The New Novel has arrived! See reviews in Publishers Weekly & Kirkus. Available below!
“The year is 1969. Love and peace have turned to fear and anger. Art gallery manager, Frederick Dorn, wants to clean up Haight Street, bring some normal back. What can one man do but go undercover for the cops. Max Talley takes us on a wild ride through the death of the Sixties with a brutal wit, vivid characters, and yes, a glimmer of hope.” Melodie Johnson Howe – author of Mother Shadow & City of Mirrors
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Talley’s Latest Story Collection, June 15, 2025, now available to order below!
“In this captivating collection, Talley depicts the dark beauty of America in all its most passionate desperation: characters wishing for betterment, for youth, for money, for opportunity, or letting their happiness hinge on some unknown moment of existential bliss. Many laugh-out-loud moments will keep you reading and you’ll finish with the eye-opening realization that truly, you already have everything you need.” —M. M. De Voe, author of A Flash of Darkness and Book & Baby
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2nd Story Collection at Amazon, Bookshop, SBLJ Books (link below)
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My Secret Place – is available at Main Street Rag Books & Amazon:
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SF Psychosis is currently out
of print. That’s a crime! Coming in 2026!
Delirium Corridor: a dark, surreal anthology from SBLJ Books:
Two stories & art by Talley, with stories by Stephen Vessels, Genna Rivieccio, Trey Dowell, Zane Andrea, Fred Williams, Milda De Voe, Shelly Lowenkopf, Sacha Wamsteker, Jack Eidt, Jesse Krenzel and more, influenced by the Twilight Zone & Black Mirror.
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Max Talley’s near future thriller, Yesterday We Forget Tomorrow.
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“If Kurt Vonnegut Jr. and Philip K. Dick had a love child, the result would be Yesterday We Forget Tomorrrow: a disturbing dystopian future shot through with unconventional wit and humor.” –Matthew J. Pallamary, author of Land Without Evil and Spirit Matters.
“Yesterday We Forget Tomorrow is like speedballing a hyperspace vision of a dystopian future. Clever, outrageous, eccentric, fantastic. Addicting.”
–Monte Schulz, author of The Big Town and Naughty.
“Max Talley has concocted a wild stew of social commentary, stirred with unforgettable characters, and seasoned with humor. A rewarding roller-coaster ride.” –John Reed, author of The Kingfisher’s Call and Thirteen Mountain.