Douglas Gellatly

*** The collection of all three books is now available in PODCAST format - see below
Douglas Gellatly was brought up on a farm in the Wimmera district of Victoria, Australia. During the course of his life he has experienced working as a farmer, medical research institute field station manager, funeral director, travel consultant and cafe proprietor.
He now lives in central Victoria with his husband, Jon, where they operate a small food preserving business from fruit and vegetables grown in their own garden at Clunes, which is Australia's only International Booktown.
After a life-time of living life, Douglas took up writing in his late sixties and has now completed three novels, "Lake Brambruck", "Golton Island" and "Corker's Creek". All are gay-themed and set in the Wimmera district of Victoria, Australia. His third novel, "Corker's Creek" completes "The Wimmera Trilogy".
"Mount Zero" is the boxed set of Douglas Gellatly's first three novels, and constitutes "The Wimmera Trilogy." It was released in January of 2015.
All his novels are free as individual stories or in the boxed set.
His aim is to write stories that entertain the reader, and he loves to hear back from readers.

ANNOUNCEMENT, ANNOUNCEMENT: In 2020, Douglas commenced his podcast show, Mount Zero - The Wimmera Trilogy with himself as the narrator.
The podcast is an adaptation of his e-book collection, "Mount Zero".
It is available through Spotify, Google Podcasts, Apple Podcasts, Podbean, TuneIn, and on Amazon Music in the USA, UK, Germany and Japan.
You will find the "audio-book" links for Spotify and Google Podcasts at the bottom left of the Mount Zero page here in Smashwords'
If you do not have a Spotify account yet, you will be given the opportunity to create an account .. it's easy to do and podcasts are free. And similar applies to all the podcast providers.
(*** Note that it's best to listen to the trailer first ... Happy listening, or reading, or both!

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• A Part of My Soul on May 19, 2011
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  A Part of My Soul is a wonderful sequel to Martin Brant's A Song in the Park. Being a well-told tale of human love and relationships, it is good, as a reader, to feel close to the characters as they get to know each other intimately. It was also moving to be swept away in the emotion of the closing scene. One can only hope for another sequel now.
  
• Copperas Cove on Nov. 07, 2011
  
  Martin Brant sure knows how to put a good story together, and he's done it again in Copperas Cove. With the main character, Jonathan Scott, challenging his inner urges, readers are also left with a few challenges...be they where we all stand in the full spectrum of human sexuality or our attitude to racial discrimination. Set in the USA deep south in the mid-nineteen-fifties, the tale is gripping/surprising/enlightening, and a whole lot of other "ings" which all amount to fascinating, and damn good reading. One hopes that Martin can keep going with more of his stories, and I for one wait with eager anticipation. Douglas Gellatly.
  
• Latakia on Dec. 31, 2011
  
  Things have become worse in Syria since 'Latakia' was written, but here is a story that is nothing but remarkably memorable. From the days of Don't Ask, Don't Tell, comes this wonderfully crafted tale of courage, faith and trust, belief, commitment and dedication, all wrapped around very human lives and the closeness of brotherhood. There's heaps of conflict and compassion, of distrust and love and raw human nature. There are scenes where human mistakes are made, there are scenes where human choices are made, and there are scenes, and prose, that tell the reader that in some aspects of life there are no choices, such as human sexuality. JF Smith is to be congratulated for 'Latakia' – this is a wonderful novel.
  
• Into Deep Waters on Feb. 21, 2013
  
  This is a fascinating story well written. It is hard to imagine the difficulties that two guys could have in the World War II era if they were gay, and Kaje Harper brings that out well. How they were able to maintain their relationship makes great reading. But wait for the final scene!
  
• The Body Waiter on July 26, 2019
  
  Wow! What a read! The blurb for The Body Waiter promises surprises and delivers. This is a gay novel that, for me at least, steps outside the boxes. The two main characters, Justin and Craig, carry the story through really well. The reader is taken through Institutional child sex abuse, homophobia, acceptance and rejection, domestic violence, medical ethics, catering with risqué add-ons (a major thread in the story), marriage equality, sexual fetishes, gay history in Australia, and did I mention surprises? I thoroughly enjoyed this read and look for to its sequel.
  
• Body for Pleasure and Pain on Nov. 11, 2019
  
  Wow! What a collection of characters to keep this reader wondering what can possibly come next? For me, the spectrum of sexuality just took on extra hues. Some times left wondering which character is doing what, I found the whole book thoroughly entertaining in a range of scenarios that varied from self-sucking satisfaction to homophobic murder. The cast of many keep the show moving well.