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Garth Jones

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Born

Broken Hill, Australia

Website

https://www.passtheamyl.com/

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Fiction, Contemporary, Humor and Comedy

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Mongrel Punk | Ozploitation | David Lee Roth | Zodiac Mindwarp | Lemmy ...more

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Garth is a writer from Wilyakali country in the deserts of far western New South Wales, Australia – the Mad Max zone.

His first job was designing ads for phone sex lines; he did time as resident Atheist provocateur at a church newspaper, and drew comics for DAVID LEE ROTH just out of uni.

Garth’s first novel, HOME BREWED, VAMPIRE BULLETS, was shortlisted for a variety of prizes. Walkley award winning journalist Richard Cooke reckons “there’s nothing like Home Brewed... – it’s new, weird, and out there, and that makes it too good not to get into!”

Garth's next project, BLACK PILLS, is a collection of genre-bending short fiction exploring the shit show that is our present reality.

It features the Ronald Hugh Morrieson Literary Award winning ‘Hug ...more

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Average rating: 4.91 · 54 ratings · 45 reviews · 7 distinct works • Similar authors

	Home Brewed, Vampire Bullets, Vol One 4.94 avg rating — 18 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Black Pills 4.75 avg rating — 12 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Home Brewed, Vampire Bullets, Vol Two it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 9 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cheapa Skips: The Feel-Bad Sessions '20/21 it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 9 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Home Brewed, Vampire Bullets, Vol Three 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Home Brewed, Vampire Bullets, The Novel it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Home Brewed, Vampire Bullets: Yarns from the Fuck-You-Ni-Verse it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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BLACK PILLS is a collection of genre-bending short fiction exploring the unmitigated sh*tshow that is our present reality.

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The Wolf Wants Answers (Joshua Mohr’s Viking Punk Saga, #2)

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Apocalypse: How Catastrophe Transformed Our World and Can Forge New Futures―A Transformative Exploration of Humanity's Resilience Through Cataclysmic Events

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