The Time Bandit
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The story is about two eleven year old children, Sam and Lizzie and the adventures they are sent on when they discover a one-arm-bandit in an old scrap year where they had gone to hide from PC Goodrich, the local police constable. Eager to see if the machine still works, Sam pulls on the lever and much to their horror the two children discover that the seemingly harmless looking fruit machine is in fact a time machine and before they realize what is happening, they are transported back to six hundred and fifty five AD and the boat burial of a Saxon king at Sutton Hoo. Bemused and thankful, the pair arrive safely back in the scrap yard only to find that PC Goodrich has discovered their hiding place and is waiting to apprehend them. But just as he is about to make his arrest, unable to resist a go on the fruit machine, before either of the children can stop him, the constable reaches out and pulls down the handle. Moments later and the trio find themselves transported back in time to the banks of the Little Bighorn river in Montana at the very moment that General Custer's is making his last stand. Caught up in the heat of the battle, unable to stop herself, Lizzie risks her life by saving a cavalry officers horse and although she wasn't to discover until later, her act of bravery on that fateful day, would immortalize a horse name Commanche and create a timeless memory in a nation's history that still lives on to this day.
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I was born in Yorkshire but spent much of my adult life in Bedfordshire. I served as a regular soldier for eleven years and after leaving the army, as a hobby I began contributing stories and articles to the monthly magazines published by two Native American Charities. As well as writing I also had a great affection for films and after taking a two year course at the London Screenwriters Workshop I began writing feature length film scripts, completed five feature length screenplays and one short. Sadly, Hollywood didn't come calling so I am now in the process of adapting my screenplays into novels. I finished adapting my first screenplay Shingas in October 2017 which I self published together with a children's book, The Time Bandit. I completed my next adaptation,The Conquistador's Horse, in January 2018 which was published through Troubador Publishing. I have just finished my second novel which will be published later this year.
