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Carl Barker

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“Horror is the canvas, not the painting”

Hailing from the not so frozen wilds of Northern England, Carl Barker is a speculative fiction writer who firmly believes that the secret to a good scary story lies in its content and characterisation, as opposed to horror purely for its own sake.

He is the author of numerous short stories within the genre, his work having been published in a variety of magazines and anthologies over the years, and is currently working on what he hopes will be the first of a trilogy of linked novellas set in the late nineteenth century.

Carl’s debut collection, ‘Parlour Tricks’, was published by Parallel Universe Publications in the summer of 2017, to positive reviews, and is available in both print and e-book from all ...more

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	Fading Light: An Anthology of the Monstrous by Tim Marquitz (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Mark Lawrence (Goodreads Author), William Meikle (Goodreads Author) 4.13 avg rating — 119 ratings — published 2012 — 4 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
	100 Doors to Madness by David Nell (Editor), Marge Simon (Goodreads Author), Michael Bailey (Goodreads Author) 4.34 avg rating — 85 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
	Zombie Zoology by Tim Curran, Ryan C. Thomas (Goodreads Author), Anthony Giangregorio 3.75 avg rating — 91 ratings — published 2010 — 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
	Miseria's Chorale by David Nell (Editor), Christopher Nadeau, Patrick Lacey (Goodreads Author) 4.21 avg rating — 52 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	Shadow Masters an anthology from The Horror Zine by Jeani Rector (Editor), James J. Marlow (Goodreads Author), Shaun Meeks (Goodreads Author) 4.15 avg rating — 41 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
	Midnight Movie Creature Feature by T.W. Brown (Goodreads Author) (Editor), James R. Silvestri (Goodreads Author), Eric Dimbleby (Goodreads Author) 3.89 avg rating — 35 ratings — published 2011 — 4 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
	Shadow People and Cursed Objects: 13 Tales of Terror Based on True Stories...or are they? by C. Le Mroch (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Carl Barker (Goodreads Author), Alice J. Black (Goodreads Author) 3.82 avg rating — 28 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
	Greek Myths Revisited by Isabelle Rose (Editor), Jessica A. Weiss (Editor), Jeff Chapman (Goodreads Author) 4.08 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2011 — 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
	Terror Tales Of The Scottish Highlands by Paul Finch (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Carl Barker (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), William Meikle (Goodreads Author) 4.08 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2015	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
	Parlour Tricks 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 4 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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Published slightly later than originally predicted, the e-book version of Stitched Smile Publications‘ ‘Tenebrous‘ Anthology is now available for download from Amazon in both the UK and US.

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