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Slice of Life
Paul Haines
Paul Haines sliced through the Australian writing scene with his twisted and murderous black humour in 2002. He has since won many awards and praise for his dark and surreal stories. Paul places himself in stories that make you think twice about his sanity and good taste. 'Explicit, violent, mysogynistic and nasty... stories are heavily cemented in my real life, and I love blurring them into the unreal... [Read more]
Welcome to The Mayne Press
TMP is a small press publisher, owned and operated by Stuart Mayne, who since 2006 is the editor of the long running Australian fantasy and science fiction magazine Aurealis.
TMP's prime focus in 2009 and 2010 is Slice of Life, a fund-raising venture for the Paul Haines cancer fund. 100% of the cover price will help Paul Haines fight his cancer.
TMP does not accept unsolicited manuscripts or publishing proposals.
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[ Read all News items ]New Slice of Life review
New Slice of Life review
UK based reviewer Peter Tennant has written a series of reviews on Australian Horror in the latest issue of Black Static , including a review of Slice of Life.
"...a collection that's like nothing else out there, brimming with incident and irreverence, both as regards the idea of author as creator and the tropes of genre, absurd and yet deadly serious in some of the things it has to say."
The review should be posted on Peter Tennant's blog shortly.