Robert Wingfield used to sleep in the technology department of a large organisation between 9 and 5 each day, (except on Fridays when they woke him at 4 and sent him home early), but he finally got tired with this taxing routine and left his job for good. A prolific writer, to date he has over twenty works, electronically and in paperback, available through various outlets—all can be tracked through www.robertwingfieldauthor.co.uk.
His work covers several genres:
Satirical sci-fi novels, 'The Dan Provocations', hopefully having you laughing out loud (or cringing, when you realize how closely satire matches reality).
Gothic chillers in the form of the 'Ankerita' series (The Seventh House) featuring a Tudor anchoress reborn in modern times.
Travelogues in the 'One Man in a Bus' series, currently cover Sicily, North Cyprus and Syros in the Cyclades.
Other short stories with a supernatural flavor ('The Black Dog of Peel' is free for you on this site).
For the younger reader, 'The Mystery of the Lake' and 'the Mystery of the Midnight Sun' have a Swallows and Amazons feel, and are suitable for even your grey-haired old great-aunt.
'The Adventures of Stefan' kick off with 'Stefan and the Sand Witch', a modern day fairy-tale, and 'Stefan and the Spirit of the Woods', an eco-fairytale.
For those who have elderly relatives telling them about embarrassing ailments, you need 'Everyone's Guide to not being an Old Person', a gentle satire on what people do when they get old, and how to avoid it.
For those struggling authors, he runs The Inca Project, a set of free resources to help you get your works into print. He also provides formatting and editing services through the project, to ensure you get the best result from your masterpiece. See www.incaproject.co.uk
He has written many reviews on management books and was a member of the Chartered Management Institute and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers when he was working and could afford the subscriptions.
His other interests include digital forensics, nature and building conservation, photography, and resisting emotional blackmail from his Labrador.
Favorite quotes:
Don't give up your day job... whoops too late.
(Robert Wingfield)
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The Seventh House
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In Tudor times, Ankerita killed her husband for abusing her, and his family walled her up in an anchorite cell for the rest of her life. Not content with that, they eventually gave her a poison which paralyzed her, and then buried her alive.
Her soul remained suspended between this life and the next for centuries, gradually developing in power and determination to escape, until a couple of young villains come to deface the ruin where she is buried. One of them, unknown, to him, is psychic.
She tricks him and escapes, but a bond remains between them. The boy is struggling to regain control of his body as Ankerita sets off on a series of trials in this strange modern world to which she must adjust, without official identity or support.
Ankerita's journey takes her through long shifts in a cheap hotel, where she meets a disinterested friend and a ghostly, amorous highwayman, through a spell with a debauched heavy metal rock band, and into a desolate house with a group of homeless people. She has a flirtation with an overzealous policeman, and is always on the run from would-be rapists and slavers.
But finally she must face the destiny, this modern day odyssey is drawing her ever towards…
Título : Ankerita
EAN : 9780463101872
Editorial : Robert Wingfield
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