The Dalziel Files

From Pakistan to Japan, and to the wild frontiers of Northern Canada, The Dalziel Files reinvent the lore of old: of vampires, werewolves, and what lay beyond even their mysterious realms.Globetrotting photojournalist Richard Dalziel is riding on the success of his acclaimed portrait of an Indian slave child, but Dalziel is haunted by his ambitions. Or rather, the depths he'd stoop to achieve them. To assuage his guilt, Dalziel seeks assignments which endanger him, forever pursuing the chaos he desperately hopes will consume his soul. He needn't worry on that score, however, for darkness and its denizens seek him at every turn.There are nine short stories that together make The Dalziel Files, including the award-winning Ismail's Expulsion and the novella Masala Nightmares. Brian Craddock is the author of Eucalyptus Goth (Oscillate Wildly Press, 2017). The Dalziel Files (Broken Puppet Books, 2018) is his first collection of short stories, many of which were originally published in Steve Dillon's Things in the Well anthologies (Between the Tracks, Below the Stairs, Behind the Mask, Beneath the Waves).He is also published in Midian Unmade: Tales of Clive Barker's Nightbreed (Tor Books, 2015), and Book of the Tribes: a Tribute to Clive Barker's Nightbreed (OzHorrorCon, 2013). His essay on Clive Barker appears in The Body Horror Book (Oscillate Wildly Press, 2017).Brian has also written for the puppet webseries The Hobble & Snitch Show (2015/2016), wherein he directed and performed.In the late 1990s, under the pseudonym Dakanavar, Brian Craddock wrote and illustrated eleven underground comics centred on the Goth subculture in Australia (respectively titled "Crimson: Riot Goth" at 7 issues, "Grave Company", "Caduceus", "Dead/Dead", and "Alida: The Reluctant Goth"), and contributed to several zines and small-press publications.