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A second collection of 49 poems and 7 short stories by Nick Horgan. In similar vein to Breathing Underwater, Nick covers everything happening in the world, macro and micro, people and places, good experiences and bad experiences, memories, things unsaid, contradictions between what we see and what we know, connections between the physical and material and the emotional, spiritual, the constant change and comparison of modern life, and everything your imagination can open up, make connections, build up, revise, refocus, examine and explore to take you from the initial seed to a finished piece.

A good many of the poems in this volume have previously appeared in various magazines and anthologies over many years. If you keep Frivolous Verse and Worse beside your bed, it's sure to raise a chuckle when it's read.

Literature is packed with impressions of blindness, whether graphic or symbolic. A handful of enduring characters has enriched our understanding and entertainment, yet most have been ill-informed or poorly imagined. In many cases the character has been used to oil the mechanism of a wider plot, rendering the characterisation incidental.What Alexander Crombie aims at in his debut novel, Become the Wind, is the inside story. With the help of an engaging cast of characters, he succeeds in fusing pathos and insight with episodes of high drama, but without attempting to lecture the Reader.This after all is a novel with the novel's imperative toTURN THE PAGE!For entertainment value alone, it is a MUST READ.

Eyes to the East tells of the enjoyable yet näive life that expat teachers experience within a Chinese city, and the bonds that exist between them and the local community.When Charlie, a recent UK university graduatearrives, he is excited to experience a new world, but unprepared for the casual racism, sexism and inequality the country's propaganda denies. Nor is he impressed by some of the expats. In his new and more seasoned flatmate, Kevin, Charlie discovers himself and becomes worried by what he sees. No matter how many opportunities some people are given to start afresh, it doesn't mean they'll change for the better.

The Wife is a philosophical drama exploring the meaning of love and relationships. Sixty year old Weston and 28 year old Carter discuss the benefits of living, all to be challenged by the appearance of Carter's wife, Helena and her other husband, Robert.

Melville Lovatt's poems tell the tales of regret, relational tensions, second chances and occasional optimism, with nostalgia for ages past, and disappointment with the way things are. His characters are the people you know opened wide, and dealing with aging and retirement, resentment and reconciliation, with a shade of sharp humour here and there - so says Nick Horgan in the introduction.

Screwing up every ounce of courage that I could muster, I approached the Miller, he was in a dreadful state. In his death agonies he had bled profusely from his nose and mouth. I could not in all conscience leave him in that state. Collecting a bucket of water and some rags, I first closed his sightless staring eyes, then tenderly I began to wash his face. As I washed I talked to him."How now, Master Joseph, this a pretty pass, broken on a wheel, a fitting end for a Saint, but not a Miller. You drank like a Lord, lived like a beggar to what purpose? As you told me so often the Lord moves in mysterious ways his wonders to perform. So it is with your demise, which, I would have not compassed for a King's ransom. Thy death hath restored freedom to my family and lifted the burden of debt from their shoulders. Rest assured Master Joseph, from this day forward until my last breath, I will pray for your immortal soul, as you have neither chick nor child to intercede on your behalf. I pray you Master take this my blessing, rest in peace, unhappy perturbed soul." I blessed him and placed my fingers on his cold lips. Then with light feet and a heavy heart began preparations for my escape from bondage. This book was previously published under the title 'Human Bondage'.

Ray Wooster shares memories of time in Australia travelling in a caravan, house-sitting and work.This is the third of his short recollections of the past:My 30's and 40's ChildhoodAnd the Baby Came TooAustralia: OAP's Gap Year

In the mid-1970s an idealistic young lawyer uncovers endemic corruption in the heel of Italy. He flees his homeland before the Mafia can silence him, settling in Scotland and becoming a successful restaurateur. Nearly four decades later he and his daughters are again embroiled in a mammoth international police operation to nail the same brutal mafia clan and its collaborator, a prominent UK businessman. The novel chronicles a cycle of escape, betrayal, revenge, retribution and eventual redemption. A shocking revelation sets the scene for a dramatic finale.The story shows how chance events can hijack lives and spin them away from what seemed to be their set course.

The author is a huge fan of Alan Bennett's work, having studied Talking Heads at A-level.All the characters in Brief Encounters are fictitious: tales of life changing encounters.

I really want you to read this play. I could be polite and say it would be nice, but that doesn't really cover it. As news media across the world bear witness to youth campaigning against inertia on climate change, you may have wondered what you can do to change minds. If yes, this play calls on your help.The Edge imagines ways closed minds can be persuaded to open and hope prevail. Perform a miracle.Look with fresh and fearless eyes at planet Earth. Man's insanity has brought us to the edge, and along with us, everything that exists. The Edge foresees a coming disaster, its designated victims pitched in front of nature's fury. A violent flood sweeps down a hillside, savages a bridge, and engulfs a road. Like us, the chosen humans may dislike some views and identify with others, but as fellow passengers in one fragile boat, we and they are compelled to listen. "It's really compelling. I love the unorthodox setting and the characters feel archetypal, but not over-obviously. It's a knowing and fairly explicit allegory, but treated with the right amount of irony and self-awareness that makes it quite charming. The humour is also very good, I feel it will come across really well on stage, and although you can clearly write very snappy dialogue, I appreciate how you reserve it for the characters that would actually talk that way. There is often an Aaron Sorkin-esque tendency in witty playwriting to have everyone be very clever and funny, and it means the characters all speak in the same way, but this isn't the case with your work." Oliva Burgin, TV Producer

Match making is hard work and Cupid has been doing it for a long time. Too long in fact and he is now going through a mid-life crisis. But instead of getting divorced, buying a bright red sports car and marrying someone half his age, he has taken to the bottle with worrying consequences. While heading home from an unsuccessful blind date, Stella suddenly finds herself inexplicably in love with Bud whom she didn't know from Adam but had innocently sat next to at a bus stop. This poor couple, victims of a drunken drive-by shooting of Cupid's arrows, now have to be in love with each other without wanting to be. But all is not as it seems, there are dark forces at work. Pub landlords, bus timetables, Labradors and even actuaries all get a look in as this mystery unravels.

A story of desire and courage, and a woman finding her place in the world. Miriam is sixteen when she falls in love with Joseph, hoping to marry her childhood friend. Together, their families escape from a pogrom in Poland, but Joseph disembarks in England, leaving Miriam devastated as she sails onwards to South Africa.When her father is murdered, she becomes the breadwinner. For the first time, she is in control of her destiny and decides to marry, Dirk, an Afrikaner. She now lives on a farm under the iron hand of his grandmother, Ouma Rosie. Dirk is killed during the Second Anglo-Boer War, and Miriam with her family are incarcerated in a concentration camp. When the war is finally over, she returns, fearful of finding their farm and homestead razed to the ground.Miriam is challenged by Ouma Rosie who believes it takes a man to manage a farm. But she proves she is capable, turning her hand to planting apple orchards in the Elgin Valley. Then, a letter arrives from Joseph, who plans to visit the farm. Miriam is filled with hope. Is there still something between them?

Looking for a laugh?Look no further!Well, no further than this book, anyway!Here is a collection of sketches, shorts and monologues for professional or amateur use designed to tickle your funny bone.Wordy? Certainly.Warm? Hopefully.Warped? Occasionally.Decide for yourselves by dipping in!

Book 2 of Lucifer's ChildJackie and Eve believe the second shard is hidden somewhere in the deeps of the Sargasso Sea, and that its location is in some way connected with the migration pattern of eels. Eve has embarked on a secret voyage of discovery with the man who once tried to gang rape her, as her only human companion. Still struggling with the dualism of her transgendered body and psyche, she must find ways to extend her fledgling physical and psychic powers, far beyond their existing limits. The crushing depths of the Sargasso will not be the only barrier she needs to overcome.Dark forces and an intruding universe dog her steps and bar her path. Thrown like dice into the cauldron of a precarious eternity, Helen and Eve continue to grapple with the imposed reversal of sexuality in their relationship. Previous boundaries of love and intimacy no longer fit the parameters of what may now be an endless future. Through exploration and experimentation, they must learn to know and relate to each other in a new and evolving dynamic, or see their love wither in the stasis of interminable longevity.