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During the tumultuous times when Brexit was touch and go, I wrote this piece in frustration during a lunch break. I find it interesting re-reading it and thinking how Brexit, after all of its gaffes and delays, may genuinely never fully happen back then. For better or worse, that has since changed. I hope thatContinue reading “Brexit Flash Fiction”

This scifi-themed piece is 996 words long and was submitted to a competition, but sadly got rejected. I hope that you enjoy it!   “Sir, please put down the weapon.” The soldier said. My hands trembled with adrenaline. I could hardly hear him speak through the thrumming of my heartbeat in my ears. A beadContinue reading “Fifty One”

For practice, and to expand my portfolio, I created an example dialogue tree from a made up video game. Link to the full dialogue tree can be found HERE

This short story follows two Inquisitors into the belly of Krieg to audit one of the Imperium’s more sinister operations – the Vitae Wombs! Submitted to http://www.coldopenstories.com as part of an unofficial fan anthology, myself and 8 other authors saw our works publish in March 2020. You can view my piece on the Cold OpenContinue reading “A Great Many Things | Warhammer 40, 000 short story”

This Interactive Fiction piece was created during the Global Game Jam 2020. The theme for 2020 was Repair, which we manifested through this story; Galactic Repair Person. I provided the writing in Twine while my weekend-colleague Coen de Groot worked on some extra features like an inventory, journal, and character creation options in Ren/Py. SadlyContinue reading “Galactic Repair Person | GGJ2020”

Thank you for visiting! My name is Karl Aldred I write for fiction, fun, games, and more. I’m available to hire. Please get in touch: EMAIL: contact@karlaldred.com TWITTER: @KarlAldred