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