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Gary McMahon

Author of The Concrete Grove

70+ Works 522 Members 28 Reviews 2 Favorited

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Series

Works by Gary McMahon

The Concrete Grove (2011) 81 copies
Pretty Little Dead Things (2010) 72 copies
Dead Bad Things (2011) 48 copies
Beyond Here Lies Nothing: The Concrete Grove Trilogy (2012) 28 copies
Silent Voices: The Concrete Grove Book 2 (2012) 27 copies
Nightsiders (2013) 23 copies
Rain Dogs (2008) 21 copies
Tales of the Weak & the Wounded (2012) 14 copies
The Black Book of Horror (Bk. 1) (2007) 13 copies
The Grieving Stones (2016) 11 copies
The Bones of You (2013) 11 copies
TOMES OF THE DEAD: HUNGRY HEARTS (2009) 10 copies
Where You Live (2013) 10 copies
Rough Cut (2006) 9 copies
How to Make Monsters (2010) 7 copies
We Fade to Grey (2008) 7 copies
Different Skins (2009) 7 copies
Dirty Prayers (2007) 7 copies
Reaping the Dark (2014) 7 copies
All Your Gods Are Dead (2007) 6 copies
Explaining growth : a global research project (2003) — Editor — 5 copies
In the skin (2011) 5 copies
Voices (2008) 5 copies
What They Hear in the Dark 5 copies
Darker Minds (2012) 4 copies
DEATH RATTLES (2011) 4 copies
Pieces of Midnight 4 copies
Large Mines and the Community: Socioeconomic and Environmental Effects in Latin America, Canada, and Spain (2001) 4 copies
The End (2014) 3 copies
Dead To The World 3 copies
Hum Drum 3 copies
Dark Minds Anthology (2011) 3 copies
To Usher, the Dead (2012) 3 copies
Diversity in Economic Growth: Global Insights and Explanations (Global Development Network) (2009) 3 copies
Strange Scenes From An Unfinished Film 3 copies
Urban Occult (2013) 3 copies
Nowhere People 2 copies
There's A Bluebird In My Heart 2 copies
The Night Just Got Darker (2015) 2 copies
Camp in Literature (2006) 2 copies
The Harm (2010) 2 copies
Through The Cracks 2 copies
Survivor Guilt 2 copies
At Home in the Shadows (Black Shuck Shadows) (2019) 2 copies
Pumpkin Night 2 copies
Mining and the community : results of the quito conference (EMT occasional paper No 11) 1 copy
Straw Babies 1 copy
Along Life's Trail 1 copy
This Isn't Anywhere You Know 1 copy
Visions Fading Fast: v. 1 (2012) 1 copy
Some Bruising May Occur (2020) 1 copy
Proof 1 copy
Thin Men With Yellow Faces 1 copy
Guidance 1 copy
Kurt Vonnegut and the Centrifugal Force of Fate (2009) 1 copy
Large Mines & Community:(Spanish) Pb: Grandes Minas Y La Comunidad:Efectos Socioeconomicos Y Ambientales En… (2003) 1 copy
The Good, Light People (in Strange Tales III - PARKER) 1 copy
My Burglar (in Nemonymous 4 - LEWIS) 1 copy
New Science (in Nemonymous 5 - LEWIS) 1 copy
Usher's Christmas Spirit 1 copy
Just Up Ahead and Off the Road 1 copy
Black Glass [short story] 1 copy
Teen Spirit 1 copy
Like A Stone 1 copy
Out On A Limb 1 copy
It Knows Where You Live 1 copy
Late Runners 1 copy
Deformation 1 copy
A Shade Of Yellow 1 copy
Tethered Dogs 1 copy
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Associated Works

The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 2008: 21st Annual Collection (2008) — Contributor — 168 copies
Fearful Symmetries (2014) — Contributor — 141 copies
A Season in Carcosa (2012) — Contributor — 124 copies
The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 19 (2008) — Contributor — 123 copies
The Best Horror of the Year Volume Five (2013) — Contributor — 123 copies
Zombies: The Recent Dead (2010) — Contributor — 122 copies
The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 20 (2009) — Contributor — 116 copies
The Best Horror of the Year Volume Eight (2016) — Contributor — 111 copies
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror 2010 Edition (2010) — Contributor — 107 copies
Halloween (2011) — Contributor — 74 copies
The Best Horror of the Year Volume Nine (2017) — Contributor — 73 copies
The Cutting Room: Dark Reflections of the Silver Screen (2014) — Contributor — 62 copies
The Dead That Walk: Flesh-Eating Stories (2009) — Contributor — 54 copies
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Thirteen (2021) — Contributor — 46 copies
The End of the Line: An Anthology of Underground Horror (2010) — Contributor — 43 copies
Attic Toys (2012) — Contributor — 40 copies
The Mammoth Book of Kaiju (2016) — Contributor — 39 copies
Best New Zombie Tales (Vol. 1) (2010) — Contributor — 33 copies
Unspeakable Horror: From the Shadows of the Closet (2008) — Contributor — 27 copies
Strange Tales, Volume III (2007) — Contributor — 24 copies
Bound for Evil: Curious Tales of Books Gone Bad (2008) — Contributor — 24 copies
The Bitten Word (2010) — Contributor — 24 copies
Dead Souls (Anthology 25-in-1) (2009) — Contributor — 19 copies
Cinema Futura (2010) — Contributor — 19 copies
Chiral Mad (Anthology) (2012) — Contributor — 18 copies
Dangerous Games (2014) — Contributor — 16 copies
Best New Zombie Tales Trilogy (Vol. 1, 2 & 3) (2012) — Contributor — 16 copies
Fear the Reaper (2013) — Introduction — 15 copies
The Spectral Book of Horror Stories (2014) — Contributor — 15 copies
Undead & Unbound: Unexpected Tales From Beyond the Grave (Chaosium Fiction) (2013) — Contributor — 14 copies
Into the Dreamlands (2007) — Contributor — 14 copies
At Ease with the Dead (2007) — Contributor — 14 copies
Horror For Good: A Charitable Anthology (Volume 1) (2012) — Contributor — 14 copies
Eulogies II: Tales from the Cellar (2013) — Contributor — 14 copies
Acquainted with the Night (2004) — Contributor — 13 copies
Chiral Mad 2 (Anthology) (2013) — Contributor — 13 copies
Uncertainties Volume II (2016) — Contributor — 13 copies
Shadows Edge (2013) — Contributor — 12 copies
Gutshot (2011) — Contributor — 12 copies
Poe's Progeny (2005) — Contributor — 10 copies
For the Night is Dark (2013) — Contributor — 10 copies
Terror Tales of the Lake District (2011) — Contributor — 10 copies
Vivisepulture (2011) — Contributor — 9 copies
Never Again: Weird Fiction Against Racism and Fascism (2010) — Contributor — 9 copies
Best Horror of the Year, Volume Fifteen (2024) — Contributor — 8 copies
Shades of Darkness (2008) — Contributor — 8 copies
The Second Black Book of Horror (2008) — Contributor — 6 copies
The Third Black Book of Horror (2008) — Contributor — 6 copies
Imposter Syndrome (2017) — Contributor — 6 copies
The Alchemy Press Book of Horrors (2018) — Contributor — 5 copies
Terror Tales of the Cotswolds (2012) — Contributor — 5 copies
Nightmare Magazine, August 2018 (2018) — Contributor — 4 copies
The Fourth Black Book of Horror (2009) — Contributor — 4 copies
Horror Without Victims (2013) — Contributor — 4 copies
Twisted Histories (2013) — Contributor — 4 copies
Best British Horror 2015 (2015) — Contributor — 4 copies
Something Remains (2016) — Contributor — 4 copies
Zombies Vs Robots: Diplomacy (2013) — Contributor — 3 copies
Terror Tales of Yorkshire (2014) — Contributor — 3 copies
Dark Satanic Mills (2017) — Contributor — 3 copies
Apparitions (2009) — Contributor — 3 copies
Uncertainties: Twenty-One Strange Tales (2016) — Contributor — 2 copies
Newcon Press Sampler — Contributor — 1 copy

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Common Knowledge

Canonical name
McMahon, Gary
Birthdate
1969
Gender
male

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Reviews

The Concrete Grove by Gary McMahon
Unfortunately, this one is a “nope”. I’m far enough in to know that the writing style will not work for me, but not far enough in to be able give it any kind of a rating. Ordinarily, I’d persist until at least 50 pages before making a decision about the book one way or another, and to feel comfortable assigning a rating, but as I’m going out of town this weekend, I just don’t want to deal with it.

So, DNF, no rating. I was reading this for the 2017 Booklikes-opoly square Cars Land 18: Read a book that was published in 2006, 2011, 2013, or 2014, the years of Cars and its sequels, or that has a car on the cover, but will choose another book instead.

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Doodlebug34 | 7 other reviews | Jan 1, 2024 |
Dead Bad Things: A Thomas Usher Novel by Gary McMahon
I loved the mix of horror and mystery. I read this series out of order but look forward to going back and reading the 1st one.
 
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cdaley | 3 other reviews | Nov 2, 2023 |
Pretty Little Dead Things: A Thomas Usher Novel by McMahon
Similar to last reviewer I found this repetitive and tiresome. I felt no connection to the main character - or any of the characters - and it was a slog to get to the end. If it wasn't for an unexpected trip this week giving me some reading time I doubt I would have even finished it.
 
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rosienotrose | 3 other reviews | Jul 11, 2023 |
Pretty Little Dead Things (Thomas Usher) by Gary McMahon
Good premise, awful production. Thomas Usher is not relatable or sympathetic. Half-baked ideas thrown in randomly (tattoos?), the ending is atrocious, the villains boil down to caricatures.
 
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thessaly | 3 other reviews | Sep 1, 2022 |
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Awards

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British Fantasy Award
Black Quill Award

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Works
70
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Members
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Rating
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Reviews
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ISBNs
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