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Issue Details: First known date: 2019... 2019 Deeper, Darker Things and Other Oddities
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'Steve Dillon's second collection of weird fiction, short stories, and dark poetry.

'- Deeper, Darker Things: A Lovecraftian mystery set aboard a modern-day Antarctic expedition vessel as a young man tries to figure out why his brother committed suicide a year ago after returning from a similar expedition.

'- The Scary Man: A letter from a teenage girl to her mother, explaining how she feels about the shadows figure who comes to her at night.

'- The Marshmallow People: Recounts memories of a family summer camp gone tragically wrong.

'- The Floss Man: Tells of 2 young girls' and their disturbing encounter with a man who seems familiar.

'- Panopticon: Forewarns us of a dystopian future where all our needs are catered for, with sinister consequences, and a choice to be made when a mysterious box appears.

'- A Rapid Fingering: A haunted saxophone... and the strange effects on those who hear it or play it!

'- Bliss Pond: The tale of a schoolboy who is bullied by everyone because he's 'soft'.

'- All these and more original stories and poems new to this collection- Plus a selection of reprints of stories by Dillon, a couple with collaborators, and a second collection of dark poetry!'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

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      Things in the Well ,
      2019 .
      image of person or book cover 4671811410342362298.jpg
      Image courtesy of publisher's website.
      Extent: 220p.p.
      Note/s:
      • Published 23 July 2019.
      ISBN: 9781079822557, 1079822550

Works about this Work

[Review] Deeper, Darker Things and Other Oddities Rebecca Langham , 2019 single work review
— Appears in: Aurealis , no. 124 2019;

— Review of Deeper, Darker Things and Other Oddities Steve Dillon , 2019 selected work poetry short story
[Review] Deeper, Darker Things and Other Oddities Rebecca Langham , 2019 single work review
— Appears in: Aurealis , no. 124 2019;

— Review of Deeper, Darker Things and Other Oddities Steve Dillon , 2019 selected work poetry short story
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