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    Not Waving

    By K. A. Laity

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    It's the shiny happy 80s in Los Angeles, but Vida's mood couldn't be blacker. Never mind her writer's block, recent suicide attempt or the painful scrutiny of her colleagues, there's drinking to be done! When a cut-rate psychic releases a recurring nightmare, Vida decides it's time for a Vegas road trip. May the gods help anyone in her path...

    First written in 1991, this novel captures the early voice of a writer who would go on to compose more self-assured books, but this early work retains a rough charm that only youth can claim.

    "Laity is a very remarkable sorceress indeed."
    ~ Elizabeth Hand

    "Laity knocks your socks off with the language and also with the dialog."
    ~ Les Edgerton

    "Laity is probably a figment of her own imagination, and what an imagination that is! A witty and inventive wordsmith. A natural storyteller. A one off!"
    ~ Paul D. Brazill

    "Laity mixes genres in ways that are always rewarding… a compelling writer who is utterly readable."
    ~ Richard Godwin

    "Kate's work is always measured and elegant and is frequently very, very funny and her sense of humour runs pleasingly dark."
    ~ Alasdair Stuart

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherK. A. Laity
    Release dateApr 27, 2013
    ISBN9781301701155
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    K. A. Laity

    All-purpose writer, Fulbrighter, uberskiver, medievalist, humourist, flâneuse, techno-shamanka, JANE QUIET scripter, Broad Universe and SinC Mavens of Mayhem social media wrangler, Pirate Pub Captain, currently dividing her time between Dundee and New York · Laity is the author of A CUT-THROAT BUSINESS, A LA MORT SUBITE, THE CLADDAGH ICON, LUSH SITUATION, CHASTITY FLAME, UNQUIET DREAMS, OWL STRETCHING, ROOK CHANT, PELZMANTEL and much more. She's edited the collections WEIRD NOIR and NOIR CARNIVAL for Fox Spirit Books and also writes as Graham Wynd (crime), Kit Marlowe (historicals), and C. Margery Kempe (erotic romance). Immanion profile: https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/kalaity

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