Reality depends upon where we stand.
Fiction at the boundaries of belief, power, identity, and truth.
P. A. Rallax writes across metaphysical and philosophical fiction, political satire, and crime and psychological mystery. In different worlds and different voices, the stories return to a common question: what happens when the accepted version of reality begins to change?
Explore the Fiction
Three distinct literary paths. Each begins with the familiar—and then changes the angle of view.
Metaphysical & Philosophical Fiction
Identity, consciousness, memory, spiritual inquiry, and the possibility that reality has more than one face.
Politics, Power & Satire
A world of public performances, reassuring fictions, and the institutions that make improbable authority seem ordinary.
Crime & Psychological Mysteries
Deception, concealed identity, forensic uncertainty, and the distance between what appears proven and what is true.
Selected Works
Three starting points for discovering the writing of P. A. Rallax.
The Prism
Metaphysical fiction
Memories from other lives begin to inhabit Cael Nadir’s present. What first seems impossible may be the beginning of a more expansive understanding of self.
The Lump Series
A political satire in three books
From an accidental place in the founding of a republic to a presidency that can be simulated, the Lump legacy traces the comic manufacture of political authority.
Clean Cut
A forensic mystery in five parts
An accomplished investigation reaches the limits of its evidence. The unanswered questions become as important as the crime, and the reader encounters three possible endings.
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Companion Soundtracks
Selected P. A. Rallax books have original companion scores composed by Museca. These musical interpretations accompany the stories and can be explored through links on the individual book pages.