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Tim Reed

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Tim Reed whittles the week away by frowning over reports as a technical editor, but once the moon rises, he transforms into a werebeast of writer proportions. He has gobbled classic and contemporary novels for many years and uses them as inspiration for his own writing, mainly in the horror, fantasy and sci-fi realms.

His published works include epic fantasy novel 'Summons of the Majestic' and his dark fantasy/horror ode to The Magic Faraway Tree, entitled 'What Glimmers in the Wood'.

One day, he dreams of forming his own Inklings club, creating his own Mythos or generally accepting $1 for film rights to any of his books. So no pressure.

In the meantime, he lives in relative tranquility with his wife in sunny London, musing on how to write m
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Tim Reed Hmm, I quite like Rand al Thor and Min from the Wheel of Time. She has this quiet authority that brings out the best in him.
Tim Reed I try to preempt it by keeping in a writing habit. The longer you leave your work untouched, the harder it is to go back to it and be inspired. Also, …moreI try to preempt it by keeping in a writing habit. The longer you leave your work untouched, the harder it is to go back to it and be inspired. Also, wandering through nature or watching an emotive favourite film helps. (less)
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Running Free

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Spider from the Well

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Bakerloo Line Train

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What Glimmers in the Wood Released in Paperback and Ebook!

So, my new novel ‘What Glimmers in the Wood’ has been published by Sinister Grin Press!

It is a dark fantasy/horror ode to The Magic Faraway Tree series of books, full of bullied teens, white willow trees, Mandrakes, and perhaps bullied Mandrakes or willowy teens…actually scrap the last two. But yes, for those interested in this labour of esoteric love, please read the synopsis below and check out Read more of this blog post »
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“But optimism dribbles away when horror repeats.”
Tim Reed, Spider from the Well

“Evil people can still keep promises. Many have done just that, girl, though they are usually not promises you ‘rational’ people wish them to keep.”
Tim Reed, Melody's Room

“There was a single window that tapered into a funnel, with eerie moonlight passing through it, reflecting directly off the globe like a mirror. For a moment, as I rose I saw something glimmering within. Dumbly, with feverish whispers assailing me, I realized it was the center of one of the distant galaxies, flaring after some unknown cataclysm. Its radiance was such that it burst from its prison. It met the moonlight halfway. It created kaleidoscopic colours on the walls. Then, in answer, the reliefs transformed from majestic art into something approaching divine, alive, plays from Egyptian memory, given the spark of life from space. I saw animal-headed gods move. They stepped from the walls to take their place around the altar. All stared at the globe. Each raised their arms in silent supplication. And such was their toxic ecstasy that I wished to join them, to forget my dreadful experiences and revel in something truly wondrous.”
Tim Reed, Spider from the Well

“Certain houses, like certain persons, manage somehow to proclaim at once their character for evil. In the case of the latter, no particular feature need betray them; they may boast an open countenance and an ingenuous smile; and yet a little of their company leaves the unalterable conviction that there is something radically amiss with their being: that they are evil. Willy nilly, they seem to communicate an atmosphere of secret and wicked thoughts which makes those in their immediate neighbourhood shrink from them as from a thing diseased.”
Algernon Blackwood, The Empty House and Other Ghost Stories

“The end is near. I hear a noise at the door, as of some immense slippery body lumbering against it. It shall not find me. God, that hand! The window! The window!”
H.P. Lovecraft, Dagon et autres nouvelles de terreur

“But optimism dribbles away when horror repeats.”
Tim Reed, Spider from the Well

“There was a single window that tapered into a funnel, with eerie moonlight passing through it, reflecting directly off the globe like a mirror. For a moment, as I rose I saw something glimmering within. Dumbly, with feverish whispers assailing me, I realized it was the center of one of the distant galaxies, flaring after some unknown cataclysm. Its radiance was such that it burst from its prison. It met the moonlight halfway. It created kaleidoscopic colours on the walls. Then, in answer, the reliefs transformed from majestic art into something approaching divine, alive, plays from Egyptian memory, given the spark of life from space. I saw animal-headed gods move. They stepped from the walls to take their place around the altar. All stared at the globe. Each raised their arms in silent supplication. And such was their toxic ecstasy that I wished to join them, to forget my dreadful experiences and revel in something truly wondrous.”
Tim Reed, Spider from the Well

“Evil people can still keep promises. Many have done just that, girl, though they are usually not promises you ‘rational’ people wish them to keep.”
Tim Reed, Melody's Room

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Robert Smith Hi Tim,
Thanks for connecting with me here on GR.
Hope you have a great weekend.
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Andrew Weaver Hi Tim - thanks for accepting my friend request


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