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New rules, new bit at the top of my profile. Here's how it's going to work. I'm going to put my favourite books on my shelf and leave them there until they reach the top. So the easiest way for you to get your book on my shelf is write a bloody good book and back my favs as well. However if you read my book I will star yours.

Oh I've switched my messaging to private because someone who keeps getting kicked off the site was being an arse.

Anyway back to the main thing, married with two daughters and a rabbit.

I wrote 'The Light that never went out' in 2007, it's been updated and refined several times since then. So it's the more complete and publishable book.

There is no way I'm going to even break the 100 mark, which is what you have to do to get spotted by the mythical agent as I don't have the time nor the inclination to play the authonomy game. I have left the first bits of my book up for people to read. I will let people know what is going to happen shortly.

If you want to read it all, you'll just have to buy it or get a time machine and travel into the past to when it was all there.

To be honest I've not been reading many books here recently but I may read the odd thing, I will still play in the forums. I will not return random backings, at least indicate that you've read some of my book.

Oh and friend requests, - don't unless I've chatted to you and stuff. They fill up my newsfeed

Oh and I'm on twitter
TomBatNumber30

Books that I think should eventually reach the desk. I think you should have a look at these!

Moonbeam Highway #
Brainrush *#
Another day in paradise
Muckers #
Sicilian Shadows #
The Powder Treason
Jabin *#
Mark of Eternity *
Stonefish *#
Rats live on no evil star

*: Books I've read all the way through (which should say something. I particularly recommend Beval's)
#: Already selected

I quite like a shirtful of frogs as well

favourite books

Mostly Sci-fi, but some other stuff. I quite enjoyed the Flashman books when I was younger. Not horror though (why do people put the two together?) Apart from 'I've been Deader' of course

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The light that never went out

Tom Greenwood

Orange souls, no rainbows or wasps, spokes connecting the earth to the sky. Welcome to the Sphere.


“You’re a farmer’s son right?”
“Well yes, you know that…”
“Oh shit, oh shit. Bugger!”
“What?”
“You’re coming off on a sodding quest with me.”
“What are you talking about?”
“I’ve a good mind to take you home now for all… Listen if we see a magic sword, we don’t touch it.”
Janol just stared at Onnil, what was she talking about? Magic swords!
“Oh no,” she was almost crying. “I’ve become a cliché.”

Oh and why are the years named after coffee brands and what exactly is a Zippy?

Cover by Bradley Wind.

 

Several Sc-fi Stories

Tom Greenwood

Several Sci-fi stories of varying length


1) No matter what - 460 words. written for Year Zero's Higgs-boson anthology

2) Lost and found 9,500 words written for the sci-fi anthology that never really took off

3) Fizin, 6,500 words Another idea I had when writing 'Lost and found', it was my backup story if the first one never worked out.

4) Being male - 2,000 words

5 & 6) Cosain Péist and King Louis XXIII: These are two stories set in alternative history. The first is set in an alternate 1986 and the second in 1978.

7) A Glaswegian God

8) 'jimik the mad' and "the comedian and the president' - two stories set in the same world as my main book up here.

9) The bin day code. Inspired by a short conversation on twitter. Jay refuse to read it because it's an essay

A couple of the titles are puns.

Not looking for backings just for general comments.

Oh if someone does me a cover and I ever make money from these (unlikely) but then I'll cut you in.

 

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Tillerman wrote 16 days ago

I’m trying to understand how the star ratings work. My book, Still Wa....

sheenaignatia wrote 34 days ago

Cheers Tom. Nasa didn't ever reply.

Perdu Shoshanna wrote 49 days ago

Sorry to be a pain, but... http://www.authonomy.com/forums/threads....

Perdu Shoshanna wrote 164 days ago

Hey, check it out. :o) http://www.authonomy.com/forums/threads/892....

Compassionate I wrote 190 days ago

Hello Tom, I've not been active here for, perhaps, six months, and....

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I wrote 34 days ago

You need to put in your job application to Nasa view book

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Genius I so want to see this published. view book

I wrote 137 days ago

Brilliant - read up to the end of Chapter 18 and do hope to read more sometime view book

I wrote 139 days ago

Chapter 12 I woke when I her crying - you've missed out heard. Really enjoying this view book

I wrote 139 days ago

Ignore the comment about capitalisation - it is obviously deliberate. Anyway Ch 4 'very soon need her arm' change this view book

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