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Dave Morris

Dave Morris

About

I was the first boy in Britain to meet a Dalek in the flesh (so to speak) when my Dad took me to the BBC workshops one dark January night in 1964. That early experience probably explains quite a lot. After a childhood spent daydreaming about aliens and vampires, I discovered Marvel Comics and happily gave up all connection with reality to immerse myself in the marvellous worlds of Steve Ditko, Jack Kirby, John Romita, Jim Steranko and Neal Adams. Every Saturday I used to head doggedly from newsagent to newsagent, searching out the latest Iron Man or Spider-man comics, which I would buy for 10d each (that’s about 4p in your fancy modern digital money). Since those halcyon days I've written a lot of books. Really, a lot. If you put a copy of every one of my books in a suitcase then you’d need to get a friend to help you lift it. My favorites among my own books are Heart of Ice, a sci-fi interactive adventure story where the Côte d’Azur is a jungle and the Sahara is covered in snow, and my current project, Mirabilis, a comic book epic in the making. I'd say that my fantasy writing has been most influenced by Lord Dunsany, Jack Vance, Mike Mignola and Neil Gaiman, but I should stress that none of those gentlemen is personally to blame.

Outta Time

Outta Time

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<p> </p><p>Sophie is a psychic medium and animal communicator. She runs a small crystal shop called, Outta Time. The shop</p><p>Is located in a small district called Lents in Portland, Oregon.</p><p>Nick is a man who if you can't touch it, feel it or see it then it doesn't exist. He is sure she is a phony psychic who is bilking money out of his mother and he intends to expose her.</p><p>Sophie sees him as a non-believer, someone who could never understand her or her way of life. She is attracted to him but knows there can be no future for them unless he can be made to understand what her world is all about.</p><p>Their Guardian Angels get into the act to guide the two to a better understanding of each other.</p><p>Nick's Guardians help his deceased Father get through to Nick and help him to understand that death is not the end. He soon learns there can be communication between the living and the dead.</p>

Story Behind The Book

Mirabilis is an epic ongoing fantasy adventure that originally began in Random House's comic The DFC.

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<div><span style="font-family:Tahoma;"><span style="font-size:13px;">&quot;</span><span style="font-size:12pt;">A new surprise on almost every page... </span><span style="font-size:12pt;">One of my favourite books of the year.&quot; - Book Zone For Boys</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Tahoma;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Tahoma;"><span style="font-size:10pt;color:#222222;background-color:#FFFFFF;">&quot;It's the weird nightmarish things that seep into the story that make Mirabilis really special. </span><span style="background-color:#FFFFFF;color:#222222;font-size:10pt;">I was completely captivated</span><span style="background-color:#FFFFFF;line-height:19px;"><font size="3">.&quot; - Lew Stringer</font></span></span></div><span style="font-size:small;line-height:normal;font-family:Tahoma;"></span><div><span style="font-size:small;line-height:normal;"><br /></span></div>&quot;Morris deftly establishes a volatile chemistry between the trio, who are forced to work together as they are drawn into an esoteric conspiracy, centring around an ancient gold coin and the mysterious Royal Mythological Society.&quot; - Stephen Jewell, SFX<div><span style="font-size:small;line-height:normal;font-family:Tahoma;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size:small;line-height:normal;font-family:Tahoma;">&quot;My continuing love for Mirabilis just grows and grows. I'm really looking forward to the collection.&quot; - Richard Burton, Forbidden Planet International</span><div><span style="font-size:small;line-height:normal;font-family:Tahoma;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-size:12px;"><span style="font-size:small;line-height:normal;font-family:Tahoma;">&quot;The characters and events are believable and the script has a nice flow that is easy to read and lures you into it. There's a nice narrative/storytelling feel to the script, almost musical.&quot; - Joe Milone, Kitty's Pryde</span></div></div>