Undelund Tales is a collection of stories created by Tim Harbyns, and these tales are based in and around the fictious nation of Undelund. The genre of these tales includes elements of fantasy (mysterious energies and lurking beasts), a sprinkling of steam-powered things, and a dash of Victorian-era sensibilities.
While some tales include a dusting of magic or the appearance of some ghastly creature or two, the key focus is very much a human one. The central core of each story centres on human nature and explores themes such as: bullying (and other awful forms of abuse), false friendships, cause and effect, and so on.
I'm the writer of stories you'll never hear about or ever care about, and so 94.3% of the time I write for fun, and the other 5.7% of the time I write to restock my supply of chocolate biscuits*.
The stories are written by me, a meat-suited human, but I do use some fancy AI audio/visual tools to help with storytelling... not all of us can afford a fully-equipped studio, at least not while tea and biscuits* are so expensive.
(* for my non-UK based brothers and sisters, biscuits = cookies)
My stories aren't written to win awards (not the 'good' awards anyway) and so they won't, and I'll never be a 'best-selling author' and I'm perfectly okay with that.
Before we are all assimilated into an AI version of the 'Borg' (a polite nod to Star Trek), a few tidbits about me are:
My favourite film is the original Poltergeist* released in 1982, and a big inspiration in my youth and still to this day, is the late actress Heather O'Rourke* who starred in the three original Poltergeist films and many other productions before her tragic passing.
(Note: Links marked with * open in new window to the IMDB website)
My favourite TV comedy shows include: The Two Ronnies, Malcolm in the Middle, and Fawlty Towers.
My favourite book of all time is The Old Curiosity Shop by my favourite author, Charles Dickens.
