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Gender
Male
Birthday
January 31 1957
Location
Melbourne, Australia
About Me
I am 54, a cat lover and long-time unemployed, due to chronic arthritis. I have been writing off-and-on since February 1970 when I wrote my 1st story "The Scream in the Night" a short-short horror/mystery story. I write supernatural horror (often using Dream-Time themes), humour, SF, and poetry (mainly political often about the appalling way the unemployed are treated in Australia).
Type of Writer
Short stories, poetry, novelettes, essays, and (rarely) novels.
Writing Style
I have recently started experimenting with Diamante poetry, I write traditional verse, haiku, renge, tanka.
Interests
Cats, 1950s and 1960s rock-and-roll. DVDs, especially of British Comedy movies and sitcoms (UK only!)
Favorite Genres
Supernatural horror -- but not splatter-junk!
Favorite Books
1984 by George Orwell; Brave New World by Aldous Huxley; Once around the Bloch by Robert Bloch; The Regulators by Stephen King; Keep the Aspidistra Flying by George Orwell; Dark Rivers of the Heart by Dean Koontz; The Outsider by Colin Wilson
Favorite Authors
Colin Wilson - Dean Koontz - George Orwell - James Herbert - Graham Masterton - Stephen King - Richard Matherson - Ray Bradbury - O. Henry - Guy Boothby - Saki - E.F Benson - H.P.Lovecraft - Edgar Allen Poe - Henry Lawson - Aldous Huxley
Favorite Poets
Henry Lawson Banjo Patterson
Favorite Quote
"The Evil that Men Do lives after them .. The Good is Oft interred with their bones." -- Act III, Scene II Julius Caesar, by William Shakespeare
Favorite Music
1950s, 1960s, & 1970s rock-and-roll.
Favorite Movies
Kelly's Heroes, the Carry On Movies, most Jerry Lewis movies, Total Recall, The Frighteners, Back To The Future trilogy
RECOMMENDED ITEMS
An anti-fascist poem about the approach of the Apocalyse
Rated: 13+
~207 Words
*Dollar* 113 GPs per review
Political, Philosophy
Type: Poetry
Updated 14 years ago
A haunted bus story. The 2nd of just 5 stories that I have written since April 2000.
Rated: 18+
~4,613 Words
*Dollar* 300 GPs per review
Ghost, Horror/Scary
Type: Short Story
Updated 13 years ago
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