Paddy Kelly was born in Ireland in 1971 where he narrowly avoided being a farmer. A romantic accident moved him to Sweden where he remains to this day, now a huge fan of standing in line, wind-driven snow and fermented fish. With a long background in coding and games, he now works as a technical writing specialist for a major retail SaaS platform. His writing, both fiction and non-fiction, has been published in places ranging from The Irish Times to Analog Science Fiction and he codes and writes for games on the side. Paddy’s hobbies include dark fusion belly dance, boardgaming, acorns, soap-making and, perhaps ironically, farming. His amazon author page is here.
Books (buy us please!):
We Can English, non-fiction, 2022 (LYS förlag, bokus, amazon.se, amazon.co.uk)
Hollow Oaks, novel, Amazon Kindle Store, 2019
Deep Shell, science fiction novella, Amazon Kindle Store, 2015
Technical writing:
Integration documentation for a software product.
Game writing:
The Apple Tree – Interactive story for Pendragon game-jam, 2020
The Sickle Moon – Interactive story for Pendragon game-jam, 2020
Articles:
Less stuff, more sanity, article in WEAVE fanzine, 2025
In defense of hoarding, article in WEAVE fanzine, 2025
On giving up writing, commissioned blog article, 2023
Coffee – A Love Story, Slow Travel Stockholm, 2018
Irish Abroad, Article in Irish Times, 2017
Stockholm Swingers, Slow Travel Stockholm, 2016
The Art of Standing in Line, The Local, 2009
A Nice Cup of Tea, The Local, 2010
Murder in the Laundry Room, The Local, 2010
Popular science articles:
Making Electricty From Air, WARP News, 2020
Solar Panel That Can Operate At Night, WARP News, 2020
Gravity Energy Storage, WARP News, 2020
Stories and poems:
Lonely Hearts of the Spinward Ring (galley proof), Analog Magazine, 2016
Story in science fiction anthology, 2019
Poems in Multiverse anthology, 2019
Poem in Rise Up And Repeal (print and ebook), 2019
Passing, The Molotov Cocktail, 2016


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