For Frankie.Not the extinguishing of the light but the putting out of the lamp, because the dawn has come.   Beautiful Deconstruction sees people come to terms with the past, make peace with inner demons...

Following on from his previous novel, Sleeps With Butterflies, evoking the manifold themes and compelling rural French atmosphere of its predecessor, The Living Return continues the story of Marc. Still...

Hireth.  Homesickness for a home to which you cannot return, or for a home which may have never been.  An intense form of longing or nostalgia, wistfulness.  The grief for the lost places of your past....

'I'm not like the other boys that you've known But I believe I'm worth coming home to Kiss away the night... ...because this one sleeps only with the butterflies Just butterflies... ...so go on and just...

Set in one of the last great villas on the French Riviera, in cosmopolitan London, and in the home of a landed German family within the shadow of the wall, Sad Confetti is a heart-felt tale of mature...

Beautiful Mess features a kaleidoscope of scenarios and locations, together with a highly diverse cast of characters, from glamorous movie stars to burnt out strippers, somnambulists to drag queens, from...

Sunsets Etc is a glimpse into the life of an actor as he settles into a new home and his retirement phase. A place to escape from everything. Rooms to walk around in. A garden to sit in. To think. To...

'And watching lovers part, I breathe and feel you smiling. What memories we share lie so deep in your mind. To tear out from your eyes I won't speak of forbidden lies. I'll keep watching as you leave...

'Did I really agree to this?' he asks. 'A couple of people who read the first book Tour De Europa,' he says, 'they either really liked it or they found it very uncomfortable. I liked the idea of it being...

Summer 1987. Stephen Wallingford, once the epitaph of all things fabulous and now a recluse of the modern era, receives a letter from an up and coming author wishing to talk about his life. Although reluctant...

When I toured across Europe for promotion of a recent published book, I anticipated some sort of confrontation between my own values of what a book launch should be, perhaps a theatrical presentation...

When I undertook my first ever meet and greet tour throughout America during 2016, I asked Chris Henson to accompany me with the idea of eventually producing some sort of picture book with text in a similar...

The official tag.An account of my publicity tour to advertise a book and musical workshop by Chris Henson recorded in words and pictures, as we travelled and promoted.    The unofficial tag.  Up Against...

'Forward into the mysterious beauty of spring The crocuses, melon-dawn yellow snow-purple veined saffron and milk-hearts And birdsong becoming audible, trilling and chattering in symphony Spools of song,...

'I'm not like the other boys that you've knownBut I believe I'm worth coming home toKiss away the night......because this one sleeps only with the butterfliesJust butterflies......so go on and just fly' The...

After A Sorta Fairytale was published, I was inundated with requests to talk more about my prose lyrics. One part of me felt that the text should speak for itself and that to 'explain' would be like naming...

Short stories are, in my mind, just a brief snapshot of what could be a longer tale. A taster. Something in development. Fragments.Each of these collected shorts are just that. Saying something different...