A book written and published independently by local writer Matt Wilding.

Tristan Marley is a drunk. He is dishonest, work-shy, selfish and a murderer of kittens. He has no self respect, failed dreams, and feels as though the world, which is crueler to he than any other man, owes him one.

Forced to take up menial employment, and instantly despising it, Tristan concocts a devilish scheme to secure the big pay day that he undeniably deserves. Chewed up, and spat out, Tristan is left at the brink of his own sanity, maimed and drowning in a constant supply of whiskey, when a chance encounter with a magpie changes everything.

If you like the sound of that, you can read the opening chapter in full and buy the book over at Magpie Press.

The lovely cover art has been designed by local illustrator, Charlotte Audrey Owen-Meehan, who also curated the Not My Type exhibition which you’ll probably remember from the CiB Shop.