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Gareth E. Rees

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Gareth E. Rees is a writer of fiction and non fiction. His books include: Terminal Zones (Influx Press 2022), Unofficial Britain (Elliott & Thompson, 2020), Car Park Life (Influx Press 2019), The Stone Tide (Influx Press, 2018) and Marshland (Influx Press, 2013). He is also founder of Unofficial Britain (http://www.unofficialbritain.com/), a website exploring overlooked landscapes and everyday places.

‘What he seeks out is the magical in the mundane, the bizarre happenings in plain sight’
- Deborah Moggach, The Times

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	This Dreaming Isle by Dan Coxon (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Andrew Michael Hurley, Ramsey Campbell 3.75 avg rating — 201 ratings — published 2018 — 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
	Unofficial Britain: Journeys Through Unexpected Places 4.13 avg rating — 155 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
	Car Park Life 3.86 avg rating — 104 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
	Marshland: Dreams and Nightmares on the Edge of London by Gareth E. Rees (Goodreads Author), Ada Jusic (Illustrator) 4.20 avg rating — 88 ratings — published 2013 — 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 Stone Tide: Adventures at the End of the World 4.05 avg rating — 65 ratings — published 2018 — 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
	An Unreliable Guide to London by Kit Caless (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Gary Budden (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Tim Wells, 3.78 avg rating — 51 ratings — published 2016 — 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
	Tales From the Shadow Booth, Vol. 2 by Dan Coxon (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Chịkọdịlị Emelụmadụ (Contributor), Dan Grace (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.04 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 2018 — 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
	Out of the Darkness by Dan Coxon (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Jenn Ashworth, Alison Moore 4.38 avg rating — 21 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
	The Best of British Fantasy 2019 by Jared Shurin (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Helen McClory (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Gareth E. Rees (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.74 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2020 — 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
	Terminal Zones 4.10 avg rating — 10 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

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I’ve had an insanely busy year. It began with me finalising my debut short story collection, Terminal Zones, which eventually came out in October and features weird topographic tales about climate change and the effects of neoliberalism on ordinary people in everyday places. You can read about it here.

I also made music with my numerous bands, including a psychedelic disco

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Gareth Rees and 11 other people liked Eric Anderson's review of Terminal Zones: "Existential angst meets the climate crisis in this thoughtful and entertaining short story collection. Nearly every tale in this book makes reference to an impending environmental disaster whether it's two female friends living in a cliff edge home t" Read more of this review »
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Gareth Rees and 32 other people liked Blair's review of Terminal Zones: "The stories in Terminal Zones take place in a Britain, and a world, in literal meltdown, on the precipice of violent destruction – but they often take place in its seemingly dull, innocuous corners: the car park of a DIY store, a motorway bridge, an " Read more of this review »
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Gareth Rees liked Aliya Whiteley's blog post: Paperback fungi "It’s publication day for The Secret Life of Fungi in paperback, and I want to say a humongous thank you to everyone who’s been reading it or reviewing it. I hope it’s inspiring people to take a look around and find fungi this autumnal season – I’v..." Read more of this blog post »
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