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The Nuclear Family, Chapter 13 - Part II

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Lucky, Chapter 14 - Part III

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The Nuclear Family, Chapter 12, Part II

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Lucky - Chapter 13, Part III

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Character Profile - Zygal - The Bogyman

Last year, in writing The Red Suit, I wanted to see my characters with my physical eyes to help me visualise the scenes.
One of the background characters that is critical to Book 2 is Zygal, the Bogyman. His role is to scare people of all ra...

Hints and Themes - A prophecy by the Bogyman

One thing I really enjoyed in writing the Red Suit was trying my hand at building a poem and even my own version of a Christmas Carol.

I believe I am over halfw...

The Nuclear Family - Chapter 11 - Part II

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Wow, what a ride September 2025 has been.  Take away world events, and I’ve had a birthday, celebrated the life of someone I grew up with who unexpectedly passed away and tried to settle the last of my vendor ...

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Note: This is a story page for the upcoming story, The White Suit - Book 2 of the Dark Christmas Saga. This page is actually a work in progress; please check back for updates as soon as you can.

25/10/2025 - The entire story is now draft c...

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Initially, there were only four chapters in Part III of Lucky; however, in what I am sure is a silly move on my part, I was once again reading the last couple of chapters, and the characters have spoken, wanting more ...

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The following month was pretty turbulent.  The evenin...

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With world events occurring at a lightning pace over the past couple of weeks, it has been good to disconnect from social media, the news, and other information sources and get my head back into some writing.

W...

Arranged - Story Page

This is the story page for John's upcoming story, Arranged

NOTE: This is a draft story for Full Monty subscribers only and has not been through a formal edit. There will be a lot of mistakes :)

But yes - This will be a full story for e...

Part II - Preview Ad

Speaking of The Nuclear Family Part II, I just put the following together:

The Nuclear Family - Chapter 10

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Welcome to chapter 10, this is the final chapter in Part I of ‘The Nuclear Family’.  I’m going to be taking a two-week break ...

The Nuclear Family - Chapter 9

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This here is one of my favourite chapters in Part 1, because at last Robbie gets to serve some justice.

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For the next few days, Amy’s offer played on my mind. If I were w...

Authors Update - 4 September 2025

So it's been a little while since my last Author's Update, and in that time a lot has been happening.

First up, a little on the Other household.  Beth and I have been addressing several issues that have arisen since the business transit...

On The Streets - Story Page

This is the story page for John's upcoming story, On The Streets

NOTE: This is a draft story for Full Monty subscribers only and has not been through a formal edit. There will be a lot of mistakes :)

But yes - This will be a full story...

The view

Out with the family this morning. This is the view from Mt Mee. Perhaps a scene for an upcoming story...

The Nuclear Family - Chapter 8

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Originally, I had included this small chapter as part of the previous one; however, I think that while brief, it really lays the foundation for what’s to come in the next chapter and positions Part II.

Curren...

Disrespect and DNA - Part II

WARNING: This is a draft story

The Nuclear Family - Chapter 7

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I fell this week.

A few things happened, and I’ve spent more time with tears in my eyes than not. I ended up having to walk out of the office in front of my team, as yet another expense in shutting down my bu...

A Big Other Welcome

I wanted to take a moment to write a big welcome to the new members of the crew.

I’ve updated my details on Lit, x, Medium and a few other platforms in the past week to note that all my work will always come here first. So I hope that yo...

Disrespect and DNA - Part I

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Originally, this