Alex Crumbie is an artist and writer of short stories and poems. His work is aimed at both adults and children alike.
To find out more about each story, scroll down and click on one of the titles below the pictures. There you will find a short description of the work and a link to the full story (in PDF form).
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The Life & Death of Terry the Tapeworm is the story of a tapeworm living within a human host. It is a fable about the dangers of greed and taking to much from the place you live – particularly to humankind’s relation to the earth.
To read the full version (takes you a PDF located on Google Drive), click here.
To see what the book looks like in printed form, click here.
The Story of Selena the Sunflower is a short story, written in verse, about a sunflower who suffers from sunburn. As she burns easily, she feels that she cannot do what sunflowers are meant to do: stare at the sun. This thought leads Selena into a state of great sadness, until she encounters a wise moth whose ideas about life and the nature of identity lead Selena to reconsider her purpose.
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The Sly Becoming of Fox is a short fable about a fox who begins as a kind creature, but due to the unfriendly attitudes of his fellow animals becomes increasingly sly.
The book, aimed at all ages, prompts the reader to question the potential harms of prejudging others, and sheds light on how theories can be dangerously self-fulfilling.
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The Rise & Demise of Monsieur Morgue is a neo-gothic short story suitable for adults and children. The story, inspired by Nietzsche’s Thus Spoke Zarathustra, tells of a discontented and depressed man who trudges life with misery. An encounter with a corpse leads the man to reassess his life and seize the day….
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The Lady Who Ran Away With A Cabbage is Alex Crumbie’s second work, published by Team Trident Press. It is a short story, written in verse about a Lady and a Cabbage who fall in love. However, they can not simply love one another as they’d wish because of the disapproving views of the society in which they live….
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Confessions of an English Ant-Eater is a neo-gothic tale written in verse. As the name suggests, it is inspired by Thomas’ De Quincey’s Confessions of an English Opium-Eater.
The story is written for both and adults and children alike and examines themes such as addiction and the desire of children to rebel.
In 2021 Alex directed a short animation version of Confessions of an English Ant-Eater. The film was commissioned by Tyneside Cinema and funded by the BBC and Arts Council.
To read the full version (takes you a PDF located on Google Drive), click here.
To see what the book looks like in printed form, click here.