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Dylan Malik Orchard

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Dylan Orchard is a London based novelist, poet, short story writer and occasional reviewer. Both suspicious and nefarious he is not to be trusted.

His first release, the novella Laikanist Times, was largely written during an incoherent Greyhound adventure across the US. Where talking animals started to make more sense than the day to day reality in the new world.

'Crashed America', which ironically wasn't written in America, will be his first novel length release. It's currently available both as an eBook and in paperback from Amazon, Smashwords, Barnes & Noble and all your favourite booksellers.

When Joe sets off for those United States of America he has a whole list of plans, dreams, schemes and delusions to be lived out against an idealised Dylan Orchard is a London based novelist, poet, short story writer and occasional reviewer. Both suspicious and nefarious he is not to be trusted.

His first release, the novella Laikanist Times, was largely written during an incoherent Greyhound adventure across the US. Where talking animals started to make more sense than the day to day reality in the new world.

'Crashed America', which ironically wasn't written in America, will be his first novel length release. It's currently available both as an eBook and in paperback from Amazon, Smashwords, Barnes & Noble and all your favourite booksellers.

When Joe sets off for those United States of America he has a whole list of plans, dreams, schemes and delusions to be lived out against an idealised Americana backdrop. Killing Jesus isn't exactly among them but, as ever, life does its own thing.

After crashing in Alabama Joe finds himself caught up in the prelude to the End of Days, with the Devil on one side, a Hillbilly clan on the other and the whole spectrum of crazy in between - from a Satanic Reagan to good old boys Waco and ET. None of which makes any sense to him, or his new found companion the born again atheist Father Fitzpatrick but with enough moonshine, guns, nuns, demons and backwoods mysticism he might just make it through. Although the rest of the world might not.When Joe sets off for those United States of America he has a whole list of plans, dreams, schemes and delusions to be lived out against an idealised Americana backdrop. Killing Jesus isn't exactly among them but, as ever, life does its own thing.

After crashing in Alabama Joe finds himself caught up in the prelude to the End of Days, with the Devil on one side, a Hillbilly clan on the other and the whole spectrum of crazy in between - from a Satanic Reagan to good old boys Waco and ET. None of which makes any sense to him, or his new found companion the born again atheist Father Fitzpatrick but with enough moonshine, guns, nuns, demons and backwoods mysticism he might just make it through. Although the rest of the world might not. ...more

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Making Connections: 3088. LAIKANIST TIMES by Dylan Orchard	1	10	Mar 26, 2014 07:52PM
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