Patrick lives and works in Brussels, Belgium, his day job dedicated to protecting the environment, his spare time to writing fiction, poetry and art reviews. He grew up in Germany, Australia, Japan and England, and studied Physics and Philosophy in the UK, French language and civilization in France and Mexican literature of the 20th century in Mexico. His short stories have appeared in Coffin Bell, Night Picnic Press, Beyond Words, The Brussels Review, and in 101 Words. His poetry collection, Urban Enigmas, will come out as a chapbook in 2025, produced by Dipity Press.
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