Eaters of Evil Spirits: A Psycho-Horror Story

Born in Wales, Dave Franklin published his first story in a national fishing magazine at the age of sixteen. He immigrated to Australia in 1999 and made his living as a reporter, earning the distinction of being sacked twice by the same Perth-based newspaper group. He then spent nearly three years teaching English in Korea, during which the mortality rate of the children under his care remained at an impressive zero. He now teaches ESL to adults in Brisbane, helping (among others) Thai Lady Boys get to grips with their past participles.

The major theme of Dave's small, character-driven stories is alienation, the symptoms of which include male immaturity, misogyny, dysfunction, self-destruction, xenophobia, violence and a childish glee in winding up the politically correct. There are no car chases or explosions in his books; instead he prefers outlandish sex scenes while focusing on exasperated loners full of doubt. 

Readers who like his work tend to see its black humour (and disdain for his own characters) whereas his harshest critics insist on taking everything at face value. Indeed, some observers would suggest that the highlight of his writing career, which has seen him produce ten novels, remains being published in a fishing magazine.

A Handy Guide To Dave's Full-Length Work:

DARK COMEDY

Looking For Sarah Jane Smith

Manic Streets of Perth

English Toss on Planet Andong

Evil Arse Soup: Three Ultra-Dark Comedies (A bargain-priced anthology of the above titles)

The Muslim Zombies

HORROR / SUPERNATURAL / DARK FANTASY

Straitjacket Blues: Stories of Unease 1 - 3

The Goodreads Killer: The Trilogy

Begin The Madness: The Straitjacket Blues Trilogy (A bargain-priced anthology of the above titles)

Nice Man Jack: A Jack The Ripper Novella

PSYCHOLOGICAL / CRIME 

Girls Like Funny Boys

To Dare A Future

Blundering Blokes (A bargain-priced anthology of the above titles that includes Looking For Sarah Jane Smith)

Riders on the Storm and other Killer Songs

Saving a Child from God

EROTICA / HUMOUR

Bawdy Blokes: Three Porno Funnies 

Welcome to Wales, Girls: A Violent Odyssey of Pornographic Filth