50% off The Ghost of Clothes!

For a very limited time, you can get the brilliant short story, The Ghost of Clothes by David E. Gates for half-price!

Head over to Smashwords and enter code PU58V to get your exclusive discount.

Available in all eBook formats.

The GHOST of

 

In celebration of World Poetry Day…

Outrunning the Rain

Outrunning the rain.
Outgunning the pain.
Fighting back the tears.
Even though it’s been years.

Like drops from the sky,
They multiply.
Each glistening and clear.
Each a perfect tear.

Outrunning the rain.
On board the train.
Swept away on the tracks.
As emotion racks.

Biting my lip.
So my cover won’t slip.
Keeping up face.
No matter the place.

Outrunning the rain.
Feeling the strain.
Pain doesn’t subside.
I just want to hide.

Away from the looks.
And into my books.
Distraction is key.
For my sanity.

Outrunning the rain,
Another smile I feign,
They say it won’t last.
The pain will soon pass.

Isn’t like that for me.
It has longevity.
Though I’m better each day.
With strength I’ll outstay.

Outrunning the rain.
Dousing the flame.
Memories keep me sane.
Outrunning the rain.

 

Outrunning the Rain is featured in the anthology, Unzipped: The Mind of a Madman, which is available from all good bookstores in various formats. 

Unzipped - Large Format

 

 

It’s WORLD BOOK DAY!

Today is World Book Day and what better way to celebrate than buying one of my books.

I have something for everyone…

True life memoir, emotional and heartbreaking, in the form of Access Denied.

Horror – The Roots of Evil and The Wretched – Set in Portsmouth, plus a number of short stories: The Ghost of Clothes, The Christmas Carol, A Planned Demise, Fixing the Faker, End Request.

Travelogues – Omonolidee, Two Sides of Vegas and Morgado, Portugal, 2018.

And my short-story, poetry and other writing collections: First Words and Unzipped: The Mind of a Madman.

All are available here and at all other good online bookstores.

All Twelve

The Deeper Roots of Evil

The sequel to The Roots of Evil, my first horror novel, is coming along nicely…

Five chapters completed last week. Six if you count one I’d already written a while back but now placed in the new book.

Looking to release later this year…

Will be bigger, bloodier and bolder, with more deaths and a lot more gore…

Roots Two Preview Cover