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Cuckoo at the Stag's Head
The lads at the Stag’s Head are eager to stage a fishing competition, but there’s one problem – local businessman Tony Bart owns the fishing rights to that stretch of the Wye.
Tony agrees to let the event go ahead, but not without a price – he wants a share of the business. Now, the lads have a new challenge on their hands: how to deal with the cuckoo in the nest.
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How the Pendulum Swings: A Diary of Madness
A collection of memories, the thoughts that keep you awake at night. The sights and sounds that ensnare your senses, dragging you deeper into the madness – whatever you choose to call it, this is Carrie’s story, my story. For years these stories dug their claws into me, their weight heavy on my heart. The pieces and parts unpolished, hiding in journals and notebooks. It is time to finally tell her story.
This story begins by unravelling the past, trying to make sense of events that a once young mind couldn’t fully grasp. The harsh events and moments that formed and moulded the mind of a woman unleashed upon the world. A woman unsure of herself, unsure of the true depths of her resilience and power- this is the story of growth and love, of love and loss. Of being lost and finding oneself in the shadows of reality.
We follow Carrie and her story from the child whose core sense of self was fragmented and inevitably lost, to the woman perpetually on the run, and to every beautiful moment and lesson that life had to offer in between.
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Distant Shores – Remembering
Since 2016, when I started writing poetry about my journey with Dementia, I have come to realise that poetry is not only extremely cathartic, but truly like ‘chicken soup for the soul’. Poetry allows us to connect with the world around us and express ourselves in a unique way that can be both soothing and healing.
My journey with Dementia from start to finish, was full of such mixed emotions, tears and laughter, and I soon realised the importance of a sense of humour! Whilst written from a personal perspective, I hope that anyone who has been affected by dementia, whether as a loved one, friend or carer will be able to identify in some way with each poem.
The path for all concerned when a loved one is diagnosed with this devastating disease, is extremely difficult and challenging. In many cases, as I experienced firsthand, losing your loved one, even though the person is still here, can be the hardest part – but please know if you are reading this that you are not alone!
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Old Big Ears
The Champions League is dead. Long live the Champions League! When Nigerian striker Daniel Amokachi scored for Club Brugge in November 1992, he ignited not just a match but a revolution—the birth of European football’s new commercial era. Belgian coach Raymond Goethals promptly led Olympique Marseille to claim the inaugural title. From these origins emerged the world’s premier football league. Broadcast rights now command astronomical sums across continents, shifting football’s epicentre from international tournaments to the Champions League stage, featuring giants like Chelsea FC, Liverpool FC, Manchester United, Manchester City, Barcelona, and Real Madrid.
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Indy and the Bog Monster
Indy and Mr Jones are enjoying a peaceful break in the countryside when suddenly Indy disappears, and Mr Jones comes face-to-face with a Bog Monster.
Can Mr Jones find Indy, and save himself from the jaws of the swampy menace before it’s too late?
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In My Mind
In My Mind is a powerful poetry collection that cuts to the core of human experience. H. J. Kelly tackles love, loss, and identity with raw honesty, inviting readers into a world shaped by trauma and healing.
With every verse, readers are invited into the poet’s journey through the scars of strained familial relationships, the lingering pain of childhood wounds, and the ongoing struggle with self-worth.
This collection serves as both a mirror for those who see themselves in its words and a beacon of hope for those searching for understanding and connection.
Prepare to be moved, challenged, and inspired by this unforgettable anthology that dares to expose the depths of human vulnerability and strength.
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In the Company of Demons
Everyone has them. Some are more dangerous than others. Some should never emerge to see the light of day – yet they lurk, poised to pounce on the unwary.
It is a dark autumn evening. Dusk is falling over a busy stretch of motorway when a reluctant traffic jam forms. This is an ordinary road, a normal – if frustrating – snarl of congestion. It is no place for demons. And yet, in the stillness, they thrive.
Living in the spaces created by stasis, they go unnoticed. The travellers, lost in thought, remain unaware of the true danger that lurks among them – something ancient, something waiting… something that dwells in their midst.
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See Joe Fly
Joe Little, an unambitious insurance clerk and henpecked husband, is unnerved to discover that, overnight, he has developed the ability to fly. His new skill enables him to observe the contradictions, excitements and mysteries of life in 1950s England. Joined by Audrey Hepburn look-alike Felicity Moon, who, to escape domestic abuse, is skilled in vanishing from sight, he embarks upon a crime spree that staggers England's middle classes and enrages the forces of law and order. The book is a delight to those who enjoy extreme nostalgia.
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Temple – County Lines
DI Donovan Temple knows the Severn Valley hides secrets. But this? A string of brutal crimes, each more chilling than the last. The culprits? Simon and Jimi, ruthless enforcers for a shadowy organised crime group.
Temple’s investigation pulls him deeper into a web of violence and corruption. Every clue leads to more questions. Every step closer to the truth puts him in greater danger.
The clock is ticking. The stakes are rising. And Temple? He’s running out of time.
Temple County Lines is a gripping crime thriller where loyalty is tested, justice is elusive, and the line between right and wrong blurs. Can Temple stop the OCG before they strike again? Or will the valley’s dark secrets bury him first?
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Tommy's Adventures on the Planet Eye
A young boy wakes up one night to strange noises in his bedroom. Unexplainable things begin to happen: he sees images on his computer that no one else can see and feels as though no one believes him.
Then, one night, he is awoken by the noise again and spots a long, green, swirling finger moving around his room, beckoning him toward the window. Before he knows it, he is transported to the mysterious Planet Eye, where his adventures begin. There, he learns of an urgent mission: he must return to Earth as the Messenger to warn humanity of what’s to come.
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Tales from Two Centuries
“Wonder of wonders, a section of the bookcase, which had seemed to be fitted to the wall, rolled away to reveal an aperture…”A masked highwayman known as Captain Midnight leads an ambush on a mail coach and kidnaps Elinor and Arabella Duncan. The appearance of this character is made more sinister by a “milk-white horse whose appearance had a ghostly presence in the shadows.” When George Ackworth has recovered from a wound he sustained in this attack, he and his friends set out to find the two aristocratic sisters, making the distinctive horse as much a target as its rider and also Midnight’s enigmatic but frightening ‘Lieutenant.’The cavalry officer and his friends, Matthew Harewood and Mathilda Parrish, will need to locate the houses of Whitestone and Arden and a forbidding London inn called The Cupid’s Bow. It will be a story involving disguise, a secret passageway, treachery, and great loyalty. The hunt will require knowing not two sisters but four.“You said we were an adventure…and so we are.”More than two hundred years later, the ancestors of the characters we have already met act out a drama of their own. This time Johnny Midnight is a gang leader bent on superseding his mentor, Harry Duncan. When he kidnaps two sisters as an act of revenge, he is thwarted by Fran Carstairs and her “project”, her young lover Redburn. Though Redburn twice protects Frances from the enforcers of a dangerous enemy, they will soon need the help of Colin Drew, who will follow Redburn in using a secret passageway into another house called Arden. A painting in this house depicts an attack by highwaymen on a stagecoach—a house that will be the location for a startling conclusion.Tales from Two Centuries uses ideas that interconnect and complement each other—tales that have a trail before them and an interest in how a story might take shape… or indeed a trail of your own, which is being relentlessly followed.“You mean your eyes have seen, but your mind has not yet properly used the information.”
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The Fractured Veil
What lies beyond the veil of a perfect life? Sometimes, it’s darker than you could ever imagine.
She seems like any other single mother: quiet, withdrawn, trying to make the best of her circumstances. But behind closed doors, her mind is slipping. Her envy of those with happy, fulfilled lives grows insatiable, twisting into something terrifying.
Some women dream of love. Others dream of escape. She dreams of blood.
Her children are her anchor, her reason for living. They keep her tethered to reality – or so she believes. But when a kind stranger, Thomas Greene, steps into her life, her carefully constructed world begins to crack. The closer he gets, the more the truth claws its way to the surface.
What happens when the monsters we fear are the ones hiding in plain sight?
Fractured Veil is a haunting psychological thriller that lures you deep into the mind of a woman on the brink. As her perfect façade crumbles, you’ll be left questioning where the line between reality and delusion truly lies.
Can you trust what you see, or is everything just a fragment of the fractured veil?
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