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Chris Lynch

Chris Lynch is a writer, technologist, digital marketeer, film-maker, comic book guy, part-time hypnotist, foodie, and general nuisance.

For the past few years, Chris has been writing Doctor Who spin-off stories in the "Haisman Universe" featuring characters such as Brigadier Alistair Lethbridge-Stewart, Lucy Wilson, monsters such as the Quarks and the Great Intelligence, and a few of his own creations. Chris' first book for the "Lucy Wilson Mysteries" series "Curse of the Mirror Clowns" was short-listed for a Scribe Award in 2019.

When Chris isn't working on books, he also writes screenplays, comic books, and audio dramas. His most recent screenplay, OffWorld, is currently in post-production with a major US distributor attached.

Once a week Chris is co-host of an online radio show/podcast "Soundclash" on South Wales ONE. From time to time, you can also find him at live South Wales ONE community and charity events.

By day, Chris is IT Director for a major InsureTech business in South Wales and, prior to that, was CTO and founder of the a leading digital agency specializing in eCommerce and bespoke solutions. Chris enjoys writing about technology and digital marketing, with particular reference to how these intersect with writing and how authors can better market themselves online. In 2018, Chris wrote ["The Truth About SEO"], a guide to digital marketing for business owners that became a number 1 Amazon Best Seller in a number of categories.

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Lucy Wilson: Viva Las Llantwit
Lucy Wilson: Viva Las Llantwit

Lucy Wilson has been dragged down to Llantwit Major beach by her best friend Hobo, in search of fossils. For the self-proclaimed "Defender of Earth", it doesn't promise to be the most exciting of Sunday afternoons. But, of course, as well being the Defender of Earth, Lucy is also a weirdness magnet and it's not long before her quiet afternoon fossil hunting with Hobo has turned into a time and space spanning mystery involving intergalactic theme parks, giant serpents, aliens disguised as other aliens, and a trip back through the history of Llantwit Major.

The Cost of Open Source is Constant Vigilance
The Cost of Open Source is Constant Vigilance

We take Open Source software for-granted today. Statistically, there's a good chance that you are reading this article in a web browser based on Chromium, the open source browser that Google markets as Chrome, or that uses Webkit, connected to this website using security powered by SSL, transported over HTTPS and TCP/IP, using DNS to translate a domain name into an IP Address. The page is written in HTML and uses CSS and Javascript, all open standards.

Is Web Assembly a Security Risk?
Is Web Assembly a Security Risk?

Cyber-criminals are increasingly using Web Assembly (WASM) to deploy malicious code, raising serious questions about the security model around Web Assembly and its future.

Number 100
Number 100

"Number 100" was written for the Clickwheel Comic Reader along with a host of other comics from big name publishers including 2000AD/Rebellion. Sadly, Clickwheel didn't last long. Snuffed out along with many other bespoke reader apps by Comixology and Kindle, the app is no longer available.

Society
Society

Not the first comic strip I ever wrote, but the first I wrote for Monkeys with Machineguns.

The Exchange
The Exchange

"The Exchange" is one of those creepy little stories that took on a life of its own, turning up in more than one anthology after being originally published in Monkeys with Machineguns.

Original Magpye Artwork
Original Magpye Artwork

Digging through my old archives whilst rebuilding the website, I found some copies of original artwork, concept sketches, and proposed covers for the original four-issue miniseries and graphic novel version of The Magpye.

Lights Out
Lights Out

The publishing of this comic strip in the pages of the Judge Dredd Megazine was an absolute career highlight for me as a comic book writer. Back in the days of The British Invasion getting published in 2000AD was seen as the gateway to being picked up by one of the "Big Two"; Marvel and DC. Getting our little indie strip in the pages of 2000AD's sister magazine, The Judge Dredd Megazine, felt close enough for me!

Left Behind
Left Behind

A little tale of lost love and everyone who gets... left behind.

Blood Brothers Sampler
Blood Brothers Sampler

When a sink-hole council estate experiences a series of mysterious deaths, it falls to teenager "caretaker" Scorp to find out what is going on. Lucky for Scorp he's got help - the ghost of the former caretaker and his gran. His gran knows things.

From the Pages of 10thology: Blood Brothers
From the Pages of 10thology: Blood Brothers

When the 10thology anthology was being put together, a last-minute drop-out meant that we were in danger of creating a "9thology". Creator, editor, and publisher of 10thology, Stuart Tipples, has known me a long time though and knew exactly how I would respond to the sentence "But Chris, there's no way you could write a story in the next few days".

Choices
Choices

Choices was an edition of Insomnia Publications "Layer Zero" anthology.

What's Gone Wrong With Shopify?
What's Gone Wrong With Shopify?

It's been a while since I looked at Shopify. One of the darlings of lockdown, Shopify promised to make every Joe Schmo the next Jeff Bezos with an easy-to-use and powerful eCommerce platform at a rock-bottom price. No inventory? No problem! YouTube was awash with adverts from self-made millionaires who had made their fortunes drop-shipping products in from China and who now wanted nothing more than to share "their secrets" with you... for a price.

Lucy Wilson is an Amazon #1
Lucy Wilson is an Amazon #1

Wow... that was a week. On the back of the fantastic free book promo that Candy Jar Publishing ran for World Book Day/World Book Week, Lucy Wilson: Curse of the Mirror Clowns found its way into the top 150 free books on Amazon and all the way to #1 in a few categories.

Travelling the Vortex review
Travelling the Vortex review "Curse of the Mirror Clowns"

One of the best things about writing stories set in the Haisman Universe and the world of "Classic Doctor Who" is how massively passionate the fandom is. I've referred to it before as being given access to the best toybox in the world, but that doesn't ever mean the toys are mine. I'm a firm believer that stories, once told, can take on a life of their own. Characters like Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart, William Travers, Dame Anne Bishop, Lucy Wilson and Hobo Kostinen, all have a life beyond the words written down on the page. If I'm lucky, very lucky, the stories that I write live on past then in the minds and memories of the people who read them.

DLS Reviews talks Shadows and Teeth
DLS Reviews talks Shadows and Teeth

DLS Reviews is one of the most in-depth book review sites I've ever seen and I'm really pleased to see the positive response they've had to Shadows and Teeth...

The Magpye in Geek Syndicate Magazine
The Magpye in Geek Syndicate Magazine

Rebuilding my website has given me the opportunity, or more accurately the excuse, to Google my older books and search old reviews or bits of marketing that might be interesting. Today I found this copy of Geek Syndicate magazine from back in 2014 that includes a sample chapter from The Magpye.

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