{"id":714,"date":"2021-12-29T14:53:48","date_gmt":"2021-12-29T14:53:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tompass.co.uk\/?p=714"},"modified":"2021-12-29T14:53:51","modified_gmt":"2021-12-29T14:53:51","slug":"new-book-release-the-badland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tompass.co.uk\/?p=714","title":{"rendered":"New Book release! The Badland:"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Hi there all! My new horror\/adventure novella has officially released and is available on amazon! You can find it via this link:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-amazon-kindle wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-amazon\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Badland\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"640\" height=\"550\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen style=\"max-width:100%\" src=\"https:\/\/read.amazon.co.uk\/kp\/card?preview=inline&#038;linkCode=kpd&#038;ref_=k4w_oembed_qAdv0grkALdcmC&#038;asin=B09NRFQGHQ&#038;tag=kpembed-20\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/dp\/B09NRFQGHQ\/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_JN5J7Z1FMQ50ZF9H7KDP\">https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/dp\/B09NRFQGHQ\/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_JN5J7Z1FMQ50ZF9H7KDP<\/a><br><br><em>\u201cAcross the vast ocean, and after many days of sickening rocking, you will find a gate covered in buzzing flies. On top of this gate sits a creature with an impossible number of fingers, playing an instrument that sounds something like a flute. Its impossible fingers, connected to its chest and shoulders and arms form a stretch of flesh one might call its impossible hands. Its fingers move at once too fast, and eerily slow, like a camera recording a scene in too few frames. Its sound burrows into your mind as termites burrow into their mounds. It creates incessant clacking and the tickering of tiny feet will plague your skull. This is your ticket to enter, your way of entering the Badland.\u201d<\/em><br><br>Nyssa has been plagued with night terrors since the moment she first dreamed, and at the beginning of her adult life, they remain ceaseless. After a particularly rough night, memories from a girl she never knew begin flooding her mind, premonitions of a realm beyond our own that houses nothing but agony, a hell far worse than she could have ever imagined. With the knowledge of the girl that lived before, and a fear of Suffering for all eternity, Nyssa begins a journey to discover the nature of Suffering, and if it is worth continuing to exist in the face of it.<br><br>The Badland will take you on an adventure across dark realms and haunting landscapes, all inspired by surreal horror artists of past and present, such as Zdzislaw Beksinski, H.R Geiger and Heronimous Bosch.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Thank you for supporting me!<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-714\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tompass.co.uk\/?p=714&amp;share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-714\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tompass.co.uk\/?p=714&amp;share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-reddit\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-reddit sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tompass.co.uk\/?p=714&amp;share=reddit\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Reddit\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-tumblr\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-tumblr sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tompass.co.uk\/?p=714&amp;share=tumblr\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Tumblr\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-skype\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-skype-714\" class=\"share-skype sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tompass.co.uk\/?p=714&amp;share=skype\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Skype\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Skype (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-custom share-custom-minds\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-custom share-custom-minds sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tompass.co.uk\/?p=714&amp;share=custom-1494369120\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Minds\"><span style=\"background-image:url(&quot;http:\/\/media.148apps.com\/icons\/82323440\/82323440_180.jpg&quot;);\"><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Minds (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-pinterest\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-pinterest-714\" class=\"share-pinterest sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tompass.co.uk\/?p=714&amp;share=pinterest\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Pinterest\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi there all! My new horror\/adventure novella has officially released and is available on amazon! 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It was inspired by the 'fantastic' series of works by the Polish artist Zdzislaw Beksinski (1929-2005) - which are also very graphic and shown at the end of this post. It's also quite a long one coming\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Blog&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tompass.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/The-Flutist.jpg?fit=990%2C1024&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":654,"url":"https:\/\/www.tompass.co.uk\/?p=654","url_meta":{"origin":714,"position":1},"title":"Badland Hospital Extract","date":"16th July 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Just a small taste of what I have been working on :P Nyssa turned and quickly made for her exit before security figured out she wasn\u2019t supposed to be there. She made her way out of the ward and toward the elevator. As the elevator began to fall, she felt\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Blog&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tompass.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Hospital.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":681,"url":"https:\/\/www.tompass.co.uk\/?p=681","url_meta":{"origin":714,"position":2},"title":"A Bestiary of Insatiable Creatures &#8211; Release!","date":"28th February 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"My next collection of short stories is now on amazon! It is a short collection of horror stories tied together through a modern setting in which we never rose to the top of the food chain. 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Here is the link to his new book if you would\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Bio&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":339,"url":"https:\/\/www.tompass.co.uk\/?p=339","url_meta":{"origin":714,"position":4},"title":"How to talk to death.","date":"8th March 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"This is a prequel to the Badland and does not make much sense without previously reading that story. \u00a0 Death taps its finger impatiently on the table, staring coldly into your eyes. You called her here, a disjointed code sent in red slashes along your wrist. 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