Rin Hoshigumo asked U.L. Harper:

How did you get the idea for The Secret Deaths Of Arthur Lowe?

U.L. Harper Arthur Lowe was supposed to be a comic book character. His powers were going to be that he could do anything but only once. So, in a way, his power is just a brainstorming exercise. It didn't come from any inspiration. To figure out the story, I lined up themes as well as an origin story. The themes take place in real time. The origin story takes place in the past. My challenge was to connect them at the right time.

The themes were family, trust, relationships, and abuse. Arthur's powers initiated the divide of his family and in turn opened the door for distrust. Every relationship in the story is effected by Arthur's powers, in some way. The outcome of the abuse happens very early on when Sandra kills herself. It's heavy-handed but that's why it's self-published. You take this story with a heavy heart or don't take it at all. I wasn't going to smooth it out for some reader I've never met.

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