Words from the decaying mind of Paul Haines
The Last Days Of Kali Yuga Publisher: Brimstone Press Year: April 2011 Description: These are the last days ... The Last Days Of Kali Yuga is dark urban fantasy at its darkest. You won't find traditional vampires or werewolves in Paul Haines's stories. Instead, you will stare deep into the heart of the cruelest monster of all: man. Paul Haines is one of Australia’s and New Zealand's leading dark fiction authors. He pioneered the 'backpacker horror' sub-genre with stories of Westerners confronted by dark powers and corrupted souls in India and Asia. His novellas “The Last Days of Kali Yuga”, “Doorways for the Dispossessed”, and "Wives”—all of which appear in this book—have won Australia’s highest honours for speculative fiction. The Last Days of Kali Yuga is a collection of Paul Haines’ best work. "Paul Haines knows what it is to be human, in all our cruel beauty, with all our vile dreams. His stories tear the masks off our civilised faces and expose the raw, bleeding apes beneath" - Sean Williams, New York Times Bestselling author of Star Wars: The Force Unleashed and the Books of the Cataclysm series. "Paul Haines has an unnerving sense for the softest, most secret corners of the male psyche, and in this collection dissects them excruciating skill. There is no better horror writer working in Australia today." - Max Barry, author of Syrup and Jennifer Government. Awards: Reviews: "The writer Haines reminds me of most is M. John Harrison, whose work is similarly sardonic and sometimes vicious. A number of recurrent themes run through many of Haines’ stories, including but not limited to: the pressures and angst of urban living; sexual frustration and jealousy; and the cycle of seemingly inevitable violence. The author pulls few if any punches in his depiction of the more sordid side of life, and he keeps us close to the edge as readers. William S. Burroughs once said that ‘writing should have the immediacy and danger of bullfighting’; Paul Haines is certainly a writer whose work fits that bill." - Guy Salvidge (full review here) "I thought I had a handle on Paul Haines, but he turns out to be more slippery than your average taniwha, The Last Days of Kali Yuga came at me from surprising angles and knocked my expectations out of the equation. I was rocking with this collection and am already sweating on something new from Paul Haines in the coming year. Full recommendation, one of the best collections of the year that will renew any sagging faith you might have in the dark genre. Paul Haines once again demonstrates why he is one of the best horror writers we currently can offer from this part of the world." - Scary Minds (full review here)
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