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Archonate Universe
The Farouche Assemblage
The second installment in the deluxe chapbook series is Matt Hughes' "The Farouche Assemblage." Featuring Hughes' corpulent master thief Luff Imbry, this Vancian mystery is a game of forgeries, underhanded deals, priceless artworks and variable morals, all set in Hughes' Archonate universe. This edition includes an exclusive Letter of Authentication signed and sealed by Second Sub-curator of the Grand Connaissarium of the Archon Terfel III, Glam Botch. Cover illustration by Jason Van Hollander. Screen printed cover, hand cut cover flap, with deluxe signing sheet. Perfect bound. 37 pages, signed and numbered by the author, and limited to 125 copies.
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First published January 1, 2007
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About the author
Matthew Hughes
203 books282 followersBorn in Liverpool, his family moved to Canada when he was five years old. Married since late 1960s, he has three grown sons. He is currently relocated to Britain. He is a former director of the Federation of British Columbia Writers.
A university drop-out from a working poor background, he worked in a factory that made school desks, drove a grocery delivery truck, was night janitor in a GM dealership, and did a short stint as an orderly in a private mental hospital. As a teenager, he served a year as a volunteer with the Company of Young Canadians.
He has made his living as a writer all of his adult life, first as a journalist in newspapers, then as a staff speechwriter to the Canadian Ministers of Justice and Environment, and, since 1979, as a freelance corporate and political speechwriter in British Columbia.
His short fiction has appeared in Alfred Hitchcock’s, Asimov’s, The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Postscripts, Interzone, and a number of "Year’s Best" anthologies. Night Shade Books published his short story collection, The Gist Hunter and Other Stories, in 2005.
He has won the Arthur Ellis Award from the Crime Writers of Canada, The Endeavour Award for his historical novel What the Wind Brings, and the Global Book Award in the dark fantasy category for The Ghost-Wrangler.
A university drop-out from a working poor background, he worked in a factory that made school desks, drove a grocery delivery truck, was night janitor in a GM dealership, and did a short stint as an orderly in a private mental hospital. As a teenager, he served a year as a volunteer with the Company of Young Canadians.
He has made his living as a writer all of his adult life, first as a journalist in newspapers, then as a staff speechwriter to the Canadian Ministers of Justice and Environment, and, since 1979, as a freelance corporate and political speechwriter in British Columbia.
His short fiction has appeared in Alfred Hitchcock’s, Asimov’s, The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Postscripts, Interzone, and a number of "Year’s Best" anthologies. Night Shade Books published his short story collection, The Gist Hunter and Other Stories, in 2005.
He has won the Arthur Ellis Award from the Crime Writers of Canada, The Endeavour Award for his historical novel What the Wind Brings, and the Global Book Award in the dark fantasy category for The Ghost-Wrangler.
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March 14, 2015
This is number 30 of 125 signed numbered copies.
October 29, 2008
Fabulous comic fantasy about art and redistrbution of wealth, reminiscent of Jack Vance's ornate, over-the-top humor. Gorgeous illustrations, exquisite book design, and unusual binding.
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