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WRITER FUEL: What Are the Mysterious Linmere Pits Discovered in England?

A reconstruction of the Linmere pits in England. (Image credit: MOLA (Hugh Gatt))

Archaeologists in England have discovered more than two dozen monumental pits dotting the countryside in Bedfordshire, north of London. Radiocarbon dating of materials retrieved from the prehistoric site revealed that the round, steep-sided holes were created around 7,700 to 8,500 years ago during the Mesolithic, also known as the Middle Stone Age, according to a … Read more

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Writer Fuel: All About Stonehenge

Stonehenge with Full Moon - Deposit Photos

Stonehenge is a massive stone monument located on Salisbury Plain in southern England. It was built roughly 4,000 to 5,000 years ago and was part of a larger sacred landscape. The bigger stones at Stonehenge, known as sarsens, weigh 25 tons (22.6 metric tons) on average and are widely believed to have been brought from … Read more

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Review: Questionable Minds – Fraser Sherman

Questionable Minds - Fraser Sherman

Genre: Historical, Steampunk Reviewer: Maryann Universal Buy Link About The Book In Victorian England, 1888, there are those who say Sir Simon Taggart is under the punishment of God. In an England swirling with mentalist powers — levitation, mesmerism, mind-to-mind telegraphy — the baronet is unique, possessed of mental shields that render him immune to … Read more

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Writer Fuel: Anglo-Saxon Hall Where Kings and Warriors Dined Discovered in England

Anglo-Saxon Hall - Suffolk County Council "Rendlesham Revealed" project

Archaeologists in the east of England have unearthed the remains of an elaborate hall that Anglo-Saxon monarchs and warriors feasted in roughly 1,400 years ago. The remains of the royal hall — near the village of Rendlesham in Suffolk, about 70 miles (110 kilometers) northeast of London — are only a few miles north of … Read more

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WRITER FUEL: King Arthur, Discovered?

King Arthur - Deposit Photos

The graves of dozens of what may have been early British kings, queens, princes and princesses from the era of the mythical King Arthur have been revealed by a new study. It suggests that British royal graves dating from between the fifth and the seventh centuries A.D. have been overlooked until now, possibly because they … Read more

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REVIEW: Daring Duplicity – Edale Lane

Daring Duplicity - Edale Lane

Genre: Mystery, Historical, Steampunk Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book Solving mysteries is her business. Finding love is her dream. Will combining the two get her killed? Victorian Era England. Stetson revels in being unconventional. So when society shies away from her independent nature, the bold woman creates an imaginary boss and … Read more

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WRITER FUEL: King Arthur’s Stone

King Arthur's Stone - University of Manchester

A mysterious stone tomb in western England — known as Arthur’s Stone because of its links to the mythical King Arthur — originated almost 6,000 years ago as part of an elaborate “ceremonial landscape” across the whole area, according to archaeologists. Excavations this year near the ancient stone structure in rural Herefordshire, just east of … Read more

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ANNOUNCEMENT/GIVEAWAY: Qwyrk – Tim Rayborn

Qwyrk - Tim Rayborn

Tim Rayborn has a new bi urban fantasy book out, book one of the Qwyrk Tales: Qwyrk. And there’s a giveaway! Qwyrk is having a bad day; several, in fact. One of the Shadow folk tasked with keeping an eye on humanity, she’s ready for a well-earned break in Yorkshire, but now she’s (literally) run … Read more

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REVIEW: The Ghost of Hillcomb Hall – Joshua Ian

The Ghost of Hillcomb Hall - Joshua Ian

Genre: Paranormal, Historical, Romance Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book England, 1910. Landscape designer Jonas Laurence arrives at the cheerless and fog enswathed Hillcomb Hall, home to the Earl of Stanley and his family, to renovate their crumbling gardens. With a great storm crashing all around, his time is at the mercy … Read more