Alex Burrett: 7 books

Five short stories and five poems from internationally published author Alex Burrett.For Alex Burrett, 2015 was both literally and metaphorically, "The year my tears failed". Literally – in that he was diagnosed with a medical condition that is treated with artificial tears. His own tears are incapable...

“One moment, you are drawing to a conclusion a surprisingly successful business meeting; the next, crashing violently through the window. You are, in a flash, falling backwards, hopelessly, from the top floor an office block. As you gaze up for the last time at the clouds in the sky, in the last...

“These are not literary productions, these are yarns. Told in a conversational, buttonholing style, they tend to start with some outrageous hook: "During childhood, one of my best friends was a stone"; "A friend of mine dated Death"; "Met God's ex-wife once"; "The...

A free collection of poems by Alex Burrett for those interested in his writing. Fedw represents 25 years of distilled joy and pain.

In developed countries, social cohesion has been sacrificed on the altar of individual gratification. Individuals wanted more and better. Inventors and entrepreneurs rallied to serve our desires. We progressed – pulled along by our hunger for improvement. This strategy worked well for centuries....

Experience the pain and horror of phantasmagorical child abduction. Journey with two parents as they search castle, wood and ruined mill for clues to their children's whereabouts. And all the while wonder... is the parents' suffering deserved?

Axel Williams is a pre-pubescent megalomaniac who heads a well-established gang. His leadership is undermined by the arrival at his village school of Eddy – a power-hungry city kid. The two young bucks are destined to lock hornless heads from the moment they meet. See the contest for supremacy through Axel’s eyes – from innocent beginning to bloody end.