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From the introduction by multiple award-winning author Kaaron Warren:

"Marty Young epitomizes the theory that horror writers are amongst the nicest people. He’s done enormous amounts for the Australian horror writing community and continues to do so. He represents a positive figure to me, a person who loves genre and…

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1 author picked Behind the Midnight Blinds as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

An emotional and gripping collection of short stories. There is a saying that you should never meet your heroes or mentors, well, in my case it hadn’t become a nightmare, at least not personally. Behind the Midnight Blinds is a strong and perfect collection of dark horror stories. Each enrighed with the vivid imagination of the author. Funny enough, I have an honest relationship with the author, and we are never afraid to tell each other if something works or doesn’t. I walked into this book feeling very neutral, yet apprehensive about finding things I didn’t like, as I would…

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