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Michael E. Lloyd

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Michael E. Lloyd is married with two grown daughters, and lives near Cambridge, England. He holds an MA degree in Spanish and French Language and Literature from the University of Oxford. He worked for nearly thirty years as a technical architect for a major computer systems company, but was delighted to escape into early retirement in 2002.

Mike Lloyd and fish
Mike captures the Creature
From the Black Lagoon (20 lbs!)
Mike now indulges in a lot of fishing and occasional private flying, as well as writing, reading, drawing, language tuition, music, bridge, and chess. He also develops and maintains personal web sites, including his own.

In 2003 he wrote his first full-length novel, Observation One: Singing of promises ..., published by Bewildering Stories in Autumn 2004. It is founded on one of his greatest passions: the truth and integrity embodied in the life and work of the American writer, singer and musician, Janis Ian. In 2004, he went on to produce a definitive study and celebration of Janis’ complete body of over 250 recorded songs.

Observation One: Singing of Promises was published in paperback by Bewildering Press in Summer 2007.

By popular demand, Mike completed the second novel in the series, Observation Two: Standing Divided, in 2006. It was serialised at Bewildering Stories from December 2006 to March 2007 and published in paperback by Bewildering Press in late 2008.

Subsequently, Observation Three: Changing Hearts was written in 2007-8, and began serialisation at Bewildering Stories in July 2008.

With that very latest project finished, Mike has again gone back to the lakes and the rivers, trying to capture an even bigger pike. He still hasn’t done that, just yet, but rest assured he will, and before the end of the decade with any luck. And he is, for now at least, not trying write anything of significance. So he may be back in the thick of reality for some time to come ...

Copyright © 2004-2008 by Michael E. Lloyd

Bewildering Stories bibliography

Observation One: Singing of promises ...

Synopsis
  1. Bilbao, Spain
  2. Transferral Sphere
  3. Santander, Spain
  4. Briefing Sphere
  5. Not Together Now
  6. Missioning Sphere
  7. Beyond the Spheres
  8. Benign Machines
  9. Rome, Italy; part 1
    part 2; part 3
  10. Collection Sphere
  11. Between the Lines
  1. Venice, Italy; part 1; part 2
  2. Behind the Tears
  3. Night Trains
  4. Prague, Czech Republic, part 1;
    part 2; part 3
  5. Council of the Regions, Dome
  6. Communication I
  7. Conference Room, Mater
  8. Brussels, Belgium, part 1;
    part 2; part 3
  9. Amsterdam, Netherlands
  10. Empowerment Sphere
  1. Paris, France, part 1; part 2;
    part 3; part 4
  2. All the World’s a Stooge
  3. London, England, part 1;
    part 2; part 3; part 4
  4. Mons, Belgium
  5. Strasbourg, France, part 1; part 2
  6. Handler’s Studio, Mater
  7. Changing Landscapes
  8. Madrid, Spain
  9. Communication II
  10. Captain’s Office, Mater
  11. Off the Road Again

Observation Two: Standing Divided
    The story to date
  1. Beverly Hills, California
  2. Bilbao, Spain
  3. Conference Room, Mater
  4. Venice, Italy, part 1; part 2
  5. Rome, Italy
  6. Copenhagen, Denmark, part 1; part 2
  7. Go West, Young Man
  8. Columbia, South Carolina, part 1;
    part 2; part 3; part 4
  9. Captain’s Office, Mater
  10. Barcelona, Spain
  11. Dublin, Irish Republic, part 1; part 2
  12. John F. Kennedy Welcomes You
  13. New York, New York
  1. True Grit, part 1; part 2; part 3
  2. All For One, part 1; part 2
  3. Council of the Regions, Dome
  4. Chief’s Office: Mater
  5. Without You, part 1; part 2
  6. Red Lodge, Montana
  7. Los Angeles, California, part 1; part 2
  8. Dubina, Texas
  9. San Francisco, California, part 1; part 2
  10. Mojave Desert, California
  11. The Bridge, part 1; part 2
  12. Plane Sailing, part 1; part 2
  13. Desert Storm
  14. Handlers’ Studio, Mater
  15. Time Out

Observation Three Table of Contents

Observation Three: Changing Hearts

by Michael E. Lloyd

table of contents

    The story to date
  1. Napa Valley, California, part 1; part 2
  2. Bay Area, California
  3. Much Ado
  4. Free and Easy
  5. Home Discomforts
  6. I Get Around, part 1; part 2
  7. Sacramento, California
  8. Murky Depths
  9. Los Angeles, California, part 1; part 2; part 3
  10. Las Vegas, Nevada, part 1; part 2
  11. Conference Room, Mater, part 1; part 2
  12. Thinking Big, part 1; part 2
  13. Meet You Midway, part 1; part 2
  14. A Lowly Summit, part 1; part 2
  15. Rises and Falls
  16. London, England
  17. Some Like It Hot
  1. Behind Closed Doors, part 1; part 2
  2. Chief Surveyor’s Office, Mater
  3. New Orleans, Louisiana
  4. Council of the Regions, Dome
  5. In Public View
  6. Captain’s Office, Mater
  7. Good Day Sunshine, part 1; part 2
  8. As You Were!, part 1; part 2
  9. Now You See It ...
  10. Stirred, Not Shaken
  11. Society’s Child, part 1; part 2
  12. Small Slices of Big Apple Pie
  13. Dublin, Irish Republic
  14. Venice, Italy
  15. Spoleto, Italy
  16. Handler’s Studio, Mater
  17. Heading for Spain
  18. Hearts and Minds


Poetry Never Alone
The Bewildering Stories 2006 Christmas Song
Quo Vadis?
Other
Prose
Fiction
The Three Bears and the Intruder
Adventures in Unsettling Times
For the Conference
Big Night Out (in 2 parts)
Drop to Drink
Reviews Cyrano de Bergerac, The Other World
Translations Pierre Ronsard, Quand on voit sur la branche
El Mundo especular

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