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Born and bred in the badlands of Norfolk. Now haunts North Lancashire.

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	The Fiends in the Furrows: An Anthology of Folk Horror by David T. Neal (Editor), Christine M. Scott (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Stephanie Ellis (Goodreads Author) 3.74 avg rating — 991 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
	The Best Horror of the Year, Volume Eleven by Ellen Datlow (Goodreads Author) (Editor, Introduction), Anne Billson (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Ralph Robert Moore (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.78 avg rating — 556 ratings — published 2019 — 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 Best Horror of the Year, Volume Thirteen by Ellen Datlow (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Sam Hicks (Goodreads Author) (contributor) 3.95 avg rating — 359 ratings — published 2021 — 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 Best Horror of the Year: Volume Twelve by Ellen Datlow (Goodreads Author) (Editor, Introduction), Paul Tremblay (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Kristi DeMeester (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.93 avg rating — 325 ratings — published 2020 — 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
	Vastarien: Vol. 3, Issue 2 by Jon Padgett (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Harry O. Morris (Illustrator), Romana Lockwood (Contributor) 4.47 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 2020	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 Half That You See by Rebecca Rowland (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Michael W. Clark (Goodreads Author), Holley Cornetto (Goodreads Author) 4.64 avg rating — 28 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
	Hauntings and Hoarfrost by Rhonda Parrish (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Sarah Van Goethem (Goodreads Author), Alex T. Singer 4.35 avg rating — 20 ratings — 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
	Supernatural Tales 49: Spring 2022 by David Longhorn (Editor), Steve Duffy (Goodreads Author), Sam Dawson (Goodreads Author) 3.89 avg rating — 18 ratings	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
	Nightscript Volume 5 by C.M. Muller (Editor), Patricia Lillie (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), David McGroarty (Contributor) 3.88 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2019 — 3 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
	Triangulation: Extinction by Isaac E. Payne (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Diane Turnshek (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Katherine Kireeva (Illustrator) 3.64 avg rating — 11 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

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Sam Hicks and 2 other people liked George Murray's review of American Psycho: "Such a heater"
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Sam Hicks rated a book it was ok Childhood and Other Neighborhoods: Stories by Stuart Dybek	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 Palatski Man' had something I liked, unlike most of the others. ...more
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Sam Hicks liked Pearse Anderson's review of Childhood and Other Neighborhoods: Stories: "I just didn't vibe with this in terms of conflict and character. Story after story I found myself not wanting to go on, so eventually I stopped reading like 60% of the way through. An interesting view of 50s and 60s Polish Chicago, yes, but not to th" Read more of this review »
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Sam Hicks is now following Pearse Anderson Author of Tales from the Crust: An Anthology of Pizza Horror
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Socks it to ya, baby.
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Fun read.
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Some beauties herein.
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