Books by Wayward Milne
These are not books written from a safe distance. They are built from real thoughts, awkward questions, unexpected memories and the things people usually edit out.
A GASBAG™ TITLE
GROUNDED FOREVER!
250 Ridiculous Things Parents Actually Said
If you grew up with British parents, you heard the warnings, the guilt trips, the strange logic and the accidental poetry.
From “Because I said so” and “Money doesn’t grow on trees” to the everyday threats, bargains and baffling bits of wisdom that somehow raised a generation, Grounded Forever! gathers 250 ridiculous things parents actually said.
Funny, familiar and sharply observed, it is part nostalgia, part translation guide and part tribute to the people who shouted because whispering didn’t work.
GASBAG™ — Great! Another Stoopid Book And Game. — is home to sharp, funny, slightly unhinged books and games that say what other people only mutter.
Publication date: 28 August 2026
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BOOK ONE
WHY WE’RE ALL F**KED
The Difference Between What You Earn and What You Keep
Most people believe that if they work hard, keep their head down and do the right things, it will all add up in the end.
This book tests that belief.
A lifetime is examined through work done, money earned, money lost and money quietly taken along the way—from childhood jobs paid in coins to decades of employment, self-employment, business ownership, collapse and recovery.
There is no single villain. No conspiracy. No moment when everything suddenly went wrong.
This is not a book about failure. It is a book about arithmetic.
Publication date: 10 August 2026
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BOOK ZERO
Wayward Milne Opens the Door
The Beginning Before the Beginning
Before the numbered books begin, Wayward Milne sits down with Colin for an unusually honest conversation about the person, the name and the ideas behind the songs, books, games and everything still to come.
Part interview, part introduction and part explanation of something that is still becoming whatever it is going to become.
Why Book Zero? Because every beginning has something that happened before it.
Publication date: 28 July 2026
Paperback · Kindle eBook
A GASBAG™ TITLE
GROUNDED FOREVER!
250 Ridiculous Things Parents Actually Said
If you grew up with British parents, you heard the warnings, the guilt trips, the strange logic and the accidental poetry.
From “Because I said so” and “Money doesn’t grow on trees” to the everyday threats, bargains and baffling bits of wisdom that somehow raised a generation, Grounded Forever! gathers 250 ridiculous things parents actually said.
Funny, familiar and sharply observed, it is part nostalgia, part translation guide and part tribute to the people who shouted because whispering didn’t work.
GASBAG™ — Great! Another Stoopid Book And Game. — is home to sharp, funny, slightly unhinged books and games that say what other people only mutter.
Publication date: 28 August 2026
Paperback · Kindle eBook
BOOK ONE
WHY WE’RE ALL F**KED
The Difference Between What You Earn and What You Keep
Most people believe that if they work hard, keep their head down and do the right things, it will all add up in the end.
This book tests that belief.
A lifetime is examined through work done, money earned, money lost and money quietly taken along the way—from childhood jobs paid in coins to decades of employment, self-employment, business ownership, collapse and recovery.
There is no single villain. No conspiracy. No moment when everything suddenly went wrong.
This is not a book about failure. It is a book about arithmetic.
Publication date: 10 August 2026
Paperback · Kindle eBook
BOOK ZERO
Wayward Milne Opens the Door
The Beginning Before the Beginning
Before the numbered books begin, Wayward Milne sits down with Colin for an unusually honest conversation about the person, the name and the ideas behind the songs, books, games and everything still to come.
Part interview, part introduction and part explanation of something that is still becoming whatever it is going to become.
Why Book Zero? Because every beginning has something that happened before it.
Publication date: 28 July 2026
Paperback · Kindle eBook
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