Hi everyone, Join me, Haydon, Polly and Ivy as we turn our attention to the world of Fairy Tales. Get ready for the story of Princess Helen, distantly related to a goblin, and her fate at the hands of Sir William. There are magic sceptres, flying cats and all manner of other things. email your […]
Read more "Shott Stories – Episode 18 Available Now"Hi everyone, Cian, Polly, Haydon and I share a very good listener contribution (complete with casting and director suggestions) and then get on to finishing off our ‘brain implant’ science fiction story. Listen along with us as Haydon’s brain literally melts live on air. Send your ideas and writing to shottstories@grayshott.hants.sch.uk Also, I have a […]
Read more "Shott Stories – Episode 17 Available Now"Hi everyone, Cian, Haydon, Polly and I read out a submitted piece about our old story, Space Heist, then we start thinking about a science fiction story about brain-computer interfaces and digital immortality. We’re going to finish this one on Friday so get your ideas to us before then by e-mailing shottstories@grayshott.hants.sch.uk https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-td5sb-1834650 Cheers Richard
Read more "Shott Stories – Episode 16 Available Now"Hi everyone, We’re back! Half term is done and we’re here with our first ever romance. Join Polly, Ivy, Cian and I to explore the story of Lisa and George, the couple in love but separated by a relatively short plane ride (and someone called Claude). Will they find their happily ever after? Send your […]
Read more "Shott Stories – Episode 15 Available Now"Hi everyone, Join Ivy, me, Cian and Polly as we go all-action with the hero we invented two weeks ago. Royal Guard, Evelyn Wilkins is about to be out in the cold and on the run through the forests of Texas, pursued by the terrorists who wiped out her unit AND the armed forces who […]
Read more "Shott Stories – Episode 14 Available Now"Hi everyone, Episode 12 is avaliable now and, as you can see above, we’re now on Spotify. Join Cian, Polly, Haydon and I as we invent a character from scratch. Meet Evelyn Wilkins: professional soldier! We’ve got all week now to think of a story to put her in. Maybe you can help. Will it […]
Read more "Shott Stories – Episode 12 Available Now"Ivy, Polly, Cian and I take on Cinderella stories today. Join us for the tale of Afri, who escapes a terrible life of modern slavery with the help of a very unexpected ‘Fairy Godmother’. Thank you so much for listening. Send in your ideas and writing to shottstories@grayshott.hants.sch.uk and we’ll read it out on the […]
Read more "Shott Stories – Episode 11 available now"Hi everyone, At school, I have been doing another writing project with this year’s Year 6 class, producing another fantasy gamebook in the style of Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone. Building on last year’s project, I started with a new class back in September. We used a map from Azgaar’s Fantasy Map Generator, then invented […]
Read more "Seeds of Salvation – New book available now!"So, we had a camp out on the school field on Friday night. 50 children in tents under a beautiful starry sky. At about 1:20am, out of the corner of my eye, I saw flashes of light far off. They were persistent so I made my way to the other end of the school field […]
Read more "Flashes and Worry – a poem"Hi everyone, It’s been a while but I have been doing writing-related things in the background. At school, I have been doing a writing project with my Year 6 class. We read a load of Fighting Fantasy Gamebooks (the ones by Ian Livingstone and Steve Jackson) at the end of last year and then in […]
Read more "King of Chaos – new book out now!"Books, games, music, and life — filtered through the mind of a writer, drummer, and philosopher who thinks too deeply about all of it. If it moves something in your chest, I'm interested.
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