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'Strange things happen in The Gulp. The residents have grown used to it.
'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 truck driver thinks the stories about The Gulp are made up to scare him. Until he gets there.
'Teenage siblings try to cover up the death of their mother, but their plans go drastically awry.
'A rock band invite four backpackers to a party at their house, where things get dangerously out of hand.
'A young man loses a drug shipment and his boss gives him 48 hours to make good on his mistake.
'Under the blinking eye of the old lighthouse, a rock fisher makes the strangest catch of his life.
'Five novellas. Five descents into darkness.
'Welcome to The Gulp, where nothing is as it seems.'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
Notes
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Contents indexed selectively.
Contents
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Out on a Rim,
single work
novella
horror
(p. 11-60)
'A truck driver thinks the stories about The Gulp are made up to scare him. Until he gets there.'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
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Mother in Bloom,
single work
novella
horror
(p. 61-130)
'Teenage siblings try to cover up the death of their mother, but their plans go drastically awry.'
Source: Back-cover blurb.
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The Band Plays On,
single work
novella
horror
(p. 131-192)
'A rock band invite four backpackers to a party at their house, where things get dangerously out of hand.'
Source: Back-cover blurb.
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48 to Go,
single work
novella
horror
(p. 193-254)
'A young man loses a drug shipment and his boss gives him 48 hours to make good on his mistake.'
Source: Back-cover blurb.
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Rock Fisher,
single work
novella
horror
(p. 255-292)
'Under the blinking eye of the old lighthouse, a rock fisher makes the strangest catch of his life.'
Source: Back-cover blurb.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Related Works
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The Fall : Five More Tales from the Gulp
Australia
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13th Dragon Books
,
2022
24069500
2022
selected work
novella
horror
'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.
Works about this Work
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[Review] The Gulp
2021
single work
review
— Appears in: Aurealis , no. 140 2021;
— Review of The Gulp 2021 selected work novella
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[Review] The Gulp
2021
single work
review
— Appears in: Aurealis , no. 140 2021;
— Review of The Gulp 2021 selected work novella
