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Christopher Stanley lives on a hill in England with three sons who share a birthday but aren't triplets. He is the author of numerous prize-winning flash fictions, the darkest of which can be found spreading misery and mayhem in his debut collection, 'The Lamppost Huggers and Other Wretched Tales' (The Arcanist, June 2020). He’s also the author of the horror novelette, 'The Forest is Hungry' (Demain Publishing, April 2019). ...more

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	The Third Corona Book of Horror Stories by Lewis Williams (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Christopher Stanley (Goodreads Author), John Haas (Goodreads Author) 4.20 avg rating — 49 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 Forest is Hungry 4.36 avg rating — 33 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 Singularity: 50 Science Fiction Tales of Our Future History by Chris Jones (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Emma Pullar, Richie Brown (Goodreads Author) 4.10 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 2017 — 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 Lamppost Huggers and Other Wretched Tales 4.42 avg rating — 19 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
	You Are Not Alone by Gemma Amor (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Susmita Bhattacharya (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Astra Bloom (Contributor) 4.06 avg rating — 16 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
	Unbecoming Me, & Other Interruptions 4.58 avg rating — 12 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
	Exercise Log Book: Fitness & Strength Journal Workout Progress Tracking 0.00 avg rating — 0 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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	Corruption and Political Affliction in Nigeria: Causes, Election Biased, and Reform by Christopher Stanley (Goodreads Author), Peter Gillard 0.00 avg rating — 0 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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Needful Things

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The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires

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The Retrospective & Other Phantasmagorical Stories

by Ramsey Campbell

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Christopher Stanley said: " The Retrospective is the second volume of a 2-volume set by PS Publishing. I’m not great with single author collections, so I’m chunking this volume down by the collections in which the stories were originally published.

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