Dave Franklin

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 South 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, xenophobia, self-destruction, religion, violence and a childish glee in winding up the politically correct. There are no car chases or explosions in his books; instead he prefers graphic, twisted sex scenes while focusing on exasperated loners full of doubt.

Readers who like his work tend to see its black comedy (and disdain for his own characters) whereas his harshest critics take 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 / SATIRE

Looking For Sarah Jane Smith: A Riotous Black Comedy

Manic Streets of Perth: An Australian Comedy

English Toss on Planet Andong: A Dark Teaching Comedy

Evil Arse Soup (A bargain-priced anthology of the above titles)

The Muslim Zombies: A Satirical Horror Novel

HORROR / SUPERNATURAL / DARK FANTASY

Straitjacket Blues 1 - 3: Stories of Unease

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: A Dark Brisbane Tale

To Dare A Future: A Novel of Rage

Riders on the Storm and Other Killer Songs

Saving a Child from God

A Promise of Pain (An anthology of the above two novels plus two novellas and a short story)

EROTICA

Bawdy Blokes: Three Porno Funnies

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

MOVIE NONFICTION

Go Fuck an Iceberg! A Brit's Take on Guns, Tits and Other Fun Movie Stuff

Smile, You Sonuvabitch! A Brit's Take on Catfights, Serial Killers and Other Fun Movie Stuff

Rooney Eats It! A Brit's Take on Pimps, Child Deaths and Other Fun Movie Stuff

Oh, My God! Ninja! A Brit's Take on Arnie, Icky Sex and Other Fun Movie Stuff

Bunch of Snake Freaks! A Brit's Take on Dead Pets, Sleazeballs and Other Fun Movie Stuff

I'm the Honcho of the Hump! A Brit's Take on Hookers, Misfits and Other Fun Movie Stuff