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    Old Shock
    Old Shock
    Old Shock
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    Old Shock

    By David Senior

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    This free horror short is a standalone weird tale set in the same universe as the author's longer 'The Sinners of Crowsmere,' a bleak and skeletal horror novel described by the MR James Podcast as "Highly recommended... Wonderful arthouse / video nasty vibe on the Norfolk coast."

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDavid Senior
    Release dateJun 19, 2013
    ISBN9781301411740
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      Old Shock - David Senior

      OLD SHOCK

      David Senior

      Old Shock

      David Senior

      Smashwords Edition

      Copyright © 2013 David Senior

      nadirbooks@hotmail.com

      eastscapes.blogspot.com

      All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or redistributed without prior permission from the author.

      This book is a work of fiction and any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.

      By the same author:

      The Sinners of Crowsmere

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      For my family

      Old Shock

      As Paul approached the town the signal for his car radio began to fail. It seemed to sum everything up in a nutshell. Even national radio couldn't make it out to these coastal backwoods. Though the roads round this way were little more than single-carriage tracks most of the time, so why should he expect anything else?

      Once again, he silently cursed his brother for coming out here.

      He felt grouchy. It had been a long drive. However, even his mood improved at his first glimpse of the ocean –

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