Welcome...I am LM Cooke, author, musician, historian and all-round good egg. Except when I'm bad, or just plain evil.
This is my website, which encompasses all (well, some) of my many endeavours. Feel free to have a meander through the pages. Share some cheese. I hope you'll find something to interest you; there's music, words, pictures; there may or may not be digital cheese... do look out for the crows, though. They can turn murderous. So I'm told. |
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Latest news...
Back to Front - the concluding volume to The Automata Wars - is finally here
Launched on 11 April 2020, at an online-only event due to the UK's Covid-19 lockdown restrictions, Back to Front is now available both in paperback and kindle editions direct from Amazon.
You can see my embarrassing book launch presentations - part 1 is below, with the remaining parts available on my Youtube channel
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There are three sides to this story. But which side is the right side?
The concluding part to The Automata Wars trilogy The Citizens certainly think they are in the right. After all, they are fighting a war that they do not understand, and did not start. A war in which they are dreadfully outmatched, with nothing to throw at their foe but courage and heart. But their enemies - the puppet masters behind the deadly automata, and the monstrous, insidious Others, lurking in the shadows - have their own agendas. Meanwhile, the mysterious plague is spreading like wildfire throughout the population. Can anything stop it? When the lines between white and black grow blurred, then something must walk between them. Something - or someone - like Lt. Greyson, the good officer. The infiltrator. But Greyson is a machine too, and his allegiances are known only to himself. It’s up to a boy soldier, a woman and a girl with her dog to save their people. They must make both alliances and sacrifices along the way - especially as a fourth agenda, that of the mysterious and dangerous Madame Jewel emerges… |
I contribute a short story to the anthology: The Tale of The Red Queen & Other Stories
This anthology is a companion to The Dark Design debut album Twelve Tall Tales. It contains short stories, dribbles, dabbles, lyrics, photo-comics, illustrations, a heartfelt warning, letters, darkness, despair, time travel, possibly a demon or two, and some light comic relief – all part of an exploration of the nooks and crannies of The Dark Design universe.
With contributions by Neil Campbell, LM Cooke, Bonsart Bokel, Duke Box, and Nils Nisse Visser, as well as an introduction by Professor Elemental.
Count yourself lucky if this creative crucible of utmost splendidness leaves you none the wiser. The doomed few (you will recognise them by their permanently haunted eyes) who will fully comprehend the dire gloom of...actually, perhaps it would be better to follow Professor Elemental's advice and most decidedly NOT attempt to read this book. Go on, you know you want to. Is it really worth your immortal soul? Surely not! Resist the growing urge to open and read...resist...just a page or two?...resist...the teeniest peek can't hurt...resist...You'll be missing out to be sure...resist...res--ABANDON HOPE ALL YE WHO ENTER.
Available now from Amazon.co.uk
With contributions by Neil Campbell, LM Cooke, Bonsart Bokel, Duke Box, and Nils Nisse Visser, as well as an introduction by Professor Elemental.
Count yourself lucky if this creative crucible of utmost splendidness leaves you none the wiser. The doomed few (you will recognise them by their permanently haunted eyes) who will fully comprehend the dire gloom of...actually, perhaps it would be better to follow Professor Elemental's advice and most decidedly NOT attempt to read this book. Go on, you know you want to. Is it really worth your immortal soul? Surely not! Resist the growing urge to open and read...resist...just a page or two?...resist...the teeniest peek can't hurt...resist...You'll be missing out to be sure...resist...res--ABANDON HOPE ALL YE WHO ENTER.
Available now from Amazon.co.uk
New YouTube videos for LM Cooke music:
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Nursery Rhymes for the Apocalypse: the album from LM Cooke music now available
My first solo album, Nursery Rhymes for the Apocalypse is now available for download from my bandcamp page. Physical CDs are also available (purchase option will be added to the bandcamp page very soon!)
12 songs (plus two interludes) of murder, winter, wolves, crows, plague, and of course, the end of the world, some traditional and some not so traditional. Bandcamp also allows you to have a listen to the entire album before making a decision to purchase.
Get in touch with your dark side. We have cookies!
12 songs (plus two interludes) of murder, winter, wolves, crows, plague, and of course, the end of the world, some traditional and some not so traditional. Bandcamp also allows you to have a listen to the entire album before making a decision to purchase.
Get in touch with your dark side. We have cookies!
Within Darkness and Light:
Charity poetry anthology contains one of my works
Within Darkness and Light is a new collection of poetry, compiled by poet Paul B Morris, and published by nOthing BOOKS on 28 September 2017. Available now from Amazon.
A collection of poetry reflecting upon the darkness and light of life that exists within this world of ours. What makes you want to shout out and share your emotions? Express your darkest times or your happiest moments? Let this book release your feelings through verse. Allow the words to set you free. Proceeds from the sale of this book are being donated to a leading UK mental health charity.
Includes my poem 'Inside/ Outside'.
A collection of poetry reflecting upon the darkness and light of life that exists within this world of ours. What makes you want to shout out and share your emotions? Express your darkest times or your happiest moments? Let this book release your feelings through verse. Allow the words to set you free. Proceeds from the sale of this book are being donated to a leading UK mental health charity.
Includes my poem 'Inside/ Outside'.
LM Cooke music is here...
It's true, friends, the solo music is here! Public performances may be tricky as I am generally performing all sounds myself (with some notable guest appearances as exceptions), and I find it difficult to concentrate on singing and playing at the same time (ahem). But hey, there's always backing tapes, right?
A first choon, Poor Jenny, debuted on the GASP radio launch show on Midlands Metalheads on Sat 1st October, and is now available for free download via my new LM Cooke bandcamp page - take advantage if you like what you hear. More stuff will be forthcoming shortly... (Don't call me Shortly). And as above, you can find out more (and have a listen to the choon) on the LM Cooke solo music dedicated page on the music section of this site.
A first choon, Poor Jenny, debuted on the GASP radio launch show on Midlands Metalheads on Sat 1st October, and is now available for free download via my new LM Cooke bandcamp page - take advantage if you like what you hear. More stuff will be forthcoming shortly... (Don't call me Shortly). And as above, you can find out more (and have a listen to the choon) on the LM Cooke solo music dedicated page on the music section of this site.
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Have a free short story download:
Storm Watch: A Tale of the Sea, first published in the anthology 'Tales from the Asylum', published by The Last Line, is available from Smashwords for the princely sum of no pounds, with my compliments - enjoy! |
And why not have a look at a reading too!
The Wolves of Winter Written for and read at Southcart Books Festive Fantasies event is now available on youtube for the viewing thereof |
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