Everything's Fine: A Tor.com Original

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Tor Publishing Group, Jul 15, 2020 - Fiction - 32 pages

Matthew Pridham's dark fantasy tale "Everything's Fine," a Tor.com Original

Eric’s day is off to a rough start: his regional managers are in town, he’s running late to work, the moon seems to be falling apart, and he just can’t seem to get his tie right. At least he has his priorities straight: it’s the little things that matter. The world may be plunging into chaos, the neighborhood children might be mutating into abominations, but that doesn’t mean he can let his standards slip. If he and his co-workers can survive their nightmare walk to the office, then Eric has a plan for success...

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About the author (2020)

Matthew Pridham was born in New Jersey and spent his childhood chasing trolls in Bergen, Norway. He has since mostly lived in Albuquerque, New Mexico. After working 13 years as a bookseller, he succumbed to the glittering allure of academia and earned degrees in philosophy, literature, and creative writing. His haunted house novella, “Renovations,” was printed in Weird Tales magazine issue 348, his film criticism has been published in WeirdFictionReview.com, and he’s written fiction and nonfiction for The Thought Erotic. He is currently not quite finishing his first novel.

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TitleEverything's Fine: A Tor.com Original
AuthorMatthew Pridham
PublisherTor Publishing Group, 2020
ISBN1250754968, 9781250754967
Length32 pages
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Fiction / Fantasy / Dark Fantasy
  
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