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As a contracting Technical Writer and a full time father of one, I know all about horror. Indeed, roleplaying and writing in Lovecraft's world of Great Old Ones and Elder Gods is light relief when compared to the stresses of a normal day in the 21st Century.
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A fan of Call of Cthulhu and Lovecraft in general since the late 80s, Marcus is best known for his work as a Founding Editor of the Origins nominated [http://www.demonground.org/ DEMONGROUND] gaming zine and the short lived [http://www.yog-sothoth.com/local_links.php?catid=18 Unbound Book] (A fanzine of 1920s Call of Cthulhu Scenarios).
  
Although not as productive as I wish to be, I'm probably best known as one of the founding editors of DEMONGROUND (www.demonground.org), and more recently the creative influence behind The Unbound Book - a magazine devoted to 1920s Call of Cthulhu adventures. I've also  involved in a number of other RPG ventures; a consultant/editor of RedBrick's Earthdawn (www.earthdawn.com) Fantasy roleplaying game, and as the licensee of the new Dark Conspiracy, GDW's classic game of conspiracy horror (www.darkconspiracytherpg.info).
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Most recently, Marcus has revived [http://www.unboundbook.org Unbound Publishing] as a small independent publisher of lovecraftian horror material, and has made Monophobia (2010) - a collection of Call of Cthulhu scenarios for a lone investigator - available for download [http://www.unboundbook.org/?page_id=133].
 
 
When not knee deep in horror, I enjoy wargaming, reading historical non-fiction and trying to maintain a home which seems to constantly threaten to be about to full apart on me.  
 
  
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Outside of gaming, Marcus works for as a Business Analyst (despite having a degree in Anthropology) for local council in the lower half of New Zealand's North Island, and is an avid fan of most sports.
  
 
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Revision as of 23:53, 28 November 2012

A fan of Call of Cthulhu and Lovecraft in general since the late 80s, Marcus is best known for his work as a Founding Editor of the Origins nominated DEMONGROUND gaming zine and the short lived Unbound Book (A fanzine of 1920s Call of Cthulhu Scenarios).

Most recently, Marcus has revived Unbound Publishing as a small independent publisher of lovecraftian horror material, and has made Monophobia (2010) - a collection of Call of Cthulhu scenarios for a lone investigator - available for download [1].

Outside of gaming, Marcus works for as a Business Analyst (despite having a degree in Anthropology) for local council in the lower half of New Zealand's North Island, and is an avid fan of most sports.