Author Archives: markbarham

‘Bunker’ – a supernatural thriller

Chapter 1 Mark was sitting on a number ‘49’ bus when he left his body. He had no warning; he had simply looked down to see the top of his own head, a view he had never expected to see. … Continue reading

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Free Short Story – A Part of the Furniture

‘The people we don’t even notice can influence our lives in unexpected and unknown ways.’ Click on the link A part of the furniture to read for free. This was my first short story to be published, and appeared in Structo Magazine No.3. … Continue reading

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If I can’t see it, does it exist? Heresy and superstition in the 21st century.

A phrase you might often hear people say is, ‘I only believe what I see.’ What they mean by this is that if they cannot experience something, either by sight, touch, smell, hearing or taste, then for them it does … Continue reading

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Is Valentine’s Day is the Antithesis of Love?

Worldwide, the 14th February is the day when romantic love is celebrated. Flowers are brought, candlelit dinners are eaten, and yes, there is the odd argument. But is Valetine’s day and what it represents undermining real love. Romantic love; love … Continue reading

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Believing The Impossible

The philosopher David Hume said that miracles are impossible as they defy natural law. Of course he then went onto rather undermine this position by saying that natural laws exist more as psychological conditioning rather than actual, objective criteria; we … Continue reading

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A Flame in The Dark

‘Bunker’ has been reviewed by a Christian horror website which sounds like an oxymoron but isn’t. Hop on over to ‘www.aflameinthedark.net’ to read it. Rawbone has richly descriptive prose that actually nearly rivals that Stepehen King himself, and that’s not … Continue reading

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God, Stephen King and The Stand

I remember when I first read ‘The Stand’; I remember the nightmares in which a tall black figure stalked me across endless rows of corn fields so that I woke shivering in cold sweat. But that is the price you … Continue reading

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