Ian D. Hall

Biography

Having been found on a 'Co-op' shelf in Stirchley, Birmingham by a Cornish woman and a man of dubious footballing taste, Ian grew up in neighbouring Selly Park and Bicester in Oxfordshire. After travelling far and wide, he now considers Liverpool to be his home.

Ian was educated at Moor Green School, Bicester Senior School, and the University of Liverpool, where he gained a 2:1 (BA Hons) in English Literature.

He now reviews and publishes daily on the music, theatre and culture within Merseyside.

Where to find Ian D. Hall online

Books

Colony
Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 78,310. Language: English. Published: June 2, 2023 by Beaten Track Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Horror » General
A decade has passed since the events that took the lives of many in Downmere. Those who survived have tried to forget, but Bela never forgot. No longer content to remain Underneath, the creatures emerge into the light of day, their single-minded objective clear: a new food source, a new home. Avoncross is where they will gather, for this is now their Colony.
Underneath
Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 82,190. Language: English. Published: July 3, 2022 by Beaten Track Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Horror » General
Underneath, not on the surface. That’s where the truth of our existence lies, sometimes buried under years of punishment, suffocating, choking on the dirt we have carried with us so deep in our soul where no one will ever find it.
Writing Out of Earshot
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 19,550. Language: English. Published: June 3, 2021 by Beaten Track Publishing. Categories: Poetry » U.K. Poetry, Poetry » Contemporary Poetry
Writing Out of Earshot encompasses aspects of Ian D. Hall’s life as a poet and author—“of struggling with illness, the feeling of being invisible in a crowd…capturing a moment hidden away in your room, remembering, recalling certain words and worlds and transforming them as you give birth to the next poem.”
Ghost Apples
Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 85,770. Language: English. Published: December 1, 2020 by Beaten Track Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Horror » Occult, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Supernatural
When some of Perchester's teenage population see a figure in that closing mist – when what they see drives them out of their minds – the nearby facility at Wendlefields becomes a staging post in a war between good and evil; between nature and nurture. For jaded local journalist Simon Kinsey, it is a war that will see him pushed to his limit.
Dark Chrysalis
Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 68,780. Language: English. Published: June 3, 2020 by Beaten Track Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Crime thriller, Fiction » Mystery & detective » International crime
Accused of murder, a man’s life is in turmoil. His only hope is the unnamed detective in a case that has roots in the USA, England and France, and for which the citizens of Malta could pay the ultimate price.
Four in the Morning, Pavement Blues
Price: $1.99 USD. Words: 5,890. Language: English. Published: October 26, 2018 by Beaten Track Publishing. Categories: Poetry » Contemporary Poetry, Poetry » U.K. Poetry
There is something beautifully seductive that lives in the shadows of the early morning - the stillness of the night, perhaps a breeze, the recognition of life in between the heartbeats of midnight and the dawn. Four in the Morning, Pavement Blues is a recognition of time. Four in the morning is the time I am awake; it is the best time to listen to and write the blues.
The Death of Poetry
Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 68,950. Language: English. Published: August 31, 2018 by Beaten Track Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » International crime, Fiction » Literature » Literary
Set on Malta, The Death of Poetry opens with a seemingly unsuspicious death at a facility for ‘the unhinged’. It is when a fresh victim appears, most definitely murdered, that our island detective begins to unravel the fragile links and faint memories of those he now must confront from his own past—one he may not have wanted to remember for himself.
Tales from the Adanac House
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 16,770. Language: English. Published: April 24, 2018 by Beaten Track Publishing. Categories: Poetry » Contemporary Poetry, Poetry » U.K. Poetry
An anthology of poetry and prose by Ian D. Hall. Adanac A dream world, a land of mischief, of stories too numerous to entreat completely upon anyone.
Black Book
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 4,710. Language: English. Published: April 23, 2018 by Beaten Track Publishing. Categories: Poetry » U.K. Poetry, Poetry » Contemporary Poetry
An anthology of work collected from the writing and performances of poetry by Ian D. Hall.

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