imagination.

Building a fire is a process. Any fire...

Print, Process, and the Paranormal: Looking Behind the Stories


King in the Dark: Combined Print Edition

Into Darkness, When Duty Calls, and Swan’s Song

Is live, and it’s been interesting.

The Long Road from Manuscript to Print

I’m really a newb at publishing. Not so much writing, I’ve been typing it seems forever, but there’s the problem.

I feel I spend 99% of my time word-processing, and that’s a skill-set, like typing itself, I have a rhythm and habit, it feels as natural as anything else I do...

Print problems, fresh fiction, and the 80/20 rule

Shorter Friday Newsletter message today, because life leaves me busy. King in the Dark's print edition is taking a little longer than I hoped.

I am a bit of a perfectionist, and, in contrast, I can be lazy… my many faults aside, knowing when to stop is a vexing question.

Effort

Spent (Minimal) -> 80% Good Enough

(Massive) -> 99% Perfect

Value Gained

There’s a logical argument that chasing perfection is a perfect example of the law of...

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