Dead Romance

Considered the greatest work by novelist Lawrence Miles, "Dead Romance" now returns, after four years of being out-of-print, as a re-release from Mad Norwegian Press. In addition, this volume contains rare short stories by Miles."Dead Romance" contains the diaries of Christine Summerfield, a 23-year-old cocaine user in London who encounters a time traveler named Christopher Cwej. Together with Cwej, Christine comes to discover a mind-bending secret about London and the whole of Earth, engages in a desperate game of rock-scissors-paper against an unspeakable Horror that almost defies definition, and chronicles precisely how the world came to end on October 12, 1970. In addition, this re-release of "Dead Romance" also features rare back-up stories, written by Miles and presently only available in out-of-print, frightfully expensive works. Specifically, this re-release contains the short stories "Toy Story" and "Grass," plus an original essay by Miles on the mechanics of his Faction Paradox universe.

Lawrence Miles is the author of. hold on. yeah, eight novels now, and is best-known for creating the time-bending Faction Paradox series. Recovering academic Tat Wood is the person most compilers of previous guidebooks went to for advice and cultural context. Despite having written for just about every major fanzine going, he has a rich, full and complex life.