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Born and bred in the badlands of Norfolk. Now haunts North Lancashire.

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	The Fiends in the Furrows: An Anthology of Folk Horror by David T. Neal (Editor), Christine M. Scott (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Stephanie Ellis (Goodreads Author) 3.74 avg rating — 999 ratings — published 2018 — 4 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
	The Best Horror of the Year, Volume Eleven by Ellen Datlow (Goodreads Author) (Editor, Introduction), Anne Billson (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Ralph Robert Moore (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.78 avg rating — 557 ratings — published 2019 — 9 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
	The Best Horror of the Year, Volume Thirteen by Ellen Datlow (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Sam Hicks (Goodreads Author) (contributor) 3.95 avg rating — 360 ratings — published 2021 — 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
	The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Twelve by Ellen Datlow (Goodreads Author) (Editor, Introduction), Paul Tremblay (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Kristi DeMeester (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.94 avg rating — 324 ratings — published 2020 — 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
	Vastarien: Vol. 3, Issue 2 by Jon Padgett (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Harry O. Morris (Illustrator), Romana Lockwood (Contributor) 4.47 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 2020	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
	The Half That You See by Rebecca Rowland (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Michael W. Clark (Goodreads Author), Holley Cornetto (Goodreads Author) 4.64 avg rating — 28 ratings — 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
	Hauntings and Hoarfrost by Rhonda Parrish (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Sarah Van Goethem (Goodreads Author), Alex T. Singer 4.35 avg rating — 20 ratings — 4 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
	Supernatural Tales 49: Spring 2022 by David Longhorn (Editor), Steve Duffy (Goodreads Author), Sam Dawson (Goodreads Author) 3.89 avg rating — 18 ratings	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
	Nightscript Volume 5 by C.M. Muller (Editor), Patricia Lillie (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), David McGroarty (Contributor) 3.88 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2019 — 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
	Triangulation: Extinction by Isaac E. Payne (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Diane Turnshek (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Katherine Kireeva (Illustrator) 3.64 avg rating — 11 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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Sam Hicks rated a book it was ok The Exalted and the Abased by Damian Murphy (Goodreads Author)	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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Sam Hicks rated a book really liked it The Untouchable by John Banville	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
Four stars because, well, reading this amazing, rich prose is an experience like no other. However, it did get a bit baggy and draggy and a trifle dull in places. Still, I don't really care, because just one of Banville's sentences contains more dept ...more
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Most of these stories get lost in a flood of waffle, but thankfully he restrained himself for 'Susan', which is an insinuating, mysterious thing. ...more
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Sam Hicks and 1 other person liked George Murray's review of The Mayor of Casterbridge: "The measured, atmospheric romance of Far From The Madding Crowd has the edge for me but Thomas Hardy might be my personal GOAT. This is such an intricate tragedy, everyone is digging their own graves with (usually) such pure intentions. Farfrae is on" Read more of this review »
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Sam Hicks rated a book liked it The Race by Nina Allan	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
Kept having to check back to see if chapter two held clues or if it just undermined the rest. Still not sure.
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Sam Hicks rated a book it was ok Childhood and Other Neighborhoods: Stories by Stuart Dybek	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
'The Palatski Man' had something I liked, unlike most of the others. ...more
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Sam Hicks liked Pearse Anderson's review of Childhood and Other Neighborhoods: Stories: "I just didn't vibe with this in terms of conflict and character. Story after story I found myself not wanting to go on, so eventually I stopped reading like 60% of the way through. An interesting view of 50s and 60s Polish Chicago, yes, but not to th" Read more of this review »
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Sam Hicks is now following Pearse Anderson Author of Tales from the Crust: An Anthology of Pizza Horror
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Sam Hicks rated a book liked it The Last King of California by Jordan Harper (Goodreads Author)	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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