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Checkmate & Other Stories
2010
First Published
3.72
Average Rating
57
Number of Pages
Fifteen previously published stories, collected together for the first time, spanning fantasy, horror, sci fi and speculative fiction. Among other things, Bleed Them Dry puts a new spin on vampires, talking corpses tell their side in The Dead Do Listen, a little girl is fascinated with an antique that hides a dark side in The Mirror Phase, and a devilish game of chess goes wrong in Checkmate.
Avg Rating
3.72
Number of Ratings
54
5 STARS
26%
4 STARS
41%
3 STARS
19%
2 STARS
9%
1 STARS
6%
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Author

Icy Sedgwick
Icy Sedgwick
Author · 9 books

Fantasy with a Folklore Twist Icy Sedgwick is a writer based in the north east of England. She writes Gothic-tinged not-quite-YA fantasy novels and Gothic short stories. Icy is also working on a series of experiments in historical fiction with Australian composer AJ Moon, combining spoken word stories with originally composed music. When she's not writing fiction, she's blogging about folklore and the supernatural. Elsewhere, she's working on a PhD in Film Studies, looking at the use of set design in contemporary supernatural films. She also knits up a storm, enjoys poking around old buildings, and takes more photographs than she probably should.

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