Keith followed orders.
He came back home.
He freed his soul and laid claim to a magic sword.
But Keith Murphy doesn’t have time to rest, because his sorcerous partner Danny Roark is out of commission and the end of the world is thundering towards humanity like a freight train on steroids.
As the elder entities from the depths of the Gloom break through the veil of reality with increasing... [click here for more]
Meet Keith Murphy, Australia’s only hit man dedicated to taking out dangerous and magical targets.
When Keith Murphy left the Gold Coast, he swore he’d never return. He wanted to leave behind the daily violence of working muscle for the local demons and prevent his girlfriend from getting sucked into the secret, supernatural underworld where Keith plied his trade. Better to use his skills... [click here for more]
Rule one for surviving Ragnarök? Don’t piss off a Valkyrie.
Ex-hitman Keith Murphy sold his services to a demon in order to stop an apocalyptic cult. Now he’s stuck fighting a gang way against a local biker gang who knows far too much about magic for a pack of mortals. A routine hit turns into a mystery, and that mystery leads to a series of deaths with a very unexpected source. Something has... [click here for more]
The twelve stories in this collection touch upon science fiction, horror, and fantasy, but all see people brush against the sublime and discover who they truly are.
In "One Saturday Night, With Angel," a young man staffing a convenience store frets as angels hunt his customers. In "Say Zucchini, and Mean It," the world is overrun by a plague that robs us of three very important words. In "Clockwork,... [click here for more]
For fans of the weird and enchanting, Peter M Ball returns for a third collection of speculative fiction stories that dance along the borders between horror, fantasy, and science fiction. These Strange and Magic Things brings together fifteen tales that showcase why he’s among the finest writers of the strange and fantastic working in Australia right now.
Love is the Roar of a... [click here for more]
In these essays, Peter M. Ball-Aurealis award-winning author and founder of Brian Jar Press-explores the seemingly unintuitive lessons he's learned over twenty years of writing, educating other writers, and running writing conferences attended by hundreds of authors at every level of experience.
Drawn from some of his most popular blog posts, author presentations, and articles, You Don't Want... [click here for more]