Troy Dennison


Biography

Troy is a professional make-up artist, artist, writer, actor and X-Box junkie.
He is the creator of the Tales From The Lounge and Dragon Days web-comics and his independant film work includes the movies The Clown, Last Time She Lived and Furor.
Troy was born and grew up in Staffordshire. His interest in films grew from an early age, influenced by seeing Star Wars:A New Hope when he was nine and from the stories his Great-Uncle would tell him about classic monster movies like King Kong and Dracula.
Troy has a background in art and theatre and trained as a Make-up artist - the prospectus for the course excited him and he lost no time in learning the skills which also included photography, costume and wig-making. Troy is fully versed in every aspect of make-up from face painting to HD film work. As an actor Troy has found himself working opposite his own make-up creations on several occasions.
As an artist Troy has produced work as diverse as web-comics, fine art, watercolours, graffiti and theatrical sets and he considers make-up to be an extension of that artwork using the human form as the canvas.
Troy published his first story Monsters Are Real in the eZine 13 Human Souls and has since gone on to write and publish several short stories.
Troy divides his time between his passion for his artwork, writing, acting, make-up, playing guitar and spending time with his three children, he can be found playing Black-Ops and HALO with his girlfriend and lives in Staffordshire with his crazy dog Theo.

Where to find Troy Dennison online


Books

The Implant    by Troy Dennison
Price: Free! 5580 words. Published on March 1, 2012. Fiction.

Have you ever wished that you could learn something in your sleep? Overnight you can do something new - instant knowledge on demand. The Implant is all that and more, but instant knowledge comes at a cost...
Dead Girls Don't Dance    by Troy Dennison
Price: Free! 2720 words. Published on December 12, 2011. Fiction.

When you're treading the fine line between attraction and single-minded obsession, a few brutal deaths shouldn't stand in the way of true love...
Hunters    by Troy Dennison
Price: $1.99 USD. 62200 words. Published on October 13, 2011. Fiction.

The ultimate biological terror. The ultimate reality television. A deadly virus, a city under quarantine and a team of highly trained soldiers sent in to eradicate those infected. The Hunters are fighting for their lives against overwhelming odds and the whole thing is being televised in all its high definition blood drenched glory.
Hunger Moon    by Troy Dennison
Price: Free! 7350 words. Published on April 16, 2011. Fiction.

There is a severed arm on top of the television set and I’m reasonably certain that it does not belong to me... A man's home is his castle, his fortress, his place to escape the world outside. Attacked, imprisoned, clinging to life, counting the moments until his assailants return and terrified of the fate that awaits when they do...
Requiem For Golgotha    by Troy Dennison
Price: Free! 5740 words. Published on January 30, 2011. Fiction.

(5.00 from 1 review)
An exclusive Hollywood restaurant. Two old friends. He is almost two thousand years old. She is the demon who may hold the key to his damnation or salvation.
The Day The Earth Died    by Troy Dennison
Price: Free! 2360 words. Published on January 16, 2011. Fiction.

(5.00 from 2 reviews)
The end of the world is at hand and humanity races for survival in the face of an extinction level event that will wipe out all life on Earth.
The Girl in the Gucci Dress    by Troy Dennison
Price: Free! 2030 words. Published on January 3, 2011. Fiction.

(2.00 from 1 review)
A chance meeting in a bar with a beautiful girl leads a lonely man on the ultimate journey of love, hope, redemption and brutal murder.
X is for X-mas    by Troy Dennison
Price: Free! 2300 words. Published on December 24, 2010. Fiction.

(4.00 from 3 reviews)
He is a ghost, a whisper, a rumour, a myth... And on a cold winter's night he is a man determined to reach his target inside an isolated, snow bound house. Spy, soldier, assassin, thief... X could be any of these...or all of them!
Gandalf    by Troy Dennison
Price: Free! 2380 words. Published on December 12, 2010. Fiction.

(5.00 from 1 review)
This short story has nothing at all to do with the Lord of the Rings... Sorry but there are no Orcs, Elves or Hobbits. Instead it features a despotic film director, an academy award nominated actor and a beautiful young girl on the troubled set of a horror movie. What happens when you throw a touch of voodoo into this volatile mix? Let's just say "lights, Camera...zombies!"
Monsters Are Real    by Troy Dennison
Price: Free! 1100 words. Published on December 6, 2010. Fiction.

0.25 star(4.33 from 3 reviews)
Children believe that monsters are real; the vampire, the werewolf, the thing under the bed. Horrible creatures that only exist in our heads. As we grow up we forget. And sometimes there are real monsters that wear a benign face and a friendly smile - monsters do exist.

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