Category: Plays and Books

Mark Barkley (Author)

For the past thirty years, it has been Mark Barkley’s great pleasure to have created work that has been appreciated by various audiences throughout Brisbane, within Australia and online. Primarily his focus had been on being a playwright within the 90’s. But recently his sole focus has turned to creating the book series The Sabienn Feel Adventures. He has had several plays which have … Read More Mark Barkley (Author)

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When The Stone Shepherds Awaken: Book One, The Sabienn Feel Adventures

  Kindle (mobi): https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00V5ELX42 Nook, Apple (epub): https://www.books2read.com/u/bo6RlV (FREE Download at these Links) “I’m a freak”, Sabienn thought, catching the lemon whiff of the suicide pill in his hand. “Why’ve I been abandoned?” On a distant planet far off into the future, there is a human colony twice removed from Earth with a country preparing for war. Sabienn Feel is a military cadet being … Read More When The Stone Shepherds Awaken: Book One, The Sabienn Feel Adventures

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Stories From The Distant Planet: Companion Piece: Maps, History and Stories. The Sabienn Feel Adventures

  (Available as a Free Download with “When The Stone Shepherds Awaken”. Turn to inner sleeve after titles and follow links.) 31 Fact Sheets. The concise companion piece to read with The Sabienn Feel Adventures. Includes: The map of the planet Whee showing where the events of each of the twelve books will take place. Also within: The map of Hayddland, showing places you … Read More Stories From The Distant Planet: Companion Piece: Maps, History and Stories. The Sabienn Feel Adventures

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Where The Black and Grey Wolves Kiss: Book Two, The Sabienn Feel Adventures

  Kindle (mobi): https://www.amazon.com/dp/B072K12W9V Nook, Apple (epub): https://www.books2read.com/u/mBe0JZ In his quest to seek the mysterious missing stone, the occult item sought to ensure victory in war, Sabienn Feel journeys with his three companions to the island of Cajj Cajj. The island is to be invaded as a result of an event that has yet to occur and is currently being held by the Turrs, … Read More Where The Black and Grey Wolves Kiss: Book Two, The Sabienn Feel Adventures

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The Big Sugar Election

  Kindle (mobi): https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01ADGTAQ0 Nook, Apple (epub): https://www.books2read.com/u/4EWqae “It looks like it’s official. I think the Chief’s finished.” In the near future, within the changing face of North Queensland, new cities have been formed. Callard City lies in this opulent “Big Sugar” region. Three of the Councillors of the Callard City Council, Mayor Arthur Pauley, Councillors Milton Pauley and Lance Tapp, seek the removal … Read More The Big Sugar Election

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The Captains and The Kings: A Play in Two Acts

  Kindle (mobi): https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01ANGM364 Nook, Apple (epub): https://www.books2read.com/u/bP1AeR “If only beauty were a weapon, then people would take it more seriously.” How well do we really know our families? How long will we leave things unsaid that should be aired? It was a time of change. The time; 1968. The place; the O’Neill’s Guest House in Kempsey, New South Wales. The patriarch of the … Read More The Captains and The Kings: A Play in Two Acts

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Sylvia Terry: A Play in Three Acts

  Kindle (mobi): https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01AK1WV32 Nook, Apple (epub): https://www.books2read.com/u/bpGl9l  “His head was beaten on the side of a toilet. And I would shake the man’s hand who gripped the filth. ‘Cause there’s more justice in that man’s hand, than all the court rooms of the country.” Sylvia and her mother Heather’s world is upended as Sylvia’s brother Neil’s has been involved in a particularly heinous … Read More Sylvia Terry: A Play in Three Acts

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A Kind of Belgium: A Play in Three Acts

  Kindle (mobi): https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01AMLY7ZK Nook, Apple (epub): https://www.books2read.com/u/4DAV9d “I feel like a kind of Belgium, y’ know. Always invaded. They’ve set up their trenches and wires and they take it in turns to rush over the top and try and put a flag in me. I’m getting loved to exhaustion.” Would you sit on a fence and watch an invasion take place? Right on … Read More A Kind of Belgium: A Play in Three Acts

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Goodbye Melaleuca: A Play in One Act

  Kindle (mobi): https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01AEKQ29I Nook, Apple (epub): https://www.books2read.com/u/me0QlA Do we “own” our children? Are they required to walk through the world to sing your praises? Artist Eric Corey has taken back a valuable painting that he once gave to his niece Jenny and her husband Alan. A line has been crossed that Eric cannot live with. A confrontation over custody of a work of … Read More Goodbye Melaleuca: A Play in One Act

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Spades: Short Film Script + Movie

Kindle (mobi): https://www.amazon.com/dp/B072K2RPDC Nook, Apple (epub): https://www.books2read.com/u/mZw9YE (FREE Download at these Links) (“Spades” download includes your own copy of “Stories From The Distant Planet” also by Mark Barkley. Just turn to inner sleeve after the titles and click on the download links.) Stuart and Claire have been married three years and in Claire’s eyes life is boring. She is a solicitor’s secretary who prides … Read More Spades: Short Film Script + Movie