Hey there!
I’m Chris, your friendly neighborhood creative who’s all about throwing enough S!#t at the wall and seeing what sticks. My passion is writing, I am currently working on my second novel (and as of yet I'm still unsure if I am going to go further and publish these projects. Then there are zines, I love making digital zines and there are some around here somewhere for you to browse for free. With that welcome to my little corner of the internet!
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Who Am I?
British born and bred, with a slight hint of Italian heritage. I hail from a bard of the UK known as the Black Country which had a rich history of mining and industry in a bygone era. Birmingham is my closest city and has a rich history spanning from music icons like Ozzy Osborne to John Cadbury (the chocolate maker) to poet Benjamin Zephaniah. Now in my forties I m prioritising family and creativity, exploring new avenues while still searching for something not yet found.
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What I Love
- 📚 Books & Audiobooks: I must confess I am more of a writer than a reader but along with the works of Tolkien, I enjoy a good Clive Barker novel and currently listening to Dungeon Crawler Carl.
- 🎨 Creativity: Writing and zines, its what I do, not for a living but in my spare time and I have a lot of spare time. I wish I could draw or doogle but for me a blank page is a story not yet written. Whether it’s doodling, writing, or designing.
- 🍆 Gardening: Even though my garden is small I am lucky to have an allotment to where I try and grow various crops before they are inevitably devoured by slugs and snails. Ill take you on a tour one day.
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My Journey
Once upon a time, I [share a brief story about how you got into your field or what inspires you]. Fast forward to now, and I'm all about [what you’re currently focusing on or projects you’re working on].
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What Makes Me Tick?
There is something about taking nothing and making something. For me it is a blank page and filling it with words, creating stories, attempting poetry and digital collaging. Everyone has a story to tell, some more than others. I feel like I have a few and I have written a few. Starting back when I was 16 I wrote my first story and since then there has been a novel of novel sized works that I always started and put down, I’ve written screen plays and wrote scrips and now along with making zines I’ve rekindled my passion for writing, at the start of 2026 I finished the first draft to my latest book and yes it still needs work but it’s an accomplishment that after a few drafts I had it professionally printed and now it sits on my shelf. I still debate to myself if I want to attempt to get this book published and maybe that journey can weave itself into my YouTube channel, maybe someday, when I’m ready.
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Random Facts About Me
- 🌍 I’m not well traveled traveled and i can't drive.
- 🎵 Metal head by heart, anything from power and symphonic metal to industrial and alt-rock.
- 🤓 Sometimes I can predict the plot or outcome of a TV or movie long before the final credits roll.
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Thanks for stopping by my site! Feel free to explore and join me in this adventure. I typically don't use social media but there is the comment section on my YouTube channel GATES OF ARMANTAR and there is my GUESTBOOK here on the site (I do have INSTAGRAM and BLUESKY but rarely use them). If you are readying this, have watched a video, or have followed my work in any way… I appreciate you!
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Ps. There is a secret website hidden within this website (maybe this page, maybe not) that will take you to secret desktop. This desktop is linked in with my first two novels and is a little easter egg for myself and something I'll expand upon in the future... Maybe... Possibly...