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Winner of the Bram Stoker Award 1992

Winner of the Locus Award 1992

Shortlisted for the Phillip K. Dick Award

Nicholas is a would-be poet and video-store clerk with a weeping hole in his hand - weeping not blood, but a plasma of tears... It began with Nakota and her crooked grin.

She had to see the dark hole in the storage room down the hall. She had to make love to Nicholas beside it, and stare into its secretive, promising depths. Then Nakota began her experiments: First, she put an insect into the hole.

Then a mouse... Now from down the hall, the black hole calls out to Nicholas every day and every night. And he will go to it.

Because it has already seared his flesh, infected his soul, and started him on a journey of obsession - through its soothing, blank darkness into the blinding core of terror...

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Publication: 19 Mar 2026, Dead Ink

ISBN: 9781068349737

Extent: 256 pages

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      Description

      Winner of the Bram Stoker Award 1992

      Winner of the Locus Award 1992

      Shortlisted for the Phillip K. Dick Award

      Nicholas is a would-be poet and video-store clerk with a weeping hole in his hand - weeping not blood, but a plasma of tears... It began with Nakota and her crooked grin.

      She had to see the dark hole in the storage room down the hall. She had to make love to Nicholas beside it, and stare into its secretive, promising depths. Then Nakota began her experiments: First, she put an insect into the hole.

      Then a mouse... Now from down the hall, the black hole calls out to Nicholas every day and every night. And he will go to it.

      Because it has already seared his flesh, infected his soul, and started him on a journey of obsession - through its soothing, blank darkness into the blinding core of terror...

      Paperback
      Publication: 19 Mar 2026, Dead Ink

      ISBN: 9781068349737

      Extent: 256 pages

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