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Poetry is very personal. It is an intimate expression of thoughts and feelings. In offering poems for others to read the poet makes herself vulnerable. It's an act of exposure, of unmasking. The earliest poems in this collection were written while I was a young teenager. Others mark moments in time in the course of my adult life.

A one-act play aimed at performers aged 7-13 with flexible casting. It has been written in a way that allows for a large ensemble or small cast. It also contains duologues that can be used as stand-alone scenes for class work, festivals, and exams.The author wrote this play with flexibility in mind. As a drama teacher it can be tricky to find the perfect cast size when selecting a play, with this in mind she wanted to create a piece that could...

When it's impossible to forget is it possible to forgive? Jennifer is stuck doing dead end waitressing jobs, her naïve dream of Hollywood stardom in tatters. Gareth, an IT consultant on a temporary contract, is the unlikely customer at Giulio's Diner in the downbeat part of Los Angeles where she is now working. It shouldn't be a perfect match, the attractive, outgoing waitress from Idaho and the shy, good looker from Wales, but when it come...

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The fourth book of short stories by Julie Peto. This collection contains Space travel, Time Travel, Zombies (sort of), Little Old Ladies, Space Maggots, Therapy sessions and the End of the World. As usual a mix of good old fasion horror, murder and mayhem

The second book of short stories by Julie Peto. This set includes Tattoos, Horoscopes, Telephones and more. Not Gore but an old fashioned horror story book.

The ninth book by J A Peto explores different subject including Art, Space Travel, Physical Fitness, Environmental Issues and Romance and Sex. As always there is an under current of Science Fiction and/or Horror. Some are sad, some happy and some just plain weird, but there is always something for everyone. Can be read cover to cover or in any order. Can be read in one go or picked up and put down, it's up to you.

Street Fighting Man' is the 7th novel in the 1960s Jimmy Mack series and the second novel in the 1968 trilogy. The 1968 trilogy follows the 1967 trilogy. 'Alice', a parallel story, is also part of the series. The series follows the rise of James 'Mack' MacKinnon, a young Mod, to top London fashion photographer. Mack shares his love with three young women who live with him in Chelsea. Effy is his fiancée, and she has succeeded as a fashion des...

The third set of Horror stories by Julie Peto. Featuring idyllic islands, holidays, Tarot Cards, and more The island was to be our new home, away from the trials of civilisation. To be truthful, Jessie and I had both shared a sense of excitement in the beginning. Being told in our normal bedrooms, in a relatively normal house, that we would be giving up all ties to live on a desert island seemed too surreal and unbelievable to conjure any doub...

Locked up in a mental facility for the umpteenth time, eighteen-year-old Blaire executes her escape plan, jumping over the wall in the darkness of night. She discovers a beautiful place, empty and isolated - just like her. She meets a strange boy who doesn't seem afraid of her. He doesn't treat her like a wild animal like everybody else does. While navigating this new double life, Blaire battles between feelings of abandonment from her ...

The eighth set of short Horror and Science Fiction stories contains tales of Stoned ants, A Tattoo machine with a mind of its own, A modern computerised home, Lions, Elephants (although not actually) statues an the horror of the Job Club. Although many themes are visited in other books, these are all new stories with even a homage to the old fashioned text adventure. Some very short, some slightly longer, read from cover to cover or have a dip.

Armed criminals are hard. Well, not always. When stolen money goes missing three men attempt to balance their lives - mixing humour, a contemplation of suicide, and a desire for a better life with the all-consuming chase to recover the money. Follow the Money is a novel which explores working-class masculinity, the bonds and fallouts of male friendships, and the conflict between greed and family life, as the characters attempt to leave their...

The Queen of Heaven is extraordinarily difficult to find anywhere in history, but miraculously she is still there. As in the Old Testament where the women of the ancient Jewish settlement on Elephantine island in southern Egypt defended their worship of the Queen of Heaven, when they were dramatically confronted by the exiled prophet Jeremiah, for worshipping 'false' gods in the 6th century BCE. (Jeremiah 45:15-21). Who was this ancient 'Qu...

John Verne and his sister Molly grew up in the confines of a barge, but their upbringing was definitely not the same. Their Mother, Martha, gave all her heart to her husband, Joe and held little affection for her children. When she attempted to dominate and control John, he retaliated with a burning contempt. John became openly sexually active at ten years old. When Ainsley got into John's bed, John discovered a side of life that didn't includ...

This novel starts in the late 17 hundred's, it follows the lives of one barge family. Bill Verne rules his boys in the manner of the time with a horsewhip. One night he is taken by a press gang. His wife, Flo, is strong-willed, determined to keep her children and the business safe. She makes a bold decision to run the business herself. There are many dangers ahead for the female barge operator. Her children don't make life easy for her as th...

Annie Verne, a widow, is left with six children to support the family's only income from her late husband's barge business. The barge is fraudulently claimed by Annie's cousin, who almost leaves them destitute and homeless. Her eldest daughter Sally takes on the family's role as provider and mainstay by operating the barge in a male-dominated business. No one expected a slip of a girl to run the business herself. When it became evident thi...

Ruth has lived a life no one would envy. Abuse at the hands of those who should have cherished her. Horrific acts of violence lead to her life spiralling out of control and on a path of self destruction. Forced by circumstances and trapped by the most sadistic man in London. She discovers by chance her daughter is being used to make porn films and dashes to save her. The consequences are horrific. Ruth reaps murderous revenge.

Set against the backdrop of the aftermath of World War I.' Molly Verne has a dogged determination and a steadfast desire to have a life beyond her mother's unrelenting criticisms and the harsh reality of a world filled with brutality, lies, deception and crushing poverty. Molly and countless others of a 'lesser class' are nothing more than prey to deviants who roam society in search of their next victim. Molly protects her young brother from...

When Eve Walters received a letter from Franc from her ex boyfriend, she knows it could not have been written by him. Jack Smeg could barely string three words together. But who wrote the letter? Eve admits to be half in love with the author She believes she will never discover who he is. Now Jack is dead, his sister Maud is alone with her abusive stepfather. Pennyless and alone she believes she will never escape her fate. MeanwhileDoctor John...

A champion motorcyclist in British and overseas Endurance Trials at the outbreak of WW1, it was only natural that Graham Price would volunteer as a despatch rider in the British Army. Arriving in France with the British Expeditionary Force in October 1914, against all odds he survived all manner of dangers on the Western Front during the battles of Mons and Marne and later on the Flanders Fields at Ploegsteert and Hill 60. After months spent i...