Talley’s stories & art are available in these editions from SB Lit Journal Books or at Amazon. Santa Barbara Lit Journal
Max Talley was born in New York, and received a BA in literature from a liberal arts college. His father was an editor, and his mother was a businesswoman and writer, so he grew up surrounded by books. Talley wrote weekly columns for the Carmel Valley Sun in the late 1990’s, as well as The Rogue Voice of San Luis Obispo from 2007 to 2009. He won awards at Santa Barbara Writers Conference in 2006 and 2007 for fiction in the horror/sci-fi/fantasy category. His story “Poisoned” appeared in Iconoclast magazine in 2007. Talley’s dystopian near future thriller Yesterday We Forget Tomorrow was published by Damnation Books in 2014. Talley’s curated anthology Delirium Corridor debuted in December 2020. It includes two of his stories, his cover & interior artwork, and twelve other excellent writers. Talley’s literary fiction collection, My Secret Place, came out from Main Street Rag Books in 2022 and When The Night Breathes Electric debuted in 2023 from Noleta Press/SBLJ Books. his 3rd collection, Destroy Me Gently, Please was published by Serving House Books in spring 2025, followed by Peace, Love & Haight.
Since 2014, Talley’s stories have appeared in Two Cities Review, Iconoclast, Chantwood, The Opiate, Fiction Southeast, Hofstra University – Windmill, two Hardboiled anthologies, Del Sol Review, Broke Bohemian, Thoughtful Dog, Bull & Cross, Black Dandy, Devolution Z, The Gateway Review, & Gold Man Review. Since 2018, he’s been in Abstract Magazine, Bridge Eight, Gravel, Santa Barbara Literary Journal, Entropy, Litro, Santa Fe Lit Review, Inlandia, Digging Press, FILTH, Atticus Review, Santa Fe Writers Project, Litbreak, The Dark City, Gargoyle, Underwood, Running Wild Press, Jokes Review, Pocket Fiction, Bookends Review, Maudlin House, Black Cat Mystery Magazine, K’in, Dillydoun Review, Chariot Press, Abandon Journal, Whiskey Tit, About Place, Eckleburg, Iron Horse Lit Review, & The Saturday Evening Post. He lives on the long lonely road between New Mexico & Southern California. Talley teaches a writing workshop at the Santa Barbara Writers Conference & sometimes at Santa Fe Workshops.
Besides bookshop.org, here’s where you can buy Max’s books. Please leave an online review or let the store know what you think! Copies of Peace, Love & Haight are available on shelves of the following Independent (& one chain) bookstores:
- Chaucer’s Books in Santa Barbara
- Mesa Bookstore in Santa Barbara
- Tecolote Books in Montecito, CA
- Gallery Bookshop in Mendocino, CA
- City Lights Bookstore in San Francisco
- The Booksmith on Haight St., San Francisco
- Borderlands Books on Haight St. in San Francisco
- Dog Eared Books in San Francisco
- Green Apple Books in San Francisco
- Sausalito Books by the Bay in Sausalito, CA
- Bookshop Santa Cruz in Santa Cruz, CA
- Copperfield’s in San Rafael, CA
- Eureka Books in Eureka, CA
- Powell’s Books in Portland, OR
- Vroman’s Books in Pasadena, CA
- Fireside Books & More in Redwood City, CA
- Monarch Books in Arroyo Grande, CA
- Barnes & Noble in Ventura, CA (& Thousand Oaks)
- Three Lives & Company, Greenwich Village, NYC
- San Marco Bookstore in Jacksonville, FL
- Buffalo Street Books in Ithica, NY
- Books-a-Million in Birmingham, AL, & in their many more stores in America!
- Also available to order online at Bookshop, Barnes & Noble, Powell’s, City Lights, Strand, & Kepler’s!
- Chaucer’s Bookstore – 3321 State St., Santa Barbara, CA 93105 – (805) 682-6787
- https://www.bookden.com/ – 15 E. Anapamu St. Santa Barbara, CA 93101
- https://themesabookstore.com/ – 1838 A Cliff Drive, Santa Barbara, CA
- http://www.bookloftsolvang.com– 1680 Mission Drive, Solvang, CA
- Henry Miller Library – Highway 1 and Big Sur, CA 93920 – (831) 667-2574
- http://www.gallerybookshop.com Mendocino, CA
- The Santa Barbara Airport Gift Shop
- The Bookstore – 137 E. Laurel St. Fort Bragg, CA
- My Secret Place is available at:
- Boo Boo Records – 978 Monterey St. San Luis Obispo, CA 93401
- https://www.inkspellbooks.com/ Half Moon Bay, CA 94019
- op. cit. books – DeVargas Center, Santa Fe, NM 87501
- Chaucer’s Books & Henry Miller Library (see above)
- Delirium Corridor is available at:
- https://www.bookshopsantacruz.com/ 1520 Pacific Ave. Santa Cruz, CA
- Chaucer’s Books & Henry Miller Library (see above)