paul. a skec (singular noun pron. SHKETS) – born footscray 1971- grew up west sunshine swamps, near explosives factory, speedway & drive-in theatre – grade 3, wrote & illustrated Headless Horseman, a graphic novel – grade 5, edited school newspaper (oddly enough, school’s name: St. Paul’s rimary School; no one ever explained what happened to the missing ‘P’) – grade 6, voted most likely to be elected Prime Minister (poet-prime minister sounds like a fun job title) – winner 1993 R.L. Rankin Prize for Poetry – poetry, short stories, reviews, articles have appeared in many places (print, radio/tv, internet, La Mama Poetica, Victorian Writers’ Centre, Montsalvat Poetry Festival, ) – published 5 chapbooks between 1991-95 – edited the MPU inc. newsletter poam & its electronic avatar, epoam 2002-04 (has had many teachers over many years comment on his overfondness for parentheses) – enjoys realtime strategy simulations & stimulation ov visual cortex thru symbol recognition & decryption –