The Fallen Series
By Mac Dyson, Laura Baker and Lisa Olsen
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About this series
A cheeky rewriting of conventional mythology within a rollicking queer romance - Life can be Hell, thank god.
"So your life sucks. Couldn't be suckier if you tried. Falling in love with the most hated figure of all time isn't going to make it any better. So he brought you back from the dead. Just say thanks. And move on. Very quickly. Please?"
The Summer of ’79. A remote southern New Zealand beach. A group of school friends spend one last Xmas holidays together before the cares of Uni' and the 'real' world intrude. Day one, our over-sensitive muso' hero, Jamie is rescued from suicide by an extremely spunky stranger. Add a shadowy air of mystery and he's the perfect object for desire. However Nick's nocturnal tendencies and ability to fly should ring warning bells. Fortunately it's soon clear that he's neither vampire, vulcan, werewolf nor indeed any other dangerous creature of the night but instead an angel - albeit a fallen one. But for our two romantic heroes it's not all moonlight surfing because after bad relationship experiences with Will Shakespeare, Robin Hood, Cain, and 'god', Nick has commitment issues. Then there's the challenge of the unique and subversive manner in which he sees history, morality, and the meanings of all their lives.
Jamie, his best mate and lover Dom, Dom’s girlfriend Jude, her baby drag-princess brother Ryan, their bandmate Sue, Louise the gorgeous country cousin, and the sexy captain of the school rugby team (gay-basher?) Russell Wells, all get to confront the question – who’s idea of Life are they living? If it’s all someone else’s grand story, how do they escape and get to be the author of their own?
In "The Devil & The Deep Blue Sea" they each get to contribute. As they warn the reader in their foreword
"Each of us is writing down our own bit of what happened. Making sense of it in our own way. Sure, producing a lot of jigsaw pieces. A bit random so they probably won’t always quite fit, eh? But get over it. We don’t mind. These are our lives, and we’re entitled to speak of them in our own particular way. Kia Kaha!"
Titles in the series (3)
- Balls (September 1981): The Fallen, #2
2
A short story, complimentary to The Devil & The Deep Blue Sea, based on actual events, set two years later. Jude and Su have got embroiled in violent civil conflict that threatens to tear New Zealand-Aotearoa apart. Of course NZ being NZ it could only be about Rugby! ('Union' please! Not that boring stop-start nonsense they love across the Ditch in Aussie.) But as the nation's pride and joy Rugby is also the symbol of the nation's mind and heart. So when right wing Prime Minister 'Piggy' Muldoon invites a 'whites only' South African team to tour the country little does he know that he has set NZ on a new path that will change its character and culture for ever. Photographing the protests at the final test in Auckland Su stumbles on a piece of her lost past and begins her journey to find her true identity.
- An Angel At My Stable: The Fallen, #3
3
A second short story sequel to The Devil & The Deep Blue Sea. Jamie flies north to join Jude & Su for Xmas, gets injured in a storm and takes refuge in Christchurch's Cathedral Of The Blessed Sacrament. A little girl with an angelic nature convinces him to take part in the Xmas nativity.
- The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea
A cheeky rewriting of conventional mythology within a rollicking queer romance - Life can be Hell, thank god. "So your life sucks. Couldn't be suckier if you tried. Falling in love with the most hated figure of all time isn't going to make it any better. So he brought you back from the dead. Just say thanks. And move on. Very quickly. Please?" The Summer of ’79. A remote southern New Zealand beach. A group of school friends spend one last Xmas holidays together before the cares of Uni' and the 'real' world intrude. Day one, our over-sensitive muso' hero, Jamie is rescued from suicide by an extremely spunky stranger. Add a shadowy air of mystery and he's the perfect object for desire. However Nick's nocturnal tendencies and ability to fly should ring warning bells. Fortunately it's soon clear that he's neither vampire, vulcan, werewolf nor indeed any other dangerous creature of the night but instead an angel - albeit a fallen one. But for our two romantic heroes it's not all moonlight surfing because after bad relationship experiences with Will Shakespeare, Robin Hood, Cain, and 'god', Nick has commitment issues. Then there's the challenge of the unique and subversive manner in which he sees history, morality, and the meanings of all their lives. Jamie, his best mate and lover Dom, Dom’s girlfriend Jude, her baby drag-princess brother Ryan, their bandmate Sue, Louise the gorgeous country cousin, and the sexy captain of the school rugby team (gay-basher?) Russell Wells, all get to confront the question – who’s idea of Life are they living? If it’s all someone else’s grand story, how do they escape and get to be the author of their own? In "The Devil & The Deep Blue Sea" they each get to contribute. As they warn the reader in their foreword "Each of us is writing down our own bit of what happened. Making sense of it in our own way. Sure, producing a lot of jigsaw pieces. A bit random so they probably won’t always quite fit, eh? But get over it. We don’t mind. These are our lives, and we’re entitled to speak of them in our own particular way. Kia Kaha!"
Mac Dyson
Mac Dyson likes playing with words and sounds. He writes books and makes music. He is a Kiwi by birth and nature, but after a sojourn in the UK as a musician, he now lives in the bustling metropolis of Sydney. His life has included stints as a TV Director, Pre-school Educator, Cleaner, University Lecturer but his favourite place to work is the theatre. He is particularly fond of Shakespeare - his favourite play being "Much Ado About Nothing". As a singer he loves John Dowland and Henry Purcell songs, and the works of Joni Mitchell, Prince, David Bowie, Bjork, and Aphex Twin. His life has been quite an adventure - perhaps why his books are on the weird side - but he has enjoyed a lot of it very much. Due mainly to a wonderful selection of 'human beans' that have journeyed with him. Thanks yous fellas. Kia kaha, Mac D x
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