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Colony of Whores unavailable for a few days

There has been a small printing glitch which has unfortunately resulted in Colony of Whores being currently unavailable for sale on Amazon and on Createspace. A fix is being worked on right now and the book will be back up again in a few days.

Delay to French edition of Colony of Whores

French friends - the French edition of Colony of Whores will be published by Gallimard in 2016, not 2015 as previously mentioned.

Colony of Whores - Available now!

Matthew Stokoe's fourth novel, Colony of Whores, is now available in paperback! Buy here.

Affordable Edition of COWS

I have had a number of complaints about the very high price being charged for the Akashic Books and Creation Books editions of my first novel COWS. I completely agree that the prices are outrageous. Unfortunately as these books are either secondhand, ex-library stock, or have been remaindered unscrupulously and sold off cheaply to booksellers who then gouge the reading public, I have no control over the pricing of them (neither do I receive royalties from these copies). Therefore, GOOD NEWS! I

For my French readers and friends.

http://destinationpolar.blogspot.fr/2... « Empty mile » de Matthew Stokoe Résumé: Après huit ans d’absence, Johnny revient dans sa ville natale d’Oakridge. Il y retrouve son frère, Stan, son père, son ancienne petite amie, Marla. La vie reprend son cours mais au décès de l’épouse d’une personnalité locale, Johnny devient victime de plusieurs coups montés destinés à l’évincer d’Oakridge. Et quand son père disparaît du jour au lendemain sans laisser de traces,

Colony of Whores to be published Dec 2014. Stay tuned!

Cows examined in academic tome!

Matthew Stokoe's novel, COWS, is one of the works examined in Xavier Aldana Reyes' Body Gothic: Corporeal Transgression in Contemporary Literature and Horror Film (University of Wales Press - Gothic Literary Studies). Xavier Aldana Reyes is a lecturer in English at Manchester Metropolitan University and has published widely on gothic literature, horror fiction and film, contemporary literature, gender, corporeality and affect. Xavier gives this description of his book: "The gothic, particularly

Gallimard publishes the French translation of Empty Mile

Gallimardrelease the French edition of Empty Mile on their Serie Noire imprint. Translated by Antoine Chainas, the novel has just been shortlisted for le Grand Prix de Litterature Policiere - France's oldest and most prestigious crime/mystery writing award.