{"id":139,"date":"2023-10-11T11:35:54","date_gmt":"2023-10-11T11:35:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/munchkinstein.co.uk\/?page_id=139"},"modified":"2024-04-03T13:23:13","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T13:23:13","slug":"who-is-brian-m-milton","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.munchkinstein.co.uk\/index.php\/who-is-brian-m-milton\/","title":{"rendered":"Who is Brian M. Milton"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Brian M. Milton is an entirely made up personality who claims to be a writer of SF &amp; F short fiction. They live on the south side of Glasgow in a field surrounded by cows, bees, corvids and many a biting insect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They are a member of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gsfwc.co.uk\/\">Glasgow Science Fiction Writer&#8217;s Circle<\/a> and have been lucky enough to sell multiple stories over the years. A full list of their publications can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/munchkinstein.co.uk\/index.php\/story-list\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"100\">here<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They must never be confused with the writer Brian Milton.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the real world, Brian Milton (no M., but not the other writer either) is a wee bloke who lives with his lovely wife, Sharon, and a demanding cat in a wee bungalow and spends most of his time working in IT (various Splunk related projects of late) and spending too much of his free time obsessing about old TV.  He has always enjoyed making up nonsense and this has leaked out into creating short stories and playing with the possibilities. Sometimes other people like them too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He is known to have a rant on the social media&#8217;s about whatever crosses his mind and, at present, can be found at:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-social-links has-visible-labels is-layout-flex wp-block-social-links-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"wp-social-link wp-social-link-mastodon  wp-block-social-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mastodon.scot\/@munchkinstein\" class=\"wp-block-social-link-anchor\"><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><path d=\"M23.193 7.879c0-5.206-3.411-6.732-3.411-6.732C18.062.357 15.108.025 12.041 0h-.076c-3.068.025-6.02.357-7.74 1.147 0 0-3.411 1.526-3.411 6.732 0 1.192-.023 2.618.015 4.129.124 5.092.934 10.109 5.641 11.355 2.17.574 4.034.695 5.535.612 2.722-.15 4.25-.972 4.25-.972l-.09-1.975s-1.945.613-4.129.539c-2.165-.074-4.449-.233-4.799-2.891a5.499 5.499 0 0 1-.048-.745s2.125.52 4.817.643c1.646.075 3.19-.097 4.758-.283 3.007-.359 5.625-2.212 5.954-3.905.517-2.665.475-6.507.475-6.507zm-4.024 6.709h-2.497V8.469c0-1.29-.543-1.944-1.628-1.944-1.2 0-1.802.776-1.802 2.312v3.349h-2.483v-3.35c0-1.536-.602-2.312-1.802-2.312-1.085 0-1.628.655-1.628 1.944v6.119H4.832V8.284c0-1.289.328-2.313.987-3.07.68-.758 1.569-1.146 2.674-1.146 1.278 0 2.246.491 2.886 1.474L12 6.585l.622-1.043c.64-.983 1.608-1.474 2.886-1.474 1.104 0 1.994.388 2.674 1.146.658.757.986 1.781.986 3.07v6.304z\"\/><\/svg><span class=\"wp-block-social-link-label\">Brian on Mastodon<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n\n<li class=\"wp-social-link wp-social-link-chain  wp-block-social-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/munchkinstein.bsky.social\" class=\"wp-block-social-link-anchor\"><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><path d=\"M15.6,7.2H14v1.5h1.6c2,0,3.7,1.7,3.7,3.7s-1.7,3.7-3.7,3.7H14v1.5h1.6c2.8,0,5.2-2.3,5.2-5.2,0-2.9-2.3-5.2-5.2-5.2zM4.7,12.4c0-2,1.7-3.7,3.7-3.7H10V7.2H8.4c-2.9,0-5.2,2.3-5.2,5.2,0,2.9,2.3,5.2,5.2,5.2H10v-1.5H8.4c-2,0-3.7-1.7-3.7-3.7zm4.6.9h5.3v-1.5H9.3v1.5z\"><\/path><\/svg><span class=\"wp-block-social-link-label\">Brian on Bluesky<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>This is me:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"524\" height=\"699\" src=\"https:\/\/munchkinstein.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/PXL_20210403_132109371.PORTRAIT_small.jpg\" alt=\"Myself, a bearded white man in glasses, lying on the grass in the sun. Behind me are bright yellow daffodils. I am wearing a straw boater hat and am covered in many other straw boater hats.\" class=\"wp-image-144\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.munchkinstein.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/PXL_20210403_132109371.PORTRAIT_small.jpg 524w, https:\/\/www.munchkinstein.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/PXL_20210403_132109371.PORTRAIT_small-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 524px) 100vw, 524px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>This is not me:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/munchkinstein.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_20150524_181325-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Two fingers hold open a book. Across two pages is the image of a microlite plane flying over water. On the righthand page is the title of a book &quot;The Dalgety Flyer, from London to Sydney by microlite by Brian Milton&quot;\" class=\"wp-image-147\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.munchkinstein.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_20150524_181325-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.munchkinstein.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_20150524_181325-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.munchkinstein.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_20150524_181325-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.munchkinstein.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_20150524_181325-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.munchkinstein.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_20150524_181325-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brian M. Milton is an entirely made up personality who claims to be a writer of SF &amp; F short fiction. They live on the south side of Glasgow in a field surrounded by cows, bees, corvids and many a biting insect. They are a member of the Glasgow Science Fiction Writer&#8217;s Circle and have [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":3,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"anyone","activitypub_status":"federate","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-139","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.munchkinstein.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/139","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.munchkinstein.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.munchkinstein.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.munchkinstein.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.munchkinstein.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=139"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.munchkinstein.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/139\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":209,"href":"https:\/\/www.munchkinstein.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/139\/revisions\/209"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.munchkinstein.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}