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Marty Young (www.martyyoung.com) is a Bram Stoker-nominated and Australian Shadows Award-winning writer and editor, and sometimes ghost hunter. He was the founding President of the Australian Horror Writers Association from 2005-2010, and one of the creative minds behind the internationally acclaimed Midnight Echo magazine, for which he also served as Executive Editor until mid-2013.

Marty’s first novel, 809 Jacob Street, was published in 2013 by Black Beacon Books, and won the Australian Shadows Award for Best Horror Novel. His novel was also given an Honorable Mention in Shelf Unbound's Page Turner competition.

His short horror fiction has been nominated for both the Australian Shadows and Ditmar awards, reprinted in Australian Dark Fantasy ...more

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	Tales From The Mist by Meredith Bond (Goodreads Author), Gregory Carrico (Goodreads Author), Cate Dean (Goodreads Author) 3.78 avg rating — 155 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	809 Jacob Street 3.54 avg rating — 72 ratings — published 2013 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fear the Reaper by Joe Mynhardt (Editor), Gary McMahon (Introduction), Rena Mason (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.20 avg rating — 59 ratings — published 2013 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Blurring the Line 3.41 avg rating — 46 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Gutterbreed 3.65 avg rating — 31 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Midnight Echo Issue 20 by Marty Young (Goodreads Author), Kirstyn McDermott (Goodreads Author), Joanne Anderton 4.40 avg rating — 5 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Behind the Midnight Blinds: with Other Devilish Things by Marty Young (Goodreads Author), David Schembri (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator), Steve Dillon (Editor) 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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So things are happening backstage. Slowly, but surely, they’re happening, and plans for an Australian/New Zealand horror con are coming together. Correct that, for an ANNUAL horror con…

Sure, it’s very early days, and yep, that bloody COVID-19 will dictate when the con will go ahead (won’t be before mid-2021 at the extreme earliest, the way the world is going, and likely much later), but there’s no

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How to Talk to Anyone: 92 Little Tricks for Big Success in Relationships

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message 1: by Karen

Jul 13, 2012 08:21PM

Thanks Marty for friending,
Please check out my gutsy true story, Me and Her: A Memoir of Madness,
A Teachers eXposé of parent harassment, mental breakdown & Recovery. How did I reclaim my life?
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...
Cheers,
Karen :)

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