Francis David: 73 books

Are you a busy person? What a stupid question, of course you are. But, are you a busy person that still needs mental stimulation, i.e. reading? However, who has time to sit down and read a novel these days? Amirite? Don't you wish there was a book you could just dip into and out of, whenever you felt...

Twenty short, short-stories. Many on a similar theme but none of them are interlinked. A short book to have with you on the bus, train, plane or toilet. Especially the toilet.

If you have read my previous book - 50 Haiku - then these will be familiar to you. If not, then these are not the standard Japanese haiku, rather, they are an invention of my own. They all consist of 13 syllables, but no set or standard syllable type per line. I.E. Japanese haiku are 5-7-5 per line;...

I have always wanted to have a go at trying to write an epic poem. The thing is though, that I've discovered that I have neither the talent, patience or imagination to write a truly epic poem. So these poems are an exercise in longform poetry. None of them have a story per se, I was just interested...

I used to work as a Mexican cook, in the dim, dark past. I was still a writer then, as I am now, but I managed a little less time to write back then. So, in between prep, set up and cooking, I would take what little time I had to write things down on the lids of our take away containers. They were...

A long experiment that felt much longer. Quite a few years ago, when I was working mostly nights, I arranged to have a few nights off, so I could experiment with an idea I had. That idea was the Host. It did not quite work out as I imagined though. I was intending to get drunk for three days, and...

I've always loved Haiku and have attempted to write them before but always got stuck on the traditional, locked in 5-7-5 syllable count. My dad gave me Jack Keourac's book of Haiku for my birthday one year and he invented his own system, whereby he eschewed the syllable count and kept the three line...

While searching through my shed for something completely unrelated, I came upon a bunch of old poems that I'd sent out and had been rejected. I quite liked what I'd written, so I combined them with some of the poems I'd written this year and, here it is. It also includes a few random prose pieces that weren't fitting anywhere else.

A bunch of poems that I wrote over many years. There used to be a bunch more but, in a fit of pique one year, I threw away all my writing and began again. These (including my other books) are some of the results. Not all of my remaining poems but definitely my best so far. Although I don't really consider myself much of a poet, I'm pretty proud of these twenty five.

I'm not really sure of a long description here, as I've really set it out in the short one. Suffice to say, I was sick to death of reading all the bullshit that goes with manuscripts - that they HAVE to be this and they HAVE to be that: don't use different fonts and don't play with the spacing and make a coherent story etc. So I set out to defy all that.

Mary has a history with her mother. She also has a history with Chris, the priest. Mary's mother and Chris have a history with the Bible. Julie has a history with Mary, her magazine and Mary's writing. Mary has a history with writing; so does her mother. Jacob is Mary's father; he has a history with...

For thousands of years the immortal Gilgamesh has presided over the legendary Ur-Bar, witnessing history unfold from within its walls. Some days it is a rural tavern, others a fashionable wine shop. It may appear as a hidden speakeasy or take on the form of your neighborhood local. For most patrons...

Table Of Contents    One Day Your Strength Will Fail By Anthony Francis  Ever wonder what happened to all the heroes of Greek legend after they returned to familiar shores? "One Day Your Strength Will Fail" explores how a hero of legend rages against the inexorable approach of old age...

Discover the spookiest stories behind this centuries-old college in Maine . . . photos included!   Bowdoin College boasts two centuries in higher education, and that rich history is laden with curious tales and ghostly happenings. Eerie legends about Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Nathaniel Hawthorne,...