It Will Always Be. Like This: by Andy Hopkins
Price: Free! 3080 words. Published by Philistine Press on October 1, 2011. .
Andy Hopkins' second poetry collection holds a question mark to art, politics, education and the role of the poet.

The Joy of Atheism by Annette Greenaway
Price: Free! 2310 words. Published by Philistine Press on June 16, 2011. .
Funny, touching and packed with attitude, Annette Greenaway's second poetry collection is a mini-masterpiece. The Joy of Atheism is partly an atheist manifesto and partly a book about life, art and love.

Violence is the Answer by Mr If
Price: Free! 6260 words. Published by Philistine Press on April 27, 2011. .
In his second collection of mashed-up poetry and prose, Mr If launches an uncompromising assault on the War on Terror through a confessional account of his affair with Marilyn, the wife of his friend Nettles, a soldier serving in Afghanistan. Crude, intelligent, shocking and at times very funny, Violence is the Answer is Philistine Press's most controversial ebook to date.

The Third Person by Stephanie Newell
Price: Free! 71000 words. Published by Philistine Press on April 27, 2011. .

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Stephanie Newell's The Third Person is a brutal, tragic and darkly humorous novel about growing up, sibling rivalry and the ultimate dysfunctional family. In a series of diary entries, fourteen year old Lizzie shares her secrets about coming to terms with her parents' break-up, battling with her younger sister, and her obsession with the man she is destined to marry…

Smaller Than Most by Kristine Ong Muslim
Price: Free! 4090 words. Published by Philistine Press on February 14, 2011. .

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Smaller Than Most is a startling blend of bizarre sci fi, abstract surrealism and twisted fairytales.

The Prodigals by Frank Burton
Price: Free! 67220 words. Published by Philistine Press on February 14, 2011. .
The Prodigals follows the lives of four troubled young men in Manchester - Brian, Howard, Declan and the novel's anti-hero, Travis McGuiggan. It's a book about friendship, religion, drinking, cruelty and love. It's also a book about leaving home and returning.

The Hole in the Wall by Clare Fisher
Price: Free! 17190 words. Published by Philistine Press on December 24, 2010. .

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Told from the point of view of five contrasting narrators, The Hole in The Wall is a funny, touching and satirical tale of suburban disharmony.

The Darkened Corner by Tom Hamilton
Price: Free! 14850 words. Published by Philistine Press on December 23, 2010. .
The Darkened Corner covers seventeen years in the life of a traveller, conman, self-hater and hard-drinker, and his continuing obsession with his childhood crush, Katie Rose. Tom Hamilton's fragmented story is delivered in short, sharp bursts of prose.

Dark Horse Pictures by Andy Hopkins
Price: Free! 3060 words. Published by Philistine Press on October 7, 2010. .

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Originally published by Selkirk Lapwing Press in 2007, Andy Hopkins' acclaimed poetry collection, Dark Horse Pictures, is a deep, dark labyrinth of language.

Valve Works by Rob Sherman
Price: Free! 1100 words. Published by Philistine Press on October 7, 2010. .

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Taking the human body as its theme, Valve Works showcases Rob Sherman's biting and original poetry.

The Republic of Naught by Jay McLeod
Price: Free! 3930 words. Published by Philistine Press on October 5, 2010. .
Jay McLeod writes sharp, funny, angry poems about the struggle to resist conformity while working through a string of dead end jobs.

Happy Fat Children and Protein Enhancers by Tom Duckworth
Price: Free! 1930 words. Published by Philistine Press on October 5, 2010. .
Composed mainly of anagrams and rearrangements of words, Tom Duckworth's Happy Fat Children and Protein Enhancers creates witty, eccentric poetry out of road signs, bank notes and crisp packets. The author describes his poems as "mathematical problems to which I have found a particular solution for."

Not a Lot of People Know That by David Hailwood
Price: Free! 7250 words. Published by Philistine Press on October 5, 2010. .
Not a Lot of People Know That is a book of facts. Not a lot of people know these facts. David Hailwood and FJ Riley know them. Not a lof of people know who David Hailwood and FJ Riley are, but with facts as accurate as these, they soon will.

The Birth of Taliesin The Bard by Richard Britton
Price: Free! 2300 words. Published by Philistine Press on October 5, 2010. .
Based on the mythical tale from the Welsh Mabinogion, Richard Britton's rich gothic tale breathes new life into the neglected form of narrative poetry.

Entertainment by Mr If
Price: Free! 5190 words. Published by Philistine Press on October 4, 2010. .
Welcome to the entertaining world of poet, enigma and serial adulterer, Mr If. You've never read anything like this before. You never will again.

Fitting Parts by Kenneth Pobo
Price: Free! 2680 words. Published by Philistine Press on September 22, 2010. .

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Kenneth Pobo writes about life, politics and sexuality with precision and passion, combining subtle humour with furious anger. The poems in Fitting Parts expertly expose the hypocrisy of the religious right, while serving as a wakeup call to any liberals who believe bigotry no longer exists.

Isotropes: A Collection of Speculative Haibun by T.J. McIntyre
Price: Free! 4910 words. Published by Philistine Press on September 22, 2010. .
TJ McIntyre’s stunning collection of haibun packs a library full of ideas into a compact space. With genres ranging from sci-fi to fairytale to realism, Isotropes is as unclassifiable as it is brilliant. (Haibun: a literary composition that combines prose and haiku.)

Big Fish Little Fish Cardboard Box by Annette Greenaway
Price: Free! 3630 words. Published by Philistine Press on September 5, 2010. .
Twenty eight poems about love, music, nature, travel, meditation and the end of the world. This dazzling debut collection manages to be both haunting and hilarious.

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