by Alan Baxter · 2024
ISBN: Unavailable
Category: Fiction / Horror
Page count: 336
<p>SERVED COLD</p><p>2019 AUSTRALIAN SHADOWS AWARDS WINNER – Best Collected Work</p><p>Includes “In Vaulted Halls Entombed” as seen on the Netflix Original Series LOVE DEATH + ROBOTS</p><p>16 provocative and intensely chilling tales blending horror, fantasy, and the weird.</p><p>“At turns creepy and visceral, Baxter delivers the horror goods.” – Paul Tremblay, author of A Head Full of Ghosts and The Cabin at the End of the World</p><p>Collected together for the first time ever, these sixteen provocative and intensely chilling tales by multi-award-winning-author Alan Baxter venture into the depths of the darkest and most shadowy places where unspeakable horrors are the predators and we the willing prey.</p><p>Prepare for an always terrifying, frequently heartbreaking journey in multiple stages, each piece echoing Baxter’s unique voice that effortlessly blends horror, fantasy and the weird, cementing his place as a modern master of the dark fantastique, and resulting in an unforgettable volume of fiction.</p><p>This collection includes 16 stories, several of which received a number of accolades:</p><p>“Served Cold” – Finalist for the 2016 Aurealis Award for Best Horror Novella and Finalist for the 2016 Australian Shadows Paul Haines Award for Long Fiction</p><p>“In Vaulted Halls Entombed” – adapted for the Netflix Original series LOVE DEATH + ROBOTS and winner of the 2015 Australian Shadows Paul Haines Award for Long Fiction</p><p>“Crying Demon” – Finalist for the 2018 Aurealis Award for Best Fantasy Short Story</p><p>“The Ocean Hushed The Stones” – Finalist for the 2019 Australian Shadows Award for Best Short Story and received an Honorable Mention in Ellen Datlow’s The Best Horror of the Year, Volume 12</p><p>“Yellowheart” – Finalist for the 2019 Aurealis Award for Best Horror Novella</p><p><br></p>