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Don't Read Alone

AuthorPaul Finch

NarratorJonathan Keeble

Duration7h 30m

CategoriesAdult Fiction, Horror, Short Stories

PublisherAvid

VersionUnabridged

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A collection of short stories by an award-winning master of horror and suspense. In The Poppet a faceless wooden doll holds the secret to a chilling curse . In Hell in the Cathedral, a bunch of tourists are marooned at the mercy of a voracious sea-beast . In The Baleful Dead an ageing heavy metal band reunite at a lonely mansion, unaware of the bloodthirsty forces lingering in the nearby wood. Check out these and several other nerve-shredding tales... if you think you've got the guts!

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