COVER ARTWORK BY AWARD-
WINNING UK ARTIST, VINCENT CHONG
*** 'Birthday Suit', one of the collection's original tales, has won the 2012 Australian Shadows Award for Short Fiction. It was also nominated for a Tin Duck Award and received an Honorable Mention from Ellen Datlow (to appear in the back of The Best Horror of the Year Volume Five). It doesn't stop there! The overall collection has been nominated for an Aurealis Award and it was nominated for an Australian Shadows Award. Congratulations, Martin!
This is certainly a short story collection from one of Australia's very best dark fiction writers...
To mark the twenty year anniversary of his first publication (and having work consisently placed in professional publications since), we are honoured to collect and present the work of author Martin Livings.
Celebrate two decades of work from an incredibly talented author...
Featuring
A foreword by Kaaron Warren and 23 works of short fiction, including the best of Martin's dark fiction, rarities, and three new tales for good measure.
Prepare to read such greatest hits as:
Lollo, Ghost Card, Catharsis, The Art of Suffering, You Ain't Heard Nothing Yet, Downtown, Running, Hunters, Piggies, In Nomine Patris, I'm Dreaming, Crawlin', Smiley, Mine, Ascension, There Was Darkness, Hooked, The Ar-Dub, Living with the Dead, Into the Valley, The Last Gig of Jimmy Rucker, Home, Birthday Suit
READ A FREE SAMPLE:
If you're into horror, get into Livings. He knows what he's doing."- Paul Haines
I wouldn’t be surprised to learn he writes his first drafts in blood."- Kaaron Warren
Perth-based writer Martin Livings has had over seventy short stories in a variety of magazines and anthologies both locally and internationally over the last twenty years. His first novel, Carnies, was published by Hachette Livre in 2006, and was nominated for both the Aurealis and Ditmar awards.