His notable works include Morris Telford A Salopian Odyssey weblog for the BBC and subsequent novel, Marlowe Bidforth's Backpack Adventure,[1] and the Prism award-winning American Spoon Indigo.

Famous in writing circles for using a staggering number of pseudonyms, he argues that this helps keep his work fresh, ensures the writing stands on its own merit rather than his reputation and "irritates my publicist so much that it's become a self-destructive habit I can't give up".

[2] He is also the co-founder along with Darrell Till of the media production company Tiny Lapel.

[7] His digital artwork was used in December 2014 as part of the 'On Creating Reality, by Andy Kaufman' exhibition at the London Frieze.

[8] His writing influences include Douglas Adams, Ray Bradbury, Alan Moore, Neil Gaiman, Robert Rankin, J. R. R. Tolkien, Gene Wolfe, Roger Zelazny, Kurt Vonnegut, and Jack Kirby[9] Payne was born in Huddersfield.