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Despite forays into the mundane worlds of law and IT, Dave Higgins has been unable to escape the liminal zone between fantasy and horror.

Born in the least mystically significant part of Wiltshire, England, and raised by a librarian, he started reading shortly after birth and hasn’t stopped since. He lives with his wife Nicki, Una cat, a plush altar to Cthulhu, and many shelves of books.

It’s rumoured he writes out of fear he will otherwise run out of books to read.

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	Origin (Dragons & Magic #1) by Dave Higgins (Goodreads Author), Simon Cantan (Goodreads Author) 3.41 avg rating — 131 ratings — published 2016 — 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
	Greenstar Season 1, Episodes 1-3 by Dave Higgins (Goodreads Author), Simon Cantan (Goodreads Author) 3.23 avg rating — 64 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	Adventure (Dragons & Magic #2) by Dave Higgins (Goodreads Author), Simon Cantan (Goodreads Author) 4.22 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 2016 — 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
	Fauxpocalypse by Dave Higgins (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Matt Blashill (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Alexandrina Brant (Contributor) 4.18 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	Greenstar Complete Season 1: The Space Opera (A Josie Stein Comedy #1) by Dave Higgins (Goodreads Author), Simon Cantan (Goodreads Author) 4.36 avg rating — 11 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
	Sorcery (Dragons & Magic #3) by Dave Higgins (Goodreads Author), Simon Cantan (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2016 — 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
	Greenstar Season 2 (A Josie Stein Comedy #2) by Dave Higgins (Goodreads Author), Simon Cantan (Goodreads Author) 4.86 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	Greenstar Season 3 (A Josie Stein Comedy #3) by Dave Higgins (Goodreads Author), Simon Cantan (Goodreads Author) 4.86 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	Bloody Red Nose: Fifteen Fears of a Clown by Dave Higgins (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Willow Croft (Goodreads Author), Eleanor Cawood Jones (Goodreads Author) 4.57 avg rating — 7 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
	Outsiders Within by Dave Higgins (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Joel Donato Ching Jacob, Dave Ring (Goodreads Author) 4.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2020 — 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

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Evans balances police work with covert intelligence operations, creating a novel that is both spy thriller and detective story. This is the fourth novel in Evans’ Cornish Crime series. It might be possible to infer past events from the evidences presented hereafter. Philippa Floyd (Pinkie to her friends) joins the country club for one reason … Continue reading The Poison Promise by Julie Evans Read more of this blog post »

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Dragons & Magic (3 books)
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Thief in the Castle (Stars and Bones, #1)

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The Tibetan Book of the Dead: First Complete Translation

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Guadalup weaves a path through the liminal zone between not confirming anything and explaining everything, creating a tale that will appeal to fans of gothic, folk, and cosmic horror. After mouldering in the wreckage of her divorce, Katherine Calder a ...more
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“A serious and good philosophical work could be written consisting entirely of jokes.”
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“You couldn't relive your life, skipping the awful parts, without losing what made it worthwhile. You had to accept it as a whole--like the world, or the person you loved.”
― Stewart O'Nan, The Odds: A Love Story

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“Despite my ghoulish reputation, I really have the heart of a small boy. I keep it in a jar on my desk.”
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