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Darkened Paths: 12 Dark Fantasy & Horror Short Stories (Wendy Nikel Short Story Collections) Kindle Edition

by Wendy Nikel (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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Speculative fiction author Wendy Nikel invites you to wander down the eerie and unsettling avenues of these twelve standalone short stories, previously published in Fireside Fiction, Daily Science Fiction, Deep Magic, and other dark fantasy and horror magazines and anthologies.

Climb the steps of an abandoned village, search for shelter from a deadly heat, and lose yourself in a bog from which few ever return. From forgotten tombstones in overgrown cemeteries to mysterious books in locked libraries, you never know where these tales will guide you or what you'll find lurking in the shadows.

Includes "Leaves of Dust," which appeared in the 2018 This is Horror award-winning anthology, ASHES AND ENTROPY.

Full contents:
"The Village is Closed"
"Leaves of Dust"
"A Jar Full of Secrets"
"The Book of Futures"
"Those We See at the Twilight Bridge"
"In the Bleak"
"Bella of the Wych-Elm"
"Swelter and Shade"
"Forget-Me-Nots For the Potter's Field"
"Uncle Frank"
"The Moody Rooms of Agatha Tate"
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  1. Part of series
    Wendy Nikel Short Story Collections
  2. Print length
    98 pages
  3. Language
    English
  4. Sticky notes
    On Kindle Scribe
  5. Publication date
    December 31, 2021
  6. File size
    4154 KB
  7. Page Flip
    Enabled
  8. Word Wise
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  9. Enhanced typesetting
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B09LP65BJV
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ (December 31, 2021)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ December 31, 2021
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 4154 KB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 98 pages

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Wendy Nikel

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Wendy Nikel is a speculative fiction author with a degree in elementary education, a fondness for road trips, and a terrible habit of forgetting where she's left her cup of tea. Her short fiction has been published by Analog, Nature, Daily Science Fiction, and elsewhere. Her series of time travel novellas, beginning with THE CONTINUUM, was published by World Weaver Press. For more info, visit wendynikel.com

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