Ian Gouge w rote his first story when he was five: an illustrated space adventure he can still visualise today. He has written ever since. He completed his first full-length work of fiction in the 1990s and wrote three books on IT strategy and management. Fiction and poetry remained his first loves, and after discovering indie publishing, he created Coverstory Books, enabling him to publish new and old material and help others get into print. His output now runs to six novels, three novellas, two collections of short stories, seven volumes of poetry, and four works of non-fiction. He also mentors writing retreats and hosts a monthly
