Born in Scotland, Ivan Richardson studied Mechanical Engineering at Leicester University (UK). Ivan is also a member of Leicester Writers club which helped him perfect his writing skills.
His other hobbies include martial arts where he holds a 4th degree black belt in Tae Kwon do.
Interview with the Author
Severed Souls Contributions
Following the Lines is about a young woman who believes she is an alien who feels she must take a leap of faith in order to prove (to herself and others) what she really is.
Here’s a snippet:
That week Kate dreamt she was miles above the clouds. She saw the lines, the blue and orange. They came from beyond, wrapped around the planet before flowing back into the universe. She could see along them and the many worlds they went through. She saw a world covered in red sand, insects poured from huge tree-like structures that grew out of the sand. The insects brought water droplets, as if they served the tree. Another planet had a never-ending ocean. Giant shadows moved below the surface showing the leviathans which lived down there. Other worlds had no life at all.
Listen to Ivan Richardson read from Following the Lines here:
Bark & Bone Contribution
In The Stone Forest, an astronaut couple discover that the barren moon which they have crash-landed on isn’t as desolate as they thought. Here’s an extract:
For every solution, more problems. Rose stared up through the stone pillars towards the sky. She knew the exact position of Galileo behind that darkness. Knew their relative distance and rotational speeds around Aries. She knew so many facts, and not a single one could save her.
Listen to Ivan Richardson read from The Stone Forest here:
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