Simon John Cox

Simon John Cox was born in Tunbridge Wells, has a degree in chemistry, a job in marketing and a black belt in Taekwon-Do. He has been writing fiction for as long as he can remember. He has had various short stories published, and is editing his second novel whilst trying to interest agents in his first. Simon is a founder member of the Tunbridge Wells Writers group, and is currently starring as the protagonist in his autobiography.

Website: http://www.simonjohncox.com
Twitter: SimonJohnCox

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• The Bicycle Messenger on March 02, 2010
  
  This is an excellent short story - well written, well constructed and with a central premise that was both unexpected and very clever. Some of Smith's turns of phrase are wonderful. I really enjoyed it.
  
• Frank on Oct. 28, 2011
  
  I really enjoyed this short piece. It is very much an action adventure story, and it is firmly plot-driven, but it doesn't sacrifice character for plot. The protagonist - craggy anti-hero Frank - certainly doesn't come across as one-dimensional. It does well at building an atmosphere of tension early on, and there are some nice touches to grab the reader's attention and keep those pages turning - I particularly liked this line (which appears early, before we really even know who Frank is): "He only needed the job to maintain a low profile for at least a few more months; otherwise he would have killed them all already." It's a science fiction story, and I should mention that it deals well with the element of sci-fi that irritates me the most when done badly - the explanation of future technologies. Tony Healey incorporates numerous elements of a future universe that are completely alien to our time, but he does so with subtlety and with an understanding that the reader doesn't need to be told exactly what the "Terran Union" is or how a "sonic grenade" works. We're readers, so it's a given that we have imaginations - I was glad to see that he encouraged his readers to use them. Overall I found this story to be engaging and entertaining, and I look forward to seeing more from this author.
  
• Frank on Oct. 28, 2011
  
  I really enjoyed this short piece. It is very much an action adventure story, and it is firmly plot-driven, but it doesn't sacrifice character for plot. The protagonist - craggy anti-hero Frank - certainly doesn't come across as one-dimensional. It does well at building an atmosphere of tension early on, and there are some nice touches to grab the reader's attention and keep those pages turning - I particularly liked this line (which appears early, before we really even know who Frank is): "He only needed the job to maintain a low profile for at least a few more months; otherwise he would have killed them all already." It's a science fiction story, and I should mention that it deals well with the element of sci-fi that irritates me the most when done badly - the explanation of future technologies. Tony Healey incorporates numerous elements of a future universe that are completely alien to our time, but he does so with subtlety and with an understanding that the reader doesn't need to be told exactly what the "Terran Union" is or how a "sonic grenade" works. We're readers, so it's a given that we have imaginations - I was glad to see that he encouraged his readers to use them. Overall I found this story to be engaging and entertaining, and I look forward to seeing more from this author.