Baby Ice Dog Press: 29 books

Cover of Girls Like Funny Boys: A Dark Brisbane Tale
by Dave Franklin
Language: English
Release Date: December 30, 2012

*** R-rated for sex, bad language and disturbing themes *** Part coming of age story, part exploration of the maddening nature of dreams, Girls Like Funny Boys is a potent mix of sexual obsession, guilt and fame.   'Gina crouched, resting on her haunches to continue the conversation....
Cover of Blundering Blokes (Looking For Sarah Jane Smith, Girls Like Funny Boys & To Dare A Future)
by Dave Franklin
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2013

A three-novel anthology that wallows in dark, twisted humour, sexual obsession, and the latent violence of the male animal.   Book 1: Looking For Sarah Jane Smith Marty's living in a Welsh town he hates, doing a job he's lost interest in and so bored he can't even be bothered...
Cover of To Dare A Future: A Novel of Rage
by Dave Franklin
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2013

We all have black thoughts. It's just some of us act on them.   A van driver with abduction and murder on his mind. An eleven-year-old girl snatched on her way home from ballet. A tortured reporter, happy to use her death and the terrifying reign of a child killer to help make his name… Includes...
Cover of Manic Streets of Perth: An Australian Comedy
by Dave Franklin
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2013

A crime comedy that centres on a group of misfits in Australia all struggling to make better lives for themselves. Perth. It's thousands of miles from anywhere, it's got a rubbish Bell Tower and not enough of the laidback locals are being eaten by sharks. Well, that's what expat reporter Paul...
Cover of Evil Arse Soup: Three Ultra-Dark Comedies
by Dave Franklin
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2014

Welcome. Come amuse yourself in the company of slime-dripping vagina jaws, Aboriginal ABBA tribute bands and Deliverance-quoting parrots. This trio of politically incorrect comedies, which bleakly focus on male inadequacy and misogyny, will introduce you to a bunch of chronic misfits...
Cover of Camaraderie
by Dave Franklin
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2014

Friends. We all need them. And some of us are happy to go to extraordinary lengths to find them... Length: 3,500 words. This low-key tale is the gentlest story in Dave Franklin's dark fiction anthology, Begin The Madness: The Straitjacket Blues Trilogy. It also contains a bonus...
Cover of The Goodreads Killer 2: The Contest
by Dave Franklin
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2014

The Goodreads Killer, adored by every reader from God downward, now has a sequel.   Thomas Ultorem - writer, madman and critic-slayer - is back!   *** R-rated for sex, violence and bad language *** Length: 21,000 words.   Dave Franklin has written eight novels, none of which should be read to small children at bedtime.  
Cover of Looking For Sarah Jane Smith: A Riotous Black Comedy
by Dave Franklin
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2013

*** R-rated for strong language and politically incorrect humour *** Marty's living in a Welsh town he hates, doing a job he's lost interest in and so bored he can't even be bothered with sex. But a new life beckons in Australia. It's also a chance to get away from his stupid mates,...
Cover of Straitjacket Blues

Straitjacket Blues

Stories of Unease

by Dave Franklin
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2013

*** R-rated for graphic content *** Emotional vampires, control fantasies, murder and the horrors of World War Two... Come play in the dark, unsettling world of Dave Franklin's short fiction. Contains the stories Shelter, Camaraderie, Straitjacket Blues, Dead Man's Fall & The Goodreads...
Cover of Eaters of Evil Spirits

Eaters of Evil Spirits

A Psycho-Horror Story

by Dave Franklin
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2017

Ancient forces guarding the walled Ethiopian city of Harar have been disrupted. People are getting sick, crops are failing and disaster looms. Is it connected to the arrival of a mysterious child? Length: 11,000 words. Dave Franklin has written eight novels and five collections of stories.
Cover of Saving a Child from God
by Dave Franklin
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2017

**How far would you go to save a child? ** Six-year-old Abdullah Anwar loves getting gifts from the birds. They flock to his back garden, bringing everything from buttons to broken light bulbs. Then one day, much to his devout father's bafflement, they leave a key. What can it possibly mean? Meanwhile,...
Cover of The Goodreads Killer 1: A Revenge Fantasy
by Dave Franklin
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2013

Thomas Ultorem’s burning obsession to make it as a writer has broken him. And in the chaotic world of his disintegrating psyche, someone’s got to pay… The Goodreads Killer – Talk is cheap, but murder costs nothing. Length: 23,000 words. *** R-rated for bad language, sex...
Cover of The Goodreads Killer: The Trilogy
by Dave Franklin
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2014

*** R-rated for sex, violence, bad language and appalling attempts at humour *** Thomas Ultorem’s burning obsession to make it as a writer has broken him. And in the chaotic world of his disintegrating psyche, someone’s got to pay… *The Goodreads Killer *– Talk is cheap, but...
Cover of Begin The Madness: The Straitjacket Blues Trilogy
by Dave Franklin
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2014

From emotional vampires and insane killers to religious ecstasy and suicide, Dave Franklin cordially invites you on a journey into the darkest corners of the human heart. This anthology gathers horror, dark fantasy and supernatural stories from the Straitjacket Blues series and includes the...
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