My book, Unzipped: The Mind of a Madman, has been entered in the 2019 Authors DB Cover Contest.
I’d really appreciate it if you could take two seconds to vote for the cover. You can vote by clicking here and selecting Submit your Vote/Review. Many thanks.
Like drops from the sky,
They multiply.
Each glistening and clear.
Each a perfect tear.
Biting my lip.
So my cover won’t slip.
Keeping up face.
No matter the place.
Outrunning the Rain is featured in the anthology, Unzipped: The Mind of a Madman, which is available from all good bookstores in various formats.
Dare you look inside?
A full-colour illustrated collection of short-stories, poems, reviews and other writings from the author of Access Denied, The Roots of Evil, The Wretched and First Words.
Full Colour & Black and White paperback versions available now – See links below to purchase. (Please allow 28 days for delivery.)
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My entry to the Grow Wild competition, a poem about fungi, was selected as a runner-up!
You can read it at here.
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The poem itself will be included in my next anthology of short-stories and poems to be released next year. My current anthology, First Words, is available at all good online bookstores.
Fed up of the excitement, false as it is, of companies and people “celebrating” Christmas way too early (some are advertising it and “looking forward to it” as far back as August!), I wrote the following poem which will feature in the second anthology of short stories and poetry coming in 2018.
The goose is getting fat.
But celebrate in October,
And you’re nothing but a twat.
There’s twelve days of Christmas,
Something you should remember,
These days start on Christmas Day,
Not way back in September!
Bonfire night comes way before,
Though you wouldn’t know it,
Put away your festive tree,
Please don’t dare to show it.
Get excited, by all means,
But keep it to yourself,
There’s a time and place for everything,
Including watching Elf!
Let’s keep Christmas special,
Let’s really give a fuck.
Instead of getting all worked up,
Over a Coca-Cola truck!
The holidays are coming,
But they’re not quite here,
Be joyous when the time is right,
At that special time of year.
Christmas is coming.
We’ll all be getting fat.
But let’s leave it until the day,
To put on our Christmas hat.
If you really can’t get enough of Christmas, why not read my short-story, The Christmas Carol, available FREE for a limited time from Smashwords.com. It’s a “Wonderfully written tale of suspense keeps you wondering what will happen next.” – Misty Reigenborn.
If you do download and read my FREE short-story, please be so kind as to leave a review.
© David E. Gates – Shelley Show Productions – 2018.
Festival for Poetry promoted my poem on their social networks and will make sure it’s read right away by 100s of people.
“Terrific poem.” They said.
You can read it here.
A selection of poetry, short-stories, scripts and other works is available in First Words by David E. Gates. It’s available in all eBook formats from Smashwords and Paperback from Amazon and other bookstores.
Another of my poems, called “Outrunning The Rain” has been selected for The Poetry Festival.
The organisers said “Terrific poem. We just promoted your poem on our social networks and will make sure it’s read right away by 100s of people.”
Outrunning The Rain is a very personal acknowledgement of the feelings I have felt when at my lowest point and the way I try and deal with them.
My previous poem, Terminators, appeared on the site earlier this year and was also published at the Wildsound Festival Review and has been promoted at the Best of APRIL 2017 NEW poetry of POEMS from around the world.
Outrunning The Rain will be featured in an upcoming collection of short-stories and poetry by David E. Gates.
David’s previous collection, First Words, is a unique collection of more than 40 previously unpublished poems, short-stories, scripts and film reviews and is available in paperback and eBook formats from all good online bookstores.
A unique collection of more than 40 previously unpublished short stories, scripts, poems and film reviews from the author of Access Denied, The Roots of Evil and Omonolidee.
Buy First Words – Kindle & Paperback
Available in all other formats at all good online bookstores.
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