THE KRONICLES OF KORTHLUNDIA series
Books 1-3
by Jamie Marchant
by Jamie Marchant
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EXCERPT of DEATH of a SCULPTOR; In Hue, Shape and color © M.C.V. EGAN Mary: Wife No. 1
EXCERPT
of DEATH of a SCULPTOR;
In
Hue, Shape and color © M.C.V. EGAN
Mary:
Wife No. 1
Thunder, lightning, and rain, that was what we had at
our wedding. However, on the day of his funeral, the Florida heat and humidity
made my face shiny with perspiration. My hair looked like a dark Brillo pad. My
children requested I attend the funeral of my first husband. Bruce Jones, the
world-renowned sculptor.
The parking lot was already packed with an
unexpected variety of cars. I then realized that it was not peak season. The
South Florida snowbirds are attached to their cars and they migrate with them
back and forth each year.
I noticed a police car and a uniformed man by the
entrance. Even for Bruce a bit much; however, since 9/11, security has been tight
everywhere.
The valet attendant opened my rental car door.
“Welcome ma’am. Your daughter is waiting for you.”
“Thank you. Please make sure you keep the car in the
shade. August Florida heat and sun are not my friends.” I pulled a five-dollar bill from my purse to
tip him, but he shook his head and mumbled, “No, thank you.” After all It was Palm Beach. I probably
should have pulled out a twenty.
I was surprised that the building looked like an
actual church, at least from the outside. The church had a long name. It was
Universal something or other; apparently, a place of worship with neither
affiliation nor strictures. Bruce’s life had, after all, been too outré to
pretend he followed any conventional religious norm.
“Thanks for coming, Mom.” Clair’s voice shouldn’t
have surprised me, but I stood still, focused on carefully dabbing my shiny
nose. I clicked the compact shut, smiled, and answered, “Anything for you and
Aaron, sweetheart.” She nodded as she guided me where to sit. It was toward the
back of the church—the ex-wives’ pew.
“Please Mom, don’t look at me that way. This funeral
is a time for forgiveness and closure.”
Clair always found a way to get me to do whatever
she wanted. The last thing I wanted was to be in the company of the women
sitting there. I touched my frizzy hair, regretting my rejection of the keratin
treatment.
Wife number two, Leslie, was the first to say hello.
“Mary, you look lovely. It’s been years.”
“It has, thankfully,” I replied. The other two
simply nodded, and I nodded back. Leslie, the one Bruce left me for, handed me
a packet of tissues and winked. Forcing a smile, I took them. The idea that she
assumed I planned to cry had not crossed my mind. I pulled the compact out of
my purse again to check my makeup; it looked fine. Through the mirror I saw the
reflection of the fifth and last Mrs. Bruce Jones, the widow. She was standing
waiting for the ushers. I shook my head in disbelief. There next to Brooke was
the coffin. The ushers waited with the coffin for the minister’s signal. It had
images of Bruce’s artwork. Digital photography makes it possible to decorate
anything in living color. Some of the images were blocked from my view by the
ushers, but not mine. There I was paraded as a nude sketch. Each one of Bruce’s
loves had a color and mine was pink. It was kitsch…even worse, it was downright
tasteless.
Bruce had a type. We all had brown hair and pretty
faces with full lips and straight noses. The eye color varied as did our size
and build. His type was limited to our physiognomy. I clicked the compact shut, and the other
ex-wives faced me, startled by the sound. I shrugged with a coy apologetic
smile. Look at the five of us; he had a type.
Bruce’s love also had a shelf life. He took the
seven-year-itch need to scratch very literally. Some marriages were shorter
because sometimes the divorces got complicated and his new loves always
overlapped with the old. Public or private, his relationships always lasted
seven years.
I was nineteen when I first walked into his
classroom. He was tall and muscular. I felt a tingle at the base of my neck
when I saw his back, as if somehow I already knew. When he turned to face me, I
was gone and completely in love. I fell in love with Bruce and the sculpture
next to him all at once. I soon learned
he made love in a way no other man did (not that I was very experienced
then),Bruce traced every inch of my body with every part of his. At twenty-four,
he already made a good living from his sculptures, but teaching remained his
passion. As he grew older and wealthier, he taught short workshops in different
parts of the world. His last one had been just a few months before his untimely
death. He was after all, only sixty-two.
It was clear by the careful shape of his sculptures
that he knew the shape of my legs, ankles, feet, and every other part of my
body. His sculpture venues varied; his talent knew no boundaries. Bruce loved
and sculpted as instinctively as the rest of us breathe. Whoever inherited the
rights to his art would be wise to market his sketches as limited edition
lithographs. Bruce liked to keep those private, but he always added color to
the sketches in a way that made them works of art unto themselves. Bruce was as
gifted with hue and color as he was with shapes. Those were the sketches that
someone had the poor taste to use for the coffin. As the ushers moved around, I
heard the reactions of the other ex-wives, a blend of gasps and giggles. We
recognized all the shapes and colors.
Focused on raising our children, I had not noticed
when the sculptures started to change. That was when Leslie entered the
picture. Bruce may not have planned to divorce me, or at least for years I
tried to believe that, but then Leslie got pregnant.
Our marriage, his first as well, was the longest
marriage: it lasted ten years. Three of those, Bruce had spent loving Leslie,
but playing house with me. His marriage to Leslie was far shorter. I could tell
by the sculptures he had loved her for seven years. We all met him through his
art in one way or another. Wife number three, Petra, worked in an art gallery.
Although not an artist she was very involved with his work. I derived great
pleasure from the public scandal when he hurt Leslie that way, leaving her for
a mere merchant. By then Bruce had a name, an art, and a face that was
recognized everywhere. Leslie had ended my marriage, so curiosity as to who had
ended hers interrupted my life for a time. Hers was the only one of Bruce’s
love stories I followed carefully, aside from my own.
Aside from relishing in Leslie’s pain, his personal
life did not pique my interest. I knew my children were always respected and
old enough to voice concern if anyone mistreated them. I could not remember if it was the third or
fourth wife who was the only one of us who did not have children with Bruce.
Chopin’s somber Marche Funèbre snapped me back to
the moment. The elaborate coffin encasing Bruce’s body had been placed on a
movable catafalque. The catafalque with squeaky wheels carried Bruce’s body in
a guided procession down the aisle. He was always a large man and had managed
to become larger as he aged. His appetite for food and drink superseded all his
other appetites.
Leslie whispered in my ear, “She doesn’t look sad.”
Glancing over at the person in question, I nodded in
agreement. The widow could not be described as grieving. Grief is, of course,
different in all of us. The body language of grief, though, is universal: the
defeated, slumped shoulders, head bowed, tears flowing. Leslie was right. The
widow was crying, but they almost looked like tears of relief.
A montage of Bruce’s works on a screen at the side
of the altar shaped in a semicircle created the focal point. The aisle inclined
and my pew toward the back provided a good vantage point. The incline was
slight but pronounced enough to give those of us in the back a full view. The
ushers seemed to be holding back the coffin so it would not speed down the
aisle. The wheels continued to squeak. Bruce would have hated this. The
minister or priestess─I am not sure what title this universal church gave
her─had a very unpleasant voice and thus was difficult to listen to. No
voice, even a pleasant one, could compete with Bruce’s art. For all the rotten
things I would be happy to tell you about Bruce Jones, his art was not something
anyone could criticize. Even the most prestigious critics raved about his
talent and his work.
The slides were in chronological order. The memory
and pain from the sting of betrayal flooded me as it had twenty-eight years
earlier. I could see Leslie through the corner of my eye and the blush that
betrayed her shame.
As wife number two, she had been party to betrayal
because she too had been betrayed. I know Leslie grew to love my children very
much. I guess she saw me as an extension of that love in some ways. I felt
terrible. I had been so curt.
My hand reached to her shoulder in a gesture of
solidarity and forgiveness when the images on the screen segued to show the
shape of ex-wife number three. My heart ached for Leslie because we had similar
builds, and many would not have been able to distinguish when Bruce
transitioned from sculpting my body to sculpting hers.
Ex-wife number three, Petra─a very tall woman with
long slender limbs─had a body that blatantly displayed the transition from
Leslie to her replacement. The unquestionable change in shape left no doubt
Bruce’s affections had shifted again.
Leslie, pregnant with her second child at the time, lost the baby to
grief, a loss I also knew well.
At that point, I did need the tissues Leslie had given
me, but I was shedding tears for her, not for Bruce. I miscarried a child with
my second husband. I understood her pain and sense of loss. Mine, too, was the
last child, the child I never had.
Bruce never sculpted pregnant women. Consequently,
wife number three, the one who had never been pregnant had seven years that
boasted more sculptures than the rest of us. At the seven-year mark, Bruce
transitioned into a new love story, a new model. Petra’s telltale sobs showed her
grasp of Bruce’s tell. After all, loving Bruce was a gamble. The change of
model in the sculpture showed his change of heart. Petra was from a foreign
country; I never paid much attention where. My kids interacted with her, and
she welcomed them with kindness. In tandem, Leslie and I passed her the
tissues.
Petra took both tissues we offered and her lips
moved in a quiet whisper; the words were obviously meant for Leslie, though I
could discern they were, “I am sorry.”
My daughter, Clair, had always lived up to the dual
meanings of her name: clear and famous. Clair could see things with great
clarity, and she could convey them as such. I could only assume that she knew
the ex-wives belonged together, ‘for closure and forgiveness’ as she had said.
Clair’s modeling career had started in her teens at
her insistence; she was not pushed nor did anyone suggest she should model. She
knew she was very attractive, and she knew she could convey her beauty and
charm to an audience, a photographer, a camera.
Her modeling spun into acting. She was as natural on
a screen as on a stage. It came to her with ease, though she was happy to take
classes and learn. My Aaron is also successful, but he is a behind-the-scenes
sort of person. I took great pride in knowing that I had always been a good
mother. I had known how to allow my children to forge their own paths.
Not everything in my life succeeded, but I was a
success at being a mother. I recognized Bruce’s love shelf life because I had
one of my own, with a trail of the remains of ended marriages or relationships.
Mine perhaps more impressive than Bruce’s.
I guess Bruce might have been the love of my life.
But now in my mid-fifties, I questioned whether a spouse or companion had any
viable use? I loved art, my passion, and
although my work is not as popular or renowned as Bruce’s, I have achieved a
certain level of success.
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Tuesday, March 7, 2017
Psychological Thriller ~ The Twilight Trunami by Shelby Londyn-Heath
Grey and his co-workers find themselves in dangerous situations every day at work. Their social services jobs require them to confront irate parents who are on drugs or who are mentally unbalanced. Grey is a long-time social worker, one who is not afraid to snatch newborn babies from glazed-eyed mothers or grab abused children out of classrooms, to place them in foster care. But something happens to Grey, something he cannot put into words as he struggles to cope.
When a new co-worker enters the department, she secretly strategizes ways to force Grey out of his job. He senses her ploy and his stress intensifies. He grows increasingly head-strong and defiant, but he fails to stop her from delivering the final crush in an unexpected, malevolent manner
To challenge his co-worker, Grey must find his inner truth and his co-worker’s "Achilles Heel" in order to rise up to conquer her. One of them must be transformed or destroyed
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CHAPTER ONE:
The Hospital
GREY STOOD QUIETLY next
to the hospital bed. “Mrs. Jaspers, your baby has tested positive for cocaine.”
Grey knew from experience that talking in a low voice helped hold back the
negative emotions of a child’s removal, before anger and defiance from parents
swept around him like a dangerous tempest. Mrs. Jaspers, a nineteen-year-old
woman recently out of high school, glared at Grey. Her eyes grew larger in her
upturned face, framed by tangled, matted purple hair. She wore an apologetic
nose ring that swept to one side of her flared nostril and vibrated with each
panicked inhalation she drew in.
“I repeat, Mrs.
Jaspers, your baby has tested positive. I am from the Department of Social
Services. I am here to take your baby to a safe environment.”
Mrs. Jaspers bolted
upright in her bed. She grabbed onto Grey with a gritty desperation to stop him
from removing her baby. “My baby ain’t on cocaine. How dare you say my baby is
on drugs? I didn’t give no drugs to my baby. You cannot take my baby girl. We
are waiting for her daddy to come see her. We are going to name her today. I
need my baby to stay with me, because like I just told you, we’re waiting for
her daddy to come see her.”
The daddy, a
twenty-one-year-old unemployed construction worker who married her when she
tested positive for pregnancy, prowled the streets looking for cocaine after a
three-day drinking binge. Grey unclasped the mother’s hands and moved
towards the door.
Mrs. Jaspers jumped up,
pulling out her intravenous tube, causing blood to spurt out of her arm. She
howled loudly. Grey called in a police officer who waited tentatively in the
corridor. The police officer’s presence did not deter the fiery mother from
running around her hospital room in frantic leaps. The sickening odor of fresh blood
permeated the room. Her hospital gown flew open, displaying the naked form of a
young woman new to adulthood. Her tattoos, splayed across her torso, looked
like colorful orbs of paint, embroidered flesh.
Monday, March 6, 2017
THE GAME BEGINS by Victoria Danann a YA Sci-Fi Fantasy Myths
R. Caine High School
by Victoria Danann
by Victoria Danann
Friday, March 3, 2017
Cards From Khloe’s Flower Shop by Isabella Louise Anderson
As the owner of a successful florist shop, Khloe Harper trusts her instincts. She has a strong bond with her family and friends, but after being betrayed by her last love, she’s kept herself at arms’ length from romance. When dashing entertainment attorney Derek Thomas walks into her store, Khloe’s interest is piqued. What at first seems like a business relationship quickly turns into romance, and Derek slowly plucks away the petals she’s been hiding behind. Just as Khloe lets down her guard, she discovers that Derek may not be worthy of her love after all.
Frumpy Connie Albright has a faux fascination with an imaginary man named Walt, thinking that by sending herself flowers from him she’ll feel less out-of-place with the “mean girls” she works with. When she comes face to face with her possible prince charming and thinking she might have a happy ending, when a truth is revealed, she wonders if she’ll ever have a Cinderella story.
A recently widowed senior, Gabby Lewis, isn’t ready to give up on love—which means releasing herself from survivor’s guilt and taking a chance on finding happiness and companionship again. After signing up for an online dating site for senior citizens, much to her surprise, she’s matched with Harry, an energetic and loving man, who quickly eases himself into her heart. Will Gabby take the leap of falling in love again, knowing it’s possible to have two loves of her life?
As each woman’s story develops through flowers and cards sent from Khloe’s shop during the Fall months, they begin to learn that love can only truly blossom when you trust your heart.
Connie Albright
Connie
typed anxiously on her keyboard, looking up from her cubicle every few seconds,
waiting for Sharon from Khloe’s Flower Shop to come through the glass entryway
doors. She had checked her email first thing that morning, and like always,
once a week, there was a confirmation about her order.
Dear
Connie Albright,
Your
order to CONNIE ALBRIGHT has been created by one of our team members and is on
its way to the recipient.
If
you have any questions, comments, or complaints, please call Khloe Harper at 1-800-555-1212.
As
always, I wish you a bouquet of happiness! Khloe Harper
Owner of Khloe’s Flower Shop
With
a sigh, Connie looked back down at her keyboard and continued entering
patients’ data into the Excel spreadsheet. Six years ago, to pay for her college
education, she had started the medical data entry job, where she found mundane
tasks enjoyable, and had been looking forward to making new friends. However,
these days, she was now a college graduate with a degree in marketing who hated
her job, finding it boring and repetitive, nor had she made friends with any of
her co-workers. In fact, they barely noticed her.
Compared
to the thin, sexy bombshells she worked with, Connie wasn’t anyone to be
desired. She was tall, frumpy, wore glasses, and, thanks to a conversation she
overheard, was known in the office as “the ugly girl who wore tacky sweaters.”
With the exception of a few that her grandmother had sent her for her birthday,
having crocheted each one, Connie didn’t think the sweaters were tacky.
So,
after hearing enough of what was being said behind her back, and after
complaining to her best friend—her diary—she came up with an idea to change
things, and, so far, it seemed to have worked like magic.
“Connie!”
Mia, the office receptionist, squealed. “They’re here!”
With
a slight pause to get ready for the weekly act she performed, Connie popped up
from her chair and watched Sharon approach. After signing her name to the page
on the clipboard, she gave Sharon, the only other person besides Khloe who knew
her secret, a quick nod.
Suddenly,
Connie found herself in the center of a circle of women hovering over her desk,
eagerly waiting for her to read the card that came with the bouquet.
“Well,
what does it say?” asked a co-worker.
“Yeah, come on. Tell us,”
begged another.
She took in the moment, wishing she had a real man
who would say the things she had written to herself. “Your beauty captures me
more each day, and my love for you grows each time I touch you. I’m looking
forward to this weekend...in bed! Walt.”
Holding
the card close to her chest, Connie forced tears from her eyes, forcing herself
to blush in front of her co-workers. “Oh, I love that man so very much.”
“Seriously,
that has to be the most romantic thing I’ve ever heard,” Mia said, dramatizing
her voice and placing her hands on her chest. “Oh, Connie, you’re so lucky to
have a man like him.”
“Yeah,
Con, that’s cute,” began Nicola, the bitchiest of them all. “But the last time
I got flowers, just yesterday as a matter of fact, they certainly weren’t
carnations,” she joked, motioning her hand like she was shooing the flowers
away from her. All the co-workers joined in her laughter, and then shuffled
back to their desks.
Connie
looked at her flowers and smiled, her feathers not ruffled by Nicola’s comment.
She felt accomplished and desired. For a few moments, she’d been the center of
attention of a group of women who she knew despised her. Even back in high
school, she had been a female nerd, which crossed her out from being friends with
the beautiful and popular girls, and in college it was pretty much the same
story. It’s not that she didn’t try to make an effort, because she did, but
after failing time and time again, whether it be at orientation, working
together in groups for school projects, or the few times Connie went to a pub
near the university in hopes of meeting up with a few girls who she thought she
could be friends with, it never worked. They either laughed in her face, said
that the empty seat next to them was already taken (when it really wasn’t), or
simply ignored her.
Though
it was beginning to get expensive and difficult to keep the lies about Walt
straight, Connie had no other choice but to continue the weekly charade.
It’s
just the right thing to do!, she told herself, taking a seat in her chair before continuing
to enter the endless data, while thinking of what Walt’s card would say the
following week.
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About the author: Isabella grew up with a book in her hand, and to this day nothing haschanged. She focuses her time on featuring other writers on her blog, Chick Lit Goddess, along with organizing Goddess Book Tours, and is a member of the Romance Writers of America.
She lives in Dallas with her husband, enjoys spicy Mexican food, margaritas, gin on the rocks (with a splash of lime). She loves spending time with family and friends and cheering on the Texas Rangers. Not only is Isabella an author, she’s also a Scentsy consultant and hoarder.
Isabella is the author of The Right Design and Cards From Khloe’s Flower Shop. Her short story, “Meet Me Under the Mistletoe,” was featured in Simon & Fig’s Christmas anthology, Merry & Bright. She’s currently working on another book.
Thursday, March 2, 2017
Suzanne Brandyn Author Blog. : Out Now. Raven Falls
Suzanne Brandyn Author Blog. : Out Now. Raven Falls: Raven Falls is Out Now. I'm so pleased. As with all novels I write, Raven Falls is special due to the heroine having three brothers. I...
RAVEN FALLS ~ NEW from SUZANNE BRANDYN
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-What Inspired the book?
Like all my stories, they are inspired by the places I’ve lived. One was a wheat and cattle property where the distinct aroma of cow dung and dust hung constantly in the atmosphere. I had some great times on this property with my four siblings all of whom are brothers’ and I have taken some personality traits and moved them over to my characters. It was fun to write. Living on the edge of the Outback in Australia taught me many things. With my love of our sunburnt land, and my experiences they have transferred over into my stories. Mind you, it is still fiction. 😊
-Which is your favorite character and why?
Although I edge toward the hero, it is Cameron the oldest brother who really shines through the character of my youngest brother. He’s sincere, kind and jokes about somewhat. Cameron is loveable, and just a really nice guy who reflects the decency and family orientated man that he is.
-Do you write in one or several genres? My genres are Romantic Suspense and Rural Romantic Suspense. They are much the same, although I have written a suspense/thriller and contemporary, I’m sticking to Romantic Suspense for the time being.
Anything else you would like to say?
I’d like to thank you for having me on your site, and understand how busy you’ve been lately. So it’s a huge thank you from me. 😊 I would also like readers to keep an eye out on my blog and website for an upcoming competition to win an Amazon Gift Voucher for $150 Au. Imagine the eBooks you could buy with that. 😊
Thank you for dropping by and do keep us posted on your fabulous giveaway. Best wishes for the greatest success.
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You can find out more about Suzanne on her website Romance and Suspense set in remote Australia.
Wednesday, March 1, 2017
The University of Corporeal & Ethereal Studies
At the University of Corporeal & Ethereal Studies meddling with unknown powers can be dangerous work. Courses in arts and sciences experiment with supernatural forces to solve the mysteries of the universe, but when school projects go awry, the students may discover more than they would like to about the madness of the cosmic ‘Beyond’.
Eight interwoven stories follow students whose school work, social lives and inner demons crash together, leading to fantastic and horrible experiences, supernatural powers, and a fuller understanding of the dark depths of their world.
Classes include subjects such as time travel, alchemy, oneironautics , psychedelic transformation, rogue automatons, cosmic ghosts, reality-warping crystals, and more.
Inspired by many authors of science fiction, fantasy and horror, including H.P. Lovecraft, Edgar Allan Poe, J.K. Rowling, Neil Gaiman, William Gibson, Kurt Vonnegut and Isaac Asimov.
P N Burrows - Mineran Influence - Virtual Book Tour
Sam, an ex-soldier who is trying to rediscover himself after twenty years of service, unwittingly stumbles upon a mysterious alien presence in rural Wales. He is drawn into a tangled web of intrigue, pitting him against forces bent on destruction and putting his life in peril. Feeling mentally eroded by his time in the army and having worked hard to overcome this, he is thrust upon an alien journey that will change his life and beliefs in a profound way.
Claims of benevolence are only the beginning of the mysteries he'll have to unravel as doubt and mistrust haunt him. He will have to form unlikely alliances in order to fathom the mysteries at the secret Mineran enclave, where intrigue, deception and imminent danger reside.
His journey for answers will introduce him to pernicious enemies with hidden agendas, as a heinous plot to kill him unravels. Can he defeat his personal demons to secure justice and discover the truth of who or what is behind the nefarious machinations and why?
CHAPTER 12
Sam could feel the
air move around him as bullets whisked past. He knew Reb was covering his
retreat and that he must be taking hits. Pumped up on adrenalin, Sam raced up
the gantry towards the Dia Kuklos. Part of his mind found it funny that he was
running nude towards an alien Dia Kuklos to another world full of aliens and he
was making his debut with his manhood swinging about and a 16-inch arrow in his
shoulder. ‘You don’t see this in the movies,’ Sam groaned to himself as the
jostling shaft sent a cascading wave of pain from his shoulder down throughout
his body.
He was at the top and facing the
angled surface of the Dia Kuklos. He certainly couldn’t jump through feet
first, as the metal pins would burn up his body. It would have been better to
come at it from the other side where the angle would work in his favour, but
there was no time for that. He leant forward and tried to hit the surface of
the Dia Kuklos in a falling walk, turning his head at the last second to look
back to see Reb. Reb’s face was grim but had a look of determination. Suddenly
Reb’s head violently jerked forward as if he was performing a violent Glasgow
Kiss and Sam realised he had just taken a shot to the back of his head. Not
having seen Reb apply the hood he thought him surely dead. At that instant,
Sam’s face exploded!
He had utterly overlooked a
forgotten amalgamation of mercury, silver, tin and copper, which instantly
heated up to a liquid state. The sudden increase in size shattered the bottom
molar that it had previously protected. The superheated liquid destroyed and
cauterised flesh at the same time. Here was where Sam’s luck ran out as the
molten metal had to pass through from right to left. If only he had looked the
other way! Heat seared and burnt his mouth and throat, and the super-heated air
made its way into his lungs, seriously charring the interior surface and making
it impossible for him to breathe. The molten metal burnt its way through Sam’s
tongue and lower jaw until it finally escaped through the left check. A fraction
of a second later, seven micro pins burnt through his fibula, tibia and calf
muscle.
Sam fell into a pair of
outstretched arms. He couldn’t breathe as the nerves in his lungs screamed that
they were on fire. It felt like most of his face was missing and in the haze of
pain he was sure he saw part of his tongue fall to the floor. For some reason,
the last thought that ran through his mind was ‘mind the porcupine.’ Then
blackness enveloped him and the pain went away.
Born in England and raised in Wales, I started my working life on a farm in the glorious rural Welsh countryside. I retrained to become an IT Consultant and having spent thousands on Microsoft, CompTIA and Cisco qualifications; I also obtained a contract to run and teach at a Cisco Academy in England. After this, I became a small business IT Advisor for WCBC and the Welsh Government. As this funding dried up, I retrained as a Business Advisor and have since helped thousands of people start up their own businesses.
In my leisure time, I work my way through a comprehensive bucket list with my Fiancée, Cath. This has caused us great delight as we have attended various courses and fun days out, such as beekeeping, pottery making, stained glass making, painting course, cooking courses, hawk walks, animal experiences, quad biking, gorge walking and much more. Our favourite one is learning to dance. This activity has remained with us and will hopefully do so for the rest of our lives. We can do a reasonable Waltz, collapse in laughter trying the Viennese Waltz, but it is the 1920’s Lindy Hop that we have fallen in love with. After three years of dancing, we still attend regular dance classes and events.
Strangely, for an ex-geek, my favourite gadget is my Italian Marcato pasta machine. I love real, unprocessed food and my freshly made pasta with a home cooked sauce is amazing.
I have always enjoyed reading, and in my early teenage years, I read authors ranging from Harry Harrison to HG Wells. Later in life, I turned to thriller writers such as the 3 C’s; Clancy, Cussler and Child. Also, I will always have a Pratchett book on my phone for light reading. His imagination was and always will be, inspiring. I have wanted to write the Mineran Series for several years prior to actually starting and with the encouragement from Cath, who has suffered my many varied, imaginative pranks over the years, I have begun.
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