Amina Alyal has not always lived in this century. She finds it much the same as the last one she was in, however, only with better technology and more fantasy films. Contrary to popular belief she doesn’t think metaculturism was a mistake, and is herself a metaculturist, a multicolourist, and a metafictionalist. One of herRead more about Amina Alyal[…]
It took Shaunna Harper some years to fully realise her flair for writing. Starting out aged twelve with goofy stories of rock and roll bands’ drug-and-sex-fulled adventures on the road, she eventually started taking her writing more seriously and found her own poetic voice, publishing two poems and a short story when she was twenty-one.Read more about Shaunna Harper[…]
Tim Goldthorpe is a long time contributor to Dream Catcher where his unique view of his world has been enjoyed by readers all over the world. Born in Uganda in 1953, returning to the UK with his parents when the political system became too unstable, and has lived with bipolar schizophrenia now for 40 someRead more about Tim Goldthorpe[…]
Paul Lingaard (the pen name of Paul Worsley) is a founder member of Fareham Writers, Hampshire. His work has been published in several anthologies. He has also worked as a woodcarver, teacher, and sculptor, exhibiting in Winchester and the South of England. Other interests include the building of an oil fired top-lift Raku kiln whichRead more about Paul Lingaard[…]
Clint was born in Beverley, Yorkshire and returned there in the mid-1990s after a spell in London as a chemistry teacher. Five years ago he went part time and began a career in FE. Through his life he’s enthused, and bored, friends and family, wittering on about geology and dragging people fossil hunting. His enthusiasmRead more about Clint Wastling[…]
Maxine lives in the South Wales Valleys with her family For most of her working life, Maxine worked with young people teaching English and Drama in schools, training centres, for community charities, and volunteering in Sri Lanka. She has spent many years living in Devon and Cornwall after which she travelled around Europe filling herRead more about Maxine Ridge[…]
Don was born in Baker Street, in the Burton Stone Lane area of York in 1929. Determined to waste no time at all, and only nine and a half months into life’s journey, Don was already enjoying a degree of acclaim in York by winning first prize and a guinea reward in the Bonnie Baby competition heldRead more about Don Walls[…]
WINNER Sabotage Best Spoken Word Performer 2014 Steve Nash is a stateless pirate. Well, child of the army, which amounts to pretty much the same thing. Couple that with a stint as the founding member, lead singer and sometimes-guitarist for hard rock band Herbal T and Pornography, and what you’ve got is a character shaped by songsRead more about Steve Nash[…]
Donna Marie was born in Rome; alas, not the Rome of the orphan twins but Rome, New York. She spent most of her early years in Texas before moving to Connecticut to complete her High School education, and her graduate and post graduate degrees in education and psychology. After teaching elementary and middle school childrenRead more about Donna Marie Merritt[…]
Andrew is a Southerner who spent most of his first twenty years in the London Overspill fringes of working-class Essex, talking estuary English and breathing in cement dust. But his father was a vicar, and his brothers went to a minor public school – so there was a certain poshness to be breathed in too. Read more about Andrew Brown[…]
