A COLLECTION by Simon Kurt Unsworth
CATEGORY Horror
PUBLICATION DATE  September 2022
COVER ILLUSTRATION Jason Van Hollander
PAGES 222

EDITIONS
Unsigned Trade Paperback  — ISBN  978-1-78636-862-1 [£14.99]
ePub edition for Apple iPad, Sony and other eBook readers   [£2.99]

ABOUT THE BOOK

In this, the third collection of horror fiction from Simon Kurt Unsworth, you will find tales of words that can corrupt a world, of hotels that are not what they seem, of sculptures made at night from cans and bottles that have a meaning we cannot hope to grasp and of a journey to work that becomes a nightmare. These are monsters here and roads down which impossible vehicles travel, and mines and shadows and children made of twine and stitch. These are the places beyond the Strange Gateways.

CONTENTS

• Morris Expedition, Days Nine and Ten
• F Bomb
• The Hotel Guest
• The Knitted Child
• The Drinks’ Totem
• Implementing the Least Desirable Solution 9
• Traffic Stream
• A Man of Ice and Sorrow
• Mami Wata
• The Seven People You Don’t Meet Today
• Peel A Boo
• Coel Coeth
• Afterword
• Story Notes

Simon Kurt Unsworth was born in the north of England in 1972 and is the author of two novels set in Hell, The Devil’s Detective and The Devil’s Evidence, which have been optioned by Hollywood but that are currently stuck in development hell. He has also written 4 collections of stories set in places that might be close to Hell, a mini-collection set in a version of the town where he grew up and, with his son, a mini-collection set all over the place. His story ‘The Church on the Island’ was nominated for a World Fantasy Award and his collection Quiet Houses was long-listed for the Edge Hill Prize. He now lives in the Lake District with his wife, some fish, some children sometimes, a tortoise, a brace of dogs and cats and too many books and movies. When not working (as a bookseller) he writes a bit, swims in the lakes and rivers and dreams about sharks.