The Gulp by Alan Baxter

The Gulp by Alan Baxter

Strange things happen in The Gulp. The residents have grown used to it.

The isolated Australian harbour town of Gulpepper is not like other places. Some maps don't even show it. And only outsiders use the full name. Everyone who lives there calls it The Gulp. The place has a habit of swallowing people.

A truck driver thinks the stories about The Gulp are made up to scare him. Until he gets there.

Teenage siblings try to cover up the death of their mother, but their plans go drastically awry.

A rock band invite four backpackers to a party at their house, where things get dangerously out of hand.

A young man loses a drug shipment and his boss gives him 48 hours to make good on his mistake.

Under the blinking eye of the old lighthouse, a rock fisher makes the strangest catch of his life.

Five novellas. Five descents into darkness. Welcome to The Gulp, where nothing is as it seems.

Alan Baxter is a multi-award-winning horror, supernatural thriller, and dark fantasy novelist from the United Kingdom and Australia. He's also a dog lover, a martial arts expert, and a whisky-soaked swear monkey. He lives with his wife, kid, hound, and other creatures among dairy paddocks on the beautiful south coast of NSW, Australia, where he writes dark, strange stories. You may find him online at www.warriorscribe.com, where he has written more than twenty publications, including novels, novellas, and two short story collections. Feel free to share your thoughts with him. Anything goes.