After thirty years spent travelling the world, Richard abandoned his nomadic existence for a life of peace and tranquillity in rural West Sussex. There he devotes his waking hours pursuing more fruitful activities such as teaching, hypnosis, and writing. Unfortunately, the outcome has been hordes of confused students wandering around campus shaking their heads in disbelief, locals clucking like chickens every time he clicks his fingers and most significantly, two novels and innumerable short stories loosely based on events in his life. The book, Alternate Lives, is a selection of those.