Author name: John Allen

John is an award winning science fiction, horror and fantasy writer. He is also a public speaker and consultant and has worked with Time to Change - a campaign to end mental health stigma - and for Wellment - an organisation that delivers mental health at work training. He loves science fiction, fantasy and horror stories and novels. His work has appeared in Vector Magazine, Ink Pantry, Sci-Fi Bloggers, The Huffington Post and more. His short fantasy "Thanks for Applying" won an Honourable Mention Award in the Writers of the Future competition in 2017. HIs short horror "By the Boiler's Hand" was longlisted for the 2018 James White Award and won an Honourable Mention in the Writers of the Future competiton the same year. John has spoken at several events including the Nine Worlds Geekfest in London, Bristol Con 2018, and the Moorfields NHS Trust. He has delivered masterclasses on ending mental health stigma in the workplace for Time to Change. He lives with his wife and a pile of books in the UK.

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Name a Character in one of my Books!

If you’ve never been to Berlin, you should.  If you’ve already been to Berlin then you know what I’m talking about.  Having tramped about the streets of the German capital taking in all the city has to offer, I can safely say it’s one of the nicest, friendliest and fun cities to go to.  There […]

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Speaking, Writing, Listening

NEWS I discovered how to travel in time. No not really, but wouldn’t it be cool if I had?  I could be like Doctor Who parading around the universe in a little blue box and a trusty assistant by my side.  It’s been a whole month since my last update.  A month of helping people

C.J. Lyons and J.W.Allen
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Writers in May

NEWS I haven’t updated this blog and newsletter since April.  It’s not because I don’t love writing all about my life and everything going on within it (I do!).  It’s not because I don’t want to rant on about how great I am, (I do!) and how it’s only a matter of time until I

Spock died. Really.
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Spock & Terry Died and I was Temporarily Blind

NEWS As I’m typing this a solar eclipse is occurring across the UK.  Shame there’s too much cloud where I am to notice any difference.  It looks like just another grey morning in London.    First let’s get the boring dull stuff out of the way.  I received a nice email this week.  Since becoming a

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Beam Me Up

NEWS A friend of mine is fond of saying “You’re such a dork!”  She’s usually smiling when she says this, so I choose to take it as a compliment.  I may be a dork, but I’m a cheerful clever little dork.  This week I wrote what could be considered a very dorky blog post that

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