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Tadhg didn't want to write a blurb for The Stars Are My Companions, so if you want to find out what the 103 poems inside are all about, you'll have to listen to the book and make your own mind up.

You Can't Park 'Ere! is a Comedy Novella about Traffic Wardens. Marek, a 20-year-old fresh recruit, is a Polish man who recently moved to the U.K but dreams of one day becoming a Police Officer. He is taken under the wing by Mosi, an ex-child soldier from Sierra Leone, who teaches him the tricks of the trade on how to best avoid grief from the public while dishing out parking tickets, how to side-step hassle from Management, and how to always focus on a side-hustle, at all times, no matter the circumstances.

Red Glows Only Lovers Know is a long poem about a romance sparked in Amsterdam that sprawled across 15 years. Written in iambic pentameter, in six parts, in 56 verses forming 560 lines, this long poem captures a unique kind of rare love found only once a lifetime. Tadhg Culley is a professional screenwriter, published author, and poet from the UK. He has written 10 feature film screenplays, eight TV series scripts, eight published books, over 300 poems, and many other short-form works, delving into documentary, theatre, animation, and games.

Shards of a Ceramic Soul: A Poetry Chapbook contains 15 poems that seek to speak about what it is like to be a struggling writer. Tadhg Culley is a professional screenwriter, published author, and poet from the UK. He has written 10 feature film screenplays, eight TV series scripts, six poetry books, three novellas, three guidebooks, one memoir, one collection of short stories, and many other short-form works, delving into documentary, theatre, animation, and games.

Scorn Not His "Carte-de-Visite" is a romance comedy play set in both modern-day and Victorian London. It tells the ancestral story of an eligible bachelor with autism by the name of Theo who struggles with his overbearing mother as she seeks to find him a suitable suitress to marry.

The Ruin of Our Dreams is a romance tragedy play about lost love and the effects it can have on all relationships. It is set at Wigmore Castle, an abandoned 11th-century Norman ruin that still stands to this day in Herefordshire, England.

The Strong & Silent (but Vulnerable & Vocal) Type is a poetry book that contains 100 poems across a variety of topics, such as modern-day masculinity, romance, love, heartache, history, heritage, art, philosophy, mythology, nature, cancel culture, wokeism, and much more.

When Starlight Reaches Us is a poetry chapbook that contains 36 poems of observations ranging from the mundane to the magical but each with a touch of stardust.

The Heart Cremates Itself is a poetry chapbook that contains 36 poems about how it feels to live on once heartbreak has been healed.

Shay's Spirit Tourists are a famous group of American paranormal investigators that are keen to take their ghost-hunting exploits and online fanbase to the next level. While some of their haters have suggested that they are nothing more than a bunch of amateur charlatans in it for the fame, views, and money, they are keen to prove themselves. They break into the international circuit by traveling to England in order to delve into the supernatural realms in a more ancient and troubled nation. 

Undo the Heartbreak is an extensive collection of 150 poems arranged thematically: Love. Loss. Hope. Grief. Dichotomy. Torment. Nature. Dreams. Nightmares. This entire anthology, 10 years in the making, shines guiding lights for those who have grown weary and lost in times of darkness and despair. It offers a reminder that we have inherent power within ourselves to Undo the Heartbreak caused by any trauma. When brought back from the brink, fresh hope may be found, if only we choose to allow it. 

When the Muse Descends, We Must Stoop Lower Too is a poetry chapbook that contains 43 poems about the mysteries of art, inspiration, creativity, love, and heartache.

Art Unbidden, Soul Unhidden is a poetry book that contains 100 poems on the theme of lessons learned that seemingly rose unwanted from the subconscious realms that often surprised the writer or caught them off-guard, with hope that something valuable can be passed onto the listener by what has been created through such a process.

The Soul Knows These Simple Truths is a poetry audiobook that contains 101 poems across a wide variety of themes such as heartbreak, grief, loss, hope, faith, inspiration, philosophy, tragedy, and the healing power of art.

An unknown event causes a busy stretch of highway to grind to a standstill for several days and nights. Road rage reaches a new level as these isolated individuals are forced to confront their barbaric instincts for survival.

Son to a drug-dependent, single-parent, work-from-home prostitute, 11-year-old Ryan defends his mother from abusive clients and tackles ridicule from schoolyard bullies. Seeking solace in time-lost literature, he becomes a pained poet before he has learnt how to play. Kim does the best she can to raise him, but with little means to support herself, her boy, and her spiraling drug addiction, she struggles to even keep a roof over their heads and food in their bellies. Then Kim meets Byron, a similarly lost soul, seeking any kind of human connection even if he must pay for the company. 

My memoir begins at birth, where I almost died, and ends with my suicide attempt at the age of 31. I am grateful that I survived. Somewhere in the aftermath, an old self perished, along with all past trauma. I went through a rebirth and was finally ready to share that part of my story which I had kept hidden and secret from the world. My journey covered mental illness, drug and alcohol addiction, prescription medication abuse, suicide, drug overdose, coma recovery, military base life, house repossession, facing homelessness, gang crime, domestic abuse, divorce, and much more. 

Val Espin's estranged father, Michael, dies with a request in his last will and testament for his son to scatter his ashes at the Stone Age tomb that he spent his life researching and writing books about. Begrudgingly, Val respects his father's final wishes and takes his urn to West Kennet Long Barrow to perform the ceremony as requested at Samhuinn, the Pagan festival of the dead. While ingesting the Fly Agaric hallucinogenic mushroom that ancient Shaman's used for their vision quests, Val experiences a harrowing journey that puts his very soul on the line.

True Love Might (Not) Exist is a poetry chapbook featuring seven poems that delve into the theme of whether true love is an invention of the imagination or a reality of the heart. 

 Melancholic Moments: A Poetry Chapbook contains 21 poems involving the theme of melancholia. Tadhg Culley is a professional screenwriter, published author, and poet from the UK. He has written ten feature film screenplays, eight TV series scripts, five poetry books, three novellas, three guidebooks, one memoir, one collection of short stories, and many other short-form works, delving into documentary, theatre, animation, and games. He is a BAFTA scholar and graduate of both the National Film and TV School (NFTS) and the University of Creative Arts (UCA).