Deeper Cuts: Night, Morning, Story & Impact

By Peter M. Ball

Peter M. Ball made his debut as a speculative fiction writer in 2007, but he'd already been writing for over a decade before turning his attention to science fiction and fantasy. This chapbook brings two early, formative short stories back into print, featuring the discontinuous, post-modern grunge-lit of Night, Morning, Story and the crude horror of Impact. The chapbook also includes a short author's note, positioning these early works in the landscape of Ball's later career and his first steps away from writing poetry.

Ideal for fans who enjoy not just the deep cuts of an author's back catalogue, but delving all the way back to see early influences and techniques in their nascent form.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Eclectic Projects
• Release date: Feb 14, 2022
• ISBN: 9781922479297

Peter M. Ball

Peter M Ball is the author of more than fifty short stories and six novellas, along with essays, RPG material, articles, and poetry. His short stories and non-fiction have appeared in venues such as Clarkesworld, Strange Horizons, Shimmer, Dragon Magazine, Writing Queensland, and Apex Magazine, and has been included in several Year’s Best anthologies. He’s previously taught creative writing at Griffith University and the Queensland Writers Centre, spent five years as the manager of the Australian Writers Marketplace, and convenes the biennial GenreCon writing conference in Brisbane, Australia.

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Deeper Cuts

THANK YOU TO THE ECLECTIC PROJECTS PATRONS!

This chapbook is produced and supported by the patrons of the Eclectic Projects Fund.

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Peter would like to extend his thanks to Margaret Ball, Kate Eltham, Jodi, Nicole Strickland, Meg Vann, Sally, Jennifer White, Maggie Slater, Tansy Rayner Roberts, Dave Versace; Catherine Caine, Kathleen Jennings, Stephanie Gunn, and Lois Spangler for their encouragement and support.

DEEPER CUTS

NIGHT, MORNING, STORY & IMPACT

PETER M. BALL

Eclectic Projects

CONTENTS

Night. Morning. Story.

Impact

Afterword

About the Author

Also By Peter M. Ball

Thank You For Buying This Eclectic Projects Ebook

DEEP CUT (NOUN)

A piece of music by an artist that’s little known in comparison to their other music.

Work recognisable or familiar only to passionate enthusiasts of specific area of interest.

NIGHT. MORNING. STORY.

FLOATING

Me and D. are floating out past the breakers, inspired by this song that was big seven years ago when we both thought of ourselves as young. Its dark, the only light coming from neon signs and streetlights in the city core. The city sheds reds and yellows against the midnight water, but the illumination falls short of our position. We’re free and clear in the darkness, watching the city get stripped away, light by light, until the faintest glimmer remains. D. turns to me and says, It’s dangerous to be out here this time of night. We might attract sharks. Then we piss ourselves laughing, because we know there’s just as many sharks on land as there are in the water.