: About Me

Hi,

Welcome to my page. :-)

I'm a freelance writer and have written fiction, screenplays, poetry, songs and factual, day-job-related articles, academic articles and book chapters.

I have also had a long career in occupational therapy and health care management in the UK, which means I have seen alot of life and this really inspires my writing.

Personally I am interested in the arts and in people. I love languages and belief systems; ancient and modern, cultures, societies. It always strikes me how similar yet how different people can be. Similar in that we all eat, sleep, love. Different in that we are each so beautifully unique. I love to think about these things.

I love the internet! It is like a massive playground and a world full of opportunity that opens up the world and its multiplicities of light, dark, broad roads and precipitous windings.

I am looking forward to sharing some of my creative works, ramblings and "other" category stuff with you.

Hope you like it.

Torquil

My passion is ...

creativity

I know too much about ...

therapy

My parents always told me ...

always follow your passions and dreams..

My childhood ambition ...

to help others - yes true!

My favorite memory ...

listening to an african drummer and feeling hypnotised.. I can still hear it and see it now even though I was about 3 at the time. Another moment is in Rome at Neshikot fountain!

Why I write ...

I have to release whats inside out! If I don't, I start to shout! And then I'm never sure quite what to do except to write some more for you!

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

a story about the great Indian emperor Ashoka and watching YouTube videos about Tibet

My first job ...

selling ice-cream at age 14 in Exeter High Street!

My best moment ...

kissing my lovely girlfriend for the first time in Rome

My inspiration ...

my higher genius and the lady I love

Creative Writing > Short Stories Short stories: Escape

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A Man Ran - A man ran. Down the line of crowded folk. The sound of the tube train ever nearer, yet still he ran. In front of those good ones who stood behind the yellow line. Mind the Gap. Faster to beat the screeching train. Faster. Yet behind him was the other. "Come here brother!" Come here and I will fix your face!" Still the first ran. Behind him came the tube, speeding faster on the tracks, but he was never turning back and went faster and faster. He broke into a sprint. The other was forced to stop. The runner, named Rick, ran up the steps. The chaser named Ben fought angrily throug...

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