Tom Cox's books include Villager, 1983, the Sunday Times top ten bestseller The Good, The Bad And The Furry, the Wainwright Prize-longlisted 21st-Century Yokel & Help The Witch, which won a Shirley Jackson Horror Writing award. He lives in Devon.
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A few years ago I was talking about ghosts to a lady in a pub about six miles off the southern edge of Dartmoor. She told me she didn't believe in them, personally, herself. "There is one scary thing that happened to me, though, that I can&
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There seem to be more horses on the moor than usual this winter. Alongside the horses, you normally get one or two very assertive humans, more often than not female, making sure the horses are in absolutely no doubt about who is boss. It is rare that you see a
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Part one: Part two: Part three: My first ever novel, VILLAGER, is now up for funding. If you'd like to reserve a copy, you can do so here. My most recent book is Ring The Hill - which is also out in the US and Canada in February.
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Part One: Part Two: Part Three: My first ever novel, VILLAGER, is now up for funding. If you'd like to reserve a copy, you can do so here. My most recent book is Ring The Hill - which is also out in the US and Canada in February.
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Part One (bit windy but gets clearer): Part Two: Part Three My first ever novel, VILLAGER, is now up for funding. If you'd like to reserve a copy, you can do so here. My most recent book is Ring The Hill - which is also out in the
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Part one: Part two: Part three: If you'd like to reserve a first edition hardback of my novel, Villager, and help with its funding in the process, you can do so here.
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Part One: Part Two: Part Three: Part Four: My first ever novel, VILLAGER, is now up for funding. If you'd like to reserve a copy, you can do so here. My most recent book is Ring The Hill - which is also out in the US and Canada
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Part one: Part two: Part three: Part four: My first ever novel, VILLAGER, is now up for funding. If you'd like to reserve a copy, you can do so here. My most recent book is Ring The Hill - which is also out in the US and Canada
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A stranger told me the other day - from a place of kindness and scattered facts - what an awful year I’ve had. But that is not my own feeling when I assess this year. Yes, I had the stress of two house moves during national lockdowns, one of
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I live beside a river now, which I know might not seem like the most soothing or pragmatic choice for someone whose life has recently been derailed by problems with water, but I’ve never liked to do things the easy way. I lived beside a river many years ago,
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Part One: Part Two: My first ever novel, VILLAGER, is now up for funding. If you'd like to reserve a copy, you can do so here. This is my most recent book, in case you'd like a read of it. If you feel compelled to, you
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The nearest river to my house is called the Avon. It’s one of six River Avons in the UK and possibly the quietest of the bunch, although I couldn’t say for sure because I have only met three of the others in person and nobody - not even