Valentin's passion for literature and language has manifested in numerous ways throughout his career. Whilst poetry and lyrics are his primary vehicle for this, he has also been engaged in writing scripts and treatments for stage, film and broadcast, librettos, monologues, flash fiction, magazine articles, theatre programmes, promotional material, ceremonial text and short stories.
Inspired by Gialli, an Italian 20th century genre of pulp crime and mystery that often included shocking elements of horror and eroticism. It takes its name from the publisher's trademark yellow (giallo) cover. Not destined for the bookshelf, the cheaply printed paperbacks and were produced literally for the trash. Featuring stark tales from the perspective of a tense adolescent, 250 copies of Memory Lane Massacre were abandoned at stations and arts venues in London. Monitoring of its ISBN have found copies in second hand bookshops as far as the USA.
In The Shadow Of The Gods is a catalogue published to accompany Valentin's 2017 London exhibition. Featuring poetic and philosophical passages that borrow from the writings of Friedrich Nietzsche and Carl Jung, their thoughts express something of template for finding spiritual fulfilment in a godless world.
