ANTHONY ADDIS

Do Not Keep Silent

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “A brilliant book… gripping storyline and strong characters.” — Reader Review

In Hong Kong, speaking out is dangerous. Mae Yang spent years building a protest she knows may destroy her. Arrest, prison, disappearance. The risks are clear, but she accepts them anyway.

No Way To Live

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “Really good, well written, a page-turner. I also loved the humour.” – Reader Review

She’s the deadliest person he knows. And now he’s betrayed her. A London gang targets a shopkeeper and his daughter, prompting Tom Adams to leave the criminal life he never wanted. In doing so, he betrays Billie, the gang’s boss, and the complicated history they share.

Life in Shadows

Set in Thailand, Life In Shadows is a 10,000 word short story about two writers: why they succeed, why they fail, and why sometimes they never start.

Do not keep silent

Pete Anderson clambered out of an aimless, lost existence, created his own company, became respectable. But success cost him his girlfriend and sense of self. Taking a break, he visits Hong Kong, where he grew up. On Victoria’s Peak,…


Issues


  • Using a Cat as a Narrative Anchor in Literary Fiction

    The Feline Sentinel – How a cat serves as a narrative anchor In my novella Change of Lifestyle, Gabe Shaw flees London for a self-imposed exile in Jakarta. He intends to kick start the writing career he has long wanted. In exchange for staying in a friend’s empty apartment, Gabe looks after Marshall Law, a…

  • The Malloreon vs the Belgariad: Does David Eddings’ Sequel Series Hold Up?

    After the five-book Belgariad, David Eddings returned to the same world and characters with another five book epic – The Malloreon. Last year, I reread The Belgariad. This year, I turned to The Malloreon to see how it holds up. Which series wins in the battle of The Malloreon vs The Belgariad? A Fantasy Soap…

  • The Art of the Double Bluff: Why Stories Needs Intertextuality

    In novels, characters don’t exist in a vacuum. They watch movies, they listen to music, and they read. When a story references other works, my Media Studies daughter tells me it’s called intertextuality. In my novella, Change of Lifestyle, intertextuality drives the plot. If you are looking at using pop culture allusions in fiction, here…

  • Why I includeD a cat with a genetic defect in my novella

    Meet Marshall Law – a cat with a genetic defect In my novella Change of Lifestyle, a stressed London teacher suffers a personal and public betrayal and moves to Jakarta. He is promptly adopted by an Indonesian cat called Marshall Law. Like many Indonesian cats, Marshall’s tail is “twisted, gnarled and stubby.” It’s a genetic…