I’ve had news today from my publishers Wild Wolf Publishing, that my new novel, I am just going Outside… I may be some time will be released in the very near future. Watch this space for further info…
Here’s the gen on the book:
You can call me Mr. Lonely. Got a job working for The Institute. Might have fudged my tests some.
They placed me in a research lab at the very edge of the world; a wasteland of snow and ice.
My partner, Nico, went out a while back… he’s been some time. He took the only snow-sled.
Outside, the storm closes in. It brings with it monsters.
Whether those monsters are outside or within me is unclear. Nico believes the latter. Either way, the end is drawing near.
I’ve found patches of blood in the snow.
I am just going outside and may be some time is a chilling, claustrophobic tale about solitude, about being alone at the very edge of the world, but at the same time being surveilled. It’s a story about connections, lost and found, and connectivity. It’s a story about the madness of ‘shouting into an empty cave’; talking and talking and never quite knowing whether anyone at all is listening. Combining Kirby’s trademark dark humour – which tickles the sharper end of the funny bone – and the same heart-stopping horror we’ve come to know and love from his previous work (Bully, Paint this town Red, Small Man Syndrome, and Sharkways) this is a fast-paced, heart-jangling novella which will keep you up nights.
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