The Why & the Why Not

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Horror, Sci-Fi, Noir, Humour, Confessions and experiments in style, framing & themes within the short story ouvre. Giving even just one person something to enjoy makes my day and keeps my engine ticking. Also food and cats will apear.

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About Nick Winney

I experiment with style and am on a mission to reach literary nirvana. a particular love for the bizarre, the horrid, the beautiful ugly and mysterious.

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