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.

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Books

Nine Flash Nine    by Patrick O'Duffy
Price: $0.99 USD. 9270 words. Published on February 19, 2013. Fiction.

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! 3270 words. Published on September 30, 2012. Fiction.

(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! 2400 words. Published on September 22, 2012. Fiction.

(5.00 from 1 review)
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: $2.99 USD. 23150 words. Published on April 30, 2012. Fiction.

0.5 star(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! 1350 words. Published on January 12, 2012. Fiction.

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! 2070 words. Published on September 10, 2011. Fiction.

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! 1700 words. Published on June 5, 2011. Fiction.

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: $0.99 USD. 13200 words. Published on May 27, 2011. Fiction.

0.5 star(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! 1020 words. Published on December 15, 2010. Fiction.

0.5 star(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: $0.99 USD. 15390 words. Published on November 30, 2010. Fiction.

0.75 star(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.

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