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Face In Things: Haunted phones; unforgettable sandwiches; celebrity cults; warrior ghosts; consumer greed; unearthly landscapes; urban living; urbane dating; inspirational perfume; a captivating portrait; man overboard; buggy implants; a grieving heart; a paean to a closed-down restaurant; an unhinged man evoking a murdered woman’s past; a tantalisingly familiar jazz pianist revealing secrets of the Bronx; and the futile search for a perfect weekend.We’re all searching for recognition, for faces in things, trying to make sense of the past in order to face the unknown future. This new collection of stories from the author of `The Bumper Book of Lies’, `Liquidambar’, `Songshifting’ and `Saccade’ draws on multiple genres and influences to create an homage to nostalgia, memory, music and longing.

Table of Contents:
Preface 8The patient labyrinth 16Lunching at Reuben’s 42The Cave, the Clew and the Virgin, too 50Pool of Mirrors 64Everything Is Not Enough 78Hokianga Cause and Effect 86www.sadbastard.co.nz 92Kind of Blue: A five-part seduction fantasy 96Shem-el-Nessim: An Inspiration in Perfume 110The Vale of Health 132Port After Stormy Seas 142The Forever Day Bug 154Sudoku For Dead People 168Memories of Manzi’s 194The scene that haunts my memory 206Al Walker’s TV repair shop 224Funky Weekend 234A Faces In Things playlist 240Acknowledgements 245About the author 247About the typeface 249

About the Author :
CHRIS BELL WAS BORN in Holyhead, North Wales. After working as a musician, a messenger for a London record company, a freelance music journalist and as editor of Soundcheck!, he moved to Hamburg, Germany where he was employed by a guitar company and an independent music publisher before emigrating in 1997 to New Zealand, where he works as a writer. His short stories have appeared in The Third Alternative; Postscripts; Grotesque; The Heidelberg Review; TransVersions; Not One of Us and Takahe, as well as on the internet. His short story `The Cruel Countess’ was anthologised in The Year’s Best Fantasy & Horror (10th Annual Edition), in which his collection The Bumper Book of Lies received an honourable mention. `Shem-el-Nessim’ appeared in This Is The Summer of Love, The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 21 and That Haunted Feeling. His poetry has been published in Workshop New Poetry; Snorkel; foam:e and New Zealand Listener. His first novel, Liquidambar, won UKAuthors’ `Search For A Great Read’ competition.


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  • ISBN-13: 9780473386016
  • Publisher: wordsSHIFTminds
  • Publisher Imprint: wordsSHIFTminds
  • Sub Title: The patient labyrinth and other stories
  • ISBN-10: 0473386011
  • Publisher Date: 01 Feb 2017
  • Binding: Digital download


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