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A village in thrall to a terrible power. A buried, sentient factory. People mutating from within. THIS VILLAGE NEVER DREAMS is now done and dusted and releases on November 30th! However, if you're looking for a horror novel to read this Halloween, you can get your mitts on a FREE advance copy (as an ebook or PDF) if you act fast and grab it via Booksirens . It's inspired by classic horror movies ("classic" for me is 1980s horror) as much as contemporary weird fiction, with points of reference including The Fisherman by John Langan (in terms of This Village Never Dreams being about stories within stories). One of the biggest influences is old detective fiction, to be honest, especially Raymond Chandler and Damon Runyon. There's also a big helping of cosmic horror, and events in this book may or may not reference my previous novel, A WRETCHED PLACE , wink wink. There are elements of an impending dystopia, alongside folk horror and cults, but that's as much as...
