Welcome to Professor Shadow

My name is Steven Cowan… but here, I am The Professor.

I’ve worn many names in my life —
Entrepreneur. Martial Artist. Coach. Author.
But The Professor… that one came from something deeper.

Born in 1968, raised in a time that didn’t understand minds like mine — dyslexia, ADD — they called me lazy.
Stupid.
Unteachable.
They were wrong.

I went on to build a million-pound software company in the ‘80s, when floppy disks ruled the world.
Later, I created one of the most successful martial arts schools in East Anglia.
I’ve coached hundreds, mentored thousands, and helped shape futures when others had given up.

But behind it all… I carried a truth.
A shadow I never outran.
Until I stopped trying — and started listening to it instead.

That’s when Professor Shadow was born.
Not as a persona — but as a philosophy.

Through horror, I found healing.
Through monsters, I uncovered meaning.
Through stories, I discovered I was never alone — and neither are you.

The tales I write aren’t just fiction.
They’re allegories. Warnings. Mirrors.
Each one a whisper to those hiding in plain sight, who’ve been told they’re too strange, too broken, too much.

You’re not.

If you’ve found your way here, maybe you’ve felt it too —
That quiet ache that says there’s more to you than the world ever allowed.

This is your place.
A sanctuary in the shadows.
And I am your guide.

Welcome to Professor Shadow.