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FICTION

THE LOVING

The Loving is a haunting tale set in a world unraveling—a time when war and plague carve through lives with merciless precision, when love is as fragile as a breath and just as easily stolen. Against this backdrop of chaos and despair, fleeting moments of passion, devotion, and betrayal burn brightly before being snuffed out by fate.

In a society where illness claims the mind as easily as the body, and where bonds are severed by forces beyond control, The Loving explores the raw, aching beauty of human connection in an age where nothing lasts. It is a story of love found and lost, of madness and longing, of life lived on the precipice of oblivion.

A novel of poetic devastation and desperate hope—The Loving is a testament to the endurance of the heart, even in the darkest of times.

£7.25 Paperback

THE LOVING CHILD

In the untamed wilds of Kerry and the rolling meadows of Meath, the echoes of war and plague still linger, shaping the lives of those left behind. The Loving Child continues the haunting legacy of The Loving, exploring love, loss, and survival in a world where nothing is certain.

As a new generation rises from the ashes of the past, old wounds refuse to heal, and the weight of history presses upon the living. In the shadow of grief and longing, bonds are tested, destinies rewritten, and the fragile hope of renewal flickers against the storm. But can love truly transcend the ghosts of yesterday?

A lyrical and evocative tale of passion, resilience, and the inescapable pull of the past, The Loving Child is a story of what is inherited—through blood, through memory, and through the enduring power of the heart

£6.99 Paperback

THE LOVING FEW

In a world still shaped by war, plague, and the relentless passage of time, The Loving Few continues the sweeping saga begun in The Loving and The Loving Child. The past is never truly gone—it lingers in memories, in scars, in the unbreakable ties of love and grief.

As those who remain struggle to carve out a future, they are haunted by the shadows of those lost to illness, madness, and the brutality of fate. In this vanished world of yesteryear, where love is a fleeting flame in the darkness, only a few will endure. But at what cost?

A novel of longing and survival, The Loving Few is a deeply poetic and heartbreaking meditation on the fragility of life and the quiet strength of those who dare to love, even in the face of oblivion.

£6.04 Paperback

THE LOVING MANY

The final echoes of The Loving, The Loving Child, and The Loving Few resound in The Loving Many, a story set in a world where love is both fleeting and eternal, where war and plague have carved deep wounds into the fabric of existence.

As time presses forward, the survivors of a vanished age must reconcile their past with an uncertain future. Love, once fragile and easily lost, now takes on new forms—enduring, multiplying, and shaping the lives of those who carry its memory. But in a world where death, illness, and madness have claimed so much, can love ever truly be enough?

Haunting, poetic, and steeped in longing, The Loving Many is a powerful conclusion to a saga of passion, grief, and the quiet, unyielding strength of the human heart.

£5.99 Paperback

THE URBAN HAGGIS

A history of the Haggis

Not just that noble Highland variety of the creature that roams the mists of the north and west of Scotland eating the white heather, but the lesser known Lowland Haggis - a breed of haggis that has until recently been viewed as an aggressive and temperamental kind of beastie.

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JOIN THE HAGGIS PRESERVATION SOCIETY

BY READING THIS BOOK.

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BLACKBIRDS : A NUN'S TALE

This story is about faith, ignorance, denial, and revenge.

In parts, it is about unity, common purpose, and triumphalism.

However, it is also about sadistic nature, power gone wrong, and retribution.

This kind of story is for an audience obsessed with religious wrong-doing, its hypocrisy and its secrets.

If there is a moral, then it must be that the reader following the actions of our heroine understands why she is compelled to commit the same acts that have been perpetrated on her.

Only after such deeds are done, when the meaning of compassion is fully understood, can our heroine change the course of her life and of those that she leads.

£4.99 Paperback

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THE LOST SUMMER

In 1988 migrant workers in North West Iceland survived on alcohol and sex while processing fish. A modern classic to rival Steinbeck's Cannery Row.

£5.99 Paperback

PUNKS

This novel is about two young punks traveling in South America in 1978.

Their views on money, freedom, traveling, getting away from reality, music, poetry, youth movements, hippies, punks and drugs.

It's what some kids of their age do with their lives, before they get married, mortgaged and chained.

Some of them don’t make it that far..

£7.99 Paperback

CHRISTINE AND HER TEACHEST

Louis met Christine at a party and fell in love.

He had always fancied himself as a writer, but from the moment he starts hanging out with Christine, he discovers she is a genius of invention and imagination. Inside Christine's head is a whole world she is managing to write down, yet none of it is commercial.

She keeps everything hidden in a tea chest.

£6.18 Paperback

LOST IN THE DESERT

October 1976. In the remote and volatile heart of Sudan, two young Brits and a Japanese adventurer find themselves trapped in Juba as a deadly virus—known then as The Green Monkey Disease, later identified as Ebola—begins its relentless spread.

The region is a tinderbox. Sudan is reeling from a brutal seventeen-year civil war, Uganda is suffocating under Idi Amin’s reign of terror, and the Kenyan borders are sealed. Torrential rains have cut off all escape routes, turning the land into an inescapable prison. As fear tightens its grip and death closes in, survival becomes a desperate game of chance.

£5.99 Paperback

NON - FICTION

GLASGOW BOY

Before he was a poet, novelist, playwright, and filmmaker, Robbie Moffat was just another Glasgow lad with big ideas and a restless spirit.

Glasgow Boy dives into his early years, capturing the raw energy, misadventures, and defining moments that set him on a creative path.

Rooted in the streets, culture, and character of working-class Glasgow, this is a story of ambition, mischief, and the relentless pull of storytelling. With humor, grit, and a keen eye for the absurd, Moffat brings to life a time of hard lessons, big dreams, and the beginnings of an artistic awakening.

Glasgow Boy isn’t just a glimpse into the past—it’s a tribute to the city that started it all.

£5.66 Paperback

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POETRY

DREAMS OF TRUTH AND BEAUTY

This inspirational collection comprises poetry, theatre, essays and short stories which set out to forge a way beyond dogma.

With rigorous appeal to esotericism, Brown contends that the human creative process mirrors our Creator’s. Therefore, insight into spiritual worlds is obtained and explicated through art – and nature, which is the art of God – to form the body of a personal religion.

Indeed, Dreams of Truth and Beauty is not merely one man's spiritual hearth, but a roadmap for creating your own.

£10.47 Paperback

THE WANDERER

At the age of seventeen, the Wanderer leaves Scotland to discover the world and himself.

He passes through seven European states, sleeping where he can, and learning what he will, before returning home to his own people.

However, it is seventeen years later that the Wanderer finally returns to his native city for good. He wishes to re-establish contact with his former childhood friend and arranges to meet him in a bistro in the most bohemian part of the city.

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UNIVERSAL BEING

A masterpiece poem of more than one thousand quatrains.

The structure is very simple - it doesn't take much mental application to use Roget's Thesaurus as a source - but by exhausting Roget's lexicons, Moffat shows that the limitation of the English language makes it impossible to explain away the universe.

THIS BOOK IS A MUST FOR ALL SERIOUS POETRY READERS LOOKING FOR ANSWERS.

£5.99 Paperback

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PILLOCK

The tale of a love-sick fool who cannot bring himself to accept that the girl, whom he adores, does not adore him. His notion of love is a romantic ideal that is absurd
by his pathetic behavior.

Once again it is delight to put Pillock back in print. It is light, airy and frivolous, and who says that we need more of that in today’s world. I certainly think we do – for even after twenty-two years Pillock still has a naïve charm about it however clumsy the execution may be.

I have moved on in life but the poem still gives me a snapshot of my emotions during the months I spent in Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia between January and April 1988. I hope you find some value in it – the discovery of paradise and the loss of it happens to us all.

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DISCONNECTED

The following poems are works that don’t appropriately fit into any collection.

They are in this sense one-offs and have no unifying theme. Nevertheless, they do exist and it is only fair to the poems (or rather the fact that I spent the time to compose them) that they should be collected together to form an unconnected
whole.

Hence the name DISCONNECTED.

The poems cover the period 1986-96 and the places I lived during that time -Newcastle, Somerset, Aberdeenshire, Glasgow, and finally Argyll where I abandoned poetry for a life in film.

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RAGE AGAINST THE LIGHT

The collected poetry works of Robbie Moffat from 1974 to 2020.

This new fourth edition contains the poet's work previously omitted and his poems composed during 2020.

£19.95 Paperback

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THE COMPLETE POETIC WORKS

This book contains the entire output of Robbie Moffat’s poetry from 1974 to present day.

His work is infused with foreign places and a deep tenderness for his native Scotland.

He is a poet of places, people, landscapes and nature. His work is peppered with emotion, humour and biting satire. He also expresses his inner struggles and his personal doubts about his own contribution to humanity. There is always optimism, a romantic point of view, belief that all will be well in the end. He has a magnetic personality, and an insatiable appetite for friendship, love and life.

This book reveals to us that he is a poet for our times.

£22.83 Paperback

SCREENPLAY COLLECTION

WHICH PRIZE DID I WIN?

The key to writing a great story is solid characterization and dialogue that sizzles rather than carrying the plot. This is a skill that comes from practise which is evident in the first of the three volumes of the screenplays that Robbie Moffat has written and made into feature films. They give an insight into how a script is written and how a filmmaker interprets the words on the page. For anyone who is a budding screenwriter, this volume covers many different genres and gives valuable insight into how to write a makeable script.

This first volume of Selected Screenplays covers the ten feature films that Robbie Moffat wrote and made in the period 1999 to 2006.

The book offers an invaluable insight into the world of screenwriting by one of Britain's most prolific film-makers.

£21.95 Paperback

SCREENPLAY

GOT TO RUN

A novella of the film Got To Run.

Sarah McGuire, a traveling saleswoman is off on a trip up north to sell her boss’s latest range of lingerie stock Unhappy in her current relationship with a car mechanic, she sets off with a mind to change her life for the better. She is good at her job but is unfulfilled. To alleviate her daily boredom she runs to orchestral music. Running is her one real pleasure in life.

A chance meeting in a pub while drunk furnishes her with a list of ten beautiful places to go running in Britain. Initially, the places are en route between her sales assignments, but finally, Sarah has to decide to get off the beaten track and go on the run.

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FINGERS IN THE WATER

Dick and Harry Bridges are newly married and Dick has organised their honeymoon getaway as a do-it-yourself cruise on a West Midland backwater canal.

Harry, a girl of means, is crestfallen at the cheapness of Dick’s honeymoon plans but soon starts to like the carefree world of canal life when Dick employs Tom, a local pikey, to help steer them through the gates and locks.

Meanwhile, Dick has employed Sunshine an incompetent hitman to kill his wife so he can collect on her life insurance, but the presence of Tom complicates Sunshine’s attempts to do away with her.

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SISTERS GRIMM

1815 England.

Shipwrecked off Ireland and landed at Watchet Harbour, Somerset - Esmeralda Grimm and her half-sister Fancy set out on the final leg of their journey home to the House of Grimm.

Stumbling upon a coven of witches in a ruined church, they flee for their lives and take refuge in a deserted tavern. Befriended by an amorous yokel, they awake to discover their horses were stolen.

Left to cross the wild hills by foot, they are overtaken by a storm and are forced to take refuge in a ditch with a tinker whose tales about the Beast of the Moor make their night sleepless.

Reaching Grimm Manor the following day, they are reacquainted with their estranged relatives – great aunt Augusta (Lady Grimm), second cousin Leopold, first cousin Wilberforce, and step-sister Evangelista, but are they all who they say they are?

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WINTER WARRIOR

In the autumn of 573AD, the eight-year civil war that divided the Celtic nations in post-Romano-Britain ended at the battle of Arthuret. The Celtic armies disband and the warriors return to their homes, but the losses to the combined Celtic forces are so great that the immigrants from Germania- the Angles, who settled along the North Sea coast, boldly send raiding parties into the heart of the Celtic homelands.

Fingal a Celtic mercenary soldier is returning home to his Roman wife, Lillian, who lives with his people of Caledon. Weighed down by his travel bags full of the treasures of war, he rescues the Jewish slave girl, Jessica from her Angle captors starting a chain of events that begin a war at home.

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BONE HUNTER

AD 575 – a shipwrecked band of Romans is escorting the reluctant widow called Hennini to her destination beyond Hadrian’s Wall, where she must marry the mercenary chieftain Cathen. While crossing the Wall the Roman’s are attacked by a roving ban of Angle soldiers and Hennini is abducted.

Meanwhile Fingal has fallen on hard times. He is so poor that he can’t even afford oxen to pull his plough, so when he finds Hennini’s husband-to-be offering him money to search for the abducted bride, Fingal accepts the challenge.

While searching the countryside Fingal and Cahten’s man Domal come upon the shipwrecked Greek monk Regulus. He is searching for Hennini because she has in her keeping the bones of St Andrew, the first Apostle of Christ.

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AXE RAIDERS

The third of the series of Fingal tales set in Caledonia around 575AD, in which the hero’s father-in-law Roderick decides to make himself king of Strathclyde.

Fingal opposes him but is overwhelmed and sold to the captain of a party of seafarers associated with Fingal’s enemies, the Angles.

However, Egil, the leader of the seafarers is no Angle – he is a Dane, and proud of it.

On the voyage across the Germanic Sea, Fingal tries to capture the ship, but fails. Admiring Fingal’s fighting qualities, Egil agrees to free him on return to the Daneland on the condition that he marries his sister Hronn and that when called upon, he will fight for the Daneland.

Fingal is made to give his word-bond.

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HAWK AND THE DOVE

Harry Gillespie thought he could outrun his past.

A bookkeeper with a talent for skimming from the wrong people, he vanishes into a remote Scottish fishing village with Ebony, a sharp-witted Edinburgh girl looking for her own escape. But the quiet isolation offers little protection from the inevitable.

As Harry clings to the illusion of a new life, Ebony senses the storm brewing on the horizon. Whispers travel fast, old debts remain unpaid, and the men he betrayed are never far behind. When danger finally arrives on their doorstep, Harry and Ebony are forced to make a choice—keep running, or turn the tide in their favor.

In a world where loyalty is fleeting and survival is never guaranteed, they will have to decide just how far they are willing to go to disappear for good.

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SEVEN CROSSES

Minnie and Ernest Tucker, a brother and sister in their mid-twenties, cling to a failing existence on their desolate moorland farm in Somerset. With their livelihood crumbling, they scrape by taking in the occasional bed and breakfast guest—until one fateful night changes everything.

When Ben and Carol, a couple from London, arrive seeking shelter, tensions rise. Ernest takes an instant dislike to Ben, and before the night is over, blood is spilled. Carol runs for her life, but the moors are vast, and Ernest is relentless. One murder becomes two. Then three. And soon, the siblings find themselves trapped in a horrifying cycle of bloodshed, each fresh grave marked by a crude wooden cross.

By the time the final reckoning comes, seven crosses stand in the shadows of the farmhouse—silent witnesses to the horror that unfolded within its walls.

Seven Crosses is a chilling tale of isolation, madness, and a twisted bond that blurs the line between devotion and destruction. In the wild heart of the West Country, where secrets fester and escape is impossible, the Tucker siblings will go to terrifying lengths to keep their world from unraveling.

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FINDING FORTUNE

Helen and Sylvia, two friends from New York, arrive in San Antonio with a singular mission—finding Helen’s brother, Frank, who disappeared without a trace four years ago.

His last contact was a mysterious postcard from a Buddhist monastery, where he wrote of “searching for something” and knowing when he had found it.

Armed with little more than that haunting clue, they leave Texas behind and travel to the rugged, windswept landscapes of the Scottish Highlands, where Frank was last seen. As they navigate remote villages, eerie ruins, and the untamed beauty of the Highlands, they begin to uncover unsettling truths about his disappearance.

But the further they go, the more the journey takes on a life of its own - forcing them to confront secrets, doubts, and the eerie possibility that Frank may not want to be found

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BEAST IN THE BASEMENT

Iris and Lily Nelson live in a grand house near an army camp, daughters of a once-powerful colonel. Their lives revolve around entertaining the camp’s non-commissioned officers, including their latest drinking companions—Mitch, Bobby, and Danny—who are preparing for deployment to Afghanistan.

But behind the charm and cocktails lies a sinister truth: for eight years, the sisters have kept their brother, Henry, locked away in a basement cell. When Mitch proposes to Iris, the sisters fear their secret will be exposed—and worse, that Henry’s horrific past will come to light.

Unknown to them, Henry has found a way out. Slipping into the night, he unleashes a blood-soaked revenge, savagely murdering a soldier. As the brutal crime sparks a manhunt led by Inspector Arun, the sisters scramble to keep their dark past buried.

But with a killer on the loose and the truth clawing its way to the surface, their web of deception is about to unravel in ways they never imagined.

A dark secret. A desperate escape. A murder that changes everything.

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BEAM ME UP

A four person crew are sent to bring back a mothballed ship parked at the back of Pluto. Arriving on the ship the astronauts soon discover that the ship is no ordinary cruiser but that it contains layers of levels and unusual leisure facilities.

Their journey to the bridge leads them to a swimming pool, a church and cocktail bar. They are also unnerved by the religious symbolism of the ship- on entry they were greeted with the sign God Be With You as though the ship had some other purpose. As the four meander around the ship the crew member Caroli accidentally pushes a button which begins the ships engines. The Captain, Sceptra feels obliged to work out where the ship is destined. Before long the only scientist on the crew, Kraz works out that the ship is destined to discover the ends of the Universe.

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NOVELISATION

HELMUT RAZOR

This is not a tale of romance or redemption—it’s a descent into brutality, chaos, and carnage.

Helmet Razor throws you into the heart of a world where violence reigns supreme, and every wrong turn leads to disaster. Misadventure and mayhem collide in a relentless storm of bloodshed, betrayal, and the darkest depths of human nature.

Brutal, gruesome, and utterly unapologetic, this is a story where survival is fleeting, morality is a myth, and the line between hunter and hunted is razor-thin. If you crave raw, unfiltered action and the grim consequences of things spiraling out of control, Helmet Razor delivers with unrelenting ferocity.

Dare to enter—just don’t expect a way back!

£4.49 Paperback

LOVE THE ONE YOU'RE WITH

The novella of the film Love The One You’re With

A story about a wealthy young businessman who is temporarily reduced to poverty over a long weekend, after leaving all his credit cards and his briefcase in his car, which is then unfortunatley towed over night. He becomes dependent on a young homeless girl trying to go straight, who ends up showing him that there is more to life than money.

Made into a feature film in the year 2000 - aka Thousands Like Us

£4.99 Paperback

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THE GREAT GETAWAY

Following the crushing defeat of the Jacobite uprising in 1745, Bonnie Prince Charlie, the Young Pretender, became the target of the largest manhunt in British history. With the full force of the British army closing in, he must rely on his wits, courage, and the loyalty of those willing to risk everything to help him flee.

From daring disguises to perilous sea crossings, The Great Getaway brings to life an astonishing true story of survival, betrayal, and resilience. As the prince weaves his way through the rugged Scottish Highlands, evading capture at every turn, his journey becomes more than just an escape—it becomes the stuff of legend.

£6.99 Paperback

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