Frederik Helgesen

Creative Writer

United Kingdom

With a Master's degree in creative writing, and over a decade's worth of experience working with fiction and non-fiction, I am confident to offer quality writing covering a broad range of topics, genres, and tones.

Portfolio

Video Games (as writer)

Itch.io
07/11/2021
The Bargain

Submission for the A Jam About Time jam. Third person shooter inspired by the look and feel of Max Payne. This is currently a demo build without any narrative, with the full, polished game estimated to be out the end of August 2021. You can find the dialogue sheet here: https://bit.ly/3yhWlCx

Itch.io
2021
River's End

Created for the Metroidvania Month 12 jam, this title follows a Roman soldier during Caesar's ill-fated invasion of Brittania. The game is in a playable state, with the polished prologue coming out soon.

itch.io
2021
The Masterpiece

A young adult visual novel written for the annual NaNoReNo game jam, The Masterpiece sees protagonist Iris come to terms with her fear of high ceilings - and her manipulative best friend.

Published Fiction

Google Docs
2020
Myxomatosis

Flash fiction. Myxomatosis features in Fincham Press' fiction anthology All That Glitters, released spring 2021.

Google Docs
2017
Thank You, Mr. Lighthouse

Short story. Published in Fincham Press' anthology In Which Dragons Are Real, But, released in 2018.

Misc. Fiction

Google Docs
2020
The Midnight Air

Written as part of my creative writing MA, The Midnight Air is a dystopian science fiction short story about a hospital worker dreaming of running away.

Google Docs
2019
Tiebreaker

Part 1 of a sci-fi novella, Tiebreaker follows the rebellious asteroid miner Kass, who stumbles upon a derelict military ship at the edge of charted space.

Google Docs
2019
Settlers of Manila

Flash fiction. Submission for an experimental narrative competition.

Google Docs
2017
The Three Graves

Short story. A horror piece written for a Halloween fiction contest.

Google Docs
2016
Fire

Free-form poetry. Written for my BA poetry class.