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Jonathan Oliver is the British Fantasy Award winning editor of Magic, House of Fear, End of the Line, End of the Road, World War Cthulhu, Five Stories High and Dangerous Games. He is the author of the collection The Language of Beasts, out now from Black Shuck Books.

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	House of Fear by Jonathan Oliver (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Joe R. Lansdale (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Christopher Priest (Contributor) 3.74 avg rating — 381 ratings — published 2011 — 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
	The End of the Line by Jonathan Oliver (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Al Ewing (Contributor), Conrad Williams (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.83 avg rating — 221 ratings — published 2010 — 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
	Magic: An Anthology of the Esoteric and Arcane by Jonathan Oliver (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Dan Abnett (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Storm Constantine (Contributor) 3.42 avg rating — 225 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	Five Stories High by Jonathan Oliver (Goodreads Author) (Editor), K.J. Parker, Sarah Lotz (Goodreads Author) 3.32 avg rating — 151 ratings — published 2016 — 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
	End of the Road by Jonathan Oliver (Goodreads Author), Philip Reeve (Goodreads Author), Lavie Tidhar 3.40 avg rating — 82 ratings — published 2013 — 7 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
	Dangerous Games by Jonathan Oliver (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Pat Cadigan (Goodreads Author), Silvia Moreno-Garcia (Goodreads Author) 3.23 avg rating — 40 ratings — published 2014 — 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 Call of Kerberos (Twilight of Kerberos, #5) 3.42 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2010 — 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
	The Future of Horror: The Collected Solaris Horror Anthologies, featuring House of Fear, Magic and End of the Road by Jonathan Oliver (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Audrey Niffenegger (Goodreads Author), Christopher Priest 4.07 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2015 — 2 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 Language of Beasts 4.25 avg rating — 8 ratings — 2 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
	Wrath of Kerberos (Twilight of Kerberos, #9) 3.86 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2012 — 2 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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One of the best short story collections I’ve read in a while. The stories are physical, haunting, lyrical and wonderfully human. A terrific writer.
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