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Wrapped in Skin
A GLIMPSE BENEATH THE SKIN . . . A woman haunted by a mysterious upside-down door. A meeting between a famous punk rocker and a voodoo priestess. A group of friends who willingly place themselves in the path of bullets that travel through time . . . Mark Morris’s stories are wrapped in strange skin. Skin suffused with regret and grief and anger. Skin that twitches with bad dreams and appalling memories. Skin that is so thin it is unable to prevent the terrors of the past from breaking through.
318 pages, Paperback
First published April 12, 2016
About the author
Mark Morris
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Mark Morris became a full-time writer in 1988 on the Enterprise Allowance Scheme, and a year later saw the release of his first novel, Toady. He has since published a further sixteen novels, among which are Stitch, The Immaculate, The Secret of Anatomy, Fiddleback, The Deluge and four books in the popular Doctor Who range.
His short stories, novellas, articles and reviews have appeared in a wide variety of anthologies and magazines, and he is editor of the highly-acclaimed Cinema Macabre, a book of fifty horror movie essays by genre luminaries, for which he won the 2007 British Fantasy Award.
His most recently published or forthcoming work includes a novella entitled It Sustains for Earthling Publications, a Torchwood novel entitled Bay of the Dead, several Doctor Who audios for Big Finish Productions, a follow-up volume to Cinema Macabre entitled Cinema Futura and a new short story collection, Long Shadows, Nightmare Light.
There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name.
Mark Morris became a full-time writer in 1988 on the Enterprise Allowance Scheme, and a year later saw the release of his first novel, Toady. He has since published a further sixteen novels, among which are Stitch, The Immaculate, The Secret of Anatomy, Fiddleback, The Deluge and four books in the popular Doctor Who range.
His short stories, novellas, articles and reviews have appeared in a wide variety of anthologies and magazines, and he is editor of the highly-acclaimed Cinema Macabre, a book of fifty horror movie essays by genre luminaries, for which he won the 2007 British Fantasy Award.
His most recently published or forthcoming work includes a novella entitled It Sustains for Earthling Publications, a Torchwood novel entitled Bay of the Dead, several Doctor Who audios for Big Finish Productions, a follow-up volume to Cinema Macabre entitled Cinema Futura and a new short story collection, Long Shadows, Nightmare Light.
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April 3, 2016
Nothing I like more than a collection of short horror fiction by someone who knows how to tell it.
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April 15, 2017So far, this reminds me a lot of John Connolly. Which means I'm pretty close to abandoning it.
Update: I was starting to squirm as "The Biters" wended its soap-operatic way through its longwinded exposition. Then I get to the (literally) tearjerker ending. Sorry, I'm just too old and cynical to warm up to this.
Is there anything to look forward to later?
Update: I was starting to squirm as "The Biters" wended its soap-operatic way through its longwinded exposition. Then I get to the (literally) tearjerker ending. Sorry, I'm just too old and cynical to warm up to this.
Is there anything to look forward to later?
July 21, 2024
I’ve enjoyed all of the novels I’ve read by Mark Morris but I can’t say the same for his short fiction.
There’s a few absolute gems but too many of the stories in this collection had ambiguous endings. I don’t mind stories that make me think but some of the stories just end, with no clues as to what happened. I’ll stick to his full length fiction in future.
There’s a few absolute gems but too many of the stories in this collection had ambiguous endings. I don’t mind stories that make me think but some of the stories just end, with no clues as to what happened. I’ll stick to his full length fiction in future.
October 20, 2025
Morris has a really easy to read writing style, which I appreciate. Some of the stories had really solid premises that I enjoyed. Unfortunately even those felt a little neutered and had a real “we’re deep, aren’t we?” feeling. A lot of the stories were just plain dull. Did enjoy it and there were no terrible stories, but there were also no standout incredible stories.
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