The Ryan Stoker Quartet

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Turning Corners

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On a London suburban housing estate in the early 1980s, thirteen-year-old Ryan Stoker desperately wants to avoid his big sister and her cronies; join one of the Mod, Punk or Football Casuals gangs that roam the estate; and charm the new girl next door with his winning personality. Unfortunately for Ryan, he's about to discover that you should always be careful what you wish for. Turning Corners explores the themes of teenage gangs, peer pressure, and knife crime. 

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Privates in Public

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Fourteen-year-old Ryan Stoker thinks he has found paradise on a Mediterranean island. All seems idyllic until family troubles reveal a darker side to paradise and the need for hard choices. Set in Cyprus, England and Northern Ireland in the mid-1980s and early 1990s, Privates in Public depicts the adolescent years of Ryan Stoker as he navigates through life at boarding school and the British Army. The novel explores the themes of enduring friendships, betrayal and redemption.

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An Analysis of a Breakup

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On leaving the army and experiencing a series of dead-end jobs in London and a growing dissatisfaction in his relationship with Jennifer Green, twenty-two-year-old Ryan Stoker takes off on a drug-fueled journey of self-discovery to Israel with a group of surfer friends. After an idyllic year in the Negev desert and a journey inwards, Jennifer and Ryan reunite. Unable to settle into the vibe of the Moshav as a couple, they journey outwards on a road trip across Egypt and to Amsterdam in pursuit of Nirvana. But, as money runs out, they must decide whether their love is strong enough to keep them together. An Analysis of a Breakup explores the themes of commitment, desire, self-sabotage, and trust. 

Weighing up The Odds

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Set in London in the late 1990s, twenty-something Ryan Stoker hasn't adjusted well to civilian life since leaving the army and soon finds himself persona non grata to his girlfriend, boss and bank manager. With no fundamental skills or qualifications and no money in the bank, can he make it - or at least survive - in the fast-paced London restaurant scene? The novel explores the themes of second chances, reinvention and growth.

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Film Scripts

Count Von Terror

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A comedy-detective-vampire story: Recently awoken from the dead, Count Von Terror is determined to party and make up for the lost time. Private Eye, Sam Smiley, is tasked with tracking Terror down before he grows too powerful.

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The Hidden Planet

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Science Fiction: set in the year 3,000, after the world has become an inhabitable toxic wasteland and the remaining population live in city-states inside sealed glass domes across the known planets. As he approaches compulsory termination at 35, Major Francis Lionheart looks for a way out.

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There's Always Tomorrow

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Comedy-romance: a meek writer lives vicariously through his antagonist, Sergeant John Fortune, and ends up meeting and helping him in real life on a dangerous mission that will change them both forever.

Sitcom Series

Sunny's Cafe

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Episode 1: Let Them Eat Cake

Cafe owner Marvin Sunny takes on all-comers in a cake-eating contest.

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Episode 2: Driven to Abstraction

Augustus Sunny's gambling puts the coffee shop business in jeopardy until Marvin has a brainwave.  

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Episode 3: Blood is Thicker Than Wine

With the demise of the coffee shop on the cards, the brothers commiserate by drinking old wine they find in the cellar.

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Episode 4: Branded Fish

Augustus gives the coffee shop an expensive brand makeover after borrowing money from a local gangster, Tofu Tommy. 

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Episode 5: A Great Depression

Augustus is depressed. Marvin tries to cheer him up. 

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Episode 6: Sunny Rises in the West

To look busy, Augustus & Marvin hire more staff.