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Patrick O'Duffy
Biography
Patrick O'Duffy is tall, Australian and a professional editor, although not always in that order. He has written role-playing games, short fiction, a little journalism and freelance non-fiction, and is currently working on a novel, although frankly not working hard enough. He loves off-kilter fiction, Batman comics and his wife, and finds this whole writing-about-yourself-in-the-third-person thing difficult to take seriously.
Where to find Patrick O'Duffy online
Website: http://patrickoduffy.com/
Books
The Obituarist 3: Delete Your Account
by Patrick O'Duffy
Price:
Free!
Words: 31,520.
Language:
English.
Published: May 8, 2020
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Categories:
Fiction » Mystery & detective » Amateur sleuth
(4.00 from 1 review)
Kendall Barber’s obituarist business is failing, his relationship is on the rocks and he’s pretty sure one of his friends has been murdered – and then his office explodes. His past has come back to haunt him, and it’s coming with guns, bombs and a truckload of regrets. The solution is obvious – fake his own death and start over again. But that’s easier said than done...
The Obituarist II: Dead Men's Data
by Patrick O'Duffy
Price:
Free!
Words: 31,410.
Language:
English.
Published: January 27, 2015
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Categories:
Fiction » Mystery & detective » General, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » General
(4.00 from 1 review)
Obituarist Kendall Barber is still trying to make amends for his past by cleaning up the online presence of the dead. But nothing is ever simple, and before long he's being beaten by neo-Nazis, smacked around by cops and caught up in a murder investigation. Kendall has a quick mind, a smart mouth, and a large Fijian friend. But will those be enough to help pay his rent - and keep him alive?
Hare-um Scare-um
by Patrick O'Duffy
Price:
Free!
Words: 1,430.
Language:
English.
Published: October 20, 2013
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Categories:
Fiction » Science fiction » Short stories, Fiction » Science fiction » Apocalyptic
(3.00 from 1 review)
In the future, the Earth is still recovering from alien invasion, conquest and liberation; civilisation is shattered, the sky is broken and the world will never be the same.
But Nadger doesn't understand any of that. All he knows is that it's time to hide before the other kids find him!
Nine Flash Nine
by Patrick O'Duffy
Price:
Free!
Words: 9,270.
Language:
English.
Published: February 19, 2013
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Categories:
Fiction » Anthologies » Flash fiction, Fiction » Anthologies » Short stories - single author
(5.00 from 1 review)
A collection of nine flash fiction stories, each 1000 words long or less. Topics include doll dismemberment, rock band murder, ghost moustaches, giant spiders and Godzilla sex.
Inbox Zero
by Patrick O'Duffy
Price:
Free!
Words: 3,270.
Language:
English.
Published: September 30, 2012
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Categories:
Fiction » Mystery & detective » Short Stories, Fiction » Mystery & detective » General
(4.00 from 1 review)
Social media undertaker Kendall Barber has discovered something about his new subject - an email set up to be sent after his death. What is in the email - and why is his client, the dead man's brother, so eager to find out?
This short story is a mini-sequel to the crime novella 'The Obituarist', but it can also be read as a stand-alone story.
Pension Day
by Patrick O'Duffy
Price:
Free!
Words: 2,400.
Language:
English.
Published: September 22, 2012
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Categories:
Fiction » Mystery & detective » Short Stories, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » General
(4.75 from 4 reviews)
Dunny thought that he was onto a good thing when he stole that cab and used it to rob old-age pensioners.
But today he may have picked up the wrong passenger...
A short crime story about payback and bad decisions.
The Obituarist
by Patrick O'Duffy
Price:
Free!
Words: 23,140.
Language:
English.
Published: April 30, 2012
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Categories:
Fiction » Mystery & detective » General, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » General
(4.57 from 7 reviews)
Kendall Barber is a social media undertaker with a shady past who's returned to the equally shady city of Port Virtue. Now a new client brings with her a host of dangers, just as Kendall's past begins to catch up with him. Can he get to the bottom of things before it's too late, or will he end up as dead as his usual subjects?
Hearts of Ice
by Patrick O'Duffy
Price:
Free!
Words: 1,340.
Language:
English.
Published: January 12, 2012
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Categories:
Fiction » Literature » Literary, Fiction » Urban
You come home one night, worn out by another day of hard work and not falling back into bad habits, to find the woman you love has left you. What now?
A short story about addictions that never quite dry out and wounds that never heal.
The Recent 86 Tram Disaster as Outlined in a Series of Ten Character Studies
by Patrick O'Duffy
Price:
Free!
Words: 2,060.
Language:
English.
Published: September 10, 2011
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Categories:
Fiction » Literature » Literary
What caused the recent explosion on the 86 tram?
Who were the people who witnessed the event?
And how does the omniscient viewpoint of a narrator affect the lives of those characters it describes?
A short story about intersecting lives and the expectations of narrative.
Watching the Fireworks
by Patrick O'Duffy
Price:
Free!
Words: 1,690.
Language:
English.
Published: June 5, 2011
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Categories:
Fiction » Literature » Literary
A mirror breaks, a marriage explodes, and all the fine things they once collected and showed off now serve to demonstrate just what went wrong.
A short story about material possessions and marital infidelity, with a brief appearance by a cat.
Godheads and Other Stories
by Patrick O'Duffy
Price:
Free!
Words: 13,190.
Language:
English.
Published: May 27, 2011
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Categories:
Fiction » Horror » General
(4.50 from 2 reviews)
A tourist on a late night bus realises the passengers are disappearing.
A monster hunter confronts a ghost that exists only in memories.
A couple go out to a nightclub where everyone is high on illegal gods.
Meet these and other interesting people in Godheads, an anthology of stories about weirdness and the way it can become normal if you want it badly enough.
The Descent
by Patrick O'Duffy
Price:
Free!
Words: 1,010.
Language:
English.
Published: December 15, 2010
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Categories:
Fiction » Fantasy » Paranormal
(2.50 from 2 reviews)
When Mister Smith looks out the window of a plane and sees a man standing on a cloud, nothing else in life seems to matter as much anymore.
A flash fiction story about wonder and priorities.
Hotel Flamingo
by Patrick O'Duffy
Price:
Free!
Words: 15,380.
Language:
English.
Published: November 30, 2010
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Categories:
Fiction » Fantasy » Paranormal
(4.86 from 7 reviews)
22 rooms. 22 characters. One mosaic novella following a tangle of destinies through a hotel packed with weirdness, coincidence and impossibility.