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A little background info . . .
Most of my education has come from The University Of Life with more
tee shirts worn, washed, ironed and put away than I care to
remember. Now semi-retired, I live quite a simple and relatively
easy life in fun-packed Blackpool.
 One
particular tee shirt worn at the school in Winchester that I
attended as a child was the inspiration for the horror/occult book,
The Forces Of Grey. The
first part of the story is based on a truth, a truth so horrifying
that at the time, unlike the characters in the book, I did not
pursue it. Later research has convinced me that, in not pursuing
this truth, I made a wise choice. The realms of the occult, although
easily proven to exist, remain a vast unknown with the many experts
on the subject being but chickens in a barnyard attempting to debate
nuclear physics. Therefore a chicken has written the second part of
this book - however, one privileged to have had its own personal
insight of the truth.
The Forces Of Grey went out
of print in 2004, but it broke my heart to see second-hand copies
changing hands for more than $90 on the net - and me not receiving a
penny of that! - so it has now been re-published, and with a
new-look cover. Does anyone recognise Catherine's Hill?
Status: RE-PUBLISHED 2006. On sale now!
The Elephant’s Nest is a
thriller motivated by another tee shirt found in my drawer. It is
based on the illegal drugs trade with the associated gangland
warfare that operates unseen behind many seemingly innocent
nightclubs. Set in a fictitious seaside town on the west coast of
England, although today it could be representative of many a home
town, it tells the story of a naive ‘decent’ family who are plunged
into this undercover world when they inherit a nightclub. Although
technically a thriller, this book embraces all the real horror that
is inherent in an underworld lifestyle. With adult themes, this is
definitely not one for the prudish!
Status: PUBLISHED 2006. On sale now!
The Providence Of Pan,
the next projected book at this time, will doubtless prove to be
highly controversial. The much misaligned and misunderstood Pan,
often incorrectly believed to be the youngest of the gods and the
only deity to have perished, returns with a vengeance. His
self-given task is to save mankind from the combined and growing
strengths of the evil ones who have increasingly influenced Earth
since the day that J.C. failed in his mission. With that failing
resulting in the instantaneous demise of the over-stretched El - the
only deity that has ever truly ceased to be - it has taken little
more than two thousand years for mankind to be faced with global
warming, rising sea levels, receding land masses, crop failures, a
critical shortage of fresh water, growing social disorder on a
massive scale, and an impending world war with weapons capable of
world-wide annihilation. Armageddon approaches, with one major
ingredient missing - without El there will be no second coming; no
salvation. Enter Pan. Enter a mystified young man from an orphanage.
Enter the real world of tomorrow.
Status: PROJECTED PUBLICATION 2008.
Readers of my humble offerings will soon discover that I never let
grammar spoil a good story. I write it as I wish it to be read.
Would the lead into Star Trek have had the same impact were they not
to have boldly gone? I don't think so, and so I too may be seen to
split my infinitives whenever I consider it is necessary to enhance
my meaning, or to stress a point. To me language, the written word,
is a tool I use to tell a story. It is something I mould and adapt
for my purpose, as I would any other tool, and so I am not one who
lives in fear of breaking any of its strict set of rules: its
grammar. There are plenty of excellent writers around to entertain
readers who become ill at the first deviation from grammatical
correctness. I am happy to leave excellence to them. Neither am I
one to write page after page of irrelevant drivel merely to fill
space. Necessary description or background, yes - but completely
unconnected waffle is a no-no in my books. How I hate that! I like
to keep the story moving.
In addition to my novels, you may over the years have come across
various articles of mine that were written under a whole host of
different names and that appeared in many of your favourite
magazines for a pittance. These days I rarely do such work - there
is no longer the need.
Much of what I do today is done for free, but for good reason, and
many of the articles may be reproduced at no financial cost with the
obligatory link. Recent works have been for the gay community and
include: Am I Gay?; Coming Out of the Closet; Safer
Sex is Much More Fun!; and Coping with the Gay Scene. You
can also catch me writing about some intentionally thought-provoking
but not necessarily gay subjects in a popular weekly column on the
in excess of a million hits a week website,
AstaBGay,
as:
The
Bitch! Darlings, it beats writing about brassieres - yes,
I've done that too! It was a subject about which as a gay man I knew
absolutely nothing, but nonetheless still managed to convince quite
a few of you to buy a particular brand!
You can find out more about me under: "Memories".
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Michael
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