After his brother Erik is left brain damaged from a car crash, Kevin finds himself a reluctant carer; the only clear-headed person in a world of invalids and mindless shoppers.‘Disenfranchised is what some people would call me, though I still eat plenty of McDonald’s.’Mark Vender’s ‘Adnarchy’ tells of Kevin’s struggle to find normalcy in his life. Receding into a world of online gaming and binge eating, he tries to create joy in small amusements – defacing ads and making jo...

‘Wowzers, what a read… I absolutely LOVED this book… An unputdownable page turner of a read.’ Ginger Book Geek, 5 starsJacob Reese enjoys the quiet life, running a coffee shop and renting out his cottage in The Hollows, Vermont.But the calm is shattered when a woman who looks eerily similar to his ex-girlfriend Laura turns up to stay in the cottage, and leaves a mysterious note in the guest book.Now Jacob’s seeing Laura eve...

A bold and explicit debut novel by one of the most visceral new voices in gay fiction. Breathing Lessons is the story of Henry Moss, a homosexual everyman whose life knows none of the limitations or abuses his predecessors experienced. When a teenaged Henry came out to his mother, she worried only that he’d be lonely. At the time, he thought her concerns were old-fashioned. Two decades later, he’s had supportive family and friends, he’s well-liked by the athletes who train with hi...

It was the summer of storms and strays and strangers. The summer that lightning struck the big oak tree in the front yard. The summer his mother died in a tragic accident. As he recalls the tumultuous events that launched a surprising journey, Samuel can still hardly believe it all happened.After his mother's death, twelve-year-old Samuel Chambers would do anything to bring her back. Prompted by three strange carnival fortune-tellers and the surfacing of his mysterious and reclusiv...

Life is changing on all fronts for the two young mates, some changes are good, others not so much…DestinTime is flying by. With every week filled to the max, I barely have time to breathe some days. The house is almost done, it’s nearly livable, and we’ve started on the final touches, before buying furniture and things like that.But that also means that Seb’s pregnancy is progressing quickly and it becomes clearer and clearer by the...

Summer is here and that means big life changes for the two young mates…DestinWhile I’ve settled into a pretty good routine in these last months, between work, classes and spending time with Seb, I know that his life has been one big rollercoaster.But with his final essays and exams now behind him and summer ahead of us, things should become a little easier for a while, a very short while, hopefully. Because our baby will be born soo...

In The Case of the Hiccupping Ears, people all over the world are forgetting how to eat, see, hear, smell, and even walk! What on earth is going on? The boys at B.A.D.D. (Bungling Agents Dedicated to Destruction) are once again at work. Only Secret Agent Dingledorf and Splat can stop them.

WARNING: This book contains thirteen DARK and twisted poems, please do not read if you are uncomfortable with violence, twisted love, psychologically and emotionally twisted situations.Dark Poetry is a collection of dark psychological and emotional poems.To have one written for you send a Prompt, Word or a Picture.I’ve never cut myselfBut I’ll understand if you doI can’t blame youIt must feel so goodI can pic...

Fresh out of jail and off drugs, Fred Redish embarks on a new life. First up: getting to know his two young sons, who are under the custody of his mother-in-law. Problem is, she poisons them against Mohawks in general and Fred in particular. How can he get his boys back before he loses them forever?"One of the more impressive entries is Melissa Yi’s moving 'Indian Time,' about Mohawk Fred Redish’s painful attempts to visit his young sons under the care of his white mother-in-law."-...

A selection of my poetry and short verse collected over the years; some happy, some funny, some soppy and sentimental, some inspiring and uplifting, and some just plain silly! A few are also written taken from the view of my disability; Multiple sclerosis.

When rule-loving, leaf-collecting, piano-playing Jigsaw was naughty for good, he dropped his Ratbag friends in a bit of bother – he gave them a good reputation! This nightmare situation needs fixing, pronto, and Ripple and Onion are the best ratbags for the job. But while performing some rat-tastic mayhem, they fall into Cracker the cat’s claws… Will their midnight mischief turn them into a midnight snack? Only Jigsaw can help them now!

Matthew Hartley’s book, The Teachers are in Trouble and Other Rhymes, is sure to make you laugh out loud.In these pages you’ll find the King of Burps, the boy who wouldn’t eat his greens, the teacher who got detention, and many more colorful characters.The illustrations are by Lori Escobar, whose art perfectly suits the humorous rhymes.