a qUiet MAN TAKES ON THE GANGS
Lucas Rae is a quiet man. He builds fences for a living. But then trouble comes to town – in the shape of a gang of protection racketeers. And he finds those fences are not enough.
The gangsters have guns and they’re good at what they do, their violent techniques honed in Britain’s lawless cities. Maybe they expect Lucas and his pals to be a pushover.
But their new victims have something the gangsters haven’t come up against before – Yorkshire grit. And Lucas, who’s never been afraid of going against the grain, is just the man to lead the resistance and stop the thugs.
Colin Hollis has written a modern western set in the White Rose county. It’s a slow-burning tale of good versus evil, painting a picture of a strong and colourful community doing battle with violent invaders. And, as with all the best westerns, there’s romance too.
No Second Thoughts £9.99
ISBN 978-0-9933729-7-1
The gangsters have guns and they’re good at what they do, their violent techniques honed in Britain’s lawless cities. Maybe they expect Lucas and his pals to be a pushover.
But their new victims have something the gangsters haven’t come up against before – Yorkshire grit. And Lucas, who’s never been afraid of going against the grain, is just the man to lead the resistance and stop the thugs.
Colin Hollis has written a modern western set in the White Rose county. It’s a slow-burning tale of good versus evil, painting a picture of a strong and colourful community doing battle with violent invaders. And, as with all the best westerns, there’s romance too.
No Second Thoughts £9.99
ISBN 978-0-9933729-7-1
.Passionate poems from talented Helen Shay
Helen Shay’s Scop collection of poems has gestated over several years and covers a varied subject matter, some poems previously published elsewhere. The unifying theme is revelation. This is self-revelation, whether in the first person voice of the writer or through exploring characters, from Biblical to wannabe-rap-artist. A constant search for that form of epiphany that only the interplay of language can illuminate.
“Great sense of humour” – Char March
“A passionate and powerful poet” – Matt Nicholson
“An enthusiastic and dynamic writer” – Gill Lambert
“A linchpin of the Yorkshire spoken word scene" – Mark Connors
Scop is now available through Amazon. Cover price £7.
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Helen Shay’s Scop collection of poems has gestated over several years and covers a varied subject matter, some poems previously published elsewhere. The unifying theme is revelation. This is self-revelation, whether in the first person voice of the writer or through exploring characters, from Biblical to wannabe-rap-artist. A constant search for that form of epiphany that only the interplay of language can illuminate.
“Great sense of humour” – Char March
“A passionate and powerful poet” – Matt Nicholson
“An enthusiastic and dynamic writer” – Gill Lambert
“A linchpin of the Yorkshire spoken word scene" – Mark Connors
Scop is now available through Amazon. Cover price £7.
Order a copy - click here
High Noon comes to Yorkshire
A stranger rides into town with a Colt 44 in his saddlebag to avenge the death of his best friend. But this is not the Wild West. This is Yorkshire in the 1870s.
In The Gangers, a new novel by Michael Yates, it’s the world of the Great Railway Boom, when the shanty towns of the navvies who laid the tracks were as lawless as the cattle towns of the American west.
The novel is also the rites-of-passage story of Mollie, the 12-year-old daughter of the local vicar, who falls innocently in love with Sergeant Joseph, the avenging knight on his great white horse. And here are terrors to come from the brutal gang leader Moleskin Jimmy, who sees himself as an avenging angel sent to destroy a sinful world.
The book was officially launched at Wakefield Literary Festival in September. The Gangers is now available through Amazon at £10.
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In The Gangers, a new novel by Michael Yates, it’s the world of the Great Railway Boom, when the shanty towns of the navvies who laid the tracks were as lawless as the cattle towns of the American west.
The novel is also the rites-of-passage story of Mollie, the 12-year-old daughter of the local vicar, who falls innocently in love with Sergeant Joseph, the avenging knight on his great white horse. And here are terrors to come from the brutal gang leader Moleskin Jimmy, who sees himself as an avenging angel sent to destroy a sinful world.
The book was officially launched at Wakefield Literary Festival in September. The Gangers is now available through Amazon at £10.
Order a copy - click on
POMFRET EDITED BY BRIAN LEWIS
Pomfret is the medieval name for Pontefract in Yorkshire, a place rich in history. Now it is the title of a book of short stories about the town, written by Yorkshire writers and illustrated by Yorkshire artists. A beautiful woman at the Liquorice Fair faces a supernatural killer. One family mourns its lost hero. Another family does battle with a witch. A man with a dying wife begins a guilty affair with a fellow choir member. Visiting the town's museum brings terrifying visions of slaughter to a bored teenager. Council officials wage war on hens. A railway signal box becomes the new centre of the Universe. Drunken youths out on a spree gain super powers - at a price! A vengeful stranger encounters a mysterious girl. A prime minister's visit is unexpectedly marred by a practical joke. Writers include Colin Hollis, Howard Frost, Susan McCartney and Linda Jones. Tragedy, comedy, wonderment and sex - all with a Yorkshire accent
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