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Martin Millar

    January 1, 1956

    Martin Millar's novels delve into themes of urban decay and British subcultures, exploring their impact on a diverse cast of characters, both realistic and supernatural. His work often incorporates elements of magical realism, blurring the lines between everyday life and the fantastical. Many of his stories are semi-autobiographical, infused with personal experience and a distinct sense of place. Millar's distinctive voice captures the gritty reality and hidden wonders of city life.

    Dreams of Sex and Stage Diving
    Suzy, Led Zeppelin, and Me
    Love and Peace with Melody Paradise
    Milk, Sulphate and Alby Starvation
    Curse Of The Wolf Girl
    The Anxiety of Kalix the Werewolf
    • The Anxiety of Kalix the Werewolf

      • 533 pages
      • 19 hours of reading
      4.2(337)Add rating

      Now eighteen, Scottish teenage werewolf Kalix MacRinnalch is settling in London, though she still struggles with anxiety, depression, and self-abuse. Her new friends support her – and all is fine until the Guild of Werewolf Hunters start picking off her clan, one by one. Most of the Scottish Werewolf Clan have a very low opinion of Kalix Macrinnalch, youngest daughter of the Thane. There is little sympathy for her illiteracy, her substance abuse, her self-harming, her eating disorder, her anxiety and depression and her propensity for extreme violence. Safe from her clan in London, and living with two friendly students, she's been much calmer. If only she were allowed to live quietly, she might get on top of her problems. Unfortunately, that's difficult for the young werewolf. She's still the number one target for the werewolf hunters, and they're stepping up their efforts to find her. And no matter how Kalix tries to make her life more normal, there will always come a time when, under threat, her insanity and battle-madness will descend on her, and the skinny young girl will again transform into the most feared and ferocious werewolf in the country.

      The Anxiety of Kalix the Werewolf
    • Meet Scottish teenager Kalix MacRinnalch - she's a werewolf with attitude . . . In the follow-up to LONELY WEREWOLF GIRL, Martin Millar has created a genre- bending piece of hilarious genius

      Curse Of The Wolf Girl
    • Love and Peace with Melody Paradise

      • 224 pages
      • 8 hours of reading
      3.9(180)Add rating

      This is the story of Melody Paradise. You'll like her - everybody does. Women aspire to be like her and men fall in love with her. Melody is kind, spiritual and very beautiful. She's also on a mission... and nothing is going to stand in her way. The traveling community to which she belongs has become horribly fragmented by a series of mysterious and chaotic happenings. Her mission is to reunite them. She organises a festival as the perfect vehicle to bring them together, during which an amazing story unfolds, often funny, sometimes sad, always compelling... and with a twist in the tail. Through the words and eyes of Martin Millar, the reluctant guest novelist at Melody's festival, we become privileged observers of a world that most of us would struggle to even imagine.

      Love and Peace with Melody Paradise
    • Suzy, Led Zeppelin, and Me

      • 222 pages
      • 8 hours of reading
      3.8(91)Add rating

      Glasgow, 1972. All the coolest kids in town are lining up for Led Zeppelin tickets. Overhead, a Zeppelin approaches. Its passengers—Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, and Hank Williams—think it’s worth leaving heaven to see the greatest rock band in the world. Even the fairies are fans. Meanwhile, nerdy Martin and his equally nerdy best friend Greg have overactive imaginations. When they aren’t fighting the monstrous hordes of Xotha, they are competing for the attentions of a popular (read: unattainable) girl named Suzy. She’s not likely to ditch Zed, the hippest boy in the school, for the likes of them, is she? Then again, with Led Zeppelin on the way, it feels like anything can happen. Suzy, Led Zeppelin, and Me takes readers on a ride through Martin’s angsty and fumbling youth, when Led Zeppelin comes to Glasgow and rocks Martin’s world, and through his angstridden and fumbling adult years, when he learns what can’t be denied: love may break your heart, but Led Zeppelin will never let you down.

      Suzy, Led Zeppelin, and Me
    • Elfish’s friends live hand to mouth in a bleak section of London, squatting, seeing local bands, getting high, and feeling bitter over lost ambitions. Except Elfish, who pursues exactly what she wants with demonic single-mindedness. Elfish rarely eats, never washes, and is devoted to Queen Mab — both the Shakespearian fairy, “deliverer of dreams,” and her thrash metal band, formed with her attractive but dimwitted lover, Mo. When Mo jilts her and calls his new band Queen Mab, Elfish is determined to keep the name for her own band and sets about getting revenge. To stop Mo, Elfish is obliged to steal, cheat, and lie to everyone around her. Happily, Elfish is a compulsive liar, and quite fond of cheating and stealing. On the night Mo’s band is to play, he and his friends laugh cruelly around her. The people she has deceived turn on her viciously. It is up to Elfish whether to give up hope or to rally, proving to all the power of her will. A fearless stage diver and shameless purveyor of bad sex, Elfish stands alone. Surrounded by people who have given up hope, only she will not put down her guitar. Only she refuses to stop dreaming.

      Dreams of Sex and Stage Diving
    • Meet Scottish teenager Kalix MacRinnalch - she's a werewolf with attitude . . . In LONELY WEREWOLF GIRL, Martin Millar has created a genre-bending piece of genius

      Lonely Werewolf Girl
    • Lux the Poet

      • 202 pages
      • 8 hours of reading
      3.7(75)Add rating

      There is something about Lux. He’s a thief and a liar; he is selfish and self-absorbed and hopelessly vain. But while he looks like Lana Turner and romances like a true Casanova, Lux is actually more like a bumbling, oblivious Mary Tyler Moore. Amid shouting mobs, police shields, and the hurled bricks of the ’80s Brixton riots, Lux is searching for Pearl—the love of his life. Her home has been burned down by a stray petrol bomb, and she’s searching for sanctuary along with her friend Nicky. Nicky is traumatized after having killed her computer—her best friend—and is herself being followed by Happy Science PLC. It is their plan to breed a superior next generation by implanting the sperm of genius men inside beautiful women. She knows too much about the plan. Lux is helped in his quest by Kalia, a castaway of Heaven attempting to get back in God’s good graces by performing one million good deeds over countless lifetimes. There’s also a thrash metal band, a riot-party, past lives, and KY. Lots of KY.

      Lux the Poet
    • New book by cult author Martin Millar with his usual blend of satirical humour and off-beat charm, perfect for fans of Neil Gaimon, Christopher Brookmyre and Ben Aaronovitch

      The Goddess of Buttercups and Daisies
    • Supercute Futures

      • 240 pages
      • 9 hours of reading
      3.4(26)Add rating

      "Mox and Mitsu are Supercute. That is to say, they founded the global business Supercute Enterprises as teenagers from Mox's bedroom in London, armed only with a phone, a collection of their favourite cuddly toys and a love of all things kawaii. Thanks to them, the Supercute aesthetic is now a way of life. In a world dominated by massive conglomerates all competing to succeed, Supercute has continued to grow bigger and more powerful, morphing from an entertainment company-- whose Supercute Show continues to be the world's most popular entertainment-- to an organisation fighting for their right to the world's water. But Mox and Mitsu have no choice. In a world that is slowly tearing itself apart, who will win in the battle to control it-- and where will Supercute draw the line ..."-- Provided by publisher

      Supercute Futures