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Chris Barnham

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Born

August 03

Website

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Science Fiction, Fantasy, Historical Fiction

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Chris Barnham is a writer of science fiction, fantasy and (sometimes) horror.

His short fiction has appeared in a range of magazines and anthologies, including Compelling Science Fiction, Interzone - the UK's premier science fiction magazine - Black Static, and the late-lamented Pan Books of Horror.

Chris’s 2018 novel, Fifty One features a time-traveling cop who is marooned in 1940s London. The story was inspired by a real event, a German V1 rocket that fell on a busy shopping street in south London in July 1944, killing fifty-one people. Fortunately, Chris did not live there at the time.

His first novel, Among the Living is available as an ebook and paperback. It's a hybrid of mystery, paranormal thriller and heartbreaking love story, in whic ...more

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	Fifty-One 4.53 avg rating — 19 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
	Flicker: Stories of Inner Flame by Chris Barnham (Goodreads Author), Deana Birch (Goodreads Author), Salena Casha (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 7 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
	Among The Living 4.50 avg rating — 2 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
	Dark Tales: Volume 16 by Chris Barnham (Goodreads Author), Andrew Newall, Nemone Thornes really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2015	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
	All That Is Solid it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2016	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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	The Natural History of the Sign: Peirce, Vygotsky and the Hegelian Model of Concept Formation (Semiotics, Communication and Cognition [SCC], 29) 0.00 avg rating — 0 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
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Vampires of Avonmouth

by Tim Kindberg (Goodreads Author)

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Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

by Patrick Süskind

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The Mirror & the Light (Thomas Cromwell, #3)

by Hilary Mantel

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