A.J. Eccles

A.J. Eccles is the author of The IcklesŪ, a collection of short stories about a group of unique individuals with names that perfectly describe their personality, occupation or behavior. His first book, “The IcklesŪ First Bite! is a collection of 20 short stories including "HEROICKLE and the alien invasion” and is the first of a series of four books. A series of audiobooks will be released later in the year.

The characters include Heroickle, the accidental savior of planet earth; Botanickle, who talks to plants; Technickle who thwarts and AI robot rebellion threatening all life on Earth; Spherickle, who outruns an avalanche and survives; Cuteickle, the talk show TV star; Pyrotechnickle, the Fireworks maker; and Fickle, who is frustratingly indecisive until his life is turned around by the Fickle Finger of Fate.

Their adventures are fanciful tales about ordinary people who do extraordinary things. They live in the real world, but their journeys often take them to far-off places, or fantasy lands where they live out their dreams.

Three additional books are in various stages of production and will be available soon.

A.J. Eccles first turned his hand to writing fictional stories after a career as a video producer, writer and senior global marketing executive.

He loves writing for strong characters and developing unusual stories with unexpected plot twists. The stories range from comedy to adventure to sci-fi drama.

The IcklesŪ gives the author the opportunity to develop storylines based on the roles and personalities suggested by the names of each character.

“The name suggests the plot, then I build up fantasy worlds, stories and adventures that allow the characters to explore them.”

A.J. lives on the Central Coast of New South Wales, Australia.

When he's not writing you can usually find him playing music, walking his two dogs on the beach, doodling cartoon characters, watching sci-fi or researching all manner of interesting topics online.