Old Devil Moon: Short Stories"[Christopher] Fowler repeatedly challenges the reader to redraw the boundaries between innocence and malevolence, rationality and paranoia. His strength lies in the way he unveils the darker side of the ordinary."-Guardian A geologist trapped in a town without water is lured into a desperate escape plan. A boy plans a murder in an eerie funfair. A cop witnesses an inexplicable plague of madness. A teenager learns a deadly trick with his cell phone. Christopher Fowler's tenth collection of uniquely disturbing short stories contains the blackest humor and the darkest fears. Christopher Fowler is the author of twelve novels, including the Bryant & May series. He lives in London. |
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... truck to come in and deliver around 1,500 gallons , which was traded like currency around the place until the average citizen received about a gallon and a half apiece , which they saved in tin canisters in their houses . Neil saw what ...
... truck to come in and deliver around 1,500 gallons , which was traded like currency around the place until the average citizen received about a gallon and a half apiece , which they saved in tin canisters in their houses . Neil saw what ...
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... truck . Whittaker made breakfast , such as it was ; another strip of dried meat and water from the truck's tank , cooled by the night air . They remained together in edgy symbiosis now , barely speaking to each other . Neil removed a ...
... truck . Whittaker made breakfast , such as it was ; another strip of dried meat and water from the truck's tank , cooled by the night air . They remained together in edgy symbiosis now , barely speaking to each other . Neil removed a ...
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... truck and heaved himself inside , turning the key in the ignition as Whittaker tore open the packet . A handful of gem - sized pebbles dropped from the paper and fell to the road , rolling apart from each other . Africa is a land ...
... truck and heaved himself inside , turning the key in the ignition as Whittaker tore open the packet . A handful of gem - sized pebbles dropped from the paper and fell to the road , rolling apart from each other . Africa is a land ...
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the sinister life | 1 |
the lady downstairs | 21 |
the luxury of harm | 35 |
Copyright | |
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