RESEARCH

My PurePortal Research profile at Coventry University. This contains all my published research and is updated whenever I publish a new academic article in a journal. It also features many of my other publications, like reviews, and fiction.

Published in the British Fantasy Society Journal number 15, this paper explores the commonalities of fantasy writing. 

Luna Press published Worlds Apart: Worldbuilding in Fantasy and Science Fiction. Chapter 2, is my articles, 'Fragmented Worlds: Glimpse Morsels for the Imagination.' The book won the BSFA Award for Non Fiction.

Published in the British Fantasy Society Journal number 18, this paper looks at the concept of the megatext in fantasy and how it has changed since it was first defined.

An academic paper published in the British Fantasy Society Journal 16 that explores the nature of 'official' fiction in a commercial franchise and how fan content can be 'canon'.

I completed my Ph. D. in 2017. The title was, An Investigation and Application of Writing Structures and World Development Techniques in Science Fiction and Fantasy.

Published in the British Fantasy Society Journal 14, this paper looks at the way in which myths are part of modern fiction and can be dangerous.

My 2019 article for the National Association of Writers in Education Journal, Writing in Practice.

A co-authored paper with Caitlin Orr published in the British Fantasy Society Journal 16. This deals with the way specific 'friendly' monsters are used in different popular texts.   

Published in June 2023, this dictionary is a compilation of influential fantasy authors and concepts from past and present.