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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]

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NEW SLICE OF LIFE REVIEW

Paul has posted a new review of Slice of Life on his blog. Have a read. You know you want to.

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.

WAY TO GO PAUL!

Paul Haines gave a hilariously garbled acceptance speech when it was announced that he won the short story category for TWO of his stories:

Slice of Life - A Spot of Liver from TMP's Slice of Life

and; Wives, in X6, Keith Stevenson's Coeur de Lion Publishing.

Well done Paul, it was greatly deserved. You can read Paul's speech and what he wanted to say on his blog .

OFFICE HOURS DURING THE FESTIVE HOLIDAYS

The Mayne Press will be closed from Friday 18 December 2009 and reopen  Monday 11 January 2010.

Friday 18 December will be the last post day for orders before Christmas.

Happy festive season from TMP.

GEOFFREY MALONEY'S SIX SILLY STORIES NOW AVAILABLE

TMP are proud to announce that Geoffrey Maloney's excellent collection Six Silly Stories is now available for sale from the site .
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