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Synopsis
A bookstore that keeps more than dusty old tomes on its shelves, a phantom limb that can reach into the next world, a comic that colors people's lives with terror, graves unable to hold their wares, a collector of haunted artifacts who gets more than he bargains for, a deserted northern highway that brings back a man's worst childhood fears, an encounter with the bogeyman and more. This collection of chilling fiction and disturbing poetry from the dark mind of Mark Leslie includes previously published award nominees along side original works.
Language: English
Genre: Horror Novel
Words: 44,845
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Story Elements
Setting
| Geography: | North America |
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| Realism: | World is similar to ours, but plot elements involve fantasy or magic |
| Setting Type: | Pastoral (rural & small towns) |
| Time Period: | 2010 - 2019 |
Main Character
| Age: | Other or N/A |
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| Gender: | Other or N/A |
| Race: | Irrelevant |
| Religion: | Irrelevant |
| Sexual Preference: | Irrelevant or N/A |
Styles & Themes
| Humor: | Dark humor |
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| Inspires Reader to Feel: | Fear/Horror |
| Mysteries & Puzzles: | Modest mystery element(s) to story |
| Pacing: | Moves quickly |
| Physical Action: | Frequent action, driven by threat to safety or life by antagonist(s) |
| Political/Social Commentary: | Politics irrelevant to story |
| Romance: | Minor romance, not a significant story driver |
| Genre | Horror |
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About the author
Mark Leslie
Mark Leslie is a writer of dark fiction that is often described as "Twilight Zone" style fiction. His first book, ONE HAND SCREAMING (2004) collected some of his previously published short stories and poetry. He is also the editor of the science fiction anthologies NORTH OF INFINITY II (2006), TESSERACTS SIXTEEN: PARNASSUS UNBOUND (2012) and the horror anthology CAMPUS CHILLS (2009). Mark's non-fiction books, HAUNTED HAMILTON: The Ghosts of Dundurn Castle & Other Steeltown Shivers (2012), SPOOKY SUDBURY: True Tales of the Eerie & Unexplained (2013) and TOMES OF TERROR: Haunted Bookstores & Libraries (2014) are an appreciations of some of his favourite things (home-towns and passions) mixed with ghostly legends. Mark continues to publish short fiction in small press horror magazines and anthologies and is finalizing the work on his first horror novel I, DEATH, which is coming in the fall of 2014. Born in Sudbury Ontario, Mark has courted with a serious addiction to reading and writing his entire life and lives in Hamilton, Ontario, with his wife and son.