HappyLDNPress Author Stories

The First from a disturbing set of short stories in this second book in the Aberration series by author, Andrew Segal. Combining the macabre with the mysterious, the outrageous with the unbelievable, these dark tales will force readers to reassess their views of human nature whilst demonstrating wholly unpredictable patterns of individual behaviour. The glint of steel defined the blade held in the man’s right hand. The shank was at least eight inches long. Its owner, in his twenties, over six feet tall, in tight blue jeans, with muscles bursting from his shabby white tee shirt, frowned like one intent on a task in hand. His three colleagues, of similar height and build, seemed equally absorbed. They were fanned out across the pavement like a herd of approaching buffalo, in the otherwise deserted street, on what was a cold grey October afternoon. These tasters are what’s in store, to succeed the first collection, 'I’m a Gigolo,' which continues with the Gigolo meeting his opposite number in, 'I am a Courtesan.' Both masters of their chosen profession competing in a battle for supremacy, whose outcome, in a lighter moment, will surprise the reader.    Ebook Will be made available mid March on Amazon Single short story https://www.happystorystore.com/product-page/crossfire-by-andrew-sagal Book one I’m a Gigolo https://www.amazon.co.uk/Im-Gigolo-Andrew-Segal-ebook/dp/B089DND755 About the Author, Andrew Segal brilliantly brings his own unique vision of what motivates people to seek self-justification for committing the most outlandish of crimes. A must read for those seeking the unusual in the horror, crime or noir genre.

Short Story: A touch of purple narrated and read by Ida Williams Late one night a little girl awakes to find her mother mending a special garment. Coloured an exclusive and expensive shade. One meant only for the most important person in the land. Historical roots:  Purple has historically been an exclusive colour, often expensive and associated with royalty. During the reign of Elizabeth 1st it was decreed that no one other than the royal family could wear the shade. This story explores those elements from the point of view of a little girl. About the author: Ida Williams is a freelance writer. She works mostly in the misty realm of historical fiction, sometimes wandering around Victorian London or listening to jazz in a 1950s New York Cafe. Website: https://www.meadowafternoon.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meadowafternoon/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKBZ5B4Irx6wSPnqw9RGnIA Happy London Press : Sharing the experience of talented authors https://happylondonpress.blogspot.com/ https://www.instagram.com/happylondonpress/ https://twitter.com/HappyLDNpress https://www.happylondonpress.com/ https://www.pinterest.co.uk/happyldnpress/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6-N_Ac7zQk&feature=youtu.be

Hi2020 Mini Course 1: How to make a short story special? Written and narrated by France Ellul.  Writer's coach and English Teacher Podcast One. This podcast - the first of a series of three - is to help aspiring writers understand some of the skills involved in writing fiction, in this case, short stories. It includes the first three of ten “Tips on Creative Writing” as well as:  Authorial Voice; Omniscient Narrator; First, Second and third Person narration; and SOC, Stream of Consciousness.  France uses examples from two of his stories: ‘Seer’ and ‘Day’ to illustrate these guidelines.  This podcast is called: Hi2020 Mini Course 1. How to make a short story special? We will be running lots more and if you watch this space - we are planning a weekly Radio evening from 7-8pm on 106.6 fm, with Wycombe Sound. It is produced under the auspices of HappyLDNPress and is in support of Hi2020.co.uk which is sponsoring a short story competition.  France is a full time teacher and runs writer groups in High Wycombe Creative Arts Centre. at  CONTACT FRANCE ELLUL:  We will be looking to provide some virtual workshops online - do get in touch and ask France CONTACT FRANCE ELLUL:  We will be looking to provide some virtual workshops on line - do get in touch and ask France about them Mobile: 07894 313760 Email:     france.ellul@gmail.com Website:   www.france-ellul.com France.ellul@gmail.com https://twitter.com/FranceEllul

A Major operation : Short Story written and narrated by Andrew Segal. Hello, I thought I would share with you my pleasure in writing about romantic short stories. Here's something about the background to major operation. I find the woman taking the lead, being the stronger of the two in a relationship. Perhaps that is a reflection of the women I’ve lived with, worked with and loved, myself. But occasionally my male lead takes over and proves he can shoulder responsibility too, be a shoulder to cry on, a prop just when his lover needs him most. As they say in France, “Vive la Difference,” and so it should be. We live in an enlightened age where the sexes are regarded and indeed treated equally. But that doesn’t mean we behave in the same way. Some people still show symptoms of the old established modes of character and behaviour. The “he” and “she” that make life so endlessly varied and interesting. Extract from I am a Gigolo by Andrew Segal - collection of short stories to be launched spring 2020 https://happylondonpress.blogspot.com/ https://www.instagram.com/happylondonpress/ https://twitter.com/HappyLDNpress https://www.happylondonpress.com/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6-N_Ac7zQk&feature=youtu.be https://www.reddit.com/user/HappyLondonPress/draft/74033c78-e693-11e9-ab2b-baf524289879

Roberta Robot : Children's story written and narrated by Andrew Segal We live in an age of increasing, some would say encroaching, Artificial Intelligence. How would it be, if say, a robot with intelligence was actually given the chance to express itself? What would it want to say? Whom would it wish to say it to? When would the opportunity arise? Roberto the Robot expresses the thoughts that a robot with artificial intelligence, bordering on real intelligence, might think in given circumstances. He works hard and expects no reward. His maker, Bob, only sees him as a machine. Roberto reminds us that, ‘even cars and trains have secret brains, but cannot speak or tell.’ A fantasy. A what if, situation. But when he’s bullied, a little girl comes to his aid, encourages him, reassures him and ultimately helps him to, ‘find his voice.’ They become friends and even when she moves away to a different school, the confidence she’s given him remains. This is one of my favourite stories in rhyme as it shows the power of friendship and love in what is quite frankly, the most unexpected of situations. Extract from Village People collection of short stories by Andrew Segal - to be launch later next year https://happylondonpress.blogspot.com/ https://www.instagram.com/happylondonpress/ https://twitter.com/HappyLDNpress https://www.happylondonpress.com/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6-N_Ac7zQk&feature=youtu.be https://www.reddit.com/user/HappyLondonPress/draft/74033c78-e693-11e9-ab2b-baf524289879

London Book Fair 2022 Talks to three illustrators about "Getting your Illustrations Published" Donna Payne, Katie Knutton, and Juliette Rechatin will join the AOI’s Rachel Hill to talk about getting illustration published. The panellists will discuss how they find great new talent as well as nurturing relationships with artists.  The session will look at working processes, and touch on contracts and negotiation as well as trends in the industry. Practical examples and honest straight talking will make this an invaluable session for illustrators at every stage of their career. Rachel Hill, CEO, The Association of Illustrators Rachel Hill is the CEO at The Association of Illustrators, a not-for-profit organisation whose goal is to champion and celebrate the illustration industry. Through the AOI, Rachel support illustrators through events, awards, business resources and industry wide campaigning. With a previous background as a practising illustrator and illustration. Donna Payne, Creative Director, Faber Donna Payne is Creative Director at Faber & Faber, the UK's leading independent publisher. She heads up a small but brilliantly formed team that thrives on delivering consistently excellent work across a diverse range of genres, often taking inspiration from Faber's extensive design archive. Donna has art directed many leading illustrators and photographers, and regularly gives talks on Book Design at schools, universities and literary events. She is a passionate advocate for design mentoring, and a more inclusive design industry, discovering and nurturing new talent from all sectors of the creative community. Katie Knutton, Design Manager Children's Non-fiction, Bloomsbury Publishing Ltd Katie Knutton is the Design Manager of Bloomsbury's award-winning Children's Non-fiction list. She works with acclaimed illustrators including Jenni Desmond, Catherine Rayner, and Joe Todd-Stanton as well as on Kate Pankhurst's bestselling Fantastically Great Women Series. She has 15 years' experience working in children's books for publishers including DK and Bonnier, joining the Bloomsbury Children's team in 2019. #LondonBookFair2022 @LondonBookFair @Bllomsbury 

London Book Fair 2022 Talks to 3 independent women : The Tale of Three Start-ups three independent small presses, all run by award-winning women, and all recent additions to the Children's publishing world. Having had different experiences and with different motivations and approaches to setting up by themselves, the panel will look at what it means and what it takes to set up a company in the current Children's environment, and what they've learned from this experience. Rachel Williams, Publisher and Joint MD, Magic Cat Publishing Rachel Williams studied literature before becoming an editor and publisher of children's books. She is also the creator of best-selling natural history and adventure books, including The Atlas of Adventure series and Illuminature, and more recently, Slow Down. Jennifer Broom, Co-Managing Director, Magic Cat Publishing. Jenny studied at the Slade before moving into children’s publishing. Early in her career she met Rachel Williams at Templar Publishing, helping her to launch Big Picture Press in 2013. Abiola Bello, Author and Publisher, Hashtag Press Abiola Bello is a Nigerian-British, prize-winning children’s/YA author from London. She's an advocate for diversity in books for young people and is the author of the award-winning fantasy series EMILY KNIGHT (EMILY KNIGHT I AM, EMILY KNIGHT I AM…AWAKENED and EMILY KNIGHT I AM BECOMING). EMILY KNIGHT I AM…AWAKENED was nominated for the CILIP’s Carnegie Award, won London’s BIG Read 2019, and was a finalist for the People’s Book Prize Best Children’s Book.  #Londonbookfaor2022 @LondonBookFair #entrepreneurs

London Book Fair 2022 ; Talk with 3 authors about How to make a living from writing The Society of Authors presents three authors about their experiences in writing and tell us about their journeys to getting published. Writing is hard – and making it pay is even harder. An expert team from the Society of Authors will guide you on how to earn pennies and make them add up to pounds. What opportunities are great, and what are best avoided? How can you negotiate a better deal? From pursuing a portfolio career, the lowdown on competitions to tips on publishing deals, and where to get grants and funding. This is the talk for you if you don’t want to starve in a garret. Juliet E McKenna is a British fantasy author living in the Cotswolds, UK. Loving history, myth and other worlds since she first learned to read, her debut epic fantasy novel, The Thief's Gamble, began The Tales of Einarinn in 1999, followed by The Aldabreshin Compass sequence, The Chronicles of the Lescari Revolution, and The Hadrumal Crisis trilogy.  Abie Longstaff is the author of nearly 50 books for children (picture book to middle grade) including The Fairytale Hairdresser, The Magic Potions Shop, The Trapdoor Mysteries and How to Catch a Witch and a wide range of educational titles. Abie Longstaff is the author of nearly 50 books for children (picture book to middle grade) including The Fairytale Hairdresser, The Magic Potions Shop, The Trapdoor Mysteries and How to Catch a Witch and a wide range of educational titles. Abie regularly appears at literary festivals and in schools. Katrina Naomi is the winner of the 2021 Keats-Shelley Prize. Her latest project, Same But Different, a poetic collaboration. Katrina’s most recent collection, Wild Persistence, received an Authors’ Foundation award from the Society of Authors. Thank you to Society of authors for bringing these interesting authors to the fair. #Londonbookfair2022 #societyofauthors 

London Book Fair 2022 : Talk with Dutch poet Arnold Jansen op de Haar We are delighted to bring you a little tast from the famous London Book Fair 2022. After 2 years pawing the ground in the hope that covide restrictions would come to an end. We had the priveldge of covering some of the many events.  I’m the Refrain of Other People’s Lives. Join Arnold Jansen op de Haar for an eclectic reading from his translated poems about his life and society. He will also take you on a tour of highlights in a thousand years of Dutch poetry based on poets featured in 100 Dutch-Language Poems – From the Medieval Period to the Present Day, winner of the Oxford-Weidenfeld Translation Prize. A whirlwind performance (1000 years in 30 Minutes) of Dutch poetry in translation. "Arnold was born in 1962 in Nijmegen, the Netherlands. In 2021, his much anticipated, new novel Schurft will be published in Dutch. His poetry collection, Het refrein van andermans leven, was published in Dutch in 2016, and the English translation in 2017. Arnold’s poems have been widely published in literary magazines including De Gids, Het Liegend Konijn, Extaze , Maarstaf, Zoetermeer, Passionate and de Poëziekrant. His poems have been featured in anthologies such as De 100 beste gedichten van 2002, published by De Arbeiderspers and edited by Gilles Dorleijn and in landmark Dutch anthology De Nederlandse poëzie van de 19de en 20ste eeuw in 1000 en enige gedichten, edited by Gerrit Komrij, published by Bert Bakker; and in 10 voor 10, Ten Extaze poets for the 2010s, 2019, Extaze Martin Ros gave Jansen op de Haar his first break by publishing one of his poems in literary magazine Maatstaf. His debut novel De koning van Tuzla, a fictional account of his experiences during the Bosnian conflict, was published in 1999 by De Arbeiderspers." Holland Park Press. #LondonBookFair2022 @londonbookfair

London Book Fair 2022: Talks about Cover Design -the highs and lows of working with authors Jack Smyth and Nico Taylor will be curating a new book cover themed event at the London Book Fair. Using real-life case studies across a variety of publishers they’ll look at various aspects of the cover design process: from briefing forms to the cover meeting, the pressures of designing a bestseller to what makes something ‘good’, and much more. The event will be inclusive and is aimed at all who are interested in the cover design process; from editor’s looking to brief their latest acquisitions, authors hoping to gain behind-the-scenes insight or generally, anybody who wants an insight into how book covers are created. There might be a small element of interaction involved too. #LondonBookFair2022 The London Book Fair (@LondonBookFair)

Hi2020 Short Story Competition - Writing Tip 1: What does your Protagonist want?  Here are some Hints and tips on how to write a better short story  - make sure you stay tuned for the next instalment Read to you by Nigel Troup Writing short stories means beginning as close to the climax as possible as everything else is a distraction or waffle – remember you only have 1500 words to play with. In A short story everything is condensed down to the absolute hub of the story – it conserves characters and scenes, by focusing on just one conflict which drives the story towards a sudden, unexpected revelation. Reduce the back story to maybe one paragraph — your reader doesn’t need to know everything that you know about your characters. Think about What your protagonist wants? But in this example the plot is not strong enough - The athlete wants her team to win the big game or there’s a car crash victim who wants to survive Look for something special. The story could open with a morally significant action which your protagonist takes towards that goal Follow our podcasts or chat to us via Instagram - and Don't forget to Make sure you register for your entry - Hi2020.co.uk ENTER NOW Hi2020.co.uk Short Story Competition for New Writers: If you are a budding writer who would love the chance to get their story published in a beautiful hardback book. The Competition is open to unpublished writers who live in one of the three districts - LONDON - Buckinghamshire, - Hertfordshire, If you have a hidden story within you but haven't yet had the inspiration to do anything about - here is your chance Choose from one of the topics to inspire your creativity • Adventure/travel • Thriller/Dark • Romance • Science/Fantasy Keep the word count between 1000 up to 1500 words and written in English. Prize is for 20 Winners to get published Hey if you sign up now you get a great early bird discount SUBSCRIBE - AS WE WILL BE POSTING HELPFUL TIPS TO WRITING A BETTER STORY EACH WEEK GOOD LUCK - YOU HAVE UNITL ...19th June 5pm. TO .Get your story in by. WWW.HI2020.CO.UK Read by Nigel Troup http://www.great-2nd-income.co.uk http://www.linkedin.com/pub/nigel-troup/10/162/1a7

The Mermaid Bride : Beautiful romantic story written and narrated by Alexandra Ely An adventure fantasy short story about Neive, (pronounces nee-iv) a young woman who fights all odds in an epic search to save her husband from the slimy grips of a greedy mermaid. Her love will have to overcome more than fear, it will have to be the courage to do the impossible. Alexandra Ely (pronounced e-lee) is a young adult novelist. Growing up in rural California she has been pursuing creative writing from a young age.  She credits much of her imagination to the childhood costumes and wide-open space she grew up with. In collage, Alexandra emphasized creative writing in her BA degree and is currently writing her debut novel. Alexandra has a heart for young adults and hopes her stories will inspire her readers to live out their own grand adventures. Writing adventure fiction, much of her work has a historical twist even her fantasy pieces. She especially enjoys historical dress and fashion having sewn historical costumes for a re-enactment site and as a hobby. You’ll find details of period clothing in all her writing. Happily married for seven years, Alexandra and her husband are enjoying their baby’s first year. She looks forward to the new year juggling home life with the epic adventures her characters endure in the pages of her stories. https://www.instagram.com/ely_landing/ https://www.instagram.com/happylondonpress/ https://twitter.com/HappyLDNpress https://www.happylondonpress.com/

Little London Adventures and Cockney Curiosities by Clare Newton and Narrated by Kate Bishop. Artist and photographer Clare Newton rediscovers and records the faint remnants of old London, only made visible when lit by a fleeting low winter's sun. These images are the conduits through time, analysing the sometimes uncomfortable balance between a struggling heritage to exist and the insatiable appetite of modern regeneration. But deep inside East London also lies a Victorian era. The mother of inventions, which not only stimulated change across the world then but even now their lingering artefacts and sayings effect us even in today's hi-tech social world. Strange but true stories that explain how and where artefacts have come from. Including the roots of 'Sarcasm' or the colour purple, both invented in the east end. Or how Shoreditch got its name. Luis de Góngora, in a portrait by Diego Velázquez. The man with a face stuck to his nose Spanish Translation by Maria Carrera  11 July 1561 – 24 May 1627) a Spanish Baroque lyric poet. Kate Bishop is a performance coach specialising in confidence, career and wellbeing. Her training and background in acting and performing have shaped the way she works with clients to ensure they create and maintain their confidence and achieve their goals through interactive, fun and exhilarating coaching sessions, workshops and seminars. Thanks!  Kate Bishop Career, Confidence & Well Being W: www.kate-bishop.co.uk Order Little London Adventures and Cockney Curiosities Now for Xmas https://www.waterstones.com/book/little-london-adventures-and-cockney-curiosities/cl-newton/9781912951017 https://www.amazon.com/Little-London-Adventures-Cockney-Curiosities/dp/1912951010 https://www.instagram.com/happylondonpress/ https://twitter.com/HappyLDNpress https://www.happylondonpress.com/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6-N_Ac7zQk&feature=youtu.be https://www.reddit.com/user/HappyLondonPress/draft/74033c78-e693-11e9-ab2b-baf524289879

Eight Feet High : Short Story for Adults written and narrated by Ian J. Sutherland UK I trained as a scientist and then made a career delivering complex change in the City. Once I reached 50 I decided to challenge myself in new directions which have included standup comedy, photography and blacksmithing. I also started to blog professionally, before being tempted to try my hand at fiction. Eight Feet High was one of my first attempts at competitive short story writing - no more than 2,500 words in 7 days. This was a personal challenge for me being someone who has always been happier with numbers and pictures than with words. The format is entrants are given a genre, in this case romance, a location (an ER room) and an object (a mop) that have to be woven into the story. I rather dreaded romance, but as usual I tried to pull some anchors from personal experience and create my story around them. The first was those silver nitrous oxide bottles that the kids sniff. I had found a few outside out house and it had set me thinking. I had also seen a girl with one of those sternum piercings on the train - needless to say it caught my eye. Lastly the location of the club was set broadly in a retail park not far from us. As they say, the rest is history, or rather fiction. I did receive some encouraging feedback from the judges, but was not considered good enough to progress past the first round in this instance.

Heaven Is . A short inspiring poem written and narrated by Ian Sutherland from Canada. Ian is a lawyer in Toronto, Canada. He and his wife, Carol, have five wonderful children and four beautiful grandchildren. The poem was written during a reflective time, when Ian was trying to understand the big picture in life. Ian Sutherland, is a full time lawyer who writes in his rare quiet moments to share his thoughts on the importance of kindness, love, hope and respect for others. He and his wife, Carol, have five wonderful children and four beautiful granddaughters. We hope you enjoy and be inspired by this little poem by Mr. Sutherland https://happylondonpress.blogspot.com/ https://www.instagram.com/happylondonpress/ https://twitter.com/HappyLDNpress https://www.happylondonpress.com/ https://www.pinterest.co.uk/happyldnpress/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6-N_Ac7zQk&feature=youtu.be https://www.reddit.com/user/HappyLondonPress/draft/74033c78-e693-11e9-ab2b-baf524289879

Stephen the Statue : Written and narrated by Andrew Segal Children's short story; suitable for 3- 6yr old It’s not always that easy to say where the inspiration for a story comes from. In the children’s story, Roberto the Robot, I looked at the fantasy of a machine with a mind and with feelings. The robot connects with a little girl, and she with him. An innocent friendship where the frail one is mentally the stronger. But where the physically stronger, is also too gentle to hit back when he’s attacked by ‘bully boys.’ I developed the idea further with Stephen the Statue, this time the inanimate object, the statue, being the principal character. Here the threat to be faced by Stephen, a hero from the past, is of oblivion, something I’ve suggested the statue is aware of. In facing the problem, where the statue can of course do nothing, he is rescued by a wheelchair bound child who reminds the village of the heroism of Stephen, insisting it mustn’t be forgotten. A child who is facing a disability has something in common with the statue, although the child, whilst seeing itself in the same situation as the statue, is able to do something about it. https://happylondonpress.blogspot.com/ https://www.instagram.com/happylondonpress/ https://twitter.com/HappyLDNpress https://www.happylondonpress.com/ https://www.pinterest.co.uk/happyldnpress/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6-N_Ac7zQk&feature=youtu.be https://www.reddit.com/user/HappyLondonPress/draft/74033c78-e693-11e9-ab2b-baf524289879

Lavender Roses : Short Story written and narrated by Andrew Segal was published in The Lady Magazine in April 2019. I was just eight years old the first time I visited Paris, but even at that age something about the city was entrancing. Too early in life to see the romance of the place, but not too early to fail to appreciate the sounds and sights. The delicious food, and the way Parisians relished their meals. Vichy water, as in those days tap water wasn’t fit to drink. Hence the custom of drinking wine with every meal, at least for adults that is. Steaks, the like of which I’d never tasted in the UK. Crisp, golden colour chips. And, modest by today’s standards, the famous Folies Bergere. Today Paris still enchants, the Eiffel Tower standing proud and tall in the centre. My story encapsulates the feelings that the city engenders in a young loving couple, and the way in which aspects of their stay remain with them into old age. Extract from I am a Contract Killer collection of short stories by Andrew Segal - to be launch letter this year https://happylondonpress.blogspot.com/ https://www.instagram.com/happylondonpress/ https://twitter.com/HappyLDNpress https://www.happylondonpress.com/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6-N_Ac7zQk&feature=youtu.be https://www.reddit.com/user/HappyLondonPress/draft/74033c78-e693-11e9-ab2b-baf524289879

Short Story called A Diwali Tale by Barbara Pearman  Diwali is a five day festival of lights and one of the major festivals celebrated by Hindus, Buddhists, Jains, and Sikhs. Barbara was one of our winners in Hi2020 new writer's opportunity to shine. Here are a few words from Barbara Is it really that long!  A lot has happened since then.  You may remember I sent you a chapter of a novel I was writing. Well lockdown provided me with the perfect opportunity to really get stuck in in a big way and in February this year my novel Once Upon A Time In Kazimierz was published by Troubador Publishing. It was an enormous amount of work (well not work actually as I loved every minute of it!) and the book is now on sale with Troubador and online at WHSmith, Foyles, Waterstones, Amazon and many others too numerous to mention. I was recently interviewed on Wycombe Sound Radio and I’m hoping to promote the book in Poland. It was inspired by a visit to Krakow a few years ago but the idea had lain fermenting on my bookshelf since then. Some of the short pieces I wrote with my writing class were the catalyst for the story in the end and gradually the characters and a theme were born out of not very much. In fact it was a copy of a restaurant menu that started it all.I must say that winning the short story competition’s romance section was a real boost to my confidence and no doubt I wouldn’t have attempted to write longer if it hadn’t been for that. Barbara began her story-telling adventure four years ago when she joined a creative writing class.  She is a practising artist with a degree in Fine Art Practice, but having become somewhat 'hooked' on the writing bug, swapped her brush for a pen and began to paint with words. After becoming a winner with Happy London Press she was enthused to write bigger and in February this year her first novel, Once Upon a Time in Kazimierz was published. Painting has taken a bit of a back seat but her artwork can be viewed on her colourful website at www.barbarapearmanart.co.uk Come and read our blog https://happylondonpress.blogspot.com/

The Hit - Short story read by the author JOHN LUGO-TREBBLE John writes the most exquisite romantic stories - each has a bit of an unnerving twist. Here we are priveldge to podcast one of john's beuatiful stories called The Hit Let us know in the comments your thoughts and if you would like to hear more or John's stories. Here's a little about John My mother used to say that from the moment I learned to walk, I was walking the other way. This statement did not just end up applying to my life, but also my writing. ​ I am a Puerto Rican Bronx native (Nuyorican, if you will) who has lived in New York, Eugene, London, Berlin and Prague. My husband and I currently live in West Cornwall in a barn with our three adventurous cats and surrounded by lots of stars (when it’s not raining or overcast). I am influenced by urban landscapes and the interconnected lives of people in an increasingly globalised world. I love to explore the small moments that bring humanity to impersonal surroundings. In addition to fiction, I enjoy writing articles about the writer experience, how we engage with memory, films and music. http://www.johnlugotrebble.com https://www.facebook.com/JohnLugoTrebble https://www.instagram.com/jlugotrebblewriter https://www.amazon.co.uk/John-Lugo-Trebble/e/B07DT2ZKB9/ref=dp_byline_cont_pop_ebooks_1 https://www.goodreads.com/author/list/18133346.John_Lugo_Trebble

Amatullah Padghawala is an Indian literary junkie with a head in the clouds imagination. She enjoys penning supernatural stories but doesn't hesitate to try her hands on contemporary fiction. She has composed mystery fiction stories as well, since the genre deeply interests her. Overall, she is fascinated by the world of fiction and can't wait to explore the remaining types- science fiction and historical fiction. Currently, she is penning her very own book with a unique concept called- The Incarnated Angel wherein an angel incarnates as a human to impart divine wisdom. Sounds incredibly imaginative, doesn't it? In short, she is a passionate writer, soon to be an author, who loves to think out of the box without adhering to the conventional style of writing. Let us hope that the uniqueness of her content strikes an emotional chord with us! ...................... We have just released a Killer... story Checkout: I'm a Contract Killer by Andrew Segal