Look out for An Ashless Fire - 3 books by Ian Thorpe on 1 CD from Kedco - AP.
The title story is a full length novel, a mystical adventure in which two stories set 1500 years apart in time converge. The story deals with similarities in the behaviour of early Christian missionaries and modern cults and their covert activities in the world of high finance.

Dimension of Mystery; A collection of stories some of novella length and all linked by the paranormal nature of the content. From the horror of Surrender and Dimensions of Love through the gentle supernatural love story To Be Perfect and the surreal humour of Blöd Ties and My Hero (the latter being a story written as a tribute to and in the style of the late Spike Milligan) there should be something to please all readers. 75k words makes this another full length book.

A Two Faced Poet. A selection of 45 poems showing the ridiculous and serious side of Ian's writing and including 12 tracks performed with original music (presented in mp3 format) another 12 tracks accompanied by classical music and ten video performances of poems. We have an animated gif of stills from the videos below (frame size on CD is 320 x 240 pixels).

Also check out on this CD Ian's introduction to A Two Faced Poet in which two poetry critics, Paul Pretentious and Pete Poser (both played by Ian himself) give a short talk on the place of poetry in modern life but quickly descend to childish bickering, The Vampire Dossier a video prelude to Blöd Ties in which the author provides reassurance to nervous readers but receives a surprise visit and the video Introduction to the Dimensions of Mystery collection.

In this still from the video poem "Perfect" Ian fearlessly lies quite still as a young man who occasionally drinks too much gets to work with a chef's knife, performing a facelift on a chicken breast. Ian asks PLT to point out that despite appearances he is not seriously multi - chinned. Phil "Dr. Carver" Gregory got into his part and marked out the planned operation with a felt tip pen.

Here is a sample from the book, showing a HTML page with 3D illustration:

By Ian Thorpe MP3 RECITAL       WAV RECITAL Alien in my bed, you got here under false pretences, took me in with the speed of your slick -lipped lip sticked mouth. I thought you were one of my breed, but you belong to another race somewhere out in deep space where the universe is expanding faster than my vocabulary. You drew me in, snared me in finespun words and spider web eye liner, darkness deceived and silver skinned words dazzled. Bright and brittle, morning sees through your deception. You’re an alien in my bed Reaching out across light years, With your promises of love To wash from my mind these primitive ideals that bind me to the endless human quest Lead me towards a black hole Where self is lost in the vacuum.

This e-book is available from Kedco very soon...
Visit Ian Thorpe's page on AuthorsDen later this month,
for date of release and ordering details.

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