The publisher's site has this description the author's site has a longer description.Īmazon has reader reviews, and its 'search inside' feature includes an excerpt. Literary fantasy novel about a gay man and a straight woman living together in an anonymous city (analogous to the author's native Melbourne, perhaps), populated by native Heseeshi, concerning a psychedelic drug that seems to be causing deaths in the gay community. The book is currently a finalist for this year's Lambda Literary Awards in the SF/fantasy/horror category.Īmazon's 'search inside' feature includes an excerpt. The publisher's site has this description, with a PDF preview. Post-apocalypse coming-of-age SF novel, about a small-town farm boy's romance with a newly arrived healer, in a post-Ice era in which government officials deny that the 'dragons' seen by townsfolk exist. The author's website has descriptions and a bibliography, and a link to his blog. There's also a hardcover edition available.

The publisher's page lists the table of contents.

The copyright page indicates September 2006 publication, but the press release says April 2007 and Amazon says April 15, 2007. This is apparently the author's first collection since Beastmarks (1985). (Elder Signs Press 0-975, $16.95, 12+305pp, trade paperback, April 2007, cover art Steven Gilberts)Ĭollection of stories and poetic writings, most previously published, with three, including 'Twice Dead Things: Investigations of the Fractal Blood Soul', original to this book.

A Strong and Sudden Thaw by R.W. Day