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Darkside - Supernatural Thriller Book by Tom Becker
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  1. Where did you get your inspiration for Darkside?
Darkside was the result of a childhood spent reading fantasy novels, a love of 1940s and 1950s American detective films, and a fascination with the seamier side of Victorian history. Exactly how that all came together, I couldn't say, one morning, it was just all there in my head.
 
   
 

2. Do you believe that there is another world, another Darkside?
I believe that, in the real world, strange places and shadowy haunts are only ever just around the corner...

 
   
 

3. Why did you choose London to be the setting for Darkside?
I'd never really visited the city before I moved here in 2002, so it always held a mysterious, unknown quality for me. I'm still discovering new things about it almost every day. London manages to be both enormous and intimate; backstreet warrens leading off from busy thoroughfares. I can't imagine Darkside existing anywhere else.

 
   
 

4. Darkside is ruled by Jack the Ripper's children, do you have a big interest in Jack the Ripper and why did you use him as the father of the Darkside children ?
I've had to do a bit of research on 'Saucy Jack', and I was really interested with what the descendants of such an evil man would get up to in Darkside ' you're going to find out a lot more about them as the series continues!

 
   
  5. Are you planning on writing more books after this one? Is there going to be a sequel to Darkside?
I've got plans for four more Darkside books after this one, but I'll have to see if enough people enjoy reading the first one!
 
   
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