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Matt Parker was born in the north of England. He lived for twenty or so years, doing the usual things that people do, before going to University to study art and creative writing. After that, he got a job doing something completely unrelated to those two things. Several similar jobs later, he was fortunate enough to be made redundant after the company he was working for relocated to the depths of some distant land, and with a pocket-full of severance pay, decided to take a holiday.
He went to Canada and Alaska, in the hope of finding peace and tranquillity. He found bears, and giant mosquitos, and his future wife.

Fifteen years later, and Matt Parker is living in Switzerland with said wife. After the birth of his first son, he decided it was
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Tales of Engines & Demons

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Sentient Creatures & Critters - Part 1

There world of Engines & Demons is teeming with odd lifeforms and sentient beings, so I’m taking a break from Births & Marriages to post some sample appendices. They will include, not only creatures from ‘Tales of Engines & Demons’, but also those that will soon be appearing in my upcoming work ‘Pride’.



Anadomites- Microscopic metal eating organisms

Archapids- Large scavenging insects, often found r Read more of this blog post »
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“I was believing your kind were all dead!' Warvitch bellowed at the minotaur, over the sithkall's choking death growls. 'It will be a great pleasure for me to be restoring my faith in that belief.”
Matt Parker, Tales of Engines & Demons

“I am liking books, I am liking them for the knowledge they contain, and for the understanding they are having the capability of imparting. But, most of all, I am liking them for their weight.

FORGE-GUARD WARVITCH”
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