Then Came The Last Days Of May

*** R-rated for bad language and disturbing themes ***

Inspired by the elegiac Blue Oyster Cult song, this 15,000-word novella set in the Australian outback can also be found in the bargain-priced dark fiction anthologies Riders on the Storm and other Killer Songs & Begin The Madness: The Straitjacket Blues Trilogy.

Dave Franklin has also written eight novels. Here's a handy guide to his full-length work: 

DARK COMEDY
Looking For Sarah Jane Smith
Manic Streets of Perth
English Toss on Planet Andong
Evil Arse Soup: Three Ultra-Dark Comedies (A bargain-priced anthology of the above titles)

HORROR / SUPERNATURAL / DARK FANTASY
Straitjacket Blues: Stories of Unease 1 - 3
The Goodreads Killer: The Trilogy
Begin The Madness: The Straitjacket Blues Trilogy (A bargain-priced anthology of the above titles)
Nice Man Jack: A Jack The Ripper Novella

PSYCHOLOGICAL / CRIME 
Girls Like Funny Boys
To Dare A Future
Blundering Blokes (A bargain-priced anthology of the above titles that includes Looking For Sarah Jane Smith)
Riders on the Storm and other Killer Songs
Saving a Child from God

EROTICA / HUMOUR
Bawdy Blokes: Three Porno Funnies