Rope

by Martin Livings

Explore the dark side of history with this mesmerising fictional (yet vividly real) story of Fremantle Prison's hangman. It all begins with a rope, threads of darkening fibre that soon consume their maker... After 44 lives are taken, there is just one more to claim.

If you are a fan of dark fiction master Martin Livings, you won't want to miss this emotionally powerful title!

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First published July 20, 2012

About the author

Martin Livings (born 1970) is an Australian author of horror, fantasy and science fiction. He has been writing short stories since 1990 and has been nominated for both the Ditmar Award and Aurealis Award. He resides in Perth, Western Australia.

His short fiction has appeared in the award-winning anthology Daikaiju! (Agog! Press), as well as in Borderlands, Agog! Terrific Tales (Agog! Press) and Eidolon, among many others. His work has been listed in the Year’s Best Horror and Fantasy Recommended Reading, and reprinted in Year’s Best Australian SF and Fantasy Volume 2 (MirrorDanse Books, 2006), Australian Dark Fantasy and Horror, 2006 Edition (Brimstone Press, 2006), and The Year’s Best Australian Fantasy and Horror in 2010, 2012, 2013 and 2015 (Ticonderoga Publications).

His first novel, Carnies, was published by Lothian Books in Australia in June 2006. Carnies was nominated for an Aurealis Award and won the 2007 Tin Duck Award for Best Novel by a Western Australian. His collection of short stories, Living With the Dead, was released in 2012 by Dark Prints Press, and an original story from the collection, “Birthday Suit”, won the Australian Shadows award for Best Short Fiction that year.

Both Carnies and Living With the Dead are available now through Amazon, along with his techno-thriller novel Skinsongs, horror novel An Ill Wind, his followup collection of short stories, Light Falling From A Long Dead Star, and the novellas Rope and The Final Twist. His newest release, the horror novel The Obituary, is now also on Amazon.

https://amazon.com/author/martinlivings

Reviews

[Alan Baxter · Rating 4 out of 5]

I reviewed this for Thirteen O'Clock here: Rope by Martin Livings – review: http://bit.ly/OGudQS

[Stephen Dedman · Rating 5 out of 5]

ROPE is a tautly-written tale of a hangman at Fremantle Prison from his first execution to the end of the death penalty in WA. Makes effective use of real incidents from WA history, and the surprising ending won't leave you hanging (sorry about that).

[Stephanie]

Aurealis Awards entry. Review to be posted after the awards.

[Gerry Huntman]

can't comments as I am a judge on the Shadows Awards. Will comment following results.

[Martin Livings]

Well, what else am I meant to say? Go and read it, make up your own minds. :)