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A raw slice of urban menace as immediate as a dangerous night out on the town. In the vivid language of the streets it invokes the paranoid spirit of the city. It's as harsh and clear as neon, and it rings alarmingly true. Be warned - this is not comfortable fiction. Perhaps there's no escape. -- Ramsey Campbell

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About the Author

Stephen McGeagh studied English at MMU before returning as a postgraduate to their Writing School and successfully completing his MA Creative Writing in 2011. Habit (Salt, 2012) is his first novel. As well as working on the screenplay adaptation for Habit (Not A Number, 2017), Stephen is a musician and lyricist with the band Colibra.

Reviews

The message, if there is one, seems to be that only those at the top and bottom of society's food chain can abandon conventional morality, those who have nothing to gain by adhering to social mores or lose through abandoning them, though here, for Michael and the others, ultimately that doesn't turn out to be the case. Not so much a horror story as misery memoir etched on human flesh and with blood red trim, this is a powerful first appearance from a young writer who will bear watching. -- Peter Tennant Black Static Magazine