{"title":"David R. Grigg","description":"David Grigg is a retired software developer who lives in Melbourne, Australia. He worked in the field of interactive multimedia for over two decades, and has also worked in public relations and as a journalist and sub-editor. He is married, with one grown-up daughter and two grand-children. Born in the north of England, he emigrated to Australia with his parents at the age of 13. He has lived in Australia ever since. During the 1970s and 1980s, David was deeply involved in the science fiction fan community in Australia, publishing fanzines and helping organize SF conventions, eventually becoming Chairman of the 43rd World SF Convention held in Melbourne in 1985. He is the author of a number of professionally published short stories and two short fantasy novels for teens, \"Halfway House\" and \"Shadows\". He is now trying to write novel-length fiction, and runs a website called The Narratorium devoted to publishing free short stories at http: \/\/narratorium.com.","products":[{"product_id":"the-fallen-sun-paperback","title":"The Fallen Sun - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eA world where the sun never sets; where there is no day and no night; and where shadows never move. Beyond an oasis of light, the freezing outer darkness stretches far away.In this strange environment we follow the stories of three remarkable young people.Together, these three must struggle to save their world. And in saving it, they change it and themselves forever.Here's what Bruce Gillespie, editor of the award-winning critical magazine *SF Commentary* says about it: \"A real winner... Unputdownable... I found the characters instantly interesting, and the novel keeps on delivering surprises that undermine one's expectations about the world they live in. And the landscape itself remains very vivid and interesting... If any novel deserves the top awards in the YA category, it is this one.\"And one of the book's first readers says: \"It had me spellbound... knocked my socks off!\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67575191634143,"sku":"9780994256614","price":25.65,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/ooz6_zEGN09780994256614.webp?v=1790373090"},{"product_id":"the-dark-lighthouse-tales-of-speculation-and-the-fantastic-paperback","title":"The Dark Lighthouse: Tales of speculation and the fantastic - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eForty-three stories of speculation and fantasy by David R. Grigg, exploring the future and the past, the horrific, the humorous, the mysterious, the fantastic, and the merely disturbing. - Awakened from a terrible dream, a young woman strives to avoid a tragedy in real life. - Driving alone through the dark night, a photographer encounters extraordinary reminders of his dead wife. - A teenage boy sees faces everywhere he looks. He is always in the midst of a crowd. An ugly crowd. - A king driven mad by an ancient prophecy forces his queen to live in terror for their unborn child. - An old man, once a famous concert pianist, struggles to survive in a post-apocalyptic world. - Two hikers crossing a moor come across an unexpected and ultimately terrifying obstacle. - An academic dismissed from his position encounters support from a very unusual source. - A wealthy industrialist thinks he has found a way to leave his troubles behind, but has he? - A young woman flees a collapsing civilisation, only to find herself in a harsher world, facing a terrible dilemma. ... these and many other stories will keep you thinking for days.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67839630901471,"sku":"9780987265470","price":21.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/83-bFdLVIp9780987265470.webp?v=1790794259"},{"product_id":"the-riddling-and-other-stories-paperback","title":"The Riddling: And other stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Riddling: that's what Britons call the day that their world was pierced full of Holes. Mysterious portals to and from other planets, huge and tiny, appear everywhere, causing chaos. In this midst of this disaster, a father must struggle to help his family escape. In other stories: augmented reality collides with sordid fact; a snake-oil salesman runs from a nameless horror; two adventurous young men encounter the sole inhabitant of a frozen city; a golden tower conceals a mystery at its heart; and we experience a very different take on the walking dead. These are but a few of the fascinating short stories and pieces of flash fiction by David R. Grigg contained in this collection.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67839640862943,"sku":"9780987265494","price":20.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/NoFPsL44bZ9780987265494.webp?v=1790794274"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/david-r-grigg.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}