Phillip Dwight's demeanour lumbers under the term 'pathetic', a shy and confused, middle aged man who shares a home with his ex wife, her dwarf, drug dealer boyfriend and his teenage daughter who can never turn her gaze away from her phone, on top of all that he is faced with the same dream every night, that of a woman he has never met but believes he is madly in love with, while next door Charlie Brolin is on the cusp of writing his second Play, his first been a major success Charlie discovers that he will have to work very hard to make lightning strike twice but luck comes his way when he...

This new book by Thomas Priestley is a culmination of three unpublished separate poems placed together to make one continuous prose as Priestley delves into Sex, Religion, Isolation, Humour, questioning religion, pop art and love while noting his experiences and adventures. Inspired by Jim Morrison's Lords and the New Creatures and Jack Kerouac's Mexico City Blues Thomas Priestley paints a vivid picture of youth, morality and decadence.

Martin Zappa has disappeared taking with him a briefcase full of money belonging to his former employee Mob boss Vincent Feringhetti. But what Vince doesn't realise is that Martin is a rat and has been working undercover with the police recording all of the mob bosses conversations through wire taps. After gathering enough information Zappa made off with five grand of money as well as the surveillance tapes. Now everyone is after Martin including two crooked cops who are concerned only with the money, a private detective who was hired by Zappa's sister as well as the mob boss and his two...

Twisted Airwaves is gone, the moneys run out, Jasmine's left and now Clarence Randall Hunter is on the verge of losing contact with his son. This dark comedy sequel to Priestley's debut novel We Close Tonight sees his beloved characters older, yet not wiser as they struggle through a series of misadventures as well as poverty and isolation. The party is over and everything has changed.

Thomas Priestley's fifteenth book reveals a man who grows older with every publication, owning a wisdom and humour which is alarming for his age. Priestley takes us through his own mind as he notates the world around him through the bars, the dirty alleyways, the cheap rooms and isolated sense of which the poet as a symbol has held for centuries. Featuring some of his edgiest poems to date as well as untitled pieces this is a must have for any lover of poetry.

Prize boxers turning to fights in alleyways to eat, a thief who owes too much money decides to invade the homes of families looking for anything that could pay off his mounting debts, a man takes on the job as cleaner at the local university are all but a few new short stories written by author Thomas Priestley in his 14th outing into the realm of self publication. These stories much like Priestley's other works deal with intense, gritty realism and a sensitive aggression that filters throughout the diverging characters in this new collection of short stories.