about me

I'm a tech writer at the US Army’s Yuma Proving Ground where I document tests performed on armored combat vehicles. It’s not nearly as exciting as it might sound, though I sometimes get to see (and cause) some spectacularly huge explosions.

Before moving to Yuma, Arizona (it’s not Hell but you can see it from here) I worked as a historical interpreter at a living history museum in Salt Lake City. There, I demonstrated wet-plate photography using authentic lenses and cameras while inhaling a distressingly large volume of diethyl ether.

I've also, at various times and places, worked as a semi-conductor fabricator, a property developer, and a commercial driver. I also taught English for two years in Taiwan, during which I earned an undergraduate degree in Mandarin Chinese. While in Taiwan I ate dog, which tastes like really bad venison.

favourite books

ANNO DRACULA by Kim Newman
SNOW CRASH by Neal Stephenson
ANANSI BOYS by Neil Gaiman
IN THE WOODS by Tana French
The INSPECTOR PENDERGAST novels by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
HEARTSICK and SWEETHEART by Chelsea Cain
MIDDLESEX by Jeffrey Eugenides
HIS DARK MATERIALS by Philip Pulman
CHILD 44 by Tom Rob Smith
TOWELHEAD by Alicia Erian
A FIRE UPON THE DEEP and A DEEPNESS IN THE SKY by Vernor Vinge

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