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T.C. Filburn

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Born

in Wales

Website

http://tcfilburn.wix.com/tcfilburn

Twitter

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Genre

Fantasy, Science Fiction, Horror

Influences

Terry Pratchett, Douglas Adams, H.P.Lovecraft, W.S.Gilbert, William Sh ...more

Member Since

November 2013

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T.C. Filburn loves words. He loves the way they can be carefully and randomly placed, twisted and turned around, or thrown at the floor then picked up again in shattered bits to be rearranged into brand new forms. He loves the way the great masters craft with them; the way William Shakespeare brought language to a whole new level for the world; the way W.S. Gilbert used the language of law to twist his topsy-turvy world of madness; the way H.P. Lovecraft created whole worlds of madness in the mind of the reader; the way David Eddings just plain created entire new worlds. He'd like to think that he can compare himself to none of these all too worthy gentlemen.

He has used words many times in his life, of course, generally in the context of th T.C. Filburn loves words. He loves the way they can be carefully and randomly placed, twisted and turned around, or thrown at the floor then picked up again in shattered bits to be rearranged into brand new forms. He loves the way the great masters craft with them; the way William Shakespeare brought language to a whole new level for the world; the way W.S. Gilbert used the language of law to twist his topsy-turvy world of madness; the way H.P. Lovecraft created whole worlds of madness in the mind of the reader; the way David Eddings just plain created entire new worlds. He'd like to think that he can compare himself to none of these all too worthy gentlemen.

He has used words many times in his life, of course, generally in the context of the profound mundanity of work-based reports, or in probably pointless musings on internet fora on subjects from politics and dogs (sometimes at the same time) to music festivals, or just in the tedious but occasionally necessary business of having to hold conversations with other human beings. He doesn't think he's used them all up yet, though, and it is this that has led him to put black pixel to white pixel (presumably the modern equivalent of 'pen to paper') to try to create something hopefully vaguely interesting with them.

For encouraging him to take such a wild and globular step, he'd like to thank his family (blood and non-blood), his dogs (past and present), his friends (real or imagined), his colleagues (esteemed or otherwise) and his agent. He don't have an agent, but he's going to thank him (or her - far be it for him to prejudge an issue of such personal importance to the incumbent) in advance just in case it should ever become necessary. Yes, he does realise that 'globular' doesn't really fit in that context, but it's such an inherently splendid word that he believes its use is almost always fully justified, no matter what may be its situation of employment.

If all of this excessive drivel hasn't yet irritated you to the point of throwing something heavy and/or pointy at your computer screen (or whatever medium, or in this day and age possibly very small, you are wasting and abusing by displaying it for your idle perusal), perhaps you should consider giving his work a try - you never know, you might actually enjoy it. ...more

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T.C. Filburn's Blog

‘If music be the food of love...’, I’m always hungry!

I was thinking of doing a bit of blogging when I was reminded of something I wrote a few years ago. It's every bit as true today as it was then, so making it my first blog post seemed to be a reasonable enough place to start:

‘If music be the food of love...’, I’m always hungry!

For many years, as a lifelong self-confessed and utterly incurable musical obsessive, I have searched for something to des Read more of this blog post »

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Published on December 21, 2013 06:40

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“Pointlessly musing over the pointlessness of pointlessness personified seemed somehow pointless...”
― T. C. Filburn

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T.C.’s Quotes

“The ships hung in the sky in much the same way that bricks don't.”
― Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

tags: humour

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“Vast, Polyphemus-like, and loathsome, it darted like a stupendous monster of nightmares to the monolith, about which it flung its gigantic scaly arms, the while it bowed its hideous head and gave vent to certain measured sounds. I think I went mad then.”
― H. P. Lovecraft

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“Father, I am welling over with limpid joy! No sicklying taint of sorrow overlies the lucid lake of liquid love, upon which, hand in hand, Aline and I are to float into eternity!”
― W.S. Gilbert, The Sorcerer

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“Don't be afraid to take a big step if one is indicated. You can't cross a chasm in two small jumps.”
― David Lloyd George

tags: goal, step, try

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“I read the newspaper avidly.
It is my one form of continuous fiction.”
― Aneurin Bevan

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This group is dedicated to connecting readers with Goodreads authors. It is divided by genres, and includes folders for writing resources, book websit ...more

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A place for those who walk the green forests of Middle Earth, cross the pale sands of Arrakis, sail the blue waters of Earthsea, slip among the shadow ...more

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This is for those of us whose preferred format is the ebook ... So, Whether you're a Kindle, Nook, Sony, iPad, Google, or whatever person; come on in ...more

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If you love horror literature, movies, and culture, you're in the right place. Whether it's vampires, werewolves, zombies, serial killers, plagues, or ...more

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We connect adventurous readers with Indie Authors. This group is about connecting writers with readers in a way that has not been done on Goodreads b ...more

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This is a book group for Goodreads users in the UK, but members from other countries are welcome too so long as all posts are made in English. Please ...more

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The Humour Club — 1647 members — last activity May 15, 2026 03:57PM
A group for readers and writers of humorous fiction.

Welsh Literature — 158 members — last activity Apr 13, 2026 03:44AM
A group for anyone interested in modern Welsh literature.

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Anyone who likes Shakespeare and wants to discuss anything about his plays can join!

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