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Old Devil Moon

Old Devil Moon

  • Short Stories

A geologist trapped int a town without water is lured into a desperate escape plan.
A boy plans a murder in an eerie funfair.
A cop witnesses an inexplicable plague of madness.
A teenager learns a deadly trick with his mobile phone.
A woman unlocks a childhood secret with the aid of old comic books.
A secret museum opens only at night...

OLD DEVIL MOON is Christopher Fowler's tenth collection of uniquely disturbing short stories, and contains the blackest humour and the darkest fears, set in worlds we walk through each day but rarely see.

Reviews

  • Fowler repeatedly challenges the reader to redraw the boundaries between innocence and malevolence, rationality and paranoia. His strength lies in the way he unveils the darker side of the ordinary; fresh and thought-provoking, elegant and playful.

    Guardian

  • Fowler hides a powerful narrative in a slyly experimental text to superb effect.

    Time Out

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About the Author

Christopher Fowler

Christopher Fowler is the author of more than forty novels (sixteen of which feature the detectives Bryant and May and the Peculiar Crimes Unit) and many short story collections. A multiple award-winner, including the coveted CWA ‘Dagger in the Library’, Chris has also written screenplays, video games, graphic novels, audio plays and two acclaimed memoirs, Paperboy and Film Freak. His most recent non-fiction book is The Book of Forgotten Authors. Chris divides his time between London's King’s Cross and Barcelona. You can find out more by visiting his website and following him on Twitter.

Christopher Fowler

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