North Door 37 Publishing: 14 books

Cover of Somebody Get Me A Hammer!!
by Hope Barrett
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2012

When the machine went into bonus mode, irrespective of whether it was Cleopatra or Used Cars, head-witch would shout to her two followers, "Touch it!" and the two would dutifully start touching the 'belly' of the machine.  "Rub it!" she would order, and they would both...
Cover of You're An Animal!
by Hope Barrett
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2012

WHEN BAD things happen, the erudite Chinese does not look up at the skies and ask "Why?" Instead, he looks at his house, his job, his spouse and decides which of these three is causing the problem. On rare occasions, it is the latter, but the Chinese learned in his astrology would have avoided...
Cover of I Have An Opinion
by Hope Barrett
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2012

IT HAS been seven months since the planets and airlines aligned so that we might find ourselves in the same country, in the same space, face to face.  Normally this kind of movement in the skies only occurs once every two years.  After 25 years of being there for each other through heart-break,...
Cover of Avarice
by Hope Barrett
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2012

Everytime she opened her mouth snakes and centipedes spilled out, along with some kind of sticky clear liquid that shrivelled the hairs in one's nose, on smelling it. One time a startled frog showed up in the expelling and almost spoiled everyone's lunch. AT THE CENTRE of this dark bedtime story...
Cover of Discovering Oscar
by Hope Barrett
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2012

"THE classic mid-Victorian pantomime was essentially a fairy play with comedic elements and as such, it was fiercely defended by critics such as John Ruskin and Charles Dickens Jr, journalist son of the great novelist. The man they held chiefly responsible for the 'music hall invasion' was Sir...
Cover of Diabolical
by Hope Barrett
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2012

Patience and Reason decided they needed to talk to Love. "Listen," said Reason, "you have to do something.  You are the one who allowed the twins in." "I know," said Love, and coughed.  Blood came out. FROM THE author of Somebody Get Me A Hammer!! comes...
Cover of Foolish Heart
by Hope Barrett
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2012

Foolish Heart had discovered love. Dizzying, perturbing, amazing. Foolish Heart was in love with CC. If only CC's name wasn't short for Can't Commit. Pia was looking to escape, from the bird collector who kept her in a cage. Pia could barely breathe. THIS SECOND title from the Black Series offers...
Cover of 3-2-1 Zero
by Hope Barrett, With Illustrations by Katy Leuven
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2013

Ambitious, capricious, avaricious...  Hmm, the Princess thought.  And thought some more. Something bad is about to happen, for sure...   This prequel to Under the Sea finds the rebel Princess enlisting the help of a witch so that she may escape her Father's plans for...
Cover of Attitude at 35,000 Feet
by Hope Barrett
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2016

EVERY flight crew's nightmare is some passenger will get unruly at 35,000 feet; every passenger's nightmare is that the plane will hit turbulence and dinner will end up on someone's head.  Hope Barrett's journal of neuroses and aviophobia will speak to all travellers who have  found themselves...
Cover of Somebody Get Me A Hammer!! 2
by Hope Barrett
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2015

Somebody Get Me A Hammer 2!! continues to chart the battle against probability, and just what playing with self-preservation means. Is it quitting after you win $32,000? Or when you call it a day after leaving USD$115 million on the table? This biting account of what happens when governments makes gambling a key source of revenue will resonate and educate.  
Cover of Despair
by Hope Barrett
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2012

Despair is the kind of friend you would rather not have, because he never says 'I understand' but "I told you so.  Why are you so blind?  It was there in front of your face."  Or, if he is feeling really good, "You're stupid, you know." For once, I would like Despair...
Cover of Entitled

Entitled

A Collection of Eight Short Stories

by Hope Barrett
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2015

A LAWYER sues God, as a banker sees just how indiscreet he can be.  In another part of the world, a mother lays claim to her sovereign right over her daughter, while the lost soul searches for The One.  From the author of The Black Series, this intricate tapestry continues the study of complex human relationships ~ and the absurd  of the 'entitled'.
Cover of Under the Sea
by Hope Barrett, Katy Leuven (Illustrator)
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2012

PRINCESS FARTALOT HAS MORE THAN A GAS PROBLEM! At the buffet table were labelled: Sea Grapes, Green Caviar, Gutweed; Dabberlocks, Brown Tuning Fork, party socks (say what?!);costata, baccata, himanthalia elongata. The Princess's face turned gloomy. Where was the mash? PRINCESS FARTALOT...
Cover of Poopity-Poop!
by Hope Barrett
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2015

DEFIANT and unconventional, Princess Fartalot finds herself at the edge of the forest and sanity at the offering of doo ~ yes,that would be poo ~ in Part Two of her ongoing adventures.
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