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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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Latest Release

The Best Christmas Ever

Out Now

The George Kostinen Mystery
Lucy Wilson: Curse of the Mirror Clowns
The Dark
Lucy Wilson: Viva Las Llantwit

Latest News and Blog Posts

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.

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.

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".

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.

Choices
Choices

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

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