David Slattery is an anthropologist and writer of long and short fiction and non-fiction. He writes accessible, sometimes sardonic, history, social science and horror amongst other themes, often reimagining traditional folk genres. The themes that appear in his novels and short stories include meditations on human frailty, failed ambition and hubris. His work defies categorisation into a single genre. He is currently writing a reflection on the human condition from the point of view of a world-weary dog.
Slattery has recently discovered the joys of boating and spends his time between Dublin city centre and the rugged coast of Cork.
David Slattery is an anthropologist and writer of long and short fiction and non-fiction. He writes accessible, sometimes sardonic, history, social science and horror amongst other themes, often reimagining traditional folk genres. The themes that appear in his novels and short stories include meditations on human frailty, failed ambition and hubris. His work defies categorisation into a single genre. He is currently writing a reflection on...
Coming back from the dead would be a welcome relief, right? But our still unlikely hero, Rik Wallace, doesn’t think so when he finds himself alive again after half a century in a freezer on the dark side of the moon. Wallace awakens in a future world where tensions between plain old humans – many of whom are...
Helping a billionaire give away all his money is easy, right? So our hero thinks, until he discovers that doing the right thing may be the worst possible thing he could do, especially when his own survival and that of his newly-discovered family – who may or may not be related to him – depend on the...
Hilarious Black Comedy Thriller Passing yourself off as a professor of moral philosophy is easy, right? Our hero thought so until an accidental murder forces him to become a moral authority. Or more exactly, to become Rik Wallace, Professor of Moral Philosophy at CAT College. As Wallace, our unlikely hero becomes embroiled in a riotous tangle of...
