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Sam Kates writes fiction tending towards the darker side of life and the fantastic.

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Three short stories that share a common theme: the search for lost loved ones.

In Strange Shores, a schoolteacher hits upon a drastic method of attempting to escape the sadness of his existence in this world.

Joy or despair may be found in Alfonso's Looking Glass. A grieving husband is willing to risk one to find the other.

In A Matter of Perspective, an unlikely pair traverse a post-apocalyptic landscape where violence and death are constant companions.

Three genres. Three tales. One theme.

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Three short stories that share a common theme: the search for lost loved ones.

In Strange Shores, a schoolteacher hits upon a drastic method of attempting to escape the sadness of his existence in this world.

Joy or despair may be found in Alfonso's Looking Glass. A grieving husband is willing to risk one to find the other.

In A Matter of Perspective, an unlikely pair traverse a post-apocalyptic landscape where violence and death are constant companions.

Three genres. Three tales. One theme.

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Guilt. The heaviest burden.

An old man has for many years borne a weight that runs deeper than survivor's guilt. He is a survivor, of humanity's darkest hour, but wouldn't have lived through it if not for the actions of another. Now he has the opportunity for which he has long yearned: to meet his saviour's daughter and tell her about her father's supreme act of selflessness.

And maybe, in the telling, one of them will find release.

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Guilt. The heaviest burden.

And maybe, in the telling, one of them will find release.

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Christmas needn't only be about good cheer . . .

Four festive tales of the supernatural, apocalyptic and blood-sucking variety—an antidote for anyone who occasionally finds Christmas overly sentimental or commercialised and likes to escape to somewhere darker.

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Christmas needn't only be about good cheer . . .

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A deadly infatuation. Apocalypse. A haunted hotel. These are what you'll meet if you dare to venture inside.

How would you react if you came across someone who claimed he caused the end of humankind? This is the question Jake must answer in The Third Coming, the story that spawned the Earth Haven trilogy. Would you dive into a pond that will alter you fundamentally? What if you are on a beach at Dunkirk, already facing near-certain death, when you look into the eyes of true evil?

Try to avoid the Obsessives' Club—it's not somewhere you want to stay. Encounter a novel way of dealing with antisocial behaviour, a condemned prisoner who's convinced that she's Dorothy Gale, and a daring but brutal escape from a Siberian prison camp. Then there's a girl who claims she can fly, not to mention a ghost, maybe two.

Ten stories of the macabre and the wondrous and the seemingly mundane... until you scratch beneath the surface.

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A deadly infatuation. Apocalypse. A haunted hotel. These are what you'll meet if you dare to venture inside.

Ten stories of the macabre and the wondrous and the seemingly mundane... until you scratch beneath the surface.

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Apocalypse unleashed. Swift and deadly. Merciless.

Seven billion people inhabit this planet in blissful ignorance of imminent annihilation. Destruction comes, not from meteors or nuclear holocaust, but from a source no one even knows exists.

The architects of doom have long moved among us, hidden in plain sight, waiting for the signal to trigger our extinction.

A handful of survivors - traumatized, bewildered - must come to terms with the new reality. Quickly. For the Cleansing is only the beginning....

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Apocalypse unleashed. Swift and deadly. Merciless.

Seven billion people inhabit this planet in blissful ignorance of imminent annihilation. Destruction comes, not from meteors or nuclear holocaust, but from a source no one even knows exists.

The architects of doom have long moved among us, hidden in plain sight, waiting for the signal to trigger our extinction.

A handful of survivors - traumatized, bewildered - must come to terms with the new reality. Quickly. For the Cleansing is only the beginning....

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A post-viral planet. Annihilation approaches.

Tom Evans and Ceri Lewis occupy a silent new world. Little more than a million people survived the Cleansing. They are spread out, weak, compelled by a force beyond their comprehension to remain where they are. Humankind teeters on the brink, its fate in the hands of the few who can resist the power that seeks to control them. But resistance may be futile.

In the midst of deathly calm, a new threat arises, one that will finish the job started by the Cleansing. Tom and Ceri face a stark choice: gamble their lives to try to stop activation of the Beacon, or lie low and wait for the human race to be exterminated.

Either way, the end seems certain . . .

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A post-viral planet. Annihilation approaches.

Either way, the end seems certain . . .

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Unnatural calm. A silent storm gathers. Extinction beckons.

Survivors from mainland Europe and North America converge on Britain. Weary, confused, all come seeking answers; many come spoiling for a fight.

What began with the Cleansing, and was hastened by the Beacon, nears fruition. Time is running out, and human numbers are too few to win the last battle alone. Unless help can be found from the unlikeliest of allies, failure is assured.

Humankind faces the final showdown. The Reckoning is upon us.

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Unnatural calm. A silent storm gathers. Extinction beckons.

Survivors from mainland Europe and North America converge on Britain. Weary, confused, all come seeking answers; many come spoiling for a fight.

Humankind faces the final showdown. The Reckoning is upon us.

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A collection of three dark novellas that delve into the nature of memory, madness and the afterlife.

The Goldfish Syndrome: a mystery takes a sinister turn—some secrets are best left undiscovered...

Moths: when the line between reality and fantasy grows blurred, tragedy beckons.

Returned: a soul dragged from the afterlife, an ancient secret and a race against time to thwart evil.

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A collection of three dark novellas that delve into the nature of memory, madness and the afterlife.

The Goldfish Syndrome: a mystery takes a sinister turn—some secrets are best left undiscovered...

Moths: when the line between reality and fantasy grows blurred, tragedy beckons.

Returned: a soul dragged from the afterlife, an ancient secret and a race against time to thwart evil.

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