Aaron Clarke


Biography

Aaron Clarke was born in Queensland on 24th January 1973, the middle child of two sisters. Like many other children, he watch a lot of television. Then one day he changed the channel to the ABC and saw "A Midsummer Night's Dream". Immediately taken aback by the lyrical beauty, he wanted to emulate Shakespeare.

Aaron enrolled at James Cook University to study chemistry and biochemistry. In his second year he experienced his first psychotic episode and was hospitalised for several months. A year later he returned to JCU as an English student and started writing short stories and poems, which have been published in student publications and on the Internet

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Books

The Flowers of Spring    by Aaron Clarke
Price: $0.99 USD. 21310 words. Published on July 29, 2012. Fiction.

‘The Flowers of Spring’ represents Clarke at his finest, exploring the corrosive effects of money and the consequences for those who obtain it.
The Cat    by Aaron Clarke
Price: $0.99 USD. 24740 words. Published on April 11, 2012. Fiction.

In the distant future, a man downloads an ancient novel and instead of instantly transferring the novel into his brain, the man does something profound, he reads the text.
Upon The Rock    by Aaron Clarke
Price: $0.99 USD. 49340 words. Published on November 24, 2011. Fiction.

Upon the Rock is a blend of narrative voices and styles that tells the story of Marcus Baird, a gay man from Townsville, and Aemilius, a character from a novel set in Ancient Rome written by Aaron J Clarke.
La Mer    by Aaron Clarke
Price: Free! 800 words. Published on September 5, 2011. Fiction.

Sur la plage un homme et une femme découvrissent la fragilité d’amour et de vie.
The Sea    by Aaron Clarke
Price: Free! 1030 words. Published on August 23, 2011. Fiction.

On the beach a man and a woman discover the fragility of love and life.
The Sinner's Kiss    by Aaron Clarke
Price: $0.99 USD. 92040 words. Published on March 16, 2011. Fiction.

In 'The Sinner’s Kiss', Clarke tells the story of betrayal, revenge in France and Morocco during the fin de siècle.
Adagio    by Aaron Clarke
Price: Free! 1110 words. Published on September 11, 2010. Fiction.

0.5 star(1.50 from 2 reviews)
In the confines of a bedroom, a tragedy would be enacted between former lovers that would lead to guilt and recrimination.
Les ombres de la nuit    by Aaron Clarke
Price: Free! 1070 words. Published on September 11, 2010. Fiction.

(1.00 from 1 review)
On a winter's night, people gather around a group of bridge players. Unbeknownst to them, in the corner of the capacious chamber, two former lovers meet: their objective to subjugate the other.
Epiphany of Life    by Aaron Clarke
Price: $0.99 USD. 27930 words. Published on August 14, 2010. Fiction.

Adam Carlson takes for his research topic an unfinished novel by Noelene Richards, a friend of Virginia Woolf. Trying to finish this extraordinary masterpiece, Adam begins to obsess about the book and its author, an obsession compounded by drugs. This clever debut novel by Aaron J Clarke, a book within a book, plays on perceptions of reality and identity and the possibilities of redemption.

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Smashwords book reviews by Aaron Clarke

  • All I Want on Sep. 18, 2010
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    Brilliant piece of writing full of vivid descriptions of the landscape. The writer conveys the period convincingly; moreover, she writes as if she were living during the 1900s.