PETER BIRD ABOUT THE AUTHOR Peter Alan Bird was born in the Southern Highlands of NSW. He holds degrees in Creative Arts, Library Studies and Education. He lives on the South Coast of NSW with his wife, cat and garden gnomes. Currently there are 8 titles available: They are all published by Night Hag Productions. Orders for all of these titles can be made here: Night Hag Productions P.O. Box 339, Warilla, NSW 2528 mailto: sales@nighthag.com http://www.nighthag.com Title: THE WHITE OF A COW'S EYE ISBN 0-9589018-7-2 278 pages Published by Night Hag Productions, 2002. Price $16. (plus postage) The White of a Cow’s Eye is a work of fiction. It is at times horrifyingly graphic and at other times it will make you laugh at things you’d never thought you’d laugh at. It’s about a writer who, one day, lands a job in an abattoir. He discovers that, as time progresses, his writing begins to get gorier in line with the work that he does. And so he begins work on a novel. But just as he is nearing its completion, he is sacked. The dilemma is; he cannot finish the book unless he is immersed in gore. His attention turns toward those who sacked him and made his life hell in the abattoir. Title: LAST FLIGHT OF THE OWL ISBN 0 9589018 8 0 140 pages Published by Night Hag Productions, 2002. Price: $20 (plus postage) Peter Bird remains as one of Australia's most elusive and obscure writers. Some of his work has appeared in arts journals and he has made rare appearances at folk venues reciting poetry and playing guitar. In the 1980's he self published two poetry booklets The Stone Owl and Old Bone Oracle. They were remarkably unsuccessful. We say remarkable, because, there were passages of great delicacy in much of his work. Critics of his work have labeled it "biting, profound and ironically humorous". Title: A SHEEP CALLED PEPITO ISBN 0-9589018-9-9 406 pages Published by Night Hag Productions, 2002 Price: $20 Forget everything you thought you knew about sheep. It's all going to be wrong. This is the heart warming story of an alien called Pepito who came to earth to warn us all about an impending invasion, and to escape a tyrannical council that plotted to destroy him. Unfortunately, nobody took him seriously. It probably had a lot to do with the fact that he looked so much like a sheep. But in the outback town of Yungaburra, strange things were happening. Sheep were chasing cars and raiding people's garbage bins, and generally doing things sheep had never done before. But, of course, they weren't really sheep. Ray Bender needed a big story for the gazette, and something told him he was going to get it. "Using satire as a vehicle for his self expression, Peter Bird has written a work of extraordinary fiction. This deserves to be regarded as one of the best examples of this genre." SSG review. 2004 Title: THE JEWEL OF ORTH ISBN: 097508920X Pages: 124 Published by Night Hag Productions, 2003 Price: $12 (plus postage) Just as secret agent Bob Craig is about to face the final showdown with his lifelong nemesis, Jason Mortein, two strange objects fall out of the sky. They are certainly not from earth, but what are they and why are they here? This science fiction tale is aimed at "younger" adult readers Title: DREAD MAN WALKING 210 pages ISBN 0646420976 PRICE: $17 (plus postage) Published by Night Hag Productions, 2002 Good day," I said. "Greetings," he said. "My name is Peter. I know who you are. You're name is Sisyphus." Sisyphus said: "You can call me Sissy for short. Everybody else does." I asked him where everybody else was. He told me that he killed them all. He said they all made fun of him, so he dropped the boulder on top of their heads. "See that stuff you're standing on? It's mashed heads and bodies." "That's gross." I said, tippy-toeing on my bare feet. "You had better get used to it. You're in hell now, son. You'll find heads and bodies everywhere."A metaphorical, magical discourse into the mind of a wandering and aimless soul. Title: COLLECTED PLAYS VOLUME 1 232 pages ISBN 0-9750892-1-8 PRICE $20 (plus postage) Title: COLLECTED PLAYS VOLUME 2 148 pages ISBN 0-9750892-2-6 PRICE $20 (plus postage) Title: CAILLECH (cone of power - book 1) 464 pages ISBN 0-9750892-3-4 First Edition Published 2006 PRICE $20 (plus postage) Poole is a private investigator on the edge of his own self destruction. In an apparent failed robbery attempt, Poole’s daughter is taken hostage by a crazed madman strapped with explosives. Poole gives chase, but a terrible accident causes the hostage car to crash, killing both his daughter and the madman. Deserted by his wife, shunned by society, Poole tries hard to rid the world of his pitiful existence. Until he answers the call of a mysterious witch, known only as Marcella, who tells him she believes his daughter is very much alive. What begins as a simple investigation turns into a journey that takes Poole from his deathbed into a world beyond anything he had ever dreamed of, where creatures of myth and nightmare flourish amid a world ruled by Caillech; the terrifying Crone-Witch, and her evil minions.