Alan J Hill

In a contemporary slice of British life, eight men find themselves brought together by chance in a hospital waiting room. A family man, worn down by the demands of running a business and providing for his loved ones, stumbles into a passionate affair with a younger woman. But can he pull back before everything unravels? A young man, deprived of education and family support, teeters on the fringes of society—battling each day through drugs and petty crime in a fight for survival. And then there's our narrator—a self-styled “comedy northerner” and freelance journalist living in the South of England. To him, the seven men in that waiting room may be more than strangers—they might just be his next big story. But at what cost? Five other lives intertwine, weaving the rich, layered narrative of Overdressed—a story laced with humour... until it isn’t.

At a stately home in Burnley in 1936 a young girl is employed as a maid in service to the lord and lady of the house. She falls in love for the first time, ultimately having to deal with the consequences of her love in a manner she never imagined. A young man in the British Army in 1959 wrestles with his own identity and keeps secrets – some of which he will hold for the rest of his life. St. Helens in the mid 1970s and a young boy faces his father with legal documents he doesn’t understand that he finds in a shoe box under the stairs. Based on real events of one family’s search for the truth, Under the Stairs is an aching saga told across time, told through the generations of one family; their unconditional love for each other and their determination to answer the question we all want to know the answer to – Who am I?

Sid’s life hung by a thread! Left with only one sister Jayne, and seven legs after an encounter with a neighbour, Sid the spider’s life is turned on its web when Jayne is whisked into a house after an incident with a crow. Sid embarks on an epic adventure to bring his sister back and whilst in the process meets a host of colourful characters who live in The Edge. Can Sid overcome the slave army; King Rod (short for rodent); Baggy the Cat and Mad H to bring his sister home? And, who can he trust? A madcap fast-paced yarn unspools as Sid Seven-Legs attempts to rescue Jayne. Along the way we find out that there is a lot more to spiders than we could ever have imagined...

An honest and emotional true story about a man who, after a life-long battle with mental and physical problems, finally became diagnosed with autism at the age of forty-nine in 2011. The catalyst for his diagnosis was his daughter's attempted suicide, which drove this troubled man to finally get the help he needed.

Shade's mind was a blur. The last few week's events and especially the last few days jostled for space in his lupine brain like commuters trying to get the 8.52 am tube with one last hope of being in work on time, but it was his human mind that tried to make sense of them. His human mind that only seconds earlier had been in his human body.Mingor the warlock had, by using his dark, evil magic, returned Jim Spencer back to the body that had served Jim well back in London. Gregorn and he had sacrificed Jim's chance to remain a man for the benefit of the giant people. Ultimately the sacrifice was to stop Mingor and Strinises from taking over Arbrain, the ancient city - or at least to stop them taking it over without a fight.