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Paul Brandon Paul Brandon i(A70423 works by)
Born: Established: Kent,
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England,
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United Kingdom (UK),
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Western Europe, Europe,
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Gender: Male
Arrived in Australia: 1994
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1 y separately published work icon Paul Brandon's Website Paul Brandon , Z1142471 website Contains biographical information, excerpts from his novels, reviews and details of his musical career.
1 Falling Angel Paul Brandon , 2016 single work short story
— Appears in: Dreaming in the Dark 2016; (p. 17-34)

'She said she was a falling angel,

And I believed her,

'I don't mean that in a besotted or and love struck way, but certainly I was both besotted and love-struck by her. 

She first told me one summer evening, when the sun was little more than a cloud-lidded eye about to close over the water and the smell of wildflowers and salt was heavy on the breeze. The rhythm of the sea was like breath, a hiss of the inhalation as the water raked back over the pebble', then a pause, and the crash of the exhale. We'd just made love within the protection of the dunes, scant footsteps away from other beech-goers, yet safe and secluded as we always were. I was holding her in my arms, my face buried deep in her thick hair, smelling that scent that reminds me of everything and nothing, dawn and dusk, velvet and sand.

"I'm a falling angel," she says, softly.

'I don't reply. There's nothing to say.' (Introduction)
 

1 The Transformation of Targ Jack Dann , Paul Brandon , 2007 single work short story
— Appears in: Eclipse One : New Science Fiction and Fantasy 2007; (p. 195-212)
1 4 y separately published work icon The Wild Reel Paul Brandon , New York (City) : Tor , 2004 Z1142413 2004 single work novel fantasy 'When young Irish artist Natasha Newlyn paints, she hears music; a wild, secret symphony of ancient jigs and reels that accompany her stunning watercolor landscapes. Natasha lives in a small sea village in the far west of Ireland, the perfect place for her work or at least it is until the dreams come. Starting as nothing more than vague erotic images, the dreams begin to grow. Then they begin to affect her art...and intrude into her real life. When an invitation arrives to attend her friend's wedding in Brisbane, Australia, Natasha seizes the chance to have a holiday and sort out her confused mind. But there is someone else who can also hear her secret music. Someone unearthly and dangerous. Someone who covets her: Finvarra, the Faerie King of Connaught. He has decided that she will be his next bride, and to that end he will follow her to the other side of the world'. Source: back cover blurb.
1 Performing the Words Nick Earls , Melissa Ashley , Bronwyn Lea , Paul Brandon , 2002 single work column
— Appears in: Writing Queensland , June no. 108 2002; (p. 16-17)
1 2 y separately published work icon Swim the Moon Paul Brandon , New York (City) : Tor , 2001 Z985858 2001 single work novel fantasy 'A haunting tale of love, music, and magic on the stormy coast of Scotland. After the loss of his wife, Scottish fiddle player Richard Brennan moves to Australia to escape the ghosts of his former life. Six years later, he returns for his father's funeral and decides to remain in his father's desolate cottage in the north of Scotland, gathering together the threads of his former life, scratching out a living playing music. Then Richard meets Ailish, the enigmatic young woman [whose] ethereal singing haunts the bay by moonlight. As their relationship builds, the secrets of his family's past are brought to light, one by one, leaving them to confront a history that is both terrifying and fantastic—a legacy that may well cost Richard his soul’. Source: publisher's website (http://us.macmillan.com/swimthemoon).
1 The Marsh Runners Paul Brandon , 1998 single work short story crime horror
— Appears in: Dreaming Down-Under 1998; (p. 196-210) Dreaming Down-Under : Book One 1999; (p. 264-287)
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