Hell’s Heaven Is Between My Ears

About the Book

The poetic odyssey of an old soul tripping through its many lives and incarnations trying to escape the present. “I am not here yet, can’t be here yet. I’m just lying on my back, trapped in a tiny useless body, with eyes that can’t focus.” This is the story, told in poetry and connecting narrative, of an old soul beginning its current incarnation. It’s the experience of an infinite consciousness struggling to hang on to the memories and many identities of countless lifetimes. This consciousness pieces the different events of his/her former lives and tries to hang onto who he or she really is before forgetting and playing the latest game of life. Hell’s Heaven Is Between My Ears is a bold experiment in narrative form using the medium of poetry to tell a story in a way which only poetry can express. “The last lives still haunt me, my true love waits in the space beyond. My dearest, I was foolish to leave you, for in this existence. It is nonexistence I long for…”

About the Author

Originally from New York, Elliott has adopted London as his home for the last thirty years and intends to do so for the next thirty. In addition to being a writer, he is a producer, director and actor in film, TV, radio and theatre. He was the scriptwriter and played the role of The Brooklyn Monk in the absurdist BBC radio drama ROBERT RANKIN’S THE BRIGHTONOMICON starring David Warner and Andy Serkis. His upcoming comedy novel THE BATTERY OPERATED MAGIC TOUPEE is scheduled for publication later in the year.