Literary Loner Gifts

Meet the publisher's entire marketing dept. 2-4pm

Cellphone Islands

'It's a sign of the times, a high rise block of caves reserved for hermits.'

'Maybe we should talk to him more, Malcolm.'

"This isn't working out, Henry...I'm a social butterfly and you're just an annoying little moth!"

Man looking at a vending machine with a hand sticking out of it and a sign that reads "Put'er there buddy".

Subway Library

Your own tedious thoughts next 200 miles

'Will you be dining alone tonight, Sir?'

"I am having an alternative Christmas."

Quiet night? Liven up that game of solitaire with a Mexican wave.

"Or, is it the perfect beach day because there's no one here to p*** us off?"

Man gets a sun tan on a tourist guide book.

"Have you been here long?"

"I'm quite enjoying working from home."

"Perhaps a glass of Chardonnay at the Bar a Vins?" Jacob said, invitingly. But when he turned, there was no one.

“How was the beach?”

"I like sad songs."

Bookcase at the Beach.

'... and with the advent of Email, fax machines, cellphones and Blackberry's, more and more executives are working from home.'

'Just because I'm eating alone doesn't mean you should suggest the 'loser' special. But I'll take it.'

"A lot of people say that my absence is my best feature."

Man with barking dog on lead sees Cheshire cat in tree.

Reader's Block

Get home. No one there. Oh, the joy of the house to myself!

"I just can’t stand the loneliness anymore."

At lunchtime he carried on extensive fax conversations with himself.

'Can you tell me where James Herriot lives?'

Castaways Not Welcome

Jobs that will make you really lonely...

'I got the ain't nobody texting me blues...'

"No man is an island."

Book store entitled: 'Content & Things'.

'I know living on an abandoned nuclear test site has its advantages - no bugs, no snakes, no univited guests but did it ever occur to you that there's nothing else here either?'

'I'm nobody's best friend, I'm an Indie.'