Maxima Library

Award-nominated author Gary McMahon takes us “In the Skin” of a man who is losing his sanity, and in the tradition of films like “Memento", “Taxi Driver”, and “I Stand Alone”, shows us the derioration of a human mind in intimate detail.

And when that mind finally snaps, there will be blood. So much blood.

Gary McMahon is the author of several award nominated novellas, novels and short story collections. His latest mass market novels are published by Angry Robot and Solaris Books.

"Firmly in the front ranks of the new wave of British horror."

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The Guardian

"He’s one of the darkest — which is to say brightest — new stars in the firmament of horror fiction.”

—Ramsey Campbell

Keep repeating, it’s only a story, it’s only a story, it’s only a story…

Welcome to Number One Oval Lane, the last house at the top of the hill. Robert Mitchell thought he lived there with his wife and children, but he doesn’t. Not anymore. A new family—the Corbeaus—has taken up residence, and they are on a deadly mission for mischief.

Soon Robert will understand the true nature of ownership, and he will discover that real life is nothing more than a story… a horror story.

We’re playing games now. We’re just beginning.