The International Writers Magazine MAY 2014

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Welcome to this MAY edition of Hackwriters. Excellent exciting fiction this month and travel discusssions, not to mention the usual commentaries from James Campion and James Skinner. Many thanks to all our contributors around the world who really are a dedicated bunch. Read us and the amazing archives too. 15 years on-line and 7555 articles - reviews - stories - travel share any feature you like with people you know ... Do buy Sam's book The Heaviness – suitable for any reader who likes to think about such things as betrayal, revenge, relationships and the importance of gravity.  All proceeds from our books go into keep Hacks going.

May
We were hit for six here at Hackwriters with a nasty bug brought over on the Eurostar by my sister. So two weeks + still trying to recover. Not quite on the scale of MERS - the new killer virus in Saudi Arabia that's slowly spreading around, but nasty enough. Having three people in one house all choking, coughing and groaning is no fun. Trying to cheer ourselves up by listening to Scarlett O'Connor with her Black Roses and other songs. (That's Clare Bowen whose voice electrifies Nashville on TV). Funny what happens to you when you're ill, what music helps or what you want to read. I read the side effects on the pills the Doctor gave my sister and I am pretty sure that I am experiencing all of them. Crazy what they put down. 'In extreme cases may cause loss of motor control and respiratory failure' being my favourite right now. This coincides with a WHO report that antibiotics are going to stop working entirely pretty soon for everyone and we shall all have to get by on placebos. So let's hear it for the power of mind control, four pillows and Vicks. I seriously doubt I will survive the next virus I get. 'Bring out your dead' came the cry from the streets. The only consolation being that if you can hear them - you aren't dead - yet.
*May 12th: Now recovered but bones ache. Need a vacation.

Elections in South Africa. One would love people there to have voted for the DA rather than give support to President Zuma - who has done so much to entrench corruption everywhere in SA. But this is the Year of the Horse and it seems only bad things get done or are rewarded. Rural voters fall for ANC bribes sadly and some fall for the EFF extremism. ANC won big- so little will change, except now they have the running sore of 25 EFF MPS. We wish them luck.

Meanwhile I note James Skinner has won a silver medal for his book The Goa File and Michael Daniels has published a collection of his short stories this month plus Abigail George is getting recognition all over for her fiction. Good to know Hackwriter regulars are building a following.

Sam North- joint editor of Hackwriters is the author of Diamonds – The Rush of 72 (Print & ebook)) and other titles The Great Californian Diamond Rush of 1872 - a grand American West true life story that made many rich and ruined the lives of almost everyone it touched. ipad (iTunes version) *e-book now only £1.99 Buy these books - they go towards keeping Hackwriters going.

The Repossession by Sam Hawksmoor a fast paced edgy romantic thriller 'The Repossession... will blow your mind and keep you guessing until the very end'. A Dream of Books (SJH) 'Smart, dark and graceful, this story is sure to send chills down your spine...one of the best, and most fascinating, debut novels I've ever read'. Evie-bookish.blogspot The Hunting - the thrilling sequel - order yours from Amazon, Waterstones or Chapters or your indie bookshop plus Indigo Books Canada or Kindle 'Without a doubt, one of the best YA Sci Fi series out there.' Evie Seo Bookish Now read the final thrilling conclusion to the series 'The Heaviness'

The Repossession & The Hunting by Sam Hawksmoor released across Canada Available in Chapters/Indigo/ Albany Books, Hager and Kids Books Broadway - Vancouver + Bolens Books (Victoria), Mables Fables, Type Books in Toronto, ‘Smart, dark and graceful, this story is sure to send chills down your spine…’ Evie Seo Part Three - The Heaviness will be available after Easter 2014

If you're looking for an exciting YA book set in WW2 - Kindle download 'The Repercussions of Tomas D' or buy the paperback - All proceeds go to keeping Hackwriters going

The Repercussions of Tomas D
A Hero? Or Englands Greatest Traitor? USA Paperback here
'Disturbing and very poignant YA novel that presents a chilling alternate future for an England that lost the war.'
Marcel d'Agneau

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