Collected works of poetry 2015-2020; covering diverse subjects from English history, science, grief, marriage, space travel, atheism, nihilism, hope, and as always the joys and sorrows of urban living.

A rogue surgeon is about to be offered the opportunity of someone else's lifetime. An artist's model and aristocrat's mistress is about to discover even seedier underbellies than she's ever dreamed of in her already troubled imaginings. Elsewhere, righteous fury is brewing beneath the streets of the city, and almost every single horror has the stamp of one mysterious man upon it. This is London as you've never seen it before and hopefully never will again: a world where Lamarckian inheritance is real, where nightmares and desires are satisfied with the flick of a surgeon's knife--if you can afford it.

The year is 1900. An Earl, an engineer, a suburban philosopher, and an enigma meet at University and make a pact to learn the art of conjuring. But nothing among the friends is quite as it seems, and soon the happy four are plunged into worlds of political activism, crime, despair, sordid trysts, and a Faustian compact which seems set to threaten their very lives, one by one...

With the number of UK cases hitting a hundred, it's clear that KBV is a problem which isn't going away. Downing Street have released the following statement: "The total number of KBV cases in the UK is still comparatively small, and we are confident that the disease can be contained. NHS leaflets advising on lifestyle and behaviour changes which can help protect against infection will be available soon. We ask the public to remain calm and to continue to behave responsibly about their health in all areas. // Vocational journalism student Ben Martin is the last person who ought to be investigating a major viral outbreak. He doesn't know a single damn thing about biology; he pays his rent by DJing for hipsters. He's nervous, easily-discouraged, and not over his ex. // But it's him who ends up with the assignment, and it's him who ends up facing down the truth: there is more to this than meets the eye.