Bio
I grew up on the Isle of Man, in the middle of the Irish Sea. This not only instilled in me a deep, profound mistrust of seafood and a tremendous tolerance for rain and gale force winds but also the ability to make my own fun.
Since then I’ve worked variously as a magician, a rally marshal, a secretary, the world’s politest bouncer, and the manager of a comic/game store. I’m mainly occupied as a freelance journalist, fiction writer, editor and podcast broadcaster but am also a Managing Director of the Jorvik Games Ltd a gaming and roleplaying retailer. My work appears in a quite a few places but most recently I’ve worked for magazines like Sci Fi Now, Death Ray, Neo and SFX, where I currently blog about pop science, fan culture and Samuel Beckett.
I’m also the Editor at Hub magazine (www.hubfiction.com), a free weekly PDF magazine covering science fiction, fantasy and horror with 10,000 readers. In addition I host Pseudopod (www.pseudopod.org), the weekly horror ficton podcast although I’m about to get a promotion; my business cards say ‘Master of Ceremonies’.
So that’s me and this is my website where you’ll find longer form stuff about everything from theatre to art and podcasting. Enjoy your stay.