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Issue Details: First known date: 2021... 2021 Shadow Bites
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'Enjoy four spine-chilling stories from the pen of Australia's award-winning master of literary darkness, along with the chance to sample six of his longer works.

'Featuring one full novella ("Out On A Rim" from The Gulp), three entire short stories ("Crow Shine" from Crow Shine, "Simulacrum of Hope" from Served Cold, and "The Normandy Curse"), plus the opening chapters of six longer books: Devouring Dark (a powerful tale of crime and death), Hidden City (When the city is sick, everyone suffers), Bound (Alex Caine, a fighter by trade, is drawn into a world he never knew existed), Manifest Recall (Following a psychotic break, Eli Carver finds himself on the run, behind the wheel of a car that's not his own, in the company of a terrified woman he doesn't know), Primordial (Sometimes, the legends are true), and Blood Codex (An ancient order. A deadly conspiracy. A race against time).'(Publication summary)

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Out on a Rim, Alan Baxter , single work novella horror

'A truck driver thinks the stories about The Gulp are made up to scare him. Until he gets there.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

Crow Shine, Alan Baxter , selected work short story fantasy

A collection of nineteen short stories, including three previously unpublished works.

Simulacrum of Hope, Alan Baxter , single work short story horror
The Normandy Curse, Alan Baxter , single work short story horror
From Devouring Dark, Alan Baxter , extract novel
From Hidden City, Alan Baxter , extract novel
From Manifest Recall, Alan Baxter , extract novel
From Primordial, Alan Baxter , extract novel
From Blood Codex, Alan Baxter , extract novel

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

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      Alan Baxter ,
      2021 .
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      Extent: 1vp.
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      • Published 6 August 2021
      ISBN: 9780645001921
Last amended 16 Nov 2022 06:35:58
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