My Own Work
Copies of my novels, short stories, children's books and illustrated picture books will be available to buy as kindle books from here soon.
Father Lupine, a vicious dictator with a bizarre and ambiguous political doctrine, has cast a spell over the people of his country. He is dismissed as a rabid lunatic by many of the population. But for others he represents progress and the figurehead for an empowering fantasy for many of the disenfranchised young men of the country. As the country falls under his spell his “drummer boys” appear on the streets and a small band of refugees attempts to escape from Father Lupine’s vicious regime 'The Brotherhood', as their country collapses about them.
Set in a fictional country the novel describes the descent of a society down a dark path that could ultimatley lead to its own destruction.
the noon of night Trilogy
A trilogy of novels linked by themes of grief, morality and violence. Set within the Noon of Night world, a world of brutality and of terrifying beauty.
A mute and simple minded backwoodsman lives near to a small town populated with strange and immoral townsfolk. He keeps his own unique sense of morality, indifferent to the world beyond his understanding and the curious lusts of the townsfolk. Yet in a world both hostile and indifferent it won't be long until the outerworld comes violently into conflict with his own.
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A dark and violent novel, Still Night explores the value of morality within an immoral world.
Driven from their home by shock and grief, twin children wander alone through a hostile world, innocent to the effect they have on the people they meet. The novel tells their story from two perspectives, one of childhood and one of adulthood as they reflect on their experiences. Ultimately the twins are set on a path of self-destruction and inescapable grief.
A tragic fable set in the Noon of Night world, the novel deals with the transformative nature of grief and the ability of ideas to poison the mind.
Sampson Dellamy the member of a chain gang escapes his captors in a bid for freedom. He finds himself in an neverending chase for his survival against the backdrop of the terrifying beauty of the natural world.
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An existential novel about the limits of freedom within a world of indwelling violence.
Short stories by BJA Samuel collected here, includes dark and surreal tales and fables populated with chimeras and phantasmagoria.
Includes the stories A Stranger God, Taxidermy and Bruno Schulz.
Short Stories
A collection of short stories and longer Novella legnth stories.
Children's Stories & Novels
Children's novels and picture books that explore the beauty and power of children's imagination.
Long suffering Rita Pudding lives in a crumbling mansion with her bedridden, overbearing and dramatic mother Esmeralda. She waits on her mother hand and foot with little time for herself. Her home is Pudding Manor a once beautiful manor house now decaying around them.
At night a mystery begins to unfold. Bizarre and exciting things begin to happen. Someone mysterious is watcher her and he may hold to the key to discovering what the strange occurrences are all about.
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Rita Pudding is about to find out that she has the awesome power of creation. The strange and charismatic Damien Wise will be her guide to understanding what it's all about!