R.W. Finlan

Richard William Patrick Finlan was born in 1950, near Newport in South Wales. He is married to Josanne and has two daughters, Sinead and Kelly, as well as two grandsons, Iestyn and Ieuan. He grew up in Sebastopol, near Pontypool. After working as an apprentice butcher and a chemical process technician, he became Sport and Features Editor of The Pontypool Free Press.

Richard has written a series of sci-fi fantasy novels, including collaborations with Darren Powis. Both also created and wrote a series of spoof news stories inspired by their journalism careers.

Richard plays blues and classical guitar and writes songs and poetry. He also creates models of World War II fighting vehicles. He enjoys the history of World War II, along with Roman history, sci-fi, fantasy, and horror, and is an avid reader. He wants to retire somewhere warm, where he can laze around, drink wine, and smoke good cigars.

Time Is.. Time Was..

By: R.W. Finlan

Bill an ordinary young guy in his early 20's suddenly finds himself catapulted from the London of 1972 to the London of 2972, where he discovers his cousin has been fighting in a terrible war on a distant planet and that he has been seconded into that fight. Encountering an alien race called the Xon, inventors of the time travel machines, Bill learns that much of the Earth army is made up of soldiers declared missing or killed in action in wars both past and yet to come. The effects of the war and the travelling back and forth through time have a profound effect on Bill and his attitudes and outlook on life change him. having fallen in love with Kalera, one of the elegant Xon females at the ...