Location: New Zealand
Member Since: Jan. 02, 2012
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Peter-James Dries


Biography

Peter-James Dries was born in 1985 and, after attending thirteen schools, finally settled in Palmerston North, graduating from Massey University with a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature in 2011. Experimenting with writing since a young age, Far from Eleven, part one of the Eleven trilogy, is his first published fiction. His previous work has included reviews for records and gigs for the muzic.net.nz website and newsletters.
As well as a writer, Peter-James Dries also records, produces and performs music in his band [Amos/Anon], which has achieved a small level of notoriety in the underground music circuit.

Where to find Peter-James Dries online

Website: http://amosanon.bandcamp.com
Twitter: peterjamesdries
Facebook: Facebook profile

Books

Far from Eleven 3: On the Verge of Relapse    by Peter-James Dries
Price: Free! 37830 words. Published on May 10, 2012. Fiction.
He didn't expect Jhonny to text. It'd been a month since Francis Miller left their flat at Aspen Court. A month since he'd given up the high life. If he moved back could he find a way to stay on the straight and narrow? This is a tale of sex, drugs, music, quitting and Owen the rat boy
The Music of Amos Anon    by Peter-James Dries
Price: Free! 5490 words. Published on February 28, 2012. Nonfiction.
An overview of the recent releases from Palmerston North's underground Gothic Industrial / Progressive Doom band AmosAnon, including lyrics, interviews and reviews from theLachyrmist, My Schizophrenic Acoustic and Darkness from Light.
Far from Eleven 2: the F@#$ing Enfields    by Peter-James Dries
Price: Free! 26100 words. Published on February 14, 2012. Fiction.
Relationships are shit. Just ask Francis Miller. As Taylor Enfield becomes stuck in Jhonny Blackburn's gravity, Franc's world begins to crumble and he finds himself displaced, questioning his life and where he's heading. This is a tale of self-loathing manifest corporeally as mental and physical self-abuse in the forms of drug taking, alcoholism, self-harm and not giving two and a half fucks.
Far from Eleven 1: the Post-Casey World    by Peter-James Dries
Price: Free! 22420 words. Published on January 23, 2012. Fiction.
(5.00 from 1 review)
Part-Bret Eaton Ellis, part-Hunter S. Thompson, Peter-James Dries’ account of the high life is a story about sex, lust, love, drugs, boobs, rock, cock, shock, horror, drums, guns, gats, rats, groupies, puking, drunk Russians, fried chicken and psychology.

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