'Strange things happen in The Gulp. The residents have grown used to it.
'The isolated Australian harbour town of Gulpepper is not like other places. Some maps don’t even show it. And only outsiders use the full name. Everyone who lives there calls it The Gulp. The place has a habit of swallowing people.
'A truck driver thinks the stories about The Gulp are made up to scare him. Until he gets there.
'Teenage siblings try to cover up the death of their mother, but their plans go drastically awry.
'A rock band invite four backpackers to a party at their house, where things get dangerously out of hand.
'A young man loses a drug shipment and his boss gives him 48 hours to make good on his mistake.
'Under the blinking eye of the old lighthouse, a rock fisher makes the strangest catch of his life.
'Five novellas. Five descents into darkness.
'Welcome to The Gulp, where nothing is as it seems.'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
'A truck driver thinks the stories about The Gulp are made up to scare him. Until he gets there.'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
'Teenage siblings try to cover up the death of their mother, but their plans go drastically awry.'
Source: Back-cover blurb.
'A rock band invite four backpackers to a party at their house, where things get dangerously out of hand.'
Source: Back-cover blurb.
'A young man loses a drug shipment and his boss gives him 48 hours to make good on his mistake.'
Source: Back-cover blurb.
'Under the blinking eye of the old lighthouse, a rock fisher makes the strangest catch of his life.'
Source: Back-cover blurb.
The Fall : Five More Tales from the Gulp
Australia
:
13th Dragon Books
,
2022
24069500
2022
selected work
novella
horror
'The isolated Australian harbour town of Gulpepper is not like other places. Some maps don’t even show it. And only outsiders use the full name. Everyone who lives there calls it The Gulp. The place has a habit of swallowing people.
'A man enjoying early retirement makes the mistake of visiting The Gulp.
'A fishing boat crew find themselves somewhere entirely unexpected.
'A farmer has an argument with his wife that turns violent and then entirely catastrophic.
'A Venture Scout troop from Enden travel a little too far on their bush excursion.
'Everything that’s been getting stranger than usual in The Gulp begins to run completely out of control.
'Five more novellas. Five more descents into darkness.
'Welcome to The Gulp, where nothing is as it seems.'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
