Once More Round the Sun (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781805177692)

Welcome to Kingsworth, why not stay a while?

The sleepy Warwickshire town of Kingsworth in the middle of England is, without doubt, a nice place to visit. There's a castle, great schools, and lots of green space to enjoy.

But, like most nice places to visit, if you scratch the surface, you'll find something a little darker. You know the kind of thing; unsettling stories that locals love to tell outsiders with the sole purpose of getting under their skin. Kingsworth is no different...there's plenty to discover among its streets and homes that the local tourist board wouldn't want you to hear about.

Whether it's the mystery of the supernatural podcaster who vanished without a trace, the tragic tale of the local girl who got lost in the woods one Halloween, or the horrible fate that was waiting for a widow who just wanted to visit her husband's grave, there's more to Kingsworth than meets the eye. Oh, and what exactly happened to all those preschoolers that chilly afternoon?

Come along to Kingsworth and find out for yourself. In fact, why not spend a year here? There's lots for you to uncover, a story for every month of the year in act, so join your tour guide Dave Musson and go Once More Round the Sun with him.

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"Musson's collection is quick to read, hard to put down, and will live rent-free in your head once you've finished it. Once More Round the Sun isn't just good, it's damned right compelling."

Caitlin Marceau, award-winning author of This Is Where We Talk Things Out

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"You may know him for his love of all things Stephen King, but goddamn, don't sleep on Dave Musson the writer. Once More Round the Sun is a deft card trick of a collection, flitting from horror to heart-felt to humour and back again. His voice sings, blinds with its brilliance, then stabs. Consider me a fan."

Spencer Hamilton, author of The Fear and Welcome to Smileyland

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"Genuinely unsettling weird Albion folk horror delivered with a fiendish twinkle in the eye"

Garth Jones, author of Home Brewed, Vampire Bullets

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"In a flurry of stories, Musson manages to mix beauty with brutality, love with lust, heartfelt connection with horrific catastrophe, and gentleness with gore. Stephen King would blush to know the dark creativity his writing has inspired. Horror lovers, take notice, Once More Round the Sun is a collection that should not be slept on...and it just might keep you turning the pages well after bedtime."

Thomas Gloom, author of the Stories With Horror & Heart series