: About Me

I'm a 24 year old PhD student studying in Wales but currently living at home for the holidays, I am researching the link between the laws and constitution of ancient Greek states and the effectiveness of their military forces upon the battlefield. I love to read and, in those rare spare moments, write, especially about the everyday things which make me chuckle. It seems to me that there are many things which people overlook which I find very very funny, it may be my brain has been fried or re-wired somehow but I make seemingly obvious connections regarding current events and then place them into my own 'ideal' setting, often imagined at the moment I hear about the event. I enjoy writing and would love to be able to do more, hopefully there will be material forthcoming - I am currently working on a series of episodes of Lord Justice Rex, the world's only Jurassic Lord Justice. He's the head of the Court of Appeal in England and Wales (The Master of the Rolls) and delivers the kind of justice which we all wish would be dished out every now and then!

My passion is ...

Satire

I know too much about ...

Ancient History

My parents always told me ...

To stop taking books with me when we went for meals.

My childhood ambition ...

To be a fighter pilot/vet depending on what i was reading at the time!

My favorite memory ...

Of warm fires, comfy chairs and family close by.

Why I write ...

As an outlet for all the absurd things that make me laugh.

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

Peter F. Hamilton / Boston Legal / UNKLE

My first job ...

Working in Laser Quest.

My best moment ...

Passing my degree.

My inspiration ...

A whole host of wonderful and humane writers before me.

Creative Writing > Novel Excerpts Novel excerpts: Fantasy

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The man was hard to miss, broad of shoulder and confident with it he exuded a quiet danger; almost sibilant in his movement those who did not stop to stare walked past hurriedly, suddenly interested in the cobbled streets or the stores closing for the night. Sputtering torches cast a dim, smoky light across the city; shadows of demons and monsters were cast by men returning home to wives and children, across the street the raucous cacophony of the Soldier's Rest brought a half-smile to the man's plain, unassuming features. Bathed in the light from its round windows for a brief second, his ...

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