Garth Owen

Biography

Garth Owen sprang fully formed from a Manchester side street. He's a huge fan of pulp and action books and films and wants to share his take on them with the world.

Series

The Lost Picture Show
Have you got your popcorn and bucket sized container of fizzy, sugary drink? Because the lights are about to go down and you're going to enjoy some films you never got to see.... Welcome to The Lost Picture Show, a series of adventure, horror and sci-fi tales taking popular movie sub-genres and twisting them around and remixing them.
Spinneyhead Shorts
Collections of short stories by Ian Pattinson and Garth Owen
Mongrels
After the chaos and carnage of the resource wars, the artificial intelligences known as the Patrons stepped in and saved humanity from itself. Earth is rebuilding itself, picking up the pieces after environmental disasters and violence destroyed so much, all the while knowing they're being watched over by powerful, unknowable machines. On the interface between man and machine are the Mongrels, cyborgs working for the Patrons to keep the peace, and sometimes more.
GOD Hunt
Price: $0.99 USD.
1point1 (Mongrels 2)
Price: $2.99 USD.

Books

Night and Fog 1: The March
Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 11,490. Language: British English. Published: October 1, 2023 by Ian Pattinson. Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » Adventure, Fiction » Science fiction » Space opera
In the dying days of planetary occupation, the invaders have marched prisoners into the barely explored interior of the main continent.
Northern Gorehouse: Zombies Vs Vampires on the Streets of Manchester (Lost Picture Show Book 4)
Series: The Lost Picture Show. Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 67,390. Language: British English. Published: October 1, 2023 by Ian Pattinson. Categories: Fiction » Horror » Undead
An ancient evil looks down on the city of Manchester. But there are things even immortals fear.
Pickers
Series: The Lost Picture Show. Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 67,390. Language: British English. Published: April 1, 2017 by Ian Pattinson. Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » Adventure, Fiction » Adventure » Action
In a climate changed future, Pickers travel the badlands between towns and farms, salvaging what they can from before the collapse. One family of Pickers is about to start a search for a prize that could change everything.
Alternative Facts: Totally True Tales Of Trump
Series: Spinneyhead Shorts. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 8,860. Language: English. Published: February 5, 2017 by Ian Pattinson. Categories: Fiction » Humor & comedy » Satire, Fiction » Humor & comedy » Black comedy
From an apocalypse of time travellers at the inauguration, to Trumpy Bear's feud with Ranger Smith over forest fire alarmism, and on, updating every week, the Alternative Facts mailing list offered flash fiction, satire and commentary on US and world politics for the first 100 days of the Trump Presidency
Chosen Ones / Source
Series: The Lost Picture Show ยท Spinneyhead Shorts. Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 4,340. Language: British English. Published: May 4, 2015 by Ian Pattinson. Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » Short stories, Fiction » Fantasy » Contemporary
What happens to teenaged heroes once they've saved the world, and what if the aliens gave their technology to an ordinary couple?
1point1 (Mongrels 2)
Series: Mongrels. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 17,520. Language: British English. Published: August 7, 2013 by Ian Pattinson. Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » Adventure
Barker and his partner Ennis are investigating the death of a young man found shot in a long abandoned building. They have no witnesses, no identification and few leads. Until a DNA test brings back an exact match to another body found two months earlier in another city.
GOD Hunt
Series: Mongrels. Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 7,370. Language: English. Published: February 25, 2013 by Ian Pattinson. Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » Adventure
Tammy, Tatiana and Miko- cyborgs working for a mysterious artificial intelligence- must infiltrate a secret Eastern European base where combat robots are being built and sold to the highest bidder. But has someone, or something, already killed everyone in the underground complex?
Slashed
Series: The Lost Picture Show. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 30,540. Language: English. Published: April 9, 2011 by Ian Pattinson. Categories: Fiction » Horror » General
A house with a grisly history. The killer who calls it home. Eight teens planning a party. But who's hunting who? Warden's Lodge has a blood soaked history. Empty for over twenty years, the locals fear what they think lives there. When eight teenagers turn up, determined to have a party in the lodge, blood can't be far away. In one long, violent night the lodge is going to claim more lives.