R. M. FRANCIS

R. M. Francis is a writer from Dudley. He completed his PhD at the University of Wolverhampton for a project titled Queering the Black Country and graduated from Teesside University for his Creative Writing MA. 

He's the author of four poetry chapbooks, Transitions (The Black Light Engine Room Press, 2015), Orpheus (Lapwing Publications, 2016), Corvus' Burnt-Wing Love Balm and Cure-All (The Black Light Engine Room Press, 2018) and Lamella, (Original Plus, 2019).

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​BELLA is the debut novel from R.M. Francis and is a love song to the Black Country.

It is a text that deals with queer identity and experience, specifically in a non-metropolitan setting, showcasing the upheaval and difficulties facing the working-classes of post-industrial communities.
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​THE WRENNA is a novella made up of interlinking stories set in and around a semi-rural housing estate in the Black Country.

​A flawed protagonist shows us the streets and wastegrounds of the environment inhabited by generations of his family, while at the same time offering us glimpses into his skewed mind, damaged by war and perhaps a seed that was already present.

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R.M. Francis is also the editor of NEW TOWNS, an anthology of place writing.
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