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Paint this town Red
2012
First Published
3.17
Average Rating
454
Number of Pages
WELCOME TO LIMM, TWINNED WITH HELL Limm is a small town on a picturesque tidal island. For much of every day it is cut off from the rest of civilisation. Its people are insular. Self-sufficiency runs in their blood. Myth and superstition have become their currency. But what will happen to this close-knit community when the deepest, darkest of these myths starts to come to life, red in tooth and claw? What happens when the island comes under siege from external forces, hell-bent on tearing the place apart? The moon waxes. The tide of Darkness swells. Soon it will reach high-tide, and all the pretty Dark things which have heretofore remained hidden will come out to play. Only the unlikeliest bunch of reluctant heroes stand in its way. Will they discover their bravery in time?
Avg Rating
3.17
Number of Ratings
12
5 STARS
17%
4 STARS
17%
3 STARS
42%
2 STARS
17%
1 STARS
8%
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Author

A.J. Kirby
A.J. Kirby
Author · 4 books

AJ Kirby is the author of the novels The Lost Boys of Prometheus City, Small Man Syndrome, The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters, A Man Could Lose Himself, Things Won’t Fix, When Elephants walk through the Gorbals, Paint this Town Red, Bully, Perfect World and Sharkways. He has also written the novellas The Gavel, Nu-Gen, Hangingstone, Blink, Teeth, Ace Cameron and the Red Peril, Shouting into an Empty Cave, Bed Peace, The Haunting of Annie Nicol, and The Black Book. His short fiction has been published across the web, and in magazines, anthologies and literary journals, as well as in three collections: Trickier & Treatier, The Art of Ventriloquism and Mix Tape. He was one of 20 Leeds-based authors under 40 recently shortlisted for the LS13 competition and his novel Paint this Town Red was shortlisted for 2012’s The Guardian Not the Booker prize. All of his books are available for purchase on his Amazon Author Page. He reviews fiction for The New York Journal of Books and The Short Review. In addition he undertakes Red Sportswriting, as a regular contributor to The Republik of Mancunia and Stretty News blogs. He has written three books about Manchester United: Louis van Gaal: Dutch Courage; The Pride of All Europe: Manchester United’s Greatest Seasons in the European Cup, and Fergie’s Finest: Sir Alex Ferguson’s Greatest Manchester United x11. His official website is here: http://www.andykirbythewriter.20m.com/

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