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Various States of Decay - A Collection

Matt Hayward

Publisher: Poltergeist Press

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Summary

FEATURING A FOREWORD BY KELLI OWEN, AUTHOR OF TEETH AND BLACK BUBBLES 
From the Bram Stoker Award-nominated author of What Do Monsters Fear? and A Penny For Your Thoughts comes twenty new tales of terror! 
Including the Irish Short Story of the Year-nominated Intercepting Aisle Nine 
From a white doomsday crawling with abominable beasts to the bizarre case of a marketing company advertising within people’s dreams, these stories explore the extremes of Hayward’s prose—contrasting the heartfelt with the deeply disturbing. 
These are...VARIOUS STATES OF DECAY
Available since: 12/15/2019.

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