WRITING
I have always had an interest in language and words, and have therefore experimented with various types of writing over the years. Most of my efforts remain unfinished or end up in the waste bin, but the following are examples of some that have been completed and still survive.

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All writing is copyright © Malcolm Brown.

BOTTSPYDER A fantasy novel, set in an alternate 15th century world populated by humans, magicians, witches, ghosts, dwarves, dragons, demons, angels and large, hairy, white apes that live in the ice regions and travel on sledges. The story concerns an evil, hunchbacked creature called Bottspyder who is half-human, and half-demon (mostly the left half). It follows his unconventional conception, painful birth and blood-drenched rise to power in a land called Erraflynn. The inevitable conflict between good and evil leads to shifting allegiances and confrontations that can only be resolved finally in the Battle of Firefell Field.

THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA A dramatisation of Gaston Leroux's famous story of the hideously deformed genius who lurks beneath the Paris Opera and becomes obsessed with a beautiful young singer. This is a play for actors, not the musical version, and was performed at the Leeds Civic Theatre by the Leeds Arts Centre. For details of performance rights, please contact me

THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER A dramatisation of Edgar Allan Poe's short story of the doomed House of Usher, which was performed at the Leeds Civic Theatre by the Leeds Arts Centre. For details of performance rights, please contact me

THE TWO QUEENS OF ENGLAND A spoof play by William Shakespeare, cobbled together from his known complete works, telling the previously unknown story of Queen Elizabeth I and Mary Queen of Scots. For details of performance rights, please contact me

THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY A dramatisation of Oscar Wilde's novel about the young man who retains his youth and beauty, while a painting of him ages and decays. This version was performed at the Leeds Civic Theatre by the Leeds Arts Centre. For details of performance rights, please contact me

LORD ARTHUR SAVILE'S CRIME A dramatisation of Oscar Wilde's short story about the young man who is told he is destined to commit a murder, and has to decide on his victim. This version was performed at the Carriageworks, Leeds, by the Leeds Arts Centre. For details of performance rights, please contact me