Three years ago, Josh lost a lot of money on the unforgiving stock market. Now he's divorced and living with his teenage daughter in a seaside caravan. Sally wants a tattoo; Josh just needs work.

For solace, he explores Saltwick Bay, a secluded stretch of beach whose cliff-side rock runs back to the ruthless Jurassic periods. There's also a rotting boat there, leftover from the violent Second World War.

But when eerie creatures appear at night, dancing in the silent bay, Josh's mind starts turning along unfathomable tracks . . . which may lead right back to the birth of tyranny."

Gary Fry's new novella channels the spirit of Algernon Blackwood and other great masters of the weird tale, summoning forces from this world and others in a relentless symphony of unease. The signed limited hardcover edition includes an extensively revised version of his Lovecraftian novella WORLD WIDE WEB, in which a young boy must make sense of his parents' divorce in a world of buried secrets and inexorable cosmic interventions . . .
"Fry is a writer whose technique is as accomplished as his intellect and imagination are powerful..." - Reggie Oliver

Gary Fry lives in Dracula's Whitby, literally around the corner from where Bram Stoker was staying when he was thinking about that character. Gary has a PhD in psychology, though his first love is literature. Spectral Press previously published his chapbook Abolisher of Roses, to critical acclaim. He's also had four short story collections published, a novella, and two novels called The House of Canted Steps (PS Publishing) and Fearful Festivities (Screaming Dreams). He works at the University of Leeds in social science. His favourite things in this crazy world are dogs, tea and curry. His website is www.gary-fry.com

The Respectable Face of Tyranny, by Gary Fry, cover by Neil Williams (based on a photograph of Saltwick Bay by Philip Haigh). 96pgs. Available in a signed and numbered hardback limited to 100 copies worldwide, with full-colour covers and silk ribbon bookmarker.

Contents

The Respectable Face of Tyranny
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World Wide Web
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Afterword by the author
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Retail: £11.99 UK / 14 Euros / $19.00 USA / $19.00 RoW.

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