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LATEST NEWS: New Novella 'Bird of Prey'
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Publication date, cover and other details coming soon ...
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"... a tale of internal politics, global power, ruthless annihilation of resistance, and the struggle of the disillusioned ... a tapestry of sub-plots ... characters are solid and their motivation clear ... realistic actions and reactions make for a plausible story of the not-too-distant future." - Peter McClean on Reviewcentre.com
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Short Story collection Lost Notes published in Dublin by Aeon Press in 2004
"It's a rare talent who can show us a glimpse of what Ireland is and what it could become. David Murphy doesn't believe in glimpses. He shows it all, every subtle distinction, every smell, every shade. You will remember this book." - Roelof Goudriaan on Lost Notes.
Published quotes on some of the stories in Lost Notes
“... one of the most exciting writers exploring the boundaries of the
modern short story in Ireland today. Ignore him at your peril.” - Robert
Neilson
A paperback novella published by Silver Lake Publishing in the USA in 2003
A 64-page chapbook of six short stories published in England (August 1998)
sold out in Ireland but still available direct from the publisher Pipers' Ash (see Links)
Back cover blurb:
REVIEWS
"Within the pages of Broken Heroes you will find a diversity of tales to set your imaginative taste buds tingling." A quote from Morgan Llywelyn's introduction to this 76-page chapbook.
Eight short stories - Original artwork for each story by Paul Sheridan
Published in two small editions (Aug & Oct 1995)
The first in the Albedo One Productions showcase series sold out
REVIEW
At the Award ceremony with the late Bryan McMahon
Best-in-Issue Winners as voted for by the readers of these magazines:
Albedo One (8), Auguries, Black Rose, Cold Print, Cork Literary Review (2), Dementia 13, The Dream Cell, Electric Wine (e), Emerald Eye, Fables (e), Fingerpost, First Class, Focus, Freudian Variant, FTL (4), Gentle Reader, Happy Harry, Here & Now, Ireland's Eye (2), Ireland's Own, Nasty Piece of Work, Omega, Peninsular Magazine, Phase One, Phoenix Anthology of Irish Short Stories 1996, Romance and Beyond, Scheherazade, The Secondary Teacher, Sierra Heaven (2), Spectrum, Stet, Threads, Time Out, U Magazine, Unhinged, Vision, Woman's Way (2)
SHORT STORY SALES, PUBLICATIONS, AWARDS
1 Roving Brief SPECTRUM (Apr-May 1986) .......... 2 Frankie Gets a Burn IRELAND'S EYE #96 (Oct 1988) .......... 3 Lease of Life THE SECONDARY TEACHER Vol 17 #4 (Winter 1988) .......... 4 Undertow FTL #3 (Winter 1989) .......... 5 Uplands FTL #4 (Spring 1990) .......... 6 Salonika DEMENTIA 13 #4 (Autumn 1990) ......... 7 Shelter FTL #6 (Autumn 1990) ......... 8 Uplands THE DREAM CELL #1 (Feb 91) .......... 9 Lease of Life FTL #10 (Autumn 1991) .......... 10 Uplands U MAGAZINE (Nov 1991) .......... 11 The Fourteenth Experiment AUGURIES #15 (Winter 1991) .......... 12 The Last Resort STET #9 (Spring 1992) .......... 13 No Longer Wasted AISLING GHEAL AWARD shortlisted (1992) .......... 14 Platform of Persuasion WOMAN'S WAY Vol 30 #48 (Jan 1st 1993) .......... 15 No Longer Wasted PHASE ONE #1 (Spring 1993) .......... 16 Pathotoxic ALBEDO ONE #1 (Summer 1993) .......... 17 The Last Resort TIME OUT anthology (Aug 1993) .......... 18 Walk With Me ALBEDO ONE #2 (Autumn 1993) .......... 19 Uplands VISION #17 (Autumn 1993) .......... 20 The Mirror Cracked ALBEDO ONE #4 (Spring 1994) .......... 21 No Longer Wasted THREADS #3 (Apr 1994) .......... 22 Korsakoff'sPsychosis HAPPY HARRY #4 (Summer 1994 - Greek translation) .......... 23 Lost Notes MAURICE WALSH MEMORIAL AWARD Winner (Summer 1995) .......... 24 Seedier Aspects FINGERPOST Vol 11 #1 (Jul-Aug 1995)
25-32 (Lost Notes, Shelter, The Mirror Cracked, Broken Heroes, Uplands, Flying Kites, Undertow, The Tip and Tell Man): BROKEN HEROES - 76 page Chapbook - Albedo One Publications (Aug 1995)
33 Needs Want as Needs Must Focus #28 (Aug 1995) ......... 34 Revolution SIERRA HEAVEN #1 (Spring 1996) .......... 35 In Blueberry Hill ALBEDO ONE #10 (Mar 1996) .......... 36 Prisoners of Our Own Desire SIERRA HEAVEN #2 (Summer 1996) .......... 37 Lost Notes PHOENIX IRISH SHORT STORIES 1996 anthology (July 1996) .......... 38 The Gravity Pool ALBEDO ONE #12 (Dec 1996) ........... 39 Seedier Aspects WRITINGS #2 (Apr 1997) .......... 40 Trick of the Light NASTY PIECE OF WORK #4 (Jul 1997) .......... 41 Circadian Rhythms BLACK ROSE #1 (Jan 1998) .......... 42 South Lake Road FREUDIAN VARIANT #1 (Apr 1998) .......... 43 Overload ALBEDO ONE #17 (Sep 1998)
44-49 (Overload, Zoom-Time,Something Small, There Be Dragons, The Last Playground, The Cult of the Child): ALIENATIONS - 64 page Chapbook - Pipers' Ash Ltd (Oct 1998)
50 Healer in the Meadows WOMAN'S WAY Vol 37 #28 (Jul 16th 1999) .......... 51 Weddings and Wills IRELAND'S OWN #4690 (Sep 17th 1999) .......... 52 Healer in the Meadows GENTLE READER #17 (Jan 2000) .......... 53 Oblivion Fade ELECTRIC WINE webzine (Mar 2000) ..... 54 Mission FIRST CLASS #13 (Mar 2000) .......... 55 Healer in the Meadows UNHINGED #5 (Mar 2000) .......... 56 On the Waterbus MOLLY KEANE MEMORIAL AWARD short-listed (May 2000) .......... 57 White Flame of Ealga FABLES webzine (Mar 2001) .......... 58 Question of Balance ROMANCE AND BEYOND #11 (Jun 2001) .......... 59 Drowning in the Desert ALBEDO ONE #23 (Jul 2001) .......... 60 Oblivion Fade COLD PRINT #5 (Aug 2001) .......... 61 Weddings and Wills IRELAND'S EYE #255 (Mar 2002) .......... 62 Eyes Can See PENINSULAR MAGAZINE #27 (Jul 2002)
63 ARKON CHRONICLES - 108 page Novella - Silver Lake Publishing - USA (Jan 2003)
64 The Gravity Pool - in ARKON CHRONICLES (Jan 2003) .......... 65 The Fourteenth Experiment - in ARKON CHRONICLES (Jan 2003) .......... 66 White Flame of Ealga OMEGA (Feb 2003)
67-82 (Miracle at the Point, Broken Heroes, The Mirror Cracked, Overload, Walk with Me, Flying Kites, Something Small, Uplands, Oblivion Fade, In Blueberry Hill, Zoom-Time, Needs Want as Needs Must, Everyone This, Nobody That, Boy with the Shine on His Face, Lost Notes, Swansong): LOST NOTES - 202 page Collection - Aeon Press (Feb 2004)
83 The Wonder of Rocks ALBEDO ONE #30 (Aug 2005) .......... 84 Everyone This, Nobody That EMERALD EYE anthology (Aug 2005)
85 LONGEVITY CITY - 315 page Novel - Five Star - USA (Aug 2005)
86 Cool Tiled Floors SCHEHERAZADE #28 (Nov 2005) .......... 87 Pick Me Up HERE & NOW #7 (Winter 2005) .......... 88 Pay-Per-View Visions CORK LITERARY REVIEW #12 (Nov 2007) .......... 89 A is for Adjustment CORK LITERARY REVIEW #12 (Nov 2007)
Signing in Copenhagen (Sep 2007):
Speaking at the launch of Albedo One #17 (Sep 1998)
SIGNED COPIES available from the author at 2 Post Road, Lusk, Co Dublin, Ireland
(All Prices include Post & Packing - email for reduced rates for two or more books)
Electronic mail address: contact Dave at - dmbc@gofree.indigo.ie
Snail mail address: same as Albedo: 2 Post Road, Lusk, Co Dublin, Ireland.
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