Bottomless River - A Novella
Three teenage friends are having the time of their lives. Two guys and a girl in the country. Nothing can wrong. Until it does.
And sets in motion the next twenty years.
Regret runs deep.
Like a Bottomless River.
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A Refugee's Rage - A Novella - Available to Purchase here!
A Refugee's Rage
Unsightly. Unwanted. Under the radar.
A teenage boy lives in a park in Central Rome. He’s not the only one. There are other homeless foreigners on the streets and many of them are young. Yet an encounter with a Syrian girl will have a powerful impact on his tumultuous life. Their union will dramatically alter both of their lives forever.
Based loosely on several true stories.
PLUS Caught between love and loss. A separate novella in the same book. Rachel's life is thrown into turmoil when her partner is hit with cancer.
Page One of Caught...
When she met him he already had cancer. He refused to call it by its medical name, a not so rare, but still less common form of lymphoma. It was instead, the little slippery bastard that had been sent to test his will, just as he had begun building the house. She knew all about his dream project, but not his illness. This was due to his dogged character. His certainty that he could beat it on his own, would do, and that it would not interfere in his life. He also didn’t want to scare her off, given that they’d only just begun dating. At twenty seven, she was alluring, audacious and intelligent and with an appreciation for country life, rare qualities in a city raised career girl. She seemed to share his exuberance for the mini homestead, the planned two bedroom wooden cottage which was to be made from recycled and natural materials. There would be an extensive garden out back to draw the eyes up to the mountain, as the town locals called it, though it was more a rocky outcrop atop a large, steep hill, nevertheless, covered with native trees and preserved by council despite many capacious offers to acquire the land for private development.
Like all books, can be signed/inscribed if you wish. Makes for a perfect gift.
Simply email me at anthonyjlangford2@yahoo.com.au
Wow it's 10 years. Bottomless River - New Video
Bottomless River - 10th Anniversary
Regret runs deep
Three teenage friends are growing up carefree in the country when something goes terribly wrong, setting in motion events for the next twenty years.
The debut Novella
Based on my country upbringing, Bottomless River is a decade old this month, June 2022.
It was an exciting time to finally have something significant published, thanks to Gininderra Press. While a small book, being a novella, it meant a lot to me to be acknowledged in some form after years of quiet toil.
I have put together a new video to celebrate, combining the original two trailers. Below that are some photos of the book launch in June 2012 plus how you can read it for FREE.
Watch NEW Video HERE
The initial draft of Bottomless River was hand written on a train going to and from work over several days in 2006. It was a simple story then. Every year it was given another draft, grew in scope until it was finally submitted in May 2011. A month later they came back with a yes. It took a further 11 months to get it released.
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| Photo taken for author promotion |
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| First copies |
How to read for FREE below
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| Musician Hazzy Bee performing specifically for the Book Launch |
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| My partner of the time Ayela, co-reading a fictional banter |
You can buy a signed paperback for only $11.90 AU HERE
or
download a digital copy FREE Here
Please help me celebrate by sharing, reading, re-reading or just saying hi!
Have a good week.
Peace
Anthony
The Hopeless Romantic - An audio / video story
A True Story
A man journeys on foot into the Australian Bush on a unfamiliar track towards a cliff of the Blue Mountains. He recalls his past loves, the failures, the successes and the ones that were never to be. You can relate to this.
Based on a real journey.
The Video contains footage from the actual day. Think of it as a Video Diary told slightly afterwards. 90-95% + of all content is real.
The Hopeless Romantic
Written and Narrated by Anthony J. Langford
Caitlan played by Elise Kolman
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| My Photo of the actual Bush Walk featured in the story. https://soundcloud.com/anthony-j-langford/the-hopeless-romantic-audio-version-2 |
YouTube Version
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| The Trek |
Download the PDF version HERE
I'll not post next week to hopefully give you time to listen/watch. It's very different from Lone Wolf World.
I hope you enjoy it. It's all quite personal and a bit embarrassing to put it out there like this. Please let me know what you think. Especially the end.
Here is a music video from the footage shot that day. It's from an excellent song from Middle Kids, an Australian band. Watching the video prior won't spoil the story. (The image you can see right there is the exact location where the climax occurs).
I hope you enjoy it.
Peace
When she met him he already had cancer.
Caught... between Love and Loss
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| The actual location. The view from the back of 'Richard's' property. |
Page One
When she met him he already had cancer. He refused to call it by its medical name, a not so rare, but still less common form of lymphoma. It was instead, the little slippery bastard that had been sent to test his will, just as he had begun building the house. She knew all about his dream project, but not his illness. This was due to his dogged character. His certainty that he could beat it on his own, would do, and that it would not interfere in his life. He also didn’t want to scare her off, given that they’d only just begun dating. At twenty seven, she was alluring, audacious and intelligent and with an appreciation for country life, rare qualities in a city raised career girl. She seemed to share his exuberance for the mini homestead, the planned two bedroom wooden cottage which was to be made from recycled and natural materials. There would be an extensive garden out back to draw the eyes up to the mountain, as the town locals called it, though it was more a rocky outcrop atop a large, steep hill, nevertheless, covered with native trees and preserved by council despite many capacious offers to acquire the land for private development.
Richard had been fortunate to purchase the land, as a deceased estate in mid ’94 for an equitable price. The existing building was way beyond repair, it needed demolishing and the land clearing and this he had done on his own, slowly over twelve months as he simultaneously gathered the components required for the enterprise ahead. He discovered that some of the beams could be put to good use, as well as two bedroom doors, a kitchen cupboard, a gramophone box, sans the gramophone and the bath.
By the time had met Rachel at a friend’s Christmas function in ’96, a party he had almost missed as it was on a Saturday night and would severely disrupt his two hour weekend sojourns to the property, he was thirty six, turning thirty seven in February and had already settled the foundations. Yes he could have done a day’s work and returned to the city for the function, but knew that once he was in his haven, in the zone, he would not bother to leave. As much as it made him edgy, like a sock full of ants, he was soon delighted in his choice. He was immediately interested in her.
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| The actual house that inspired the story |
Caught between Love and Loss is the first novella in the book, A Refugee's Rage. It's a love story based around an actual house in New South Wales, Australia.
You can purchase the book directly through me or via Amazon etc. Both stories are very different in content and style, but there are similiar themes.
You can read a 3rd party review here.
A Refugee's Rage - Novella 2: A new couple struck by tragedy
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| Richard and Rachel's 'Mountain' |
A Refugee's Rage
Two short novellas in One Book.
Novella 2: Caught… between love and loss.
Richard’s dream is to get out of the city and build a house in the country. When he meets Rachel, there’s suddenly a reason to stay. Can he convince her to live amongst the beauty of nature? Rachel takes her first step towards this new life, still uncertain of how she feels, until Richard is diagnosed with cancer.
Fate has a way of intervening in all our plans. Are we bound by destiny, or is the future unwritten?
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ALL proceeds go to a Refugee Charity.
A Refugee's Rage
Two short novellas in One Book.
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A Refugee's Rage - Full Front Cover
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A Refugee's Rage - Who is the teenager on the run?
Two stories. Two individuals. One journey. One
destiny.
1: A Refugee’s Rage.
Overlooked. Unsightly. Unwanted.
A Romanian Refugee in Roma. Surviving, any way he
can.
A teenage boy lives in a park in Central Rome.
He’s not the only one. There are other homeless foreigners on the streets and
many of them are young. Yet an encounter with a Syrian girl will have a powerful
impact on his tumultuous life. They are still only two halves of nothing, yet
their union will alter both of their lives forever.
'Bad time. Maybe the stars not watch us this day.'
Pre orders receive free shipping!
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| Full Image Coming Soon - Original Artwork by https://www.deviantart.com/m-tau |
Plus... an additional short novella in the same book!
ALL proceeds from this book bought through my website will be donated to a Refugee Charity.
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