n these glimpses of suburban life, Pete Court's gentle yet sharp
observations of the human condition manage to be both sardonic and
compassionate. In language that sings with inventiveness and a joyfully
grim humour, each tale is woven through with touches of the magical,
little sparkling surprises that add a thread of mystic wonder throughout
the whole. At the end of it all I was left contemplating just how well I
was living, loving and being a Light in the Darkness. - D.M.Cornish,
author, Monster Blood Tattoo series Court's prose is a world of its own.
In these stories he gets into the minds of some desperate and
'unbelievable' characters. While the stories are gruesome, they make a
case for our common humanity. Above all, they have verve and incredible
energy. - Phillip Edmonds, author of Tilting at Windmills and Leaving
Home with Henry Court's precise evocative writing gives us troubling
stories, inviting the reader into challenging worlds of grotesquerie and
distortion. In scenes reminiscent of Kafka, all three novellas are a
search for elusive threads of meaning, with the Dark as a linking motif.
. . . Intriguing and compelling reading. - Valerie Volk, author of Even
Grimmer Tales and Bystanders P.H. Court's Sub Urban Tales navigate that
mysterious territory where time, place and eternity meet. At once
intriguing, sometimes gruesome, often hilarious and always relatable,
these cunningly interwoven tales remind us of the extraordinary in the
ordinary, the grace reflected in all surfaces though dimmed by the Dark
of human conceit. - James Cooper, Head of Creative Writing, Tabor
College P. H. Court is co-host of the popular Breakfast with Kit and
Pete on Adelaide's 1079 Life and is creative writer for the radio
station. He is an adjunct lecturer at Tabor College and a PhD candidate
in Creative Writing at University of Adelaide. He has published numerous
award winning short stories and satires.
