He ran out into the bright sunshine and gave the loudest victory cry. “Aaaaaargh!”
About the Authors
John Ballard - was born in South London in 1940. After a basic, secondary modern education, followed by short periods at Camberwell and Wimbledon Schools of Art, his working life has encompassed a wide variety of trades and professions. These include commercial art, the construction industry, factory production lines and ‘Special Needs’ education. He enjoys reading and writing poetry, sea fishing and working as a semi-professional musician. He joined St Leonards Writers hoping that, with encouragement and support, he might improve his abilities as a writer of short stories.
James Betts. After a career in the Finance Industry in the City of London, James Betts retired with his wife to a quiet village near the sea in East Sussex. Having spent many years writing Reports and Funding Applications, James joined the St Leonards Writers to encourage his artistic side and to write stories, (although some former colleagues already regard his Status Reports as works of fiction!)
Jonathan Broughton - has been writing fiction for the last eight years. He has embraced the digital revolution of e-books and published Dark Reunion- Twenty Short Stories, The Russian White, a Victorian thriller. Running Before The Midnight Bell is an urban thriller set in Hastings and St Leonards on Sea.
He has contributed a number of stories to Rayne Hall’s Ten Tales fantasy anthologies.
You can join him on Twitter @jb121jonathan
Pat Cochrane - joined St Leonards Writers shortly after retiring and moving to Hastings in 2011. She was delighted to have a short story published in their anthology ‘Chills - East Sussex Ghost Stories.’ She dreamed her school years away until she left for a variety of clerical jobs. She trained as a Play Leader whilst her children were pre-school age and after completing her degree, considered a career with the Probation Service. However, she decided instead to train as a Psychotherapist.
She now enjoys creative writing, reading, gardening, walking with friends and spending time with her children and grandchildren.
Pat recently sold a short story in America.
Christine Dale - is a founder member of St Leonards Writers. She enjoys the challenge of creative writing and has a love for arts and crafts.
Robin Grady - is a recent émigré to the Sussex shores. Having spent some thirty-six years based in Aberdeen working worldwide in the oil and gas industry, he elected to return south for the climate and the culture. A move he claims not to regret. His short-form description is; war baby, Essex boy, failed rocker and grateful retiree!
Melvyn Grant - is a well-known artist specialising in book and album sleeve illustrations. His versatility spans from children’s art to the darkest adult horror, but he tends to concentrate on fantasy and has produced covers and interior art for leading writers and musicians. Among them are Terry Pratchett - Where’s My Cow. Darren Shan - The Demonata series. Judas Priest - Rocka Rolla and Hero Hero. Iron Maiden - Fear of the Dark, Virtual XI, The Reincarnation of Benjamin Breeg, Death on the Road, The Final Frontier and From Fear to Eternity. He also produced the cover for the final book in the Pan Book of Horror series.
In Mel’s paintings there has always been a hidden tale. Now he’s stepped out with a pile of paper, a pen and a large pot of ink and decided he’d write down the tales for all to read.
He’s started with Pesky Baboon on Kindle, suitable for all ages from twelve up. ‘The Doings of that Pesky Baboon’ (Part One) ‘The Maggoty Man’ (Part Two) ‘The Bloodpainter’ (Part Three). The link to his Pesky Amazon page is here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Doings-Pesky-Baboon-Maggoty-ebook/dp/B00BJ2MR0O/ref=pd_rhf_gw_p_img_1_PWQA
Rayne Hall - has published more than fifty books in several languages under several pen names with several publishers in several genres, mostly fantasy, horror and non-fiction. She is the author of the dark-epic fantasy novel Storm Dancer, the creepy horror story collection Thirty Scary Tales, and the bestselling Writer's Craft series (Writing Fight Scenes, Writing Scary Scenes, Writing About Villains, Writing About Magic, Writing Dark Stories and more) as well as the publisher and editor of the Ten Tales fantasy anthologies.
Having lived in Germany, China, Mongolia and Nepal, she has settled in St Leonards where she enjoys reading, gardening and long walks along the seashore. She shares her home with a black cat adopted from the cat shelter. Sulu likes to lie on the desk and snuggle into Rayne's arms when she's writing.
You can follow here on Twitter: https://twitter.com/RayneHall where she posts advice for writers, funny cartoons and cute pictures of her cat.
To see her books on Amazon, go to: viewAuthor.at/RayneHall
Rayne's website is here: https://raynehallauthor.wix.com/rayne-hall
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Charles Menzinger - was born in Vienna and came to England at the start of WW2. At Oxford, he began writing short stories, some of which were published in the Evening Standard. He loved dogs. Sadly, Charlie passed away early in 2016. He joined the group in 2007 and was a loyal and much loved member. We all miss him.
Janet Nott - moved southwards for work from the outskirts of London. After a lifetime in Engineering and Project Management, redundancy turned into an exciting early retirement for her and her husband. Janet joined St Leonards Writers in January 2014 to explore a long held desire to write and was delighted to find both the writing process and the group to be a lot of fun.
Rosamond Palmer - was born in St Leonards, moved away when she was four and moved back in her forties. She has worked in the theatre as a producer, actor and writer. Her hobbies include working on an organic farm, travelling, yoga, playing bridge and walking in the countryside.
William J. Stevens - is an official Old Town walking guide in Hastings. He enjoys poetry and writing stories about the supernatural and science fiction.
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