Dan Holloway


Biography

Member of the Year Zero Writers collective; organiser of the Free-e-day Festival; author of literary fiction; presenter of cultural studies papers; blogger; in search of a twenty-fifth hour in the day.

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Books

Black Heart High    by Dan Holloway
Price: $2.99 USD. 29220 words. Published on June 12, 2011. Fiction.

(5.00 from 1 review)
In life he was her strength. In death she must be his. In the tradition of the very best HBO miniseries, Black Heart High is part 1 of a series of heart-stopping and heart-breaking 2 hour reads from bestselling Kindle author Dan Holloway, released one every 2 months over the course of a year.
The Man Who Painted Agnieszka's Shoes    by Dan Holloway
Price: $2.99 USD. 60950 words. Published on March 3, 2011. Fiction.

Why are there some images we just can’t look away from, whilst others fade without us ever noticing they were there? Loss, love, nostalgia, installation art and YouTube - fiction for lovers of Murakami, Mitchell, Coupland and Gibson.
The Company of Fellows    by Dan Holloway
Price: $2.99 USD. 100130 words. Published on February 27, 2011. Fiction.

A top 50 thriller on Amazon. Imagine the Hannibal Lecter novels set in Oxford University. When his old Professor dies, Tommy West, broken down ex-academic reinvented as an interior designer, is drawn back into the dark heart of Oxford as he uses the Professor's unpublished research to piece together one last puzzle. Perfect for fans of Val McDermid, P D James and Minette Walters.
(life:) razorblades included    by Dan Holloway
Price: $0.99 USD. 7680 words. Published on June 7, 2010. Fiction.

(4.00 from 1 review)
Whether or not to kill yourself is not the only question. It’s just the start. This collection of poems and stories is held together by a single theme. The decision to live. Not the happy ever after that comes when deliberation ends, but the beginning of the exhilarating, impossible decision to wake up, open your eyes, and truly live, with all the terrifying consequences that decision brings.
Thirteen Shadows Waiting For Sunrise    by Dan Holloway
Price: Free! 33680 words. Published on December 17, 2009. Fiction.

(5.00 from 3 reviews)
The second anthology from Year Zero Writers, this collection of flash, short fiction, and essays represents the individual responses of the Year Zero Writers to a very simple question, "Can an author evoke a reader's pain?" The anthology forms the basis of the forthcoming live tour, the central event in which is a words and music gig at Rough Trade Records, Brick Lane on Feb 4th at 6.30pm
SKIN BOOK    by Dan Holloway
Price: Free! 2580 words. Published on December 11, 2009. Fiction.

She has never been touched by another living human. She writes her lonely memories in a diary whose pages she made from her dead brother's skin. Now she is in love, with a man who rides the subways every night stalking women he cannot touch.
Songs From the Other Side of The Wall    by Dan Holloway
Price: $2.99 USD. 75460 words. Published on August 11, 2009. Fiction.

(5.00 from 9 reviews)
18 year-old Szandi is part of Budapest’s vibrant, cosmopolitan art scene, sharing a flat and a bohemian lifestyle with her lover and fellow sculptress, Yang. Then a letter arrives that threatens everything, and forces her to choose once and for all: between the past and the present; between East and West; between her family and her lover.(Complete novel)

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  • Sentence of Marriage on Aug. 17, 2009
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    I loved this book when I found it on Authonomy, and I love it now.
  • Brief Objects of Beauty and Despair on Aug. 18, 2009
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    These are some of the most original and talented voices you'll find anywhere, let alone for free on the Web
  • DEAD(ish) on Sep. 03, 2009
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    Hey, I very much enjoyed this, and I loved the way you laid the book out. It feels as though you've thought about the e-format, and giving your readers a pleasurable experience. Very best of luck with it.
  • Glimpses of a Floating World on Sep. 04, 2009
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    This is a haunting, poetic account of subjecty matter that has no right to be this beautiful. Utterly wonderful
  • Far From Home - Part 2 on Jan. 18, 2010
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    I'm currently reading Bolano's 2666, and the clever, interwoven narrative on display here reminds me of Bolano's style a great deal. There's a very steady hand on show here, and some very clever, very well-written prose.
  • Whirl of the Wheel on March 26, 2010
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    This is a lovely book, a tale wonderfully told with a setting and characters that draw us right into their world and never let us go
  • The Girl on the Swing on April 03, 2010
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    This is a beautifully written book, with a great sense of place, superb characterisation, and the sense of an author in control of their work.
  • Make a Move on July 17, 2010
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    This is a marvellous piece of post-slacker Beat-style prose that draws the reader in and keeps them in its languid grasp till the end. Marvellous