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Cameron Trost

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Cameron Trost is an author of mystery, suspense, post-apocalyptic, and horror fiction best known for his puzzles featuring Oscar Tremont, Investigator of the Strange and Inexplicable. He has written four novels, Dead on the Dolmen, Flicker, The Tunnel Runner, and Letterbox, and three collections, Oscar Tremont, Investigator of the Strange and Inexplicable, Hoffman's Creeper and Other Disturbing Tales, and The Animal Inside. He runs the independent press, Black Beacon Books, and is a member of the Australian Crime Writers Association and The Short Mystery Fiction Society. Originally from Brisbane, Australia, his home is now in southern Brittany, between the rugged coast and treacherous marshland.

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Can you solve a murder mystery?

Are you good at solving #murdermysteries? I have a challenge for the #armchairdetectives out there. You read eighteen chapters of a book with twenty chapters as a pdf, and if you can name the murderer, I'll send you a free print copy. 🕵‍♂️ Send me a direct message if you're keen or send an email to camerontrost@hotmail.com Dead on the Dolmen: An Oscar Tremont Mystery Read more of this blog post »
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"Enjoyable novel of an ancient legend that may be true haunts a family, all in the view of a prehistoric people’s standing stones. The author plays fair - all the clues are there, you just have to put them together! (I figured out about 60% of it myse" Read more of this review »
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"I love stories based on folklore, especially folk monsters. Their presence brings a sense of unease and creepiness that's almost subconscious, percolating through the readers' minds. In Dead on the Dolmen, the Ankou, a Breton/Celtic representation of" Read more of this review »
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“- I don’t know what else to say.
- There is nothing else to say. A few minutes of words can’t change years of absurdity.”
Cameron Trost, Hoffman's Creeper and Other Disturbing Tales

“The short story is where the writer bares all. There's no room for padding or glossing over. This is where imperfections are exposed and strengths are on display.”
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“Even if I had convict ancestry, I wouldn’t be ashamed of it. As far as I’m concerned, the real criminals back in those days weren’t twelve-year-old boys nicking a loaf of bread or a pair of socks to ward off hunger and blisters. No, it was those who exploited them; keeping the battler in the gutter while they sat around in their manors, sipping tea and admiring portraits of their toffee-nosed great grandfathers.”
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“Whenever there’s a riot, that’s how it starts. It grips us to see the foremost god of the modern world crushed by prehistoric might. The burning car is the single most poignant representation of the post-industrial psyche.”
Cameron Trost, Flicker

“By running a couple of red lights and overtaking cars in the oncoming traffic lane, Declan was able to make it to the Gooding Drive roundabout in record time. He knew for a fact there was no surer way of getting a girl in the mood for hanky-panky than proving one’s manliness through motoring prowess.”
Cameron Trost, The Animal Inside: A Collection of Strange Tales

“Even if I had convict ancestry, I wouldn’t be ashamed of it. As far as I’m concerned, the real criminals back in those days weren’t twelve-year-old boys nicking a loaf of bread or a pair of socks to ward off hunger and blisters. No, it was those who exploited them; keeping the battler in the gutter while they sat around in their manors, sipping tea and admiring portraits of their toffee-nosed great grandfathers.”
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“- I don’t know what else to say.
- There is nothing else to say. A few minutes of words can’t change years of absurdity.”
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Richard Dominguez Thank you for the friend


Cameron Trost Juliet wrote: "Great to meet you Cameron."

Likewise, Juliet. Apologies for taking a decade to reply! LOL I somehow didn't see this until today. Hope you're well.


Juliet Sampson Great to meet you Cameron.


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