‘VEGA – The Vampire King’ by Mark Hastings – Chapter Five: “Home Fires”

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In this episode, Mark recites Chapter Five of his 2021 novel, ‘VEGA – The Vampire King’: “Home Fires” ‘VEGA – The Vampire King ‘ is the prequel/sequel novel to Mark’s novels ‘The Wolf in Me’ and ‘The Wolf In You’ and gives answers to the questions: What it is like to be immortal? What it is like to have lived for centuries? What it is like to be supernatural? What it is like to be from another reality? What tales could be told by someone who has seen the end of one world and the beginning of another? One man has all the answers to those questions, and more: Vega – The Vampire King! You can read Mark’s poetry on his website http://MarkThePoet.Me, and you can purchase all of Mark’s books of poetry, short-story anthologies, and novellas on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3HjAJMC

‘VEGA – The Vampire King’ by Mark Hastings – Chapter Four: “Ophelia”

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In this episode, Mark recites Chapter Four of his 2021 novel, ‘VEGA – The Vampire King’: “Ophelia” ‘VEGA – The Vampire King ‘ is the prequel/sequel novel to Mark’s novels ‘The Wolf in Me’ and ‘The Wolf In You’ and gives answers to the questions: What it is like to be immortal? What it is like to have lived for centuries? What it is like to be supernatural? What it is like to be from another reality? What tales could be told by someone who has seen the end of one world and the beginning of another? One man has all the answers to those questions, and more: Vega – The Vampire King! You can read Mark’s poetry on his website http://MarkThePoet.Me, and you can purchase all of Mark’s books of poetry, short-story anthologies, and novellas on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3HjAJMC

‘VEGA – The Vampire King’ by Mark Hastings – Chapter Three: “What? Where? When? Why? How?”

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In this episode, Mark recites Chapter Three of his 2021 novel, ‘VEGA – The Vampire King’: “What? Where? When? Why? How?.” ‘VEGA – The Vampire King ‘ is the prequel/sequel novel to Mark’s novels ‘The Wolf in Me’ and ‘The Wolf In You’ and gives answers to the questions: What it is like to be immortal? What it is like to have lived for centuries? What it is like to be supernatural? What it is like to be from another reality? What tales could be told by someone who has seen the end of one world and the beginning of another? One man has all the answers to those questions, and more: Vega – The Vampire King! You can read Mark’s poetry on his website http://MarkThePoet.Me, and you can purchase all of Mark’s books of poetry, short-story anthologies, and novellas on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3HjAJMC

‘VEGA – The Vampire King’ by Mark Hastings – Chapter Two: “The Beginning”

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In this episode, Mark recites Chapter Two of his 2021 novel, ‘VEGA – The Vampire King’: “The Beginning.” ‘VEGA – The Vampire King ‘ is the prequel/sequel novel to Mark’s novels ‘The Wolf in Me’ and ‘The Wolf In You’ and gives answers to the questions: What it is like to be immortal? What it is like to have lived for centuries? What it is like to be supernatural? What it is like to be from another reality? What tales could be told by someone who has seen the end of one world and the beginning of another? One man has all the answers to those questions, and more: Vega – The Vampire King! You can read Mark’s poetry on his website http://MarkThePoet.Me, and you can purchase all of Mark’s books of poetry, short-story anthologies, and novellas on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3HjAJMC

‘VEGA – The Vampire King’ by Mark Hastings – Chapter One: “Vega”

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In this episode, Mark recites Chapter One of his 2021 novel, ‘VEGA – The Vampire King’: “Vega.” ‘VEGA – The Vampire King ‘ is the prequel/sequel novel to Mark’s novels ‘The Wolf in Me’ and ‘The Wolf In You’ and gives answers to the questions: What it is like to be immortal? What it is like to have lived for centuries? What it is like to be supernatural? What it is like to be from another reality? What tales could be told by someone who has seen the end of one world and the beginning of another? One man has all the answers to those questions, and more: Vega – The Vampire King! You can read Mark’s poetry on his website http://MarkThePoet.Me, and you can purchase all of Mark’s books of poetry, short-story anthologies, and novellas on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3HjAJMC

‘VEGA – The Vampire King’ by Mark Hastings – Prologue: “The Artist”

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In this episode, Mark recites the Prologue to his 2021 novel, ‘VEGA – The Vampire King’. ‘VEGA – The Vampire King ‘ is the prequel/sequel novel to Mark’s novels ‘The Wolf in Me’ and ‘The Wolf In You’ and gives answers to the questions: What it is like to be immortal? What it is like to have lived for centuries? What it is like to be supernatural? What it is like to be from another reality? What tales could be told by someone who has seen the end of one world and the beginning of another? One man has all the answers to those questions, and more: Vega – The Vampire King! You can read Mark’s poetry on his website http://MarkThePoet.Me, and you can purchase all of Mark’s books of poetry, short-story anthologies, and novellas on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3HjAJMC

‘The Wolf In You’ by Mark Hastings (2019) – The Complete Audiobook

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My Poem “Never See It Coming”

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We all can not help ourselves
from sometimes believing that everything
and everyone will remain
how we have always known them to be...
we all can not help ourselves
from sometimes taking our eyes
off the road and not always
paying attention to what or who
is approaching us...
we all can not help ourselves
from sometimes taking things for granted -
like a sacred tree that has stood for centuries
and to its admirers it is legendary;
however, then something surprising always happens,
then something shocking will occur,
then something, or someone,
will do something so out of the ordinary
and out of the realms of possibility,
and the world itself can feel to some
as if it has been changed irrevocably.

No one can know with any certainty
what will happen when they leave
their homes every morning...
no one can know what the waves of tomorrow
will take with them, nor what they will bring...
no one can know, by only using their eyes,
who or what is standing right beside them...
no one can know what someone
is thinking and feeling when they look at you,
nor what twists and turns a person will take
driven by the energy of their passion.

There are always plans being drawn up...
there is always intention
that precedes every action...
there are always fragments left over
following an unprecedented
collapse of understanding
which brings to the surface fear,
loss, and uncertainty about the future...
there are always people
coming and going, arriving and leaving -
and though we can all sometimes make ourselves and others believe that we are ready for anything,
when something happens
that perhaps feels as impactful
and as disastrous as a star
imploding and then exploding,
when the time comes for us to face
what we may need to face
we will not know what to do,
because when something
of that magnitude happens
we never see it coming.

‘The Wolf In You’ by Mark Hastings – audiobook – Chapter Twenty-Four: “I’ll be there”

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In this episode, Mark recites Chapter Twenty-Four of his 2019 novel, ‘The Wolf In You’: “I’ll be there?”. ‘The Wolf in You’ is the sequel novel to Mark’s 2017 novel, ‘The Wolf in Me’, and continues the story of Olivia Hunter – a mother, a teacher, a lover, a werewolf still trying to find a way to walk a line between two different and divergent worlds, who has to fight every day to find the strength to do what must do, and the strength to be who and what she is destined to be. When Olivia Hunter and her daughter, Melissa, begin a new life, in a new house, in a new place, new and dangerous threats reveal themselves from the shadows and push Olivia and the Wolf within her to the limit; however, along the way, Olivia finds a new love in the shape of a mysterious and enigmatic man who is not what he seems, and who himself is fighting a fight for survival. You can read Mark’s poetry on his website http://MarkThePoet.Me, and you can purchase all of Mark’s books of poetry, short-story anthologies, and novellas on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3HjAJMC

‘The Wolf In You’ by Mark Hastings – audiobook – Chapter Twenty-Three: “Who Are You?”

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In this episode, Mark recites Chapter Twenty-Three of his 2019 novel, ‘The Wolf In You’: “Who Are You?”. ‘The Wolf in You’ is the sequel novel to Mark’s 2017 novel, ‘The Wolf in Me’, and continues the story of Olivia Hunter – a mother, a teacher, a lover, a werewolf still trying to find a way to walk a line between two different and divergent worlds, who has to fight every day to find the strength to do what she must do, and the strength to be who and what she is destined to be. When Olivia Hunter and her daughter, Melissa, begin a new life, in a new house, in a new place, new and dangerous threats reveal themselves from the shadows and push Olivia and the Wolf within her to the limit; however, along the way, Olivia finds a new love in the shape of a mysterious and enigmatic man who is not what he seems, and who himself is fighting a fight for survival. You can read Mark’s poetry on his website http://MarkThePoet.Me, and you can purchase all of Mark’s books of poetry, short-story anthologies, and novellas on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3HjAJMC