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'The isolated Australian harbour town of Gulpepper is not like other places. Some maps don’t even show it. And only outsiders use the full name. Everyone who lives there calls it The Gulp. The place has a habit of swallowing people.
'A man enjoying early retirement makes the mistake of visiting The Gulp.
'A fishing boat crew find themselves somewhere entirely unexpected.
'A farmer has an argument with his wife that turns violent and then entirely catastrophic.
'A Venture Scout troop from Enden travel a little too far on their bush excursion.
'Everything that’s been getting stranger than usual in The Gulp begins to run completely out of control.
'Five more novellas. Five more descents into darkness.
'Welcome to The Gulp, where nothing is as it seems.'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
Contents
- Cathedral Stack, single work novella horror
- That Damn Woman, single work novella horror
- Excursion Troop, single work novella horror
- The Fall, single work novella horror
- Gulpepper Curios, single work novella horror
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Staying Up after Dark with Alan Baxter
Chris Foster
(interviewer),
2022
single work
interview
— Appears in: Aurealis , no. 154 2022;
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Staying Up after Dark with Alan Baxter
Chris Foster
(interviewer),
2022
single work
interview
— Appears in: Aurealis , no. 154 2022;
Awards
- 2023 nominated Ditmar Awards — Best Collected Work
- 2022 shortlisted Aurealis Awards for Excellence in Australian Speculative Fiction — Best Collection