A.K.A. Richard, Rick, Ricky, [[EmbarrassingNickname Spotted Dick]], Spaceman, Linoleum, or what you will.

Is a slightly odd thirtysomething bloke from [[OopNorth the North-]][[UsefulNotes/NorthEastEngland East of England]] with an equally crazy imagination, though he keeps most of it in his head. He used to be [[TheFundamentalist an evangelical Christian]][[note]]and quite notorious on some discussion boards for his views, though he now regrets that[[/note]] up until 2015 but is now an atheist. Has also participated in Website/H2G2, Website/AlternateHistoryDotCom (prior to a self-requested ban), Website/CounterFactualDotNet as well as having a [[http://republicoflyniezia.wordpress.com/ personal blog]] and [[https://talesoflyniezia.wordpress.com/ another for his attempts at fiction]].

The name comes from an imaginary land he created as a boy, and the subject of some of his recent attempts at stort story writing. This place is not an {{Egopolis}}, but rather the username is a reference to the fact he sometimes feels like a foreigner in his own country.

!! Published works[[note]]well, to the extent putting them up on a blog counts as "published"[[/note]] he has written with their own pages, some unfinished, include:

* ''Literature/TheGenesisOfJennyEverywhere'': an attempted origin story for the open-source heroine- or at least, one of her incarnations.
* ''Literature/GrangefieldPark'': another story dealing mostly with a sidekick (Megan Whitehead) of Jenny Everywhere, and set in a version of the future. Also incorporates an imperialist version of Lyniezia.
* ''Literature/TheMaybeInvasion'': a companion piece to ''Literature/GrangefieldPark'' which deals with the Lyniezian invasion referenced in the previous story from the point of view of Megan's younger sister Alice.
* ''Literature/NotQuiteATreasureChest'': another story featuring Jenny and Megan in a StandardFantasySetting having to deal with a mimic.
* ''Literature/PrincessLucidityToTheRescue'': don't ask!

!! Works without their own pages (yet):

* ''A Not-So-Brief Encounter'' ([[https://talesoflyniezia.wordpress.com/2019/01/17/a-not-so-brief-encounter-parts-1-and-2-revised-work-in-progress-version/ a work in progress version may be found here]], ; unfinished short story set in the "normal" Lyniezia, dealing with the probable BreakUpMakeUpScenario of a former ChildhoodFriendRomance couple when they meet in a deserted station.)
* ''The Joker and the Kissing-Gate'' ([[https://talesoflyniezia.wordpress.com/2019/04/30/the-joker-and-the-kissing-gate/ here]]), a prequel to ''A Not-So-Brief Encounter'' featuring the same couple as teenagers, visiting a real-life local(ish) beauty spot which is a favourite of the author's.

!! Works pages he has launched include:

* ''Anime/ExplorerWomanRay''
* ''Film/BattleBeyondTheSun''