Last updated Nov 2024

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Welcome

This site is a repository of the music, stories, essays, games and other things that I've created over the years.

Music

I've been composing music since I was a teenager, but have mostly kept it to myself. Now, with some trepidation, I've decided to let others hear it too. The music files are produced by my score-writing program Sibelius and are of necessity somewhat mechanical-sounding - please use your imagination!
Violin Concerto My attempt to write something lyrical.
Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis For SATB and organ, written for my father's 75th birthday.
Piano Concerto Now complete!
Three Psalms Settings of Psalms 100, 13 and 150 for SATB and organ, written for my father's seventieth birthday.
Recessional The organ piece I wrote for Ian and Jana's wedding.
An Anglican Eucharist A complete setting. Now fully updated!
Trio for Bassoon, Flute and Piano Another Cambridge memento.
Quartet for Flute, Clarinet, Cello and Piano A Cambridge memento.
Sonatina Giocosa A humorous piano sonatina.
Hobo on the Railroad Track Homage to Gershwin.
Fugue in Three Voices My first proper composition, for organ.

Stories

Obsidian and Many Masks A folk-tale from my Everway campaign.
XX-XY An Interzone-style story.
The Tale of Teran and the Guily Bird Another story of Cymru.
The Adventures of Hobin ap Romag A tale of Cymru.
Evolutionary Love Story I had to read a Mills and Boon to write this one.
No Through Road A commuter gets lost.
The Carnivorous Gene One lone carnivore's fight against the vegetarians.
Hippokrites Metaphor for life.
Bedtime Story "Mum, what's the Radman?"
HG Wells, Eat Your Heart Out In which the premise of a well-known SF tale is taken to its logical conclusion.
The Last Inn What is its secret?

Role-playing

Thirteenth Age Adventures in the Dragon Empire.
The Everway Archive Story, notes and maps from my 25 year fantasy campaign.
Lasers and Feelings A lockdown entertainment. The story of a starship, a possessed captain, and a desperate crew.
Alien Sex The rules for my infamous role-playing game.

Games

Conspiracy Theory Pontoon Vingt-et-un meets Illuminati.
Focus Group An alternative "getting to know you" game for parties.
Mask Tree Rhymes The rhymes I wrote for the Mask Tree "who am I" game at the Midsummer Night's Dream party.

Essays

Probably only of interest to religious types who want to know my views.
The Problem of Pain My modest proposal for solving it.
Eternal Life Can there be such a thing as life after death?
The Annotated Creed Problems of liturgy.

Links

My Sites
Mark's Book Log Reviews of books I've read.
Friends' Sites
Shelagh's Home Page Re-enactment, Viking crafts (see especially the excellent guide to tablet weaving), games and the Wisdom of Al.
Kitsch in Sync London-based choir performing superb a cappella covers of 80s songs.
Judy Krauß's Web Site. Samples of her impressive art and photography. Click on the union jack for an English translation.

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