PAUL D CooMBS
Author
the strange, the gothic, the dark, and the beautifully tragic
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Paul D Coombs is the author of several works of dark fiction mired in tragedy, and sometimes imbibed with a little hope.
His debut novel - The Great Orme, published in October 2024: A dark and sinister psychological thriller, is available now from Amazon and all good bookshops.
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THE GREAT ORME
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A dark psychological thriller, scraped and torn from the famous jutting limestone headland: The Great Orme, Llandudno, North Wales.
What if the unspeakable acts of childhood gained voice?
Seven friends - One secret
Would you face justice or fight for your freedom?
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The Great Orme is a huge limestone headland in North-Wales that towers over the Irish sea. Tucked beneath its giant head lies the small town of Llandudno. The Great Orme means Sea Serpent as named by the Vikings who knew something of the ancient land and all those that have been entranced by it. Their young blood raging at the injustice of a cruel world, Zachary Llewellyn and his six friends decide to mete out their own brand of justice. But later, the land, as alive as those that hide its secrets, insists it's time for Zac to recall his friends to the old house and to the Great Orme, that it's time to confess to being killers. But someone won't let them, and the killing starts again, and it won't stop...
And so begins a wild ride of guilt, mystery, death, and retribution.
The Great Orme is riddled with secrets and consequences, small-town hysteria, a moral dilemma at its heart - is justice something to be given or something to be taken?
Reviews of The Great Orme -
Natalie Freeman
Duncan Thompson
R. Gray
Julia R.
Caroline Greeson
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Marcus D Forster
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FOR STRANGERS ONLY
"From the wicked mind of Paul D Coombs comes fifteen beautifully tragic tales that deftly weave through the realms of the Gothic, strange, and dark. Walk through darkness and desolation alongside an author that will take your hand and break your heart in the most splendid of ways. Coombs will have you peering into the depths of the human soul until you're swallowed whole and emerge on the other side with a richer perspective."
- Sara Crocoll Smith, award-winning editor of the Love Letters to Poe anthologies
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"For Strangers Only by Paul D Coombs, a collection of multi-genre short stories where every reader finds something for themselves. The stories vary from horror and sci-fi, to dystopia, magical realism, and dark literary fiction. The author’s voice is descriptive and lyrical which gives the narration a dreamy, meditative, literary feel. Paul D Coombs writes about love, loss, life, death, but he also touches current topics like technologies, climate change, and the war in Ukraine... made me emotional, touching the very depth of my soul."
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- Valeriya Salt, author of Aurora Island, and Dive Beyond Eternity
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