Literary Loner Mugs

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?"

"Have you been here long?"

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

"I'm quite enjoying working from home."

Man gets a sun tan on a tourist guide book.

"I like sad songs."

“How was the beach?”

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.'

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

Reader's Block

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

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?'

'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?'

Castaways Not Welcome

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

Book store entitled: 'Content & Things'.

"No man is an island."

Jobs that will make you really lonely...

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