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”
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Fifty One
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”
Dialogue Tree Example
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
A Great Many Things | Warhammer 40, 000 short story
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”
Galactic Repair Person | GGJ2020
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”
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