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The Decagon Key

By Kayla Hicks, Ross Young, Elizabeth Eckstein, Marios Eracleous, Melissa Rose Rogers, SJ Covey, Cix and Victoria Zander, Jethro Weyman, Trixie Pereira, Peter James Martin

It's just an ordinary day in the life of the Grim Reaper until his slippery, boney fingers drop The Decagon Key down the sink while rinsing a teacup. 

The Night Foundry's first anthology follows The Decagon Key as it passes through 11 stories based on each author's universe. What destruction does The Decagon Key wish to unleash in each world? This is entirely dependent upon the finder of The Key.

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LOVED this anthology! This was a brilliant collection with a highly clever way of weaving the short stories together. The Key was an epic idea, and I loved the different takes. Highly recommended!

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    Kayla Hicks

    You can find Hicks outdoors with her husband and daughter, her nose in a good book, or playing video games. Some of her favorite books include Under the Never Sky, 28 and a Half Wishes, and anything by Colleen Hoover. Writing however is her greatest passion and has been since high school. Hicks is also the author of Kale Stone: An Outliers Tale available on Amazon.You can find Hicks outdoors with her husband and daughter, her nose in a good book, or playing video games. Some of her favorite books include Under the Never Sky, 28 and a Half Wishes, and anything by Colleen Hoover. Writing however is her greatest passion and has been since high school. Hicks is also the author of Kale Stone: An Outliers Tale available on Amazon.

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    Ross Young

    Ross Young was born in Newcastle Upon Tyne in a hospital that has since been knocked down. He spent his childhood in a variety of international locales and uses this fact to affect an air of the windswept and interesting, badly. He enjoys diving and travelling and has lived and worked in various interesting places.

    Dead Heads is his debut novel and forms part of a series of books set in the city of Gloomwood. He does not write from experience as, despite his appearance and demeanour, he is not dead. You can find him @rossyoungsulk on twitter.

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    Marios Eracleous

    Dyslexic and proud Nursery Teacher by day and a writer by night, Marios Eracleous has written many science-fiction stories and web serials over the years. His passion for sci-fi comes from his love of the worlds brought to life in British and US cult classic TV, especially Doctor Who and Star Trek

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    SJ Covey

    SJ Covey lives in Penistone with her husband and their Labrador. Her debut novel, book 1 FamiLIES, of the YA fantasy series The Order, is soon to be released, with further books in the series to follow at a later date.

    SJ recently won FLAMETREE PRESS–BEST ORIGINAL HORROR for her short story, Grace me with your presence. You may recognise one of the characters from this anthology, he has blue eyes.

    @BILIGRATES is a stand alone short story.

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    Jethro Weyman

    Jethro is a nineties child, born in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England and raised in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire. He has grown into a cycling, bouldering, wandering physiotherapist working for the NHS in Birmingham, England.

    He dreams to one day write for a living and bu living he means pay for one grocery shop per month (or two). He believe small goals are the key to the longevity of sanity, though, as can possibly be told from his work, this is not necessarily working as well as planned.

    He enjoys making people think, even if that thought is 'what the hell was that all about?' or ' We need to keep an eye on this one.'

    He hopes you enjoy what he has to say and, if you didn't, he kindly requests that you write your criticisms down on a piece of paper, fold it up nice and tight, then hold it just above a flame. He's very perceptive, and smoke signals are his favourite form of communication.

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    Trixie Pereira

    Trixie prefers to write about characters rather than focus on a particular genre. She flirts with low-fantasy, romance, sci-fi, and paranormal, and evidently has commitment issues. Trixie loves bubble tea, tigers, and roaming aimlessly at malls. In her spare time, you will find her either drawing mediocre digital art or watching gaming streams.

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    Peter James Martin

    Peter James Martin is Teesside born and bred, having spent all his life so far in the quiet town of Thornaby on Tees, which is nestled snuggly right next to the River Tees. When he’s not writing he’s spending his days with his family, surviving the rigours of two boys and two Shih Tzu dogs.

  • Other Authors

    Elizabeth Eckstein

    Melissa Rose Rogers

    Cix and Victoria Zander