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Damon L. Wakes

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Damon L. Wakes was born in 1991 and began to write a few years later. He holds an MA in Creative and Critical Writing from the University of Winchester, and a BA in English Literature from the University of Reading.

Every year since 2012, Damon has produced one work of flash fiction each and every day during the month of July. He usually writes humour and horror, occasionally at the same time. Tackling so many stories with such a short word count has given him a knack for well structured narratives formed of tight prose.

When he isn't writing, Damon enjoys weaving chainmail. He began making chainmail armour ten years or so ago, but quickly discovered that there was no longer much of a market for it and so switched to jewellery instead. He pro ...more

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The IFComp results are in – announced through an online awards ceremony about a week ago – and Who Whacked Jimmy Piñata? has taken 12th place: my best ever result (by a modest margin). At 50,000 words in length, this was my second largest ever work of interactive fiction, and easily the largest parser work […]

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