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Matthew is an indie author with a serious running problem. Married with two children he spends his “free” time either training for and running ultra marathons, or writing science fiction stories. He is passionate about writing and loves to create entertaining stories that carry deeper, hidden meaning. Mostly he likes to write about badass heroines & heroes taking on dark insidious baddies in corrupt unjust worlds. To provide the necessities of food and shelter Matthew works full time combining his love of the geological and physical sciences. He lives in Western Australia with his wife, two children and joyful puppy.

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Shots Fired on Thurston Lane (Flash fiction from 2019)

 I have recently found myself questioning things, and wondering why I have not been writing as much as I used to. I guess work has sort of taken over, something I promised myself I wouldn't let happen. But, thankfully I have found myself having a bit more spare time lately, so I dug out this old story. I wrote it back in 2019 when I was going through the excitement of self publishing Dryad on Amaz

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