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A Shameless Halloran mystery

A novel by Stafford Sanders,

from a story by Stafford Sanders & Tony Latimore

Bloody Colonials

Published in eBook format by A Sense of Place Publishing, 2015

ISBN-13: 978-0-9925-4876-6

No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means including information storage and retrieval systems, without permission in writing from the author. The only exception is by a reviewer, who may quote short excerpts in a review.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

I wish to acknowledge the very valuable collaboration of Tony Latimore on the original story and feature screenplay of Bloody Colonials – including his conception of the character of Shameless Halloran.

I’m also very grateful for their critical input to friends and authors Frankie Seymour (All Hearts on Deck), Dr Julie Browning (Dynasties)and Gary Bryson (Turtle); and to the following for their creative/critical contributions: Lucy Browning, Kea Browning, Rebecca Browning, Rod Crundwell, Janet de Bres, Suzy McKenzie, Celeste Pena, Charlie Sanders, Dr John Sanders, Kim Sanders, and Dominic Stone.

Cover Design by Jessica Bell.

DEDICATION

I dedicate this book to the memory of my father John Sanders (1917-2010) – doctor, carpenter, husband, father; lover of the bush, the beach, and a good laugh.

Dad enjoyed my first draft – said he ”couldn’t put it down.” Yes, I said, arthritis can be a bugger. At least he doesn’t have that to deal with any more.

WIDE BROWN LAND

(Extract from the theme song to the intended feature film of Bloody Colonials)

Dawn of a new day in strange paradise

We rise with first light as one

We hitch up our chains and we take up our tools

And toil till the long day is done

Far from our homes and the land that we knew

The natural laws we once took to be true

Still the climate’s not bad and there’s fine lands in view

To work when our sentence has run

We follow their orders, we do what we’re told

Don’t question the wrong or the right

We’re slaves to an empire where sun never sets

‘Cause God wouldn’t trust them at night

The ground rules keep shifting, the words don’t ring true

“Do what we say, never mind what we do”

Still, the water is cool and the sky is bright blue

And we’ve independence in sight

Drowning in sunlight, jumping at shadows

Struggling so hard to understand

This wide brown land

Working on long leads, drifting in dreamworld

Struggling so long to understand

This wide brown land

You can listen to or download the song, performed by the author’s band Men With Day Jobs - Track 3 at

http://menwithdayjobs.bandcamp.com/album/dreams-and-tinsel

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