The author of The Water Tower and The Ten People You Meet returns with a striking new collection featuring twelve original poems which offer candid reflections on love, loyalty, estrangement and devotion.Before you read Twelve Valentines, there are only three rules each reader must abide by:Whatever you want it to be, it is.Whatever you take from it, is yours.Whatever it means to you, is real.Because whoever reads this and ...

“A river winds, around the neck of timeThe reeds and the memories, the fables and rhymes…”The author of The Water Tower returns with a tender collection of writings, steeped in the landscape of his North West hometown.The Ten People You Meet is a delicately constructed, thought-provoking anthology which offers a powerful and fresh exploration of familiar motifs. Through the eyes of its diverse cast of characters, themes such as love and lo...

“All love is a kind of mythologyBut what’s a fairytale or two between friends?”Chris Vobe’s The Gospel – a unique, interconnected cycle of lyrics – is available independently for the first time.Encompassing meditations on faith, distance, remorse and redemption, The Gospel showcases Chris Vobe’s writing at its most sincere – featuring Conversations with God, Ascension and the breath-taking Amor.L...

The first three books in Chris Vobe's 'The Water Tower', a spellbinding series of literary fiction, now available in one volume!Reunion: When journalist Adam Chapman returns to the village of his childhood, what he finds at first is an English idyll, untouched and unspoiled. But when plans to demolish the old Water Tower are announced, the perfect world of Little Bassington is fractured. Battle lines are drawn and long-buried secrets are on the cusp of being uneart...

A brand new short story set in the world of Little Bassington!When Adam Chapman agrees to accompany his old friend Darren Roberts on a fishing trip, even he is unprepared for how profound an outing it will turn out to be. As Darren confronts the ghosts of his present, Adam is forced to re-evaluate the unresolved questions which may ultimately determine his future…Meanwhile, in Cambridge, Clarissa Clements finds herself once again at a crossroads in her life. Can the enigmat...

The votes are in. The die is cast. The Water Tower’s fate has been sealed.Riding the shockwave of an unforeseen betrayal, journalist Adam Chapman is forced to re-evaluate everything he thought he knew. In a world where secrets abound, and nothing is quite what it seems, exactly what will it take to bring the truth to light?As the village of Little Bassington awakes to a new reality, Adam is confronted with a message from beyond the grave, Clarissa Clements is left to face t...

The final two books in Chris Vobe's 'The Water Tower', a spellbinding series of literary fiction, now available in one volume!Redux: The votes are in. The die is cast. The fate of the Water Tower has been sealed. As the village of Little Bassington awakes to a new reality, journalist Adam Chapman is confronted with a message from beyond the grave, while Clarissa Clements is left to face the future alone. Elsewhere, Hilda Stanton must grapple with another decisive t...

“I loved you like there was no tomorrow. And then, one day, there wasn’t…”The clock is ticking. The end is nigh. There’s something in the air. The Water Tower has been condemned. Someone’s final hour is close at hand.The past is over now. The seeds of the future are already being sown. But before the bell tolls, there are scores to be settled. Truths to unveil. Moments to cherish. Good men to redeem.Adam Chapman. Victoria Kendall. Clarissa Clements. Hilda S...

“What is grief, really? It’s just a love that refuses to die…”Election fever has gripped the village of Little Bassington and the race for the Town Hall has intensified – with the fate of the Water Tower at stake.But as ghosts of the past and shadows of the future loom large, victory is reserved for those who are willing to pay its price. When journalist Adam Chapman embarks upon a deal with the devil, librarian Victoria Kendall discovers that some choices are destined to b...

Dark clouds are hanging over Little Bassington. Winter is here. A storm is coming.As the secrets of one woman's hidden past are laid bare, journalist Adam Chapman reaches a crossroads in his life. The devil is at the door. This time, there will be no escape.With the community reeling, more than one resident finds themselves left out in the cold. Elsewhere, a childhood tragedy is set to be revisited. For those embroiled in the fight to save the Water Tower, destiny is callin...

When journalist Adam Chapman returns to the village of Little Bassington after inheriting his great aunt’s estate, what he finds at first glance is an English idyll, untouched and unspoiled. The fields are as green as he remembers, the WI still gossip in the Village Hall, and the annual summer fête draws crowds to the Market Square every year.All is well. Until one day. The day it’s announced that they’re going to demolish the old Water Tower.Suddenly, the perfect world of ...