SERVED COLD
2019 AUSTRALIAN SHADOWS AWARDS WINNER - Best Collected Work
Includes "In Vaulted Halls Entombed" as seen on the Netflix Original Series LOVE DEATH + ROBOTS
16 provocative and intensely chilling tales blending horror, fantasy, and the weird.
"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
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.
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.
This collection includes 16 stories, several of which received a number of accolades:
"Served Cold" which was a Finalist for the 2016 Aurealis Award for Best Horror Novella and a Finalist for the 2016 Australian Shadows Paul Haines Award for Long Fiction.
"In Vaulted Halls Entombed" which was adapted for the Netflix Original series LOVE DEATH + ROBOTS and won the 2015 Australian Shadows Paul Haines Award for Long Fiction.
"Crying Demon" which was a Finalist for the 2018 Aurealis Award for Best Fantasy Short Story.
"The Ocean Hushed The Stones" which was a 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.
"Yellowheart" which was a Finalist for the 2019 Aurealis Award for Best Horror Novella.
