Mostly Monochrome Stories

By turns unsettling, absurd and poignant, the splintered universe of John Travis, is a surreal, many-hued merry go-round of the imagination where reality, fantasy and hallucination meet in explosions of nightmare and wonder. Here you will meet the man who nailed himself to a bench, some very sinister stationery, a vampire with an embarrassing weakness and the widower who could not let go. Take a walk with a feline detective down the mean streets of a world where humanity has been usurped by its pets, make sure you say your prayers before getting into bed lest you end up in the terrifying world of Pyjamarama.

Contents:

• Author's Note
• Ghost Lands
• Pyjamarama
• The Guy Who Nailed Himself to the Bench
• Idle Hands
• Nothing
• The Happy Misanthropist
• Dance of the Selves
• The Terror and the Tortoiseshell
• Hey Garland, I Dig Your Tweed Coat
• The Flooding of Mark Wiper
• Self Disgust
• The Other Exhibition
• The Arse of Dracula
• The Splintered Forest
• Random Events in the Life of a Victim
• It Grows in Your Face
• Reduced to Clear
• Beyond the Call of Duty
• Venetian Paperweight
• The Mutt Who Knew Too Much
• He Destroyed His Image
• The Strainer
• Dragging the Grate
• Ode to Hermes #54
• Afterword