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Issue Details: First known date: 2018... 2018 City Between Series
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y separately published work icon Between Jobs W. R. Gingell , Huonville : W. R. Gingell , 2018 18348215 2018 single work novel fantasy

'When you get up in the morning, the last thing you expect is to see a murdered guy hanging outside your window. Things like that tend to draw the attention of the local police, and when you’re squatting in your parents’ old house until you can afford to buy it, another thing you can’t afford is the attention of the cops.

'Oh yeah. Hi. My name is Pet.

'It’s not my real name, but it’s the only one you’re getting. Things like names are important these days.

'And it’s not so much that I’m Pet.

'I’m a pet.

'A human pet: I belong to the two Behindkind fae and the pouty vampire who just moved into my house. It’s not weird, I promise—well, it’s weird, yeah. But it’s not weird weird, you know?' (Publication summary)
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y separately published work icon Between Shifts W. R. Gingell , Huonville : W. R. Gingell , 2018 18348424 2018 single work novel fantasy 'There’s a body beneath the skip bins. Fae on the forklift. A vampire in the manager’s office. And there’s definitely something skeevy going on in the locker rooms.

'Hi. I’m Pet. Well, not exactly Pet. I am a pet.

'I was meant to stay out of it, but somebody’s gotta do something when humans are being killed by Behindkind creatures.

'Lucky for me, my owners are just as dangerous and inhuman as the bad guys...' (Publication summary)

 
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y separately published work icon Between Floors W. R. Gingell , Huonville : W. R. Gingell , 2019 18348547 2019 single work novel fantasy 'I’m not supposed to push through the boundaries of reality without supervision. I’m definitely not meant to drag a cop Between with me.

'But stuff happens, you know?

'Hi. I’m Pet. Well, not Pet, exactly. I am a pet.

'Nothing too hard; I just cook and clean for the Behindkind who took over my house. Easy. But now one of my owners has gone missing. He’s fae, so it shouldn’t worry me, but if there’s something out there that can kidnap fae, I don’t wanna meet it.

'Good thing I’ve got another two owners and a spare cop up my sleeve…' (Publication summary)
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y separately published work icon Between Frames W. R. Gingell , Huonville : W. R. Gingell , 2019 18348615 2019 single work novel fantasy 'Two fae is company, but a company of fae is trouble.
'Which is exactly what we’ve got. Trouble, I mean. Well, and fae. Lots of fae.
'Something or someone is stalking and killing high-level fae around Hobart—tearing out hearts and leaving a trail of bloody bodies behind. Fae don’t like it when they’re the ones getting killed, so of course they came to hire my owners.
'Owners, you ask?
'Hi. I’m Pet. No, that’s not my name. I am a pet.
'My owners? They’re fae. Well, two fae and one stroppy vampire.
'Welcome to the world Between.' (Publication summary)
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y separately published work icon Cloudy With a Chance of Dropbears W. R. Gingell , Huonville : W. R. Gingell , 2019 18348688 2019 single work novella fantasy 'Kill the kid and you can come back.

'That's what the note says.

'Five-Four-One is just a lowly leprechaun, working for the Behindkind Tax Office. He has no idea why he's suddenly been dumped into the terrifying death-trap known as Australia: no idea who the kid is, or why someone wants them both dead.

'Nor does he know who else is looking for the kid—which is unfortunate, because out of all the other things that could potentially kill him today, that one is the most likely to stick.

'CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF DROPBEARS is a companion novellette in the City Between urban fantasy series.' (Publication summary)
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y separately published work icon All the Different Shades of Blue W. R. Gingell , Huonville : W. R. Gingell , 2019 18348738 2019 single work novella fantasy 'It’s a routine day and a routine job for wheelchair-bound merman Marazul. Just hack into the protective spell around a café and lace it with an encouragement to spend more.
'What Marazul doesn’t know is that his employers don’t feel like paying him.
'Or that the person who put the protection on the café has a particular reason for wanting to keep that café safe.
'Or, for that matter, exactly who it is who has just entered the café… ' (Publication summary)

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