and other stories by Jonathan Griffiths

Eden is an escapist fantasy, a commentary on planet Earth’s woes and a crime thriller, told from multiple points of view. Doug Winchcombe, brilliant but chronically introverted physicist, discovers a gateway to another planet. A perfect world he names Eden. But a perfect world needs more than one inhabitant. He and his nephew set out to build a viable population as they discover the wonders and secrets of Eden and the pitfalls of building a society from scratch. Poignant, funny, and populated by an international cast of diverse characters, Eden is a planet for … Read More... about Eden

For three years the people of Eden have lived an idyllic life on a pristine planet with easy access to Earth. But the gateway is closing, leaving Eden potentially less perfect; and for the seven billion souls stuck on Earth, no Planet B.Woven from a web of intertwined subplots, EDEN UNPLUGGED charts the lives of Eden’s heroes and villains and the changes to society of a planet unplugged; a planet set adrift like teenagers who can no longer return home with their dirty laundry for a home cooked meal. The second book in the Eden trilogy, EDEN UNPLUGGED, is … Read More... about Eden Unplugged

THE MISPLACED RING: Tales of Love, Lust and Deception. A beautiful woman, her older lover, her neighbour, her boss and her lover’s wife collide in three intertwined tales of misplaced love, lust and loyalty. A seductive, slippery and surrealistic slide into the slapstick of seedy suburban serenity. In a moment of misplaced passion, George Ogilvy gives his wife's engagement ring to the beautiful Moana, triggering a series of consequences he never considered. Available only as a Kindle … Read More... about The Misplaced Ring

WALKING THE DOG is a series of interconnected stories with the narrative arc of a novel. These stories can be read individually or sequentially. Set in the immediate neighbourhood of the Parker family, in Melbourne’s western suburbs, Walking the Dog tells tales of love, family, friendship, voyeurism, infidelity, jealousy, mortality and dogs. Available in paperback or as a Kindle or Kobo … Read More... about Walking the Dog

THE ROAD BEHIND is a roller coaster ride through the seventies, eighties and nineties, as protagonist Mark Kidman traces a circuitous route from his childhood, in New Zealand and England, to fatherhood and impending middle age in Melbourne. His story is told from a number of perspectives as it criss-crosses the Tasman, swirls around Sydney and Melbourne, digs into Central Australia and circles the globe. As a young man, he flies into Sydney - as the singer of a punk band - full of expectations … Read More... about The Road Behind

THE BITS THAT DIDN'T FIT is a collection of stories inhabited by the loose nuts, bolts and washers of society. Tales told by the queer, the quirky and the downright demented. The misfits of society. The sad, the sick, the funny and the tragic. The bits that don’t fit. This collection is populated by taxi drivers, punk musicians, a bunch of blokes, and their girlfriends, and the cast of Pride and Prejudice. It covers the rise and fall of a punk band, observations of society from behind the … Read More... about The Bits that Didn’t Fit