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    Carpe Detritus: Short Reads, #11
    Carpe Detritus: Short Reads, #11
    Carpe Detritus: Short Reads, #11
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    Carpe Detritus: Short Reads, #11

    By Tim Mendees

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    It's a dirty job, but someone has to do it, right?

    Refuse collection is a miserable task at the best of times, but Matthew's life is about to get a whole lot worse.

    A routine clearance job turns his life upside down as something insidious makes its presence felt. Thrown into a waking nightmare of shadowy figures and ancient abominations, can Matthew survive with his body and mind intact?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBlack Hare Press
    Release dateMay 15, 2021
    ISBN9781393960447
    Carpe Detritus: Short Reads, #11

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