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Undo the Heartbreak is an extensive collection of 150 poems arranged thematically: Love. Loss. Hope. Grief. Dichotomy. Torment. Nature. Dreams. Nightmares. This entire anthology, 10 years in the making, shines guiding lights for those who have grown weary and lost in times of darkness and despair. It offers a reminder that we have inherent power within ourselves to Undo the Heartbreak caused by any trauma. When brought back from the brink, fresh hope may be found, if only we choose to allow it.

The Ruin of Our Dreams is a romance tragedy play about lost love and the effects it can have on all relationships. It is set at Wigmore Castle, an abandoned 11th-century Norman ruin that still stands to this day in Herefordshire, England.

You Can't Park 'Ere! is a Comedy Novella about Traffic Wardens. Marek, a 20-year-old fresh recruit, is a Polish man who recently moved to the U.K but dreams of one day becoming a Police Officer. He is taken under the wing by Mosi, an ex-child soldier from Sierra Leone, who teaches him the tricks of the trade on how to best avoid grief from the public while dishing out parking tickets, how to side-step hassle from Management, and how to always focus on a side-hustle, at all times, no matter the circumstances.

Tadhg didn't want to write a blurb for The Stars Are My Companions, so if you want to find out what the 103 poems inside are all about, you'll have to listen to the book and make your own mind up.

Scorn Not His "Carte-de-Visite" is a romance comedy play set in both modern-day and Victorian London. It tells the ancestral story of an eligible bachelor with autism by the name of Theo who struggles with his overbearing mother as she seeks to find him a suitable suitress to marry.

Secrets Buried in the Woods is a collection of five chilling short stories. The short stories featured in this collection are: "Graves", "Culling", "Hillbillies", "Flatline", and "Shadows".

Shay's Spirit Tourists are a famous group of American paranormal investigators that are keen to take their ghost-hunting exploits and online fanbase to the next level. While some of their haters have suggested that they are nothing more than a bunch of amateur charlatans in it for the fame, views, and money, they are keen to prove themselves. They break into the international circuit by traveling to England in order to delve into the supernatural realms in a more ancient and troubled nation.

Teagan is a 16-year-old Black girl who is confined to an electric wheelchair since she struggles with muscular dystrophy, partial blindness, and deafness. While attending a special midnight screening at her local cinema, she may well be the hero that the audience and staff members alike need when a masked intruder hijacks the evening with a sinister plot.

Val Espin's estranged father, Michael, dies with a request in his last will and testament for his son to scatter his ashes at the Stone Age tomb that he spent his life researching and writing books about. Begrudgingly, Val respects his father's final wishes and takes his urn to West Kennet Long Barrow to perform the ceremony as requested at Samhuinn, the Pagan festival of the dead. While ingesting the Fly Agaric hallucinogenic mushroom that ancient Shaman's used for their vision quests, Val experiences a harrowing journey that puts his very soul on the line.

Ethan is a 30-year-old Black security guard who struggles with the stresses of the night shift as well as being the single carer for his disabled grandmother, who is deteriorating with dementia, while making time for his much-loved girlfriend Catrina. He struggles on, stubbornly believing that he can manage everything on his own, until tragedy strikes and he is forced to put his priorities in order....

The Snake, the Scorpion, the Sage: A Poetry Book contains 38 poems across the themes of chaos, madness, lost love, violence, shadow work, dreams, nightmares, death, and the messy side of life experience.

Son to a drug-dependent, single-parent, work-from-home prostitute, 11-year-old Ryan defends his mother from abusive clients and tackles ridicule from schoolyard bullies. Seeking solace in time-lost literature, he becomes a pained poet before he has learnt how to play. Kim does the best she can to raise him, but with little means to support herself, her boy, and her spiraling drug addiction, she struggles to even keep a roof over their heads and food in their bellies. Then Kim meets Byron, a similarly lost soul, seeking any kind of human connection even if he must pay for the company.

Songs That Shake My Soul is a poetry collection that contains 45 poems that spread across the themes of magic, ancient mysteries, love-making, death-bringing, and the power of women seen through the eyes of one man.

A group of film students shooting a documentary about grimy findings in seedy motel rooms unwittingly unearths a crime scene trail left by a serial killer. Blinded by ambition, they pick up the pieces of the puzzle rather than alert the authorities themselves and feature in a final film that will change their lives forever.

The Written Word: A Poetry Book contains 36 poems that deal with the mysteries of writing, journaling, poetry, publishing. and the power of spoken or recorded language.

My memoir begins at birth, where I almost died, and ends with my suicide attempt at the age of 31. I am grateful that I survived. Somewhere in the aftermath, an old self perished, along with all past trauma. I went through a rebirth and was finally ready to share that part of my story which I had kept hidden and secret from the world. My journey covered mental illness, drug and alcohol addiction, prescription medication abuse, suicide, drug overdose, coma recovery, military base life, house repossession, facing homelessness, gang crime, domestic abuse, divorce, and much more.

Love Glutton is a poetry anthology that features 75 poems on the adventurous mysteries of love, lust, life, and memory. Tadhg Culley is a professional screenwriter, published author, and poet from the UK. He has written 10 feature film screenplays, nine poetry books, eight TV series scripts, eight novellas, three guidebooks, one memoir, one novelette, one collection of short stories, and many other short-form works, delving into documentary, theater, animation, and games.

Unsung Lyricality is the second poetry anthology from Tadhg Culley. It follows Undo the Heartbreak. This is a collection of 68 poetic songs. They feel as if they need a singer’s voice to sing them.... For now, they go unheard yet can be read.… Their lyricality is unsung until their time comes.... Perhaps you’ll hear them singing in your mind?

Relive the Romance: A Poetry Chapbook of Love features 34 poems, where each one represents a different relationship or romance that shaped the author's heart. Tadhg Culley is a professional screenwriter, published author, and poet from the UK. He has written 10 feature film screenplays, eight TV series scripts, seven published books, over 300 poems, and many other short-form works, delving into documentary, theater, animation, and games.

Red Glows Only Lovers Know is a long poem about a romance sparked in Amsterdam that sprawled across 15 years. Written in iambic pentameter, in six parts, in 56 verses forming 560 lines, this long poem captures a unique kind of rare love found only once a lifetime. Tadhg Culley is a professional screenwriter, published author, and poet from the UK. He has written 10 feature film screenplays, eight TV series scripts, eight published books, over 300 poems, and many other short-form works, delving into documentary, theatre, animation, and games.