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The Black Hunger never ends.
It only grows.
Nicholas Pullen is the author of The Black Hunger, out now from Orbit Books. His short stories and essays have appeared in the Toronto Star, CrimeReads, the Copperfield Review, Anti-Heroin Chic, and on Substack.
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The Black Hunger
A Novel
The Black Hunger
Out now from Orbit Books
John Sackville will soon be dead. Shadows writhe in the corners of his cell as he mourns the death of his secret lover and as the gnawing hunger inside him grows impossible to ignore. He must write his last testament before it is too late.
The story he tells will take us to the darkest part of the human soul — a tale of otherworldly creatures, ancient cults, and a terrifying journey from the stone circles of Scotland to the icy peaks of Tibet. It is a tale that will take us to the end of the world.
A gothic masterpiece. A devastating exploration of humanity’s capacity for evil.
— Sunyi Dean, author of The Book Eaters
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A phenomenal book full of rich historical detail, occult mysticism, and slow, creeping horror. A triumph that should be on your reading list.
Thomas D. Lee
The Black Hunger reveals its horrors inch by devastating inch.
Molly O’Neill
A terrifying gothic journey to the place where the very cruelest, hungriest creatures hide in the snow, and wear our faces. This is a magisterial debut.
Michael Rowe
Rich in historical detail, poignant romance, sweeping adventure, and visceral terror.
Jennifer Thorne
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Nicholas Pullen
Nicholas Pullen is the author of The Black Hunger, out now from Orbit Books. His short stories and essays have appeared in the Toronto Star, CrimeReads, the Copperfield Review, Anti-Heroin Chic, and on Substack.
Born and raised in Toronto, educated at Oxford and McGill, Nicholas has lived in London, Ottawa, Montreal, and Quebec City. He is a Canada Council for the Arts grant recipient, placed third in the Toronto Star Short Story Contest in 2019, and is currently under contract for at least two more novels, pending over the next few years.
He currently lives in the Yukon with his husband and their dog.
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