AustLit

'A lonely, overweight vampire tends a sleazy video store in inner-city Sydney...

'A multi-billionaire sacrifices everything to become Earth's first ambassador to the stars...

'A legendary time-travelling assassin finds himself pitted against the greatest detective that never was...

'A young father goes to extraordinary lengths to save his child after a car accident...

'A collection of works old and new from the pen of Tasmanian author Dirk Flinthart, these stories deliver a perilous gauntlet of speculative fiction from contemporary fantasy through thoughtful science fiction all the way to disturbing horror. A dizzying, eclectic display of accomplished storytelling grounded in a deeply human emotional landscape, this book is sure to strike fire. ' (Publication summary)

'Former detective Jen Morris is now on a mission that will see her question everything she knows, and she's dragging a very much changed Michael Devlin along for the ride. Will what she has to do take too much toll?'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'Michael Devlin is the first of a new breed. The way things are going, he may also be the last.

'Being infected with an unknown disease is bad. Waking up on a slab in a morgue wearing nothing but a toe-tag is worse, even if it comes with a strange array of new abilities.

'Medical student Michael Devlin is in trouble. With his flatmates murdered and an international cabal of legendary man-monsters on his trail, Devlin’s got nowhere to hide. His only allies are a hot-tempered Sydney cop and a mysterious monster-hunter who may be setting Devlin up for the kill. If he’s going to survive, Devlin will have to embrace his new powers and confront his hunters. But can he hold onto his humanity when he walks the Path of Night?' (Publisher's blurb)