Brian Craddock Brian Craddock i(10967103 works by)
Gender: Male
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1 y separately published work icon Chuwa : The Rat People of Lahore Brian Craddock's Chuwa : The Rat People of Lahore Brian Craddock , Milton : Broken Puppet Books , 2019 18655481 2019 single work novel fantasy horror

'Jasmine is wanted by both mafia and monsters, navigating Pakistan's back-streets as she tries to save her kidnapped husband. But a bite from a mysterious creature is changing her, and the supernatural world is stepping forward to stake its claim. Can Jasmine beat the clock and save her beloved?'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

1 y separately published work icon The Chuwa Covenant Brian Craddock , Milton : Broken Puppet Books , 2019- 18655430 2019 series - author novel
1 y separately published work icon The Cemetery Children Brian Craddock , Milton : Broken Puppet Books , 2018 20803465 2018 single work novella science fiction

'“The sky lights up from the fire. It’s an unreal moment – only a minute ago gloom and dust made it impossible to see much of anything. It’s not like the polaroid bursts of illumination from gunfire, punching holes in the darkness. This is a prolonged exposure, an aching revelation of the destruction all around us. I want the gloom and impenetrable dust back.”

'Jabodetabek, as Jakarta is known in the future, has been besieged by separatists hell-bent on bringing the Old City to its knees. They’ve disrupted utilities by destroying the massive generators on the PLN Areo hydro-pipes, plunging the residents of Pusat-Selatan II into darkness.
'For Field Engineer Callan, there are more pressing concerns closer to camp: platoon leader Westerling seems to have lost his mind, taking the men under his command down with him, and Stellum Corps in the heavens above are struggling to keep back the advancing threat of alien attack.
'Only Ardiyanti and her pack of wild Cemetery Children seem to have kept their cool in the midst of the horrors and madness of civil war, but for how long can Jabodetabek’s innocents fend off the threats that beset them from all sides?'

Source : publisher's blurb

1 Punk's Not Dead Brian Craddock , 2018 single work short story horror
— Appears in: Petrified Punks 2018; (p. 6-10)
1 The Divinity of Akobi Brian Craddock , 2018 single work novella
— Appears in: Behind the Mask : Tales from the Id 2018; (p. 227-248)
1 y separately published work icon The Dalziel Files Brian Craddock , Milton : Broken Puppet Books , 2018 16402660 2018 selected work short story

'Globetrotting photojournalist Richard Dalziel is riding on the success of his acclaimed portrait of an Indian slave child, but Dalziel is haunted by his ambitions. Or rather, the depths he'd stoop to achieve them. To assuage his guilt, Dalziel seeks assignments which endanger him, forever pursuing the chaos he desperately hopes will consume his soul. He needn't worry on that score, however, for darkness and its denizens seek him at every turn. From Pakistan to Japan, and to the wild frontiers of Northern Canada, THE DALZIEL FILES reinvent the lores of old, of vampires, werewolves and what lay beyond even their mysterious realms.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

1 The Watchman Brian Craddock , 2017 single work novella horror
— Appears in: Below the Stairs : Tales from the Cellar 2017;
1 y separately published work icon Eucalyptus Goth Brian Craddock , Milton : Broken Puppet Books , 2017 14960772 2017 single work novel fantasy

'A full decade after Jello Biafra declared Brisbane a heavy junta police state, Dante Halloran navigates its streets aided only by his wits and a debilitating mental illness that he has nicknamed The Inferno. Australia has just ushered in a change of Government, and is still reeling from the recession that it "had to have," but for Dante these are hardly events that concern him: his is the pursuit of love, of somewhere to lay his head at night, of friendships that won't wane with the passing of the seasons. 

'With him on this journey are his so-called friends, equally lost: Twix, whose jealousies threaten to undermine their brotherhood; Alex, slowly spiralling out of control with the onset of her own condition; and Pixie, determined to find her individual, potentially fatal, way in life. 

'EUCALYPTUS GOTH explores a city now lost to time, where skinheads and punks clashed on the streets and a night at the Normanby Hotel was considered a rite of passage for the babybat goths.'   (Publication summary)

1 Ismail's Expulsion Brian Craddock , 2017 single work short story horror
— Appears in: Between the Tracks : Tales from the Ghost Train 2017;
1 y separately published work icon Blue Frog Falls Brian Craddock , Australia : Steve Dillon for The Refuge Collection , 2016 10974214 2016 single work novella fantasy

'When The Blue Frog Tavern collapses, the noise of the timber splintering and collapsing on itself is enough to wake the dead.

'Mayor Emeritas is aware of this possibility, and eager to have the tavern demolished as quickly as possible. With him are four other people, one of them dead on the ground—the sacrifice. The building appears to collapse of its own accord, aided by the thing beneath it, deep underground.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

1 y separately published work icon The Black Shuck Brian Craddock , Australia : Steve Dillon for The Refuge Collection , 2016 10967124 2016 single work novella horror fantasy

'This is the story of The Black Shuck, a legendary beast that stalks Refuge every 20 years. It's also Darren Marsh's story. It's also the story of a mysterious figure who rolls into Refuge with four crows for company. How do these things all relate? And what lies beneath Refuge anyway?'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

1 y separately published work icon Plato's Cave Brian Craddock , Australia : Steve Dillon for The Refuge Collection , 2015 10972596 2015 single work novella fantasy

'When the Mayor’s bodyguard, Marty Hayseed calls into Refuge's notorious Blue Frog Tavern, our narrator knows that trouble looms and attempts to flee unseen. There's no deceiving Marty, though, and an abduction and drive into the countryside is going to lead to disaster. Plato’s Cave explores the themes of identity, change, perception and relationships gone sour.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

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