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Writer's profile for 'Gavin J. Carr' | |
Email address | gjc183@hotmail.com |
City | Loch Lomond |
State | Dunbartonshire |
Country | Scotland |
Birthdate | 3 July 1975 |
Sex | Male |
Marital state | Engaged |
Profession | Office Manager, Public Relations Office. |
Interests | Literature, History, Martial Arts, Comics, Films |
Short bio | I live near Loch Lomond, Scotland with my fiancé Julie. By day I work within the Royal Navy's press office in Scotland, and during my spare time I am working towards a BA(Hons) in Literature from the Open University. |
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PERFECT STEALTH (standard:science fiction, 4177 words) | |||
Author: Gavin J. Carr | Added: Jan 13 2005 | Views/Reads: 3615/2271 | Story vote: 0.00 (0 votes) |
A homage to H.G. Wells. Doctor Gary McQueen cracks the secret of invisibility with disasterous results. | |||
SPLINTER GROUP (standard:Satire, 2139 words) | |||
Author: Gavin J. Carr | Added: Jan 18 2005 | Views/Reads: 3898/2369 | Story vote: 0.00 (0 votes) |
There was only so much people (his people) could take. Only so much abuse. Only so much deliberate discrimination. Only so much disregard and snide remarks. Well, they would take no more. It was time to strike back. | |||
Team Work (standard:science fiction, 3203 words) | |||
Author: Gavin J. Carr | Added: Jan 31 2005 | Views/Reads: 3703/2279 | Story vote: 0.00 (0 votes) |
You have to be ruthless in business. A future corporation comes up with a unique way of creating cut-throat employees. | |||
QUENCH (standard:science fiction, 997 words) | |||
Author: Gavin J. Carr | Added: Feb 04 2005 | Views/Reads: 3455/2253 | Story vote: 0.00 (0 votes) |
They could do nothing against the invaders. They had appeared unexpectedly: a fleet of starships one hundred and fifty strong, souls as frigid and empty as the void from which they had come. | |||
MUTINY AT MOUNTROCK (standard:humor, 1052 words) | |||
Author: Gavin J. Carr | Added: Feb 16 2005 | Views/Reads: 3645/2317 | Story vote: 0.00 (0 votes) |
The residents of a care home get back at the abusive staff in a most unusual way. | |||
HOLMLAND SECURITY (standard:Satire, 1052 words) | |||
Author: Gavin J. Carr | Added: Feb 23 2005 | Views/Reads: 3884/2418 | Story vote: 0.00 (0 votes) |
It all started with Agnes Richmond. She was a nice old gal. One of the more sprightly residents, always ready to lend a hand. But one September morning, just before craft time, she was found in her apartment, beaten half to death, her room turned upsid | |||
This One's Got Your Name On It (standard:science fiction, 4103 words) | |||
Author: Gavin J. Carr | Added: Feb 28 2005 | Views/Reads: 3377/2263 | Story vote: 0.00 (0 votes) |
The past finally catches up to a veteran of a future war. | |||
The Survivor (standard:science fiction, 996 words) | |||
Author: Gavin J. Carr | Added: Mar 06 2005 | Views/Reads: 3737/2414 | Story vote: 0.00 (0 votes) |
A comet is heading towards the earth. One man sits back and waits, for he knows the secret of surival. | |||
Critique (standard:Satire, 1497 words) | |||
Author: Gavin J. Carr | Added: Mar 10 2005 | Views/Reads: 4268/2474 | Story vote: 0.00 (0 votes) |
A man, a gun, a class room full of hostages - we've seen it all before. | |||
Some Things Last Forever (standard:Ghost stories, 3721 words) | |||
Author: Gavin J. Carr | Added: Mar 16 2005 | Views/Reads: 3729/2327 | Story vote: 0.00 (0 votes) |
Some things never fade. Some things never die. Some things last forever. | |||
Brother Bernard's Requiem (standard:fantasy, 8110 words) | |||
Author: Gavin J. Carr | Added: Mar 26 2005 | Views/Reads: 3384/2231 | Story vote: 0.00 (0 votes) |
1535 - King Henry VIII will shortly begin the dissolution of the monasteries. A monk travels to Istanbul on a mission of hope, to find a relic and stop the destruction. | |||
Son of the Sands (standard:fantasy, 3643 words) | |||
Author: Gavin J. Carr | Added: Apr 03 2005 | Views/Reads: 3471/2288 | Story vote: 0.00 (0 votes) |
A man persues a lone figure over the desert. | |||
Got Any Twist? (standard:science fiction, 1185 words) | |||
Author: Gavin J. Carr | Added: Apr 12 2005 | Views/Reads: 3322/2235 | Story vote: 0.00 (0 votes) |
Blake Shaw, degenerate dealer and drop-out, makes his last sale to a twelve year old kid. | |||
The Swarm (standard:science fiction, 2143 words) | |||
Author: Gavin J. Carr | Added: May 17 2005 | Views/Reads: 3786/2495 | Story vote: 0.00 (0 votes) |
The Swarm - biological killing machines that will stop at nothing to conquer the universe. | |||
NC2-Dark Tide (standard:fantasy, 1837 words) | |||
Author: Gavin J. Carr | Added: Jun 24 2005 | Views/Reads: 3260/2214 | Story vote: 0.00 (0 votes) |
An insurance investigator makes a startling discovery on a beach in Alaska. | |||
The First Casualty (standard:other, 1499 words) | |||
Author: Gavin J. Carr | Added: Jul 15 2005 | Views/Reads: 3201/2198 | Story vote: 0.00 (0 votes) |
The first casualty of war is innocence. | |||
A Sweet Suspended Moment (standard:other, 1498 words) | |||
Author: Gavin J. Carr | Added: Nov 16 2005 | Views/Reads: 3304/2185 | Story vote: 0.00 (0 votes) |
There’s always something around the corner waiting to ambush you, some memory, or unexpected memento. | |||
Purgatory (standard:Flash, 748 words) | |||
Author: Gavin J. Carr | Added: May 08 2006 | Views/Reads: 3418/2 | Story vote: 0.00 (0 votes) |
One man's search for a way out of purgatory. | |||
Counterpoint (standard:Psychological fiction, 4488 words) | |||
Author: Gavin J. Carr | Added: Jun 04 2006 | Views/Reads: 3661/2358 | Story vote: 0.00 (0 votes) |
After we're gone we all become a character in someone else's story. | |||
Come the Day (standard:drama, 744 words) | |||
Author: Gavin J. Carr | Added: Jun 30 2006 | Views/Reads: 3477/0 | Story vote: 0.00 (0 votes) |
A man loses his mother and his faith. | |||
A Cruel and Unusual Punishment (standard:mystery, 2676 words) | |||
Author: Gavin J. Carr | Added: Sep 24 2006 | Views/Reads: 3780/2611 | Story vote: 0.00 (0 votes) |
Riley Fakney's last day on death row. | |||
The Treasures of Heaven (standard:drama, 2006 words) | |||
Author: Gavin J. Carr | Added: Oct 05 2008 | Views/Reads: 3368/2180 | Story vote: 0.00 (0 votes) |
It is the eighth century and on an island monastery off the west coast of Britain, Matthew, a young monk, must make a frightening choice. The Sea Wolves are coming - vicious raiders that will stop at nothing in their mission to plunder and kill. Mat | |||