The Cipher
by Kathe Koja
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A bottomless black hole in a storage room. A mysterious, black-hearted young woman. Nicholas, would-be poet and video-store clerk, must contend with more terror and obsession than he ever thought possible in Kathe Koja's debut novel of psychological horror. This novel won the Horror Writers of America Bram Stoker Award, and the Locus Award for Best First Novel. It was also nominated for the Philip K. Dick Award for Best Paperback Original.
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9780440207825,
Paperback,
Bantam Books,
1991
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Publisher Notes
When a black hole materializes in the storage room down the hall from his apartment, poet and video store clerk Nicholas allows his curiosity to lead him into the depths of terror.
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"...['The Cipher'] takes you into the lives of the dark dreamers that crawl on the underbelly of art and culture. Seldom has language been so visceral and so right, the phrases sometimes pinpricks looking for a witch's mark and sometimes knifethrusts to the heart."
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