MEET THE TEAM

Like all great quests, I can’t do this alone, and so I've turned to trusted and talented friends to help get this rich vein of engaging, adventurous, humorous and sophisticated stories into the imaginations of boys missing out on
the wonders and benefits of reading.

LOQUACIOUS McCARBRE

Ken Boyter writes under the name of Loquacious McCarbre and is a writer and performer, co-creator and host of the fantasy YouTube channel The Bottled Imp, and created the Edra Tales fantasy world to showcase his literature, spoken word audiobooks, visuals, and creative projects.

His epic illustrated medieval fantasy verse storybook The Legends of Grimous Ironblood, recounts the legendary myths, tales and stories of healer and Arch-Mage Grimous Ironblood, with over fifty black and white illustrations by Rich Nairn.

Also in 2020, he wrote, narrated and created the short five minute animation film The Glass Princess that tells of sibling rivalry, a struggle for power, extreme cruelty, and extreme kindness. The film was awarded ‘Runners Up’ in the Southern Maltings 5 Minute Film competition where they had over 900 entries from around the world.

To date, Ken has written over 20 fantasy short stories for his patrons who support his creative projects. He is planning to publish the first volume of Edra Tales: Volume 1 and has had a contemporary short story in all seven of the Hertford Writers’ Circle fiction anthologies.

His short story The Glamarye and the Changeling was published in the weird and speculative fiction ‘Exterus’ anthology, edited and published by G. Owen Wears.

In 2021 and 2023 Ken teamed up with Rich Nairn to create the Story Spark Cards Mythical Creatures Deck and Story Spark Cards Magical Objects Deck. These are illustrated fantasy description cards for writers, games masters, storytellers, and teachers to help spark ideas and imagination.

He is planning to launch his first fantasy novel Of Magic & Monkeys at the Herts Book Fest in May and publish his first gamebook A Fist-Full of Flesh in October. He is also developing an audience interactive stage show, Devilish Dilemmas, with Dave Van Den Bergh, where the audience choose how the story unfolds.

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RICH NAIRN - Stumps

Stumps is Loquacious' long suffering apprentice whereas Richard Nairn had a misspent childhood glued to Warner Bros and Disney cartoons which led to an obsession that continues to this very day. Richard attended the Kent Institute of Art and Design in Canterbury. It soon became clear that he had no intention of embarking on a career as a “proper” artist and so he is a full-time cartoonist and caricaturist, sometimes to the rich and famous.

To see his work and find out more about Rich, click the link:
www.theartfuldoodler.co.uk

SALLY STRAW

Sally Straw is a Philosophy, Religious and Ehtic teacher and a first class proofreader and editor.
She worked on the Story Spark Cards and and all of the Tales of Wonder Edra Short Stories as well as Of Magic & Monkeys, catching any typos and errors and help shape these creative projects.

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