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Adam Nicke

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Caerleon, Monmouthshire, Wales

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Mystery, Paranormal, Fantasy

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Adam Nicke was born and raised in South Wales and has resided in the small border town of Chepstow since he was a teenager.

He graduated from the University of the West of England in 1995 with a BA (Hons) in Literary Studies, the same year the first edition of his Grim Fairy Tales was published.

Fate took a nasty turn in the following years until finally, in 2015, Adam Nicke collapsed with what was subsequently diagnosed as a tennis ball-sized brain tumour. Mary Shelley died of a brain tumour and new research has posited that Edgar Allan Poe may have died of one.

His Grim Fairy Tales is a collection of short stories, ten haunting tales of the ghostly, decadent, and supernatural. This is how the poet Paul Verlaine defined decadence after cr ...more

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Average rating: 4.63 · 434 ratings · 197 reviews · 5 distinct works • Similar authors

	Temptation and Denial 4.60 avg rating — 168 ratings — published 2018 — 4 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
	Grim Fairy Tales 4.55 avg rating — 142 ratings — published 1995 — 6 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
	Immortal Seduction 4.71 avg rating — 51 ratings — published 2021 — 9 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
	Mallard the Quack 4.78 avg rating — 49 ratings — 6 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
	The Complete Works 2017-2021 4.83 avg rating — 24 ratings — 5 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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Goodbye beautiful Molly

My beautiful dog died last weekend, a dog who's been my constant companion since 2011.

Even though she was 14, it wasn't her time to go as she died of a tooth abscess after two months of antibiotics - antibiotics prescribed by my vet - that did nothing.

I far prefer animals to people and my darling girl was one of the only living things to ever show me love. I miss her very much and wouldn't wish t Read more of this blog post »

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Adam Nicke made a comment in the group Goodreads Librarians Group — Listopia book cover is outdated topic " Would it be possible for a librarian to change the cover of my Mallard the Quack to the newer cover in the Listopia list of anti-Trump books? The cove ...more "
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Adam Nicke liked Alice Oliver's review of The Complete Works 2017-2021: "Grim Fairy Tales is a masterfully crafted collection of haunting stories that blend gothic elegance with eerie imagination. With lush, poetic language and a flair for the macabre, these tales transport the reader into a world where the supernatural f" Read more of this review »
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Adam Nicke liked Debbi Parsons's review of Grim Fairy Tales: "I love this book! Each story takes you off on a delicious eerie tale, definitely becoming one of my favorite reads!"
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