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It should have been a straight-forward miningE exploration to a asteroid a few light years away by a mixture of miners and prisoners wishing for a early release from their prison sentences. It should have been a straight-forward in and out of a carefully scouted out mine over in under a year which had enough coal and gold to save aE dying race for generations. But then the Wolf came, slaughtering everybody it encountered turning order to chaos, turning brother against brother and survival into a deadly, murderous game. Told in tense, horror micro poems, The Hour of the Wolf is the first book in a new series 'Role Reversal' by acclaimed poet, Andy N (Author of 'Return to Kemptown' and 'The End of Summer) redefining horror and poetry in a very different way.

A mysteries world A decaying empire within a wall that has existed for thousands of years. A building war A hidden nightmare tucked away for thousands of years. It all waits to be discovered in Enemy of the Wall, the first in a thrilling new series 'Barbarians of the Wall' that mixes fantasy and poetry in a thrilling reading experience by the author of the 'Role Reversal' series Andy N. Told from a variety of points of view, Enemy of the Wall takes the reader into a mysteries new world covered in a huge, epic wall where for thousands of years all inside the wall are citizens and all of those outside are not and a hidden menace that threatens everybody. Told in epic, long form fantasy poems, Enemy of the Wall will delight adults, teens and anyone who relishes an adventure tucked away in mystery and the shadows.

Stepping away into the shadows, The Streets were all we could see is the fourth full-length poetry collection by Andy N, author of most recently 'The End of Summer' and 'The Birth of Autumn' walking away at least temporarily from seasonal mysteries into tiny almost flash fiction pieces masked as poems. Told almost as tiny murmurs, each of the poems contained within this book are told not as a sequel to either of his seasonal books but a grasping of emotions in the most tiny fragments of life from chasing goodbyes on front doorsteps to abandoned bicycles outside shopfront windows and cars dying when you least expect. The streets were all could see explores life through a different lens like a picture catching a memory before memory distorts it taking you a transformative journey from the good and the bad moments and everything that flows in-between it

Ghost Story is the continue saga (so far) of the Napwrimo (National Poetry Writing Month) saga told from 2014 to 2016 created by Andy N (Author of Return of Kemptown, The End of Summer) telling the first three parts of a epic story of a chance meeting between a human and a ghost and a rising horror on the verge of gripping the world. Wrote throughout April of each year, each one of the pieces are taunt, gothic and horrific filled with menace and a rising terror covering horrific tram crashes, snipers running amok at train stations and serial killers, each of the stories build layer on layer like chapters in the book told in poems.

Originally inspired by what was intended to be a standalone seven-word poem on Instagram; Run Away with Me in Seven Words is the debut co-written collection by Manchester Poets and real-life couple, Amanda Steel and Andy N. This book contains a sequence of poems taking the reader through a journey. Each piece is exactly seven words, where the two writers seem to play emotional tennis with each other using a pared down precision, redefining how sequences of poetry can be written. This collection takes its readers on a lyrical journey from the beginning, celebrating the textures of life and indeed love, between the desire to stand still and the necessity of not been afraid to run away with the flow.

Standing their ground with everything they have, "Europa VI - The Beginning of the End" follows almost immediately straight on from "Europa V: Falling from View" with Poets Nick Armbrister and Andy N taking the reader right back to the beginning of a bloody invasion. "Europa VI - The Beginning of the End" looks at the tension in the air right from how people's lives are changed overnight to how people fight back inside and outside the War Zone and what do people do when everything they have lived with all of their lives and how things change overnight. "Europa VI - The Beginning of the End" is poetic reporters Nick Armbrister and Andy N at their most poetic and forthright in the heart of a war-zone wriggling the page backwards and forwards of how it is to live in this ordeal, speaking of the menace, the grief and everything that lies in-between.

From Friendship to Love is what it says on the tin or the label is a study of two people falling in love told throughout a series of short poems. From Friendship to Love is a study of what happens when two people who were very very close friends take the chance and see what happens next if they try being a couple instead of just been best friends. From Friendship to Love is a honest and emotional study looking at things as a series of adventures with a tenderness and a sense of touch of humour rarely seen in poetry talking about how everything changed as two people simply tried to find happiness. Andy N is the author of 'Return of Kemptown' and 'The End of Summer' and is the writer of the 'Role Reversal' and 'Chronicles of the wall series'

After being in the same job for over ten years and then facing unemployment when neither of his following roles proved a good match, Andy N knows firsthand the challenges of navigating the job market in an ever-changing world. In Beyond the CV, his second book of non-fiction, he shares his honest and inspiring journey of what happened to him offering practical advice and valuable and personal insights of how he pulled himself back from the edge. Originally told in a series of columns on his Substack page, now expanded to include unreleased material, Beyond the CV is a series of articles reflecting this journey which covers his initial struggles obtaining interviews, dealing with rogue firms, cancelled job fairs with no notice and how to use job agencies. Beyond the CV also covers suggestions on how to re-edit your CV when you are struggling, how to choose between two job offers you receive at once, and then what you do when said job choice is withdrawn, this book covers everything you need not to give up. Told with a touch of humour and wisdom rarely seen in said market, Beyond the CV is your guide to a more fulfilling and successful career as well as a guide not to give when it looks like you may never work again.

'Haiku of Life' the new collection from Andy N follows a very different kind of journey of Haiku from his previous collection 'Underground Haiku'. Again comprising of 50 haiku's, 'Haiku of Life' is a journey of a life with a haiku for each one of the years, the Author has being alive starting off as a premature baby in hospitals for months to struggling at school with undiagnosed Dyspraxia, bullied at college before then eventually becoming a respected poet and artist. 'Haiku of Life' is a series of snapshots told in Haiku form drawing on observations and reflections using the haiku form in a rarely seen form taking everybody on a journey of sadness and anger before finding acceptance and understanding that will stay with its readers for days after they complete this book.

Stepping over the gate into pastures afresh, The Birth of Autumn, the third full-length poetry book by Andy N, author of both 'Return to Kemptown' and 'The End of Summer' is a collection of poetry rooted in the exhilaration and the melancholy in the change of season that follows Summer. Told in sparse, tender brush-strokes, the book is as much a sequel to his previous book The End of Summer as a further exploration of life as well as the change of rural and agricultural rhythms of Autumn all wrapped in a whirl of emotions that follows at the end of one season that follows into the next. The Birth of Autumn is a book lost in shadows as the skies begin to darken slowly but also brings back beauty into your emotions, adventures into feelings and the leaves on the floor into a miraculously vibrant colour.