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Location: United Kingdom

Member Since: Dec. 15, 2010

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Ian Pattinson

Publisher info

Ian Pattinson was born in Bridgend, Wales, and has lived in Brazil, Lancashire, Cumbria, Manchester and now Salford.

Where to find Ian Pattinson online

Website: http://spinneyhead.co.uk/
Twitter: @spinneyhead
Facebook: Facebook profile
Wattpad: IanPattinson
Blog: http://spinneyhead.co.uk/spinneyhead-blog/

Where to buy in print

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Night and Fog 1: The March by Garth Owen

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) by Garth Owen

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 by Garth Owen

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 by Garth Owen

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 by Garth Owen & Ian Pattinson

Series: The Lost Picture Show · 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) by Garth Owen

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 by Garth Owen

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 by Garth Owen

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.

Series

The Lost Picture Show by Garth Owen
& Ian Pattinson

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.

Slashed

Price: $2.99 USD.

Chosen Ones / Source

Price: $0.99 USD.

Pickers

Price: $3.99 USD.

Northern Gorehouse: Zombies Vs Vampires on the Streets of Manchester (Lost Picture Show Book 4)

Price: $3.99 USD.

Rain and Bullets by Ian Pattinson

Manchester based crime and action series, featuring retired MI6 operative Irwin Baker and his reluctant Police liaison Kay Wood.

So Much To Answer For

Price: Free!

Tiger

Price: $0.99 USD.

Kettled

Price: $0.99 USD.

A Death In Didsbury

Price: $3.99 USD.

Spinneyhead Shorts by Ian Pattinson
& Garth Owen

Collections of short stories by Ian Pattinson and Garth Owen

Spinneyhead Shorts 1- Boyfriend Season

Price: $0.99 USD.

Spinneyhead Shorts 2 - Fast Fictions

Price: $0.99 USD.

Chosen Ones / Source

Price: $0.99 USD.

Alternative Facts: Totally True Tales Of Trump

Price: $2.99 USD.

Mongrels by Garth Owen

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

A Death In Didsbury by Ian Pattinson

Series: Rain and Bullets. Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 47,540. Language: British English. Published: February 25, 2019 . Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Police Procedural, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Spies & espionage

(4.00 from 1 review)

When a woman is shot dead on a quiet street of trendy shops, Detective Sergeant Kay Wood is reunited with an old acquaintance, and has to work with retired intelligence analyst Irwin Baker to help them out.

Kettled by Ian Pattinson

Series: Rain and Bullets. Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 10,310. Language: British English. Published: January 4, 2016 . Categories: Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Crime thriller, Fiction » Mystery & detective » General

(4.00 from 1 review)

The Tories are in Manchester, and thousands have turned out to protest their presence. In the midst of the peaceful protest, a small group of hired troublemakers are planning to cause trouble. They want to start a riot, to distract from the demo's message, and usher in new laws. With the reluctant help of Kay Wood, Irwin must track down the troublemakers before it's too late.

Chosen Ones / Source by Garth Owen & Ian Pattinson

What happens to teenaged heroes once they've saved the world, and what if the aliens gave their technology to an ordinary couple?

Spinneyhead Shorts 2 - Fast Fictions by Ian Pattinson

Series: Spinneyhead Shorts. Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 5,900. Language: English. Published: April 3, 2011 . Categories: Fiction » Anthologies » Short stories - single author

Thirteen tales- from flash fiction to short stories- from Ian Pattinson. Encounter battling aliens, creepy graffiti, combat rats and the US Navy's least popular ship, amongst others. What they lack in words, these stories make up for in ideas.

Spinneyhead Shorts 1- Boyfriend Season by Ian Pattinson

Series: Spinneyhead Shorts. Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 5,240. Language: English. Published: March 14, 2011 . Categories: Fiction » Romance » Short stories

James is looking for love, so it's good that the season's turned and the girls are hunting boyfriends. Two short romantic comedies about speed dating, blogging, drinking after work and sex.

So Much To Answer For by Ian Pattinson

Series: Rain and Bullets. Price: Free! Words: 13,040. Language: English. Published: February 16, 2011 . Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » General

(4.00 from 1 review)

Tommy Hill walked back into Manchester on the tail of a thunderstorm, promising easy money and atonement for his former sins. Joe Wilkinson doesn't want anything to do with his former friend, but it's not going to work out that way. When Hill turns up dead the Police think Joe's involved, and Hill's business partners think he's holding their money.

Tiger by Ian Pattinson

Series: Rain and Bullets. Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 10,750. Language: English. Published: February 8, 2011 . Categories: Fiction » Thriller & suspense » General

(4.00 from 1 review)

When a MI6 operation in Paris is endangered by a kidnapping in Manchester Six have to call in an operative who has retired to the city. Irwin Baker is trying to lead a quiet life, but he can't say no when he's asked to save a mother and child. With his reluctant Police contact in tow he has only four hours to find them.

Sounds of Soldiers by Ian Pattinson

Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 36,440. Language: English. Published: February 1, 2011 . Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » General

Robert Jones is back from the war. It's been five years. Paris has been flattened, nuclear explosions have lit up the Mediterranean and the US military has destroyed itself fighting imaginary enemies. And Robert was there through it all. How can a man who witnessed some of the most important events of recent history adapt to peace?

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