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Cameron Trost

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Cameron Trost is an author of mystery, suspense, post-apocalyptic, and horror fiction best known for his puzzles featuring Oscar Tremont, Investigator of the Strange and Inexplicable. He has written four novels, Dead on the Dolmen, Flicker, The Tunnel Runner, and Letterbox, and three collections, Oscar Tremont, Investigator of the Strange and Inexplicable, Hoffman's Creeper and Other Disturbing Tales, and The Animal Inside. He runs the independent press, Black Beacon Books, and is a lifetime member of the Australian Crime Writers Association. Originally from Brisbane, Australia, his home is now in southern Brittany, between the rugged coast and treacherous marshland.

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FREE Flicker

It has been a while since I treated my wonderful readers to a FREE download day! FLICKER, a post-apocalyptic novel of fire, love, and survival is free for Kindle this Monday and Tuesday, the 20th and 21st of October. Download, enjoy, and please leave a rating and review. :)

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An enjoyable and engaging murder mystery. While this is not the most difficult of Christie's mysteries to solve, the reader is nonetheless put to the test, essentially being told to apply Miss Marple's simple logic in order to identify the murderer. ...more
Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury
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“- I don’t know what else to say.
- There is nothing else to say. A few minutes of words can’t change years of absurdity.”
Cameron Trost, Hoffman's Creeper and Other Disturbing Tales

“The short story is where the writer bares all. There's no room for padding or glossing over. This is where imperfections are exposed and strengths are on display.”
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“Even if I had convict ancestry, I wouldn’t be ashamed of it. As far as I’m concerned, the real criminals back in those days weren’t twelve-year-old boys nicking a loaf of bread or a pair of socks to ward off hunger and blisters. No, it was those who exploited them; keeping the battler in the gutter while they sat around in their manors, sipping tea and admiring portraits of their toffee-nosed great grandfathers.”
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“Whenever there’s a riot, that’s how it starts. It grips us to see the foremost god of the modern world crushed by prehistoric might. The burning car is the single most poignant representation of the post-industrial psyche.”
Cameron Trost, Flicker

“By running a couple of red lights and overtaking cars in the oncoming traffic lane, Declan was able to make it to the Gooding Drive roundabout in record time. He knew for a fact there was no surer way of getting a girl in the mood for hanky-panky than proving one’s manliness through motoring prowess.”
Cameron Trost, The Animal Inside: A Collection of Strange Tales

“Even if I had convict ancestry, I wouldn’t be ashamed of it. As far as I’m concerned, the real criminals back in those days weren’t twelve-year-old boys nicking a loaf of bread or a pair of socks to ward off hunger and blisters. No, it was those who exploited them; keeping the battler in the gutter while they sat around in their manors, sipping tea and admiring portraits of their toffee-nosed great grandfathers.”
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“- I don’t know what else to say.
- There is nothing else to say. A few minutes of words can’t change years of absurdity.”
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Richard Dominguez Thank you for the friend


Cameron Trost Juliet wrote: "Great to meet you Cameron."

Likewise, Juliet. Apologies for taking a decade to reply! LOL I somehow didn't see this until today. Hope you're well.


Juliet Sampson Great to meet you Cameron.


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