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Jan Miklaszewicz

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Born and raised in Plymouth, England, Jan is a father, a husband, and a former poet. Readers enjoy his work for its directness and sense of humour, as well as its smooth, free-flowing prose.

Unsurprisingly, much of his back catalogue is poetry, with four collections, two narrative poems, two anthologies, and an instructional guide for children to his name.

More recently Jan has pivoted to fiction, starting with a collection of offbeat shorts before moving into darker territory, conceiving the Hartmouth Horrors series of standalone novellas, and it is on this twisted fare that he will be focusing for the foreseeable future.

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Inelegant Variation

This Monday morning, my mind is on elegant variation, a term coined in the early 1900s to describe the using of synonyms and substitutional phrases to avoid repetition in prose. Taken with a pinch of salt, it’s not such a bad idea, but taken to the nth degree, it can produce some pretty hilarious results. And unfortunately, it seems to crop up a little too often in indie writing.

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A brilliant collection of shorts (with a smattering of not-so-shorts) written in the author’s trademark laconic style. Expect authentic, offbeat dialogue, fruity turns of phrase, a cunning reference to an Oscar Wilde story, and plenty of slightly cry ...more
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I got an early copy of this book and thoroughly enjoyed it. The prose is clear and unfussy, allowing me to focus on an entertaining story that blends the creep, the action, and the intrigue in well-balanced measures. There’s an originality and freshn ...more
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