Biography
I make up stories and write them down. From short stories like The Resurrection Pit, to novellas like The Haunting of Sam Cabot, to novels like The Lost Village. In my spare time I play in my band and search antique shows and flea markets for wonderful finds with Sheila, my beautiful wife, my friend my partner.
In my spare time I read and sleep and eat and work on this big old house we love that has come to be known as the ‘money pit’ and try to keep up with my website and blog at markedwardhall.com, and all my friends and readers on Facebook and Twitter and Goodreads.
I was born in Brunswick, Maine. I’ve been a writer for a long time. I started out as a song writer but always had a love for novels and short stories. I started seriously writing fiction in the 1990s. My first short story was published in 1995. My first novel, The Lost Village, was published in 2003 and was recommended for a Bram Stoker award. My second book, The Holocaust Opera was published in 2005 and I’ve never looked back. Apocalypse Island is my latest book with several others waiting in the wings. There will always be more stories.
Mark
May 18th, 2010 at 2:58 pm
HI Mark,
I am beginning writer, although, I have written allot of short stories when I was young. My first book is ready to be edited but I have know direction on a good publishing company. Can you direct me to a company that will take on a new writer?
A MySpace Friend
Mya
June 25th, 2010 at 5:23 pm
Mark
Congrats on finding your calling. I would love to be a great writer, and have a hell of an imagination. I have always been a horror buff, and have had some great life experiences as an Animal Control Officer, Veteran that travelled the world, and as an Anthropology major minoring in both Archaeology and Psychology. For some reason it disappears when I try to put it in ink though. Your stories sound really good and your reviews are great. I would love to read some of it sometime. I noticed you and I are both face friends with Paul Wilson and Joe Mckinney. If you’re as good as them you will have a loyal reader in me, as soon as I can find some read time. Keep doing what you’re doing.
Brenton
June 25th, 2010 at 8:12 pm
Hey, Brenton, nice to hear from you. Thanks for checking out my site. If you’re interested in reading some of my writing, I am offering a free serial novel right here on my site. I am posting a chapter a week and I am now up to chapter ten. The title is Soul Thief and I’d be honored if you checked it out. Those who read and comment will receive a free signed copy when it’s published.
Also, my 2003 supernatural thriller, The Lost Village, has been picked up by Damnation Books and will be released in September. I’m very happy about it for I believe the book deserves to reach a wider audience.
It sounds like you’ve had an interesting life, Brenton. I wish you all the best.
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January 25th, 2011 at 7:10 pm
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