The Literary Works of

Philip Goddard

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NOVELS

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1.

The Hunting-down of Michael Maus

70,100

2. Dead Pigs

70,900

3. The Awful Destiny of Physalia Gorgon

70,500

4. Still Life with Strangled Porcupines

75,700

5. Three Blind Executioners

92,200

(Note: word counts are actual counts to the nearest 100 words: they are not space estimates. They are only approximate guides, as some variation is bound to result from occasional revisions.)


SHORT  STORIES

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1. A Squoggle Comes Home to Roost

5,100

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2. Johnny?s WHAT?

4,600

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3. The Call of the Wind

10,000

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4. Of Wolves and Pigs and Musical Things  

4,400

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5. Nothing, Sweet Nothings  

10,100

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6. The Gift of a Quackodile  

2,200

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7. Tasty Morsels

5,800

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8. Madonna with Child  

4,000

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9. Dark Horse  

3,400

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10. Help Line  

3,200

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11. Sheepish Negotiations

4,800

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12. A Monastic Weekend

6,300

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13. Old Boots for New Wine

2,200

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14. The Man Who Turned Into a Shoe

4,100

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(Note: word counts are actual counts to the nearest 100 words: they are not space estimates.
They are only approximate guides, as some variation is bound to result from occasional revisions.)



POETRY

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The Horizon Watcher --
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at your leisure!

The title of this complete collection is taken from one of the poems in the set. Download the whole set (137 titles) as a Zip file which on unpacking will give all the poems as individual HTML files, together with a contents list (poemlist.htm) to enable you to navigate.
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Selected examples

The following are some examples from this collection. Please minimize online time by saving any of the following examples that look interesting as HTML files for reading or printing offline at your leisure. This is especially important for weighty and challenging pieces like Waking Thoughts on the Night-edge, The Chosen and Sanctuary.
Readings of this work? My public delivery of the poetry is dramatic - more of a performance than just a reading - and is particularly suited for strong projection in relatively large spaces. Hire me for an unusual experience!

Waiting The Word
Hopefully Tomorrow Nothing?
Lone Nightwatcher "There's Nothing To Be Frightened Of"
Disaster Wishing for Company
Passing Time in the Office Questions
Crying Wolf Transcription of Hans Werner Henze's
5th Symphony
Sanctuary For the Good of All Mankind
Waking Thoughts on the Night-edge
(Warning - On no account try to understand
this one! Simply let it work in the mind like
a stratospheric piece of music.)
The Beginning and Also the End
A Christmas Wish
...and a Prosperous New Year
Through Autumn Rushing Air
Hoping Right to the End Jennifer of the Spirit and Dinosaur Memories
The Chosen Soliloquy
Mummy's Dead Commuter Dream
Exmoor Night A Scheme for Nervous Wreckage
Bassoon Concerto Fluted Spiral of Lightning Atmospheric Stars
The Man with the Knobbly Knees
(a 'poem-story')
A Love Letter
The Horizon Watcher Oggs is Oggs
(a 'poem-story')
Three Denials
(a 'poem-story')
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The Horizon Watcher --
Explore all the poetry
at your leisure!

The title of this complete collection is taken from one of the poems in the set. Download the whole set (137 titles) as a Zip file which on unpacking will give all the poems as individual HTML files, together with a contents list (poemlist.htm) to enable you to navigate.
This whole set is available on request as an e-mail attachment, provided you have donated at least £5.

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