Waynesharrocks's Weblog http://waynesharrocks.wordpress.com Wayne Sharrocks - Gothic/Pagan Author Tue, 21 Jul 2009 09:33:03 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ en hourly 1 http://www.gravatar.com/blavatar/5e470e12d4917208c193eb84454e163c?s=96&d=http://s.wordpress.com/i/buttonw-com.png Waynesharrocks's Weblog http://waynesharrocks.wordpress.com Kismet by Wayne Sharrocks (Due out late 2009) http://waynesharrocks.wordpress.com/2009/07/21/kismet-by-wayne-sharrocks-due-out-late-2009/ http://waynesharrocks.wordpress.com/2009/07/21/kismet-by-wayne-sharrocks-due-out-late-2009/#comments Tue, 21 Jul 2009 09:28:14 +0000 Wayne Sharrocks http://waynesharrocks.wordpress.com/?p=31 ]]>

Kismet by Wayne Sharrocks

SYNOPSIS

Billy Evans is twenty years old, unemployed and alone in the World.

As his Mother died during childbirth and he never knew his Father,

he constantly finds himself fighting the feelings of alienation and

dissatisfaction.

He doubts his own worth and self image and struggles with the

pressure to conform. As a victim of intense and often brutal bullying,

for Billy the past was a haunted place, with memories and scars that

had left an indelible imprint on the here and now.

Consumed by doubt, terror, fear and anxiety that his existence is

hollow,unfulfilled and empty, he attempts to get his life back on

track and to carve out a positive future for himself. Already battling

his inner demons, with news of his Grandparents’ passing, it further

clouds the border between reality, perception and illusion.

When a blast from-the-past arrives on his doorstep, he feels that

a brighter future could finally be obtainable. However his old friend,

Gareth Evans, is engaged in his own personal battle against heroin

addiction, which threatens to ensnare Billy within its downward

spiral. Billy had spent his life struggling to escape his past but now

with memories triggered, he finds himself with no option but to seek

out his former tormentors and begin an emotive quest for revenge,

retribution and ultimately redemption.

DUE OUT LATE 2009 / EARLY 20210

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Kismet by Wayne Sharrocks (Due out late
2009/early 2010). 

Outline:

For Billy Evans, the past was a haunted
place that left an indelible imprint on the
here and now. As he struggles to piece his
life together he finds himself drawn back into
a world of violence and terror. 
Already emotionally struggling with the
passing over of his remaining family, a chance
encounter further clouds the border between
reality, perception and illusion.
He has spent his life struggling to escape
his past but now with memories triggered, he
finds himself with no option but to begin an
emotive quest for revenge, retribution and
finally redemption. 

A brief taster…

William had soon become a solitary figure, a
loner rapidly retreating into a world of
fantasy and dreams, although fear and loathing
(both of himself and his tormentors) was never
too far from the surface of his
emotions.

He wished that he could just walk away from
his troubles but wasn’t sure if there even
existed a place that far. As a result, at
night he would take a handful of his
Grandmother’s sleeping pills to aid his
slumber and to dream that he was invisible.
Although he could not find the courage to
actually put an end to all of his suffering he
just hoped that one day his eyes would close,
never to re-open. Much as he yearned to
believe that he would be rewarded in the next
dimension, he suspected that the only Earth
that the meek were to inherit was likely to be
six feet deep. 

As William sat upon his bed he swept his
fingers through his long chestnut mane,
pushing it back to reveal his cat like emerald
eyes, lined with kohl and features that looked
as if they could have been chiseled from the
finest marble. He stared at his reflection in
the wardrobe mirror but the image that was
reflected back to him was far from the
reality. He felt ugly and worthless.

Reaching over to his bedside cabinet he slid
open the top drawer (which was lined with
felt), parted his carefully rolled socks and
underwear and removed the razor blade from its
place of hiding. He then unbuckled his
trousers and slid them down to his ankles
before methodically slicing at the young and
tender flesh of his thigh. As he did so,
rivulets of vivid crimson trickled from the
fresh wounds, seeping over faded scars from
previous out lettings and as it did so he felt
the tension ease and the by now well worn
escape route from his emptiness, depression
and unreality kick in, his mind validating his
inner pain with an outer expression, thus
avoiding the yearning for suicide. This was
his way of coping, his gift for survival in a
world full of ignorance, intolerance and pain.

He was alone in the world, so as words were
not an option this was the only way that he
could find to express emotion and maintain a
sense of connection and self worth. His own
coping mechanism honed from years of practice
and necessity. 
Alas as the years passed the victimization
both at school and outside the school gates
had only intensified, so he became
increasingly unable to peel the scars from his
fractured mind. Consumed by hate and a
yearning for vengeance, he vowed that
everything his tormentors held dear would one
day be taken away from them and that all the
pain and anguish that he had experienced would
be relieved… 

CHAPTER ONE
THE BEDSIT

William’s room, (or Billy as he now preferred
to be known as) was one 
of three in an inconspicuous lodging house,
just off Eardley Road in Streatham Common,
London, in which he shared both bathroom and
kitchen facilities. The tenants of the other
rooms worked for a living, so that thankfully
he was on his own for the majority of the day,
but even when they were home their paths
rarely crossed. He liked it that way, as
although his childhood lisp and stutter had
all but been eradicated, thanks to a great
many speech therapy lessons, he had remained
very much a loner.
He had realised very early on in life that
social interaction for him rarely ended with a
positive or healthy outcome. There always had
to be winners and losers and sadly for Billy
he seemed to constantly find himself in the
latter category, well for the moment at least.
For if all his dreams and visions came to
fruition all that would change and he would
finally be somebody.

Billy’s room had a radiator but the landlord
had vowed that the central heating bills had
become too expensive, so had taken to setting
the timer for just an hour or two a day, then
padlocking the heater cupboard, so that the
dial could not be tampered with by
unauthorized hands. As a result of these
somewhat Draconian measures, Billy had taken
to sitting in the kitchen area with the oven
and hobs lit for warmth or lazing idly
steeping in a hot bath and topping up the
water at regular intervals. He realised he
could have always tried to seek out a job, but
as he held no qualifications and a somewhat
chequered school attendance record, (due to
the many sessions of therapy and later the
flagrant truancy) he realised that the chances
of gainful employment were quite slim to say
the least. Anyhow, what with his lack of
people skills (hadn’t that been how his
therapist had phrased it?) and his lack of
experience in the work arena, he couldn’t see
how he could possibly compete for a vacant
position, even in the unskilled sector, what
with an immigrant workforce on tap who, due to
family necessity, where willing to toil long
hours for a meagre salary, no questions asked.

For the aforementioned reasons (and many
others beside…) Billy now found himself
living in the crumbling bedsit with a trickle
of state cash for provisions and sustenance,
dreaming of a day when all that would change,
but for the moment he had to content himself
with purchasing the London Evening Standard to
begin the search for somewhere better to live.
The bedsit was fine for now, but he needed
somewhere that he could be alone. He had
things to plan, work to do, and although he
had yet to formulate quite how, wrongs to be
put right…

CHAPTER TWO
THE TRIGGER

It was a glorious summer’s day and the clouds
appeared to float majestically in the bright
azure sky. A crowd of somewhat bedraggled
feral looking children had gathered on a patch
of seemingly untended recreation ground, some
perched high upon rusting swings that squeaked
wearily in the brisk summer breeze, whilst the
remainder were either engaged in kicking a
battered football around or feverishly pulling
on cigarettes wrapped around their thin
nicotine stained fingers. The youngsters
looked on boredly as throngs of commuters
filed their way past, through the litter
strewn city streets, like an army of
industrious ants, preparing themselves for
another day of commercial toil, in a futile
bid to keep the tax man sated and roofs over
their rapidly balding heads. 

William Evans had always lived in London,
although his new accommodation was a fairly
fresh acquisition, thanks to his recently
deceased Grandparents and a favourable
probate. As his Mother had died during
childbirth and his Father was unknown, (as his
birth certificate readily taunted him every
time that he was called upon to produce it) he
was brought up by his Grandparents, who
although did their best by him, were always
quite frail and riddled with sickness.
Whilst they had always ensured that he had
food on the table and a roof over his head
alas, they were from a different generation so
could be of little aid to him during his
traumatic and fearful childhood.
Sometimes the generation gap had never felt
so wide, but he still thought of them in fond
terms, especially now as he was back living in
the family home and thankfully well rid of the
rodent infested bedsit that had been his place
of sanctuary for the past few years.

The family home was a narrow Victorian brick
house with little natural light, situated at
one end of a terrace of thirteen. Fortunately
for Billy he had never been one for
superstition.
As Billy closed the door behind him and
stepped out onto the street the wind ruffled
his newly dyed raven mane, (which fell just
below his shoulders) causing rogue strands to
dance and sway like marionettes in the breeze.
Alas the High Street never appeared to change,
there were meandering queues at the cash
machines, with kids tugging at their parents’
sleeves, urging them to buy something once the
seemingly magical machines had conjured up
some paper money… 
 
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Vinilian Press – Wayne Sharrocks Interview etc… 

Please check out this fantastic ‘zine (Vinilian Press) as it features an interview & photo-shoot with yours truly as well as a whole host of reviews/interviews & articles ‘Goth’ /’Vampyre’ related…

PLEASE CONTACT VINILE COVEN (ON MY FRIENDS PAGE) OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING LINKS FOR DETAILS…
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VINILIAN PRESS is a short E-Zine, which you would receive by email once every-other month (every two months). It is an emailing list and exclusive Zine, so you must provide your email address and your nickname in order to receive this E-Zine.
If you wish to be featured or advertise in VINILIAN PRESS, please email me, Vinile at VinileCoven@Yahoo.Com

The present issue includes:
1 Interview with Author: Wayne Sharrocks
2 Interview with Composer: Martin Bowes (of Attrition)
3 A Lady Bug Named “Hope” Exclusive (M. Rosko)
4 Interview with Musician/Vocalist: Ali of Queue Up

Next issue (January, 2009):
1 Head Story: SHINTO RECORDS
2 Interview with Music: MoodOrgan (LA)
3 Interview with Spider’s Web Zine
4 Interview with Artist: Dark Angel Illustrations
5 Author: Carla Gerl
6 and many more…

I will advertise (or even interview) your skills/talents/genius if you help me with promotion for VINILIAN PRESS.

I will also post upcoming concert schedules, interviews, and more). All you have to do in return is post direct link the VINILIAN PRESS page and promote yourself! Easy, is it not?

A new issue of VINILIAN PRESS is due out every other month (January in this case). hen you register or join this “email list” E-Zine, you will receive the most recent issue of VINILIAN PRESS!

NOTE: FORMAT: ***The Newsletter arrives attached as JPEG files

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Wayne Sharrocks Novels – Availability

For all those who have recently enquired…

www.amazon.co.uk/Redemption-Wayne-Sharrocks/dp/1843862549

www.amazon.co.uk/Dominion-Wayne-Sharrocks/dp/1843863855

Redemption

ISBN-10: 1843862549
ISBN-13: 978-1843862543

Dominion
ISBN-10: 1843863855
ISBN-13: 978-1843863854

On sale at : Waterstones, Blackwell’s, Jarrolds, Diss Publishing, Whitby Bookshop & all good book stores…

Also available online via: www.amazon.co.uk www.amazon.com www.amazon.ca www.whsmiths.co.uk
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*Check Overseas availability on: www.bookbutler.com

or place order at ANY bookshop by quoting ISBN Nos…

Sincerely hope that you enjoy them.

Wayne

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Vinilian Press – Wayne Sharrocks Interview etc…

Please check out this fantastic ‘zine (Vinilian Press) as it features an interview & photo-shoot with yours truly as well as a whole host of reviews/interviews & articles ‘Goth’ /’Vampyre’ related…

PLEASE CONTACT VINILE COVEN (ON MY FRIENDS PAGE) OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING LINKS FOR DETAILS…
VINILECOVEN.8M.COM
mailto:vinilecoven@yahoo.com
vinilecoven@yahoo.com
mailto:vinilecoven@hotmail.com

VINILIAN PRESS is a short E-Zine, which you would receive by email once every-other month (every two months). It is an emailing list and exclusive Zine, so you must provide your email address and your nickname in order to receive this E-Zine.
If you wish to be featured or advertise in VINILIAN PRESS, please email me, Vinile at VinileCoven@Yahoo.Com

The present issue includes:
1 Interview with Author: Wayne Sharrocks
2 Interview with Composer: Martin Bowes (of Attrition)
3 A Lady Bug Named “Hope” Exclusive (M. Rosko)
4 Interview with Musician/Vocalist: Ali of Queue Up

Next issue (January, 2009):
1 Head Story: SHINTO RECORDS
2 Interview with Music: MoodOrgan (LA)
3 Interview with Spider’s Web Zine
4 Interview with Artist: Dark Angel Illustrations
5 Author: Carla Gerl
6 and many more…

I will advertise (or even interview) your skills/talents/genius if you help me with promotion for VINILIAN PRESS.

I will also post upcoming concert schedules, interviews, and more). All you have to do in return is post direct link the VINILIAN PRESS page and promote yourself! Easy, is it not?

A new issue of VINILIAN PRESS is due out every other month (January in this case). hen you register or join this “email list” E-Zine, you will receive the most recent issue of VINILIAN PRESS!

NOTE: FORMAT: ***The Newsletter arrives attached as JPEG files

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Poem – VAMPIRESS by Wayne Sharrocks

This was penned for the Film Premiere of ‘Revival of Darkness’ (which had a themed Masquerade Ball) & was read out at midnight, just before the guests unmasked…

A life too cursed for day
She awaits the decadent dark
A cloak of beauty drowns her sighs
This Angel in disguise…

The walls of her heart may crumble
As she feels her dreams unfurl
The conclusion ever nearer
As midnight chimes her goal…

The only time she can reveal herself
Is under nature’s lunar light
And as the mask slips from visage
The moon offers her respite…

(Cliched, Goth?! Moi?!) lol
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

Revival of Darkness: Beyond the Grave

‘The Suspenseful/Horror & Vampire Romance’ by Randy & MarieAnn Rosko.

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Featuring Music By: Attrition, The Vladimirs, Avernus, Kyle Wheeler, High Blue Star & others…

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‘A contemporary tale of forbidden love, mystery & betrayal …’

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Interview & Book-Review in The Endless Dark Club ’Zine
Category: Writing and Poetry

 

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Endless Dark Club ‘Zine (Issue 17).

Please check out my interview & the book-review(s) in this fantastic Gothic/Rock/Alternative ’zine.

Copies are 3 Euros.

Interested parties please contact Magda via her MySpace link or place order to:

Endless Dark Club, A/C Magda Estrela, Rua Antero Nobre, No.16,3o dto. 8700-240 Olhao, Portugal

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Book Signing: Whitby Bookshop (Saturday 1st November 2008) 

Pagan/Gothic Author Wayne Sharrocks will be in-store Saturday 1st November (Time: TBA) at the Whitby Bookshop (as part of the Whitby Gothic Weekend).

Whitby bookshop: 88 Church Street, Whitby, North Yorkshire. YO22 4BH
Tel: 01947 606202 Email: mail@whitbybookshop.co.uk

For anyone who is unable to make it – copies of both ’Dominion’ & ’Redemption’ are currently on sale at Waterstones, Blackwell’s , Jarrolds, Diss Publishing & of course the Whitby Bookshop.

Also available online: www.amazon.co.uk/Dominion-Wayne-Sharrocks/dp/1843863855

www.amazon.co.uk/Redemption-Wayne-Sharrocks/dp/1843862549

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www.waterstones.com www.whsmiths.co.uk

Author: Wayne Sharrocks

Title: Redemption ISBN-10: 1843862549 ISBN-13: 978-1843862543

Title: Dominion: ISBN-10: 1843863855 ISBN-13: 978-1843863854

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SPIDER’S WEB ISSUE 9

 

 

 

INTERVIEWS
Black Roses, Poetry and Death (USA)
Club Antichrist (London, UK)
Crysalys (Italy)
Wayne Sharrocks (Goth Writer, UK)
Temujin (Australia)
Second Skin (Italy)
Frightdoll (USA)
In Loving Memory (Italy)
Ismini (Greece)
Lace Me Up (Dublin, Ireland)

LIFE AS A GOTH
DJ Zynthexia (Finland)
Amaranth (UK)
Carlo (of Miriam, Rome, Italy)
Electric Barbarella (UK)
Chris (of V-Malice, Trieste, Italy)

REVIEWS
Black Roses, Poetry and Death (USA)
GPKISM (Japan)
Blood (Japan)
Spectrum-X (Italy)
Bloody Mary (Italy)
Sinbeats (Germany)
Katharine Blake (England)
The Offering (UK)
Virgins o.r.
Pigeons (Greece)
Wastescape (Sweden)
Uninvited Guest (UK)
This Void Inside (ITaly)
Crysalys (ITaly)
Ismini (Greece)
Gotham 2008 (23rd March 2008 , London, UK)
Anne Sudworth (exhibition, UK)

ZINE REVIEWS
Unscene (UK)
Bubblegumslut (UK)
Devolution (UK)

AVAILABLE VIA PAYPAL
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Dominion by Wayne Sharrocks

Synopsis
Scarred by childhood trauma and neglect, Karl Connor attempted to flee the dark shadows
of his young life, the horrors that he had experienced, and the inner demons that continued to haunt him. As the past and present collide the brutal reality is that the long slide into violence has already begun, but who could have imagined that his desire for perceived vengeance would have such terrifying results. Young women are being murdered in London suburbs and there is
seemingly nothing to connect them to one another, let alone the killer whose charming
manner hides a warped and sick mind. Detective Inspector Ross is determined to hunt the
killer down, jeopardising his career in the process, as he becomes increasingly alienated
and obsessed with finding the murderer. It is a difficult time for him and his depleted team
as they find themselves caught up in Karl’s deadly game of ruthless vendetta and vengeful
murders. Soon their lives begin to run on a parallel, which leaves one of his team in
mortal danger.

Extract from my latest novel ’Dominion’ (by Wayne Sharrocks)
Category: Writing and Poetry

Extract from Chapter 2

DEADLOCK

Due to the gridlocked traffic Detective Inspector Ross had arrived late at the crime scene. As he pulled up to the kerbside of the tree lined avenue he looked up through the windscreen and watched as a cadaver, on a wheeled stretcher covered in a thin white body bag with black straps, was loaded unceremoniously into the back of the coroner’s black van.

The whizzing sound of a police helicopter intensified in the distance, rapidly growing
louder, shaking him from his stupor.

Previously deep in thought, he now caught sight of his reflection in the rear view mirror and could see that his face had turned as white as the swollen moon above. He took a moment to compose himself before he swung the driver’s door open. He raised his hand in a vague wave to acknowledge the two body movers from the coroner’s office as they turned with a darting urgency from the rear of the van. Still encased in their white coveralls, they mirrored his gesture before walking quickly towards the front of their vehicle.

Detective Inspector Ross remained watching as they pulled away from the kerb and set off
into traffic. He then glanced over at the house, which was cordoned off by fluorescent
crime scene tape that fluttered in the breeze like ribbons from a maypole. An assorted throng
of media types and rubbernecks, some of whom were now attempting to take photographs on
their mobile phones, had already assembled at the scene and looked on like a pack of baying
jackals only just being kept at bay by the increasingly thin blue line.

He blew out a noisy sigh as he continued to look out of the car window at the unfurling scene.

He was less than thrilled to get a call like this on what so far had been his first day off in little over a month, especially as he sensed that his days at the helm of the investigation were numbered and such a public fall from grace would all but finish his previously fast-track career. At that thought his jaw tightened and he felt a slight tickle of electric current go down the back of his neck, bringing the hairs there to attention. A knot of anxious tension gripped his stomach, a subconscious fear of failure.

He willed himself to relax but as his body was stiff and his muscles ached from lack of
sleep his mind had no intention of obeying him. He took a deep breath and swept his hand
through his steel grey hair so that most of it fell back into place, whilst the wind took the
other rogue strands so that they resembled dancing marionettes.

Ross removed his black wool sport coat and threw it onto the passenger seat before
undoing his cuffs and rolling up his sleeves, a display that was intended to state to
onlookers that he was getting ready for business.

After fighting his way through the escalating crowd, which combined the concerned, the curious and the downright ghoulish, he flashed his warrant card before ducking under the police tape to enter the crime scene.

As he reluctantly breathed in the chill of the evening, he stared over at he house. It looked unkempt, the garden untended, neglected even. As he walked towards it, the press continued to bombard him with queries, some pleadingly, others rudely, but he ignored them all. He had already braced himself for the media storm, which now invariably followed every new victim. As he stepped inside the house he could still hear the voices being carried away by the wind, muttering and complaining…

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ISBN: 9781843863854

Author: Wayne Sharrocks
Title: Dominion

From the Publisher
‘Dominion’ is the follow up to ‘Redemption’,  Wayne’s debut novel, which was nominated for
both The Guardian First Book Award & The McKitterick Prize.

From the Author
I feel that you will find this to be a tight, tension-building tale that provides both psychological insight as well as a thought provoking read. For fans of Bret Easton Ellis/Val McDermid
with a sprinkling of Poppy Z. Brite’s Gothic sensibilities…

About the Author
Wayne Sharrocks was born in the London Borough of Camden. After attending college he
embarked on a career in animal welfare before returning to his passion for writing.
He now lives in the picturesque village of Blo Norton, situated on the Norfolk/Suffolk
border, and is enjoying his new profession as an author of psychological thrillers. In his spare time he enjoys art & design and is still a keen supporter of a number of animal welfare charities. 
 

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