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Starve Acre

Publisherโ€™s Description The worst thing possible has happened. Richard and Juliette Willoughbyโ€™s son, Ewan, has died suddenly at the age of five. Starve Acre, their house by the moors, was to be full of life, but is now a haunted place. Juliette, convinced Ewan still lives there in some form, seeks the help of the… Continue reading Starve Acre

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Summer Terrors Release

Itโ€™s summer in the northern hemisphere and today, US publisher Black Ink Fiction released their next holiday microfiction anthology Summer Terrors. Summer Terrors features my two dark tales of macabre Australian summer with the grisly โ€œSummer at the Beachโ€ and, inspiration from Namorroddos, terrifying winged vampire beings from Australian Aboriginal lore in โ€œSummer Moon, Leather… Continue reading Summer Terrors Release

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The Ghost Tree

Publisherโ€™s Description When the bodies of two girls are found torn apart in the town of Smiths Hollow, Lauren is surprised, but she also expects that the police wonโ€™t find the killer. After all, the year before her fatherโ€™s body was found with his heart missing, and since then everyone has moved on. Even her… Continue reading The Ghost Tree

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Bleak Precision

Publisherโ€™s Description Eight stories, an essay and artwork by two-time Bram Stoker Award-nominated author, Greg Chapman.Table of contents:KakophonyHorror Fiction: A Bleak and Depressing Look at TruthThe Pest Controllerโ€™s WifeFascinationScar TissueUnrequitedMongrelHard BargainFeast of Feasts Review Bleak Precision, a collection of horror and dark fiction tales by Australian-based author and artist Greg Chapman. There are many good… Continue reading Bleak Precision

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Whispers in the Dark

Publisherโ€™s Description โ€œTwo decades into an eternal sentence in the impenetrable Void for daring to rebel against the might of the Empire, and Agent Ivory is ready to give up on life entirely, even if the unseen Warden of the prison wonโ€™t ever let him die. But when a mysterious voice in the darkness visits… Continue reading Whispers in the Dark

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Rosemary and Rue

Publisherโ€™s Description: The world of Faerie never disappeared; it merely went into hiding, continuing to exist parallel to our own. Secrecy is the key to Faerieโ€™s survivalโ€”but no secret can be kept forever, and when the fae and mortal worlds collide, changelings are born. Outsiders from birth, these half-human, half-fae children spend their lives fighting… Continue reading Rosemary and Rue

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The Crossing Places

From the Blurb: โ€œDr Ruth Galloway is called in when a child's bones are discovered near the site of a prehistoric henge on the north Norfolk salt marshes. Are they the remains of a local girl who disappeared ten years earlier - or are the bones much older? DCI Harry Nelson refuses to give up… Continue reading The Crossing Places

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Ivoryโ€™s Story

From the Blurb: โ€œLong ago, a good man transgressed and was brutally punished, his physical form killed and his soul split asunder. Now, one half of his ancient soul seeks to reunite with its lost twin, a search that leaves murder in its wakeโ€ฆIn the streets of modern day Sydney a killer stalks the night,… Continue reading Ivoryโ€™s Story

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Corpselight

From the Blurb: Life in Brisbane is never simple for those who walk between the worlds. Verity's all about protecting her city, but right now that's mostly running surveillance and handling the less exciting cases for the Weyrd Council - after all, it's hard to chase the bad guys through the streets of Brisbane when… Continue reading Corpselight

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The Only Good Indians

From the Blurb: "Ten years ago, four young men shot some elk then went on with their lives. It happens every year; it's been happening forever; it's the way it's always been. But this time it's different. Ten years after that fateful hunt, these men are being stalked themselves. Soaked with a powerful gothic atmosphere,… Continue reading The Only Good Indians