SimonKJones

A coming-of-age story about a snake girl called Kay and her shape-shifting friend who accidentally uncover a conspiracy and wind up changing the world.*****Kay is a sarcastic, ordinary high school girl who enjoys her weekends and doesn't think much about anything. Kay is also a green-skinned, reptilian-human variant. In her world, all children born on any given day look the same, all over the world. Nobody knows why. There are extreme mutations: tentacles, wings, fur, horns, and abilities to leap tall buildings or breathe fire. That's just how it's always been and Kay thinks nothing of it, until she meets Cal: a shape-shifter who is on the run and needs her help to uncover what's really going on.Wattys 2016 winner: Trailblazers category "This book is Jumper. . meets terminator... meets...twilight zone." shadowgirlzzzContent warning: This story includes themes of bullying and prejudice.…

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Love writing but find it hard to finish projects? Looking for a new approach to telling stories? Embracing serialisation can help you be more productive and get more readers.In this guide I share what I've learned while writing A Day of Faces, my serial which hit #7 in the science fiction chart here on Wattpad, won a 2016 Watty Award and has had over 146,000 reads.My current Wattpad serial is The Mechanical Crown - come join the adventure!You can find out more about my projects at simonkjones.com and support my writing on Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/simonkjones…

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25 years in the business. Nothing funny about that.…

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Greg was an unusually foul-mouthed and clever mouse. After watching Planet of the Apes, he decided he'd had quite enough.This is my entry for the science fiction Challenge 19 - It All Started With A..., which required me to use the opening line: "My only chance of escape involved a small, dark tunnel guarded by..."…

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A noirish murder investigation in which a Detective gets a new partner and doesn't like it one bit.…

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Very short superhero sketch with a twist of dark humour.…

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The third wave of mechanisation will drastically alter our societies. It's already started, with automated supermarket checkouts and developments in self-driving vehicles. Which side will you be on?…

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A scientist makes an unexpected discovery - but what does his invention actually do?…