- Paperback: 338 pages
- Publisher: Brimstone Press (Jan 2009)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0980567718
- ISBN-13: 978-0980567717
- Product Dimensions: 22.8 x 15.2 x 2.2 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,803,216 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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These are the last days ... Travel the blood-stained trails of Kathmandu. Explore doorways to other worlds. Fight for humanity's darkening soul. ... when the powers of the Gods wane and evil walks the Earth. The Last Days of Kali Yuga is urban fantasy at its darkest. You won't find traditional vampires or werewolves in Paul Haines's stories. Instead, you will stare deep into the heart of the cruelest monster of all: man. Paul Haines is one of Australia's and New Zealand's leading dark fiction authors. He pioneered the 'backpacker horror' sub-genre with stories of Westerners confronted by dark powers and corrupted souls in the developing world. His novellas "The Last Days of Kali Yuga", "Doorways for the Dispossessed", and "Wives" - all of which appear in this book - have won Australia's and New Zealand's highest honours for speculative fiction. The Last Days of Kali Yuga is the definitive collection of Paul Haines's best work.
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A unique and very important collection, 3 Feb 2012
By Alan Baxter "www.alanbaxteronline.com" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Last Days of Kali Yuga (Paperback)
Paul Haines is an outstanding short story writer, a truly unique voice. His stories often feature a character called Paul Haines and it's never really possible to know where the author ends and the character begins. And within these stories, Haines explores every dark, dirty, nasty facet of the human condition.This book is the definitive Haines collection. All the uniquely Hainesesque "backpacker horror" stories are here, along with a broad range of other subjects, from the fantastical to the horrible to the downright human nasty and every combination thereof. We also have the dystopian sci-fi novella "Wives", originally published in the awesome X6 Novella Anthology from Coeur De Lion Publishing. "Wives" alone is worth the purchase of this collection, but you should really buy X6 and read the others in that book.
And you must buy this book too, because you'll never read short fiction anything like that of Paul Haines. There will always be a part of you that wishes you never had read the short fiction of Paul Haines, but ignore that sensible and happy bit of your brain.
Every needs to explore the darkness. Everyone needs to experience the horror. Everyone should read Paul Haines.
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Out of the Darkness, 20 Nov 2011
By Uncle - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Last Days of Kali Yuga (Paperback)
Great and inspirational and thought provoking read but I confess to being puzzled by the description of the author as one of Australia and New Zealand's leading 'quote' DARK fiction" authors. On the contrary, there is nothing "dark" about his work unless you try to read it at night by the light of a sickle moon rather, author Haines is the of the world's most illuminating authors shedding light with dazzling clarity upon the human condition albeit in its darkest aspects. Haines brings profoundly troubling and concerning issues out of the dark and into the sometimes harsh yet always real light of day so as to be visible to all those fortunate enough to be exposed to his literary work. REading Haines' work has me convinced that reincarnation is a reality. Goodness knows how many past lives he has lived/endured to be able to bring such issues out of the shadows and darkness of human ignorance. At the same time one could be forgiven for suspecting that the trials and tribulations of his present life have contributed to Haines' remarkable ability to shed light upon, and bring out of the dark, that which mankind has often preferred to leave to fester in the dank dark black depths of souls bereft of imagination.
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It's all true, 5 Feb 2012
By littlevoice - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Last Days of Kali Yuga (Paperback)
I'd heard a lot about Paul Haines and his work before purchasing this book, and I wondered, could he possibly be as good as they say he is?The answer is - Yes. His writing draws deeply on personal experiences, but is never self-indulgent. It's often enlightening, but never a comfortable read. All the adjectives used to describe his work hold true - it is complex, often stomach-churning, often moving and always honest. If you come away from this book not feeling just a little bit dirty for being a human being, then you haven't been concentrating.
My favourites from the collection include "Wives", set in a dystopian future Australia where women are in short supply and thus turned into commodities, "Her Collection of Intimacy", which almost made me cry, and "High Tide at Hot Water Beach", which did make me cry.
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