This Heat, It's Hell Closing In On Me

by James S.M. Parker

Dealing with identity, depression, self-harm and counselling, James S M Parker's follow up to 'Love or Suicide and the Life In-Between' is a collection of fact, poetry and short story focusing on an 18 month period of his life from mid 2013 to the end of 2014. Part one looks at life, death and how we are influenced by our parents whilst part two is written as a diary using poetry, statements and observations. Brutally honest, deeply uncompromising, relentlessly personal, 'this heat...' takes the reader inside the mind of a man battling with himself and the life dealt to him.

Genres: Poetry

354 pages, Paperback

Published March 21, 2016

About the author

So, about me. Well, I started my writing journey through lyrics and episodes of a television series I created (on the page, not broadcast). I then began to write poetry and short stories which culminated in my first self published book 'Love or Suicide and the Life In-between'. A way of tackling the subjects of 'Love' and 'Suicide' with me being the 'Life In-between' and the outpouring of issues I was going through in my life. I entered it in a self-publishing competition and it came third...something I am extremely proud of.
My second self-published book 'this heat, it's hell closing in on me' deals with identity, self harm, counselling and diary writing.
My third 'Words to be performed from under a table by the last of us' is a collection of sketches, poetry, observations and short stories.
My fourth book 'broken will always be broken' deals with reflections, guilt, loss and an attempt to change the past. It is also complemented with drawings and photographs.
My fifth book 'Bimble In Crinklewood' is a journey through my own personal inferno and a reflection of loss and pain over time and settings.
My sixth book 'it's not rain...it's the tears of those you left behind' is either a collection of really rubbish poetry or a clever metaphor for love and life.
My seventh book 'The Hungry Crow' is a collection of poetry and short stories dealing with the breakdown in relationships and the emotions that brings coupled with the feelings of love towards another.
My eighth book 'A Single Poem About Loneliness (The Hungry Crow part 2)' is one long poem dealing with the aftereffects of The Hungry Crow and the loneliness and despair it brings.
My ninth book 'A is for Animal' is an original novel, part sci-fi, part horror, part thriller and focuses on a grandfather and his granddaughter trapped in a mysterious zoo whilst an astronaut returns to a devastated Earth looking for answers.
My tenth book 'Who Are We But The Forgotten' imagines a world struck by amnesia and is part horror, parts classic mythology and a translation of a journey taken.
My eleventh book called 'Selected Works' is a compilation of all the unpublished finished and unfinished projects I have worked on over the last 9 years pulled from my laptop files and USB sticks.
Book twelve called 'ghost' is a story about how the world is affected when death is no longer possible as has been known and has a variety of writing styles used throughout.
Book thirteen called 'ghosts' is not a sequel to 'ghost' but is in fact a massive collection of poetry dealing with all and every subject matter finishing with a written opera/orchestral piece complete with scenarios and lyrics and is about a man facing the end of his life, death and his parents.
Book fourteen called 'Flowers' is a collection of poetry pieces about flowers yet not about flowers, a book of metaphors about the state of my life and my mind in 2025.

I have also been short listed in several poetry competitions and did (finally) win first prize in one.