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Stephen Marley is an author and video game designer. Marley is best known for his Chia Black Dragon and Judge Dredd novels, along with his work on the video game Martin Gothic: Unification.

Life[]

In the Contributors section of the Faction Paradox anthology Burning with Optimism's Flames, Marley claims that he "came it existence fully formed from the head of Zeus in Walsall in 1813. He was one of the founders of the Rapscallion Club, but after he was found to be connected to the Scarlet Bloomers in 1851 he was transported to Van Diemen's Land. Years later, he became an inventor, and he moved to New York in 1921". This (somewhat obviously) is a facetious introduction, though it shows Marley's writing style.

Marley was born in Derby, England to Irish parents and was educated in Derby and Nottingham. His academic career included Social Anthropology, Sociology of Science, and ancient Chinese science (which helped influence the Chia Black Dragon series) before he left the academic field to write full-time in 1985.

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Writing style[]

Marley's work features a darkly comedic/madcap writing style. Warping of history into strange contortions is common.

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Notable works[]

Chia Black Dragon[]

  • Spirit Mirror
  • Mortal Mask
  • Shadow Sisters

Miscellany[]

  • Dreddlocked - Marley's debut Judge Dredd novel. Tells of a psychic maniac bringing film characters to life.
  • Dread Dominion - a novel showing Judge Dredd facing off against a more twisted and vile version of himself from an alternate universe.
  • Managra - Marley's only Doctor Who novel. Tells of the Fourth Doctor and Sarah Jane Smith visiting a world comprised of a twisted version of European folklore and history.
  • Bibilophage (in Wonders) - a short story about the "Library of Everything".
  • Waters-of-Starling (in Wonders) - a short story about the weakening of the cosmos in the far future.
  • Knitworld (in Pefect Timing 2)
  • Count (Baron) Dracula and Baron (Count) Frankenstein (in Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine)
  • All the Fun of the Fear (in Burning with Optimism's Flames) - a Faction Paradox short story featuring the protagonists of Bibilophage.
  • The Heresy
  • Young Sherlock Holmes and the Mansion of Doom (in Tales of the Great Detectives)
  • Mary Messiah
  • Apocryphon (in Tales from the Vatican Vaults)

See also[]

  • Dave Stone

Sources[]

  • Wikipedia
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