Alastair Millar is an archaeologist by training, a translator by trade and a nerd by nature. A Briton by birth, he studied Architecture before graduating with a first class degree in Archaeology from the University of London (Institute of Archaeology, UCL). He has worked in the Czech Republic and former Czechoslovakia since 1991, becoming a permanent resident in 1994, and a dual national in 2016. Married with two adult children, he enjoys good books, bad puns and travelling.
A freelance translator and proofreader since 1997, Alastair specialises primarily in archaeology, the historical sciences and the humanities. The material he works on ranges from press releases, company reports and social media posts to websites, correspondence and books, as well as academic research articles for prestigious international journals. His clients include numerous museums, research institutes, corporations and individuals in the Czech Republic and abroad.
In addition, his short fiction has been published by US Army TRADOC, Roi Fainéant Press, 365tomorrows, SciFanSat magazine, Microfiction Monday Magazine, ScribesMICRO, The Centifictionist, Lotus-eater magazine, Defiant Scribe, Rune Bear Weekly, The Drabble, The Write-In, 50-Word Stories, 101words, A Story In 100 Words, Nailpolish Stories, Paragraph Planet, Bright Flash Literary Review, Freedom Fiction Journal, Spillwords Press, ActiveMuse, Caffeine Rush e-zine, A Coup of Owls, and Vine Leaves’ Press 50 Give or Take series. He has also been shortlisted in Tortive Theatre’s #flashfiction101 competition and longlisted in the AWC’s Furious Fiction contest.
Links to his previously published short fiction can be found at https://linktr.ee/alastairmillar. He is @skriptorium on X/Twitter, Instagram, Threads, and CounterSocial, @skriptorium@zirk.us on Mastodon and @skriptorium.info on BlueSky. He is also on LinkedIn.
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