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Martin Murphy

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Martin lives in Beverley, England, with his wife and daughter. Soul Lifter, his debut novel, is a work of supernatural dark fiction which is primarily set in Hull, but draws on African mysticism in a story of good versus evil that pits two protagonists against a ruthless killer.
His first novella, The Carnarvon Creeper, sees a man embark on a journey to help him deal with the death of his wife - only for him to be subjected to a terrifying encounter in the remote Australian outback.

The Carnarvon Creeper: story behind a story

"Did you hear those weird noises outside last night?"

I suppose story ideas for writers surface in many different ways, but with my first novella it was triggered by a friend's question. We were in the middle of a trip along the west coast of Australia, and he had been spooked by something moving outside our campervan during the night. There were a number of mundane explanations (an animal of some Read more of this blog post »
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Published on August 11, 2014 01:59 Tags: aboriginal, martin-murphy, the-carnarvon-creeper, western-australia
Average rating: 4.2 · 54 ratings · 12 reviews · 2 distinct works
Soul Lifter

4.41 avg rating — 44 ratings — published 2014 — 4 editions
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The Carnarvon Creeper

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message 1: by Lance

Lance Hi Martin,
Trying to figure out how to message you. I received email notices from Linkedin, but I am away from my desktop which has my password. Hope to get back to you tomorrow evening. Hope you are doing well.
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