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Kev Harrison is a writer of dark fiction and English language teacher from England, living and working in Lisbon, Portugal. He has previously lived in various areas of the UK, as well as Turkey and Poland.

His Independent Press Award-winning debut novel, Shadow of the Hidden, is out now from Brigids Gate Press. His latest novella, 'Below' is also available from the same publishing house.

His debut novella 'The Balance', was released through Lycan Valley Press, while his debut collection 'Paths Best Left Untrodden' was released through Northern Republic.

His forthcoming release, Pyres, is a politically-charged novel of supernatural horror, set in the New Forest.

He is a staff writer for This is Horror and has had short fiction published in a var ...more

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	Shadow of the Hidden: A Novel of Adventure Horror by Kev Harrison (Goodreads Author), Elle Turpitt (editor), Mustapha Design DZ (illustrator) 4.55 avg rating — 85 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
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2017 - The Year of Writing

This year, 2017, I made a decision that I would start to take my writing seriously and a friend and colleague of mine, Michael David Wilson of This is Horror and Lit Reactor, gave me a challenge to help me along with that. https://litreactor.com/columns/2017-w...

So I took the challenge and it's been great. Frenetic, but great. As you can see, I've had one short story published in the 9 Tales antho Read more of this blog post »

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Published on April 20, 2017 07:55 • Tags: 52-story-challenge, 9-tales, this-is-horror, writing

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First thing to mention here is the protagonist. Tricky is just such a fun character to follow around. Her use of magic is original and compelling and the situations she finds herself in compelling and well plotted. Keen to see where this goes in the f ...more
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