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The Unlikely Adventures of Count Arjay Du Barkier
"RJ Barker is unwell..."

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The First 'Dead' Dave York novel is due through Eneit Press in 2008. Cool eh?

You can read an old story by clicking the image below. And it's 100% free! How ace is that?

In a world where the Hungry Dead aren't too bright, you need a detective who's not too bright either...

I've been reading other people's bio's and they were all far more interesting than mine so I thought I'd update this.

I am RJ Barker, I look a bit like a girl but I'm not. This doesn't stop half the world calling me 'Miss' though but I can cope with it.

I am A Writer! I also review books for SFCrowsnest ('insightful', apparently.)

I write fiction (passably well and have a reasonable list of publishing credits), I do poetry (in a barely serious manner) I enjoy Discordianism (I'm my own fanatical breakaway sect that doesn't beleive in reading about Discordianism in case I start thinking there are rules). I'm also quite ill but I tend not to bore people about it (too much).

You might have come by for the FREE BOOKS if you have the rules are as follows:-

1. I put up a question. This can be at any time, it's totally random.
2. You answer the question. Book goes to the person who provides the best answer.
3. The best answer is not always the right one.
4. My decision is final.
5. UK residents only. If you're not a UK type and you want to play then you still can but I'll need you to send me an International Reply Coupon if you win. Seems to defeat the point a bit but still cheaper than a full price book. I think.)

If you are an author and you want to take advantage of the opportunity for a bit of free publicity then send me an email at dedbutdrmng@yahoo.com and I'll give your book away too. Traditional publishers only for the moment please.

Apart from the FREE BOOKS, my journal is largely full of inconsequential nonsense and moments of 'oh God I'm such a hack I should just give in and become a plumber' faffery. If for some reason you feel the need to add me on go ahead you don't need to ask. I'll probably add you back at some point. I might not add you if you do a lot of memes or have big images, that's not a slight it's because my computer is run by (particularly lazy) mice.

I write the "Dead Dave" stories that got pretty good critical reviews but remain difficult to get hold of (Some nice Terry pratchett/Douglas Adams comparisons cropped up) I'm currently working on a novel that hopefully might see the light of day sometime next year. There are still a few novellas HERE but I can't vouch for the quality of the books as it says they're pretty beaten up.

I love to read, I read a lot, in fact reading is pretty much all I do on bad days. My life is made less dull by the incomparable

miss_dark who does unpleasant things like force me to leave the house and socialise. She also made me a gift of cat, Mr KiethMarmel , he's mental but we get on well enough if I bribe him with fish every so often.

We both like to read the online literary journal Off Beat Pulp. You can read it too -

But that's not all. One journal isn't enough for me. While my Livejournal is full of faff and nonsense my myspace thing contains previously published stories (in an unedited state so take off your grammar hats), bits of poetry and whining about writing. So, yes it's just more faff and nonsense, but of a different kind.

RJ

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