Born Scared. Kevin Brooks

      

      First published in Great Britain in 2016 by Electric Monkey,

      an imprint of Egmont UK Limited

      The Yellow Building, 1 Nicholas Road, London W11 4AN

      Text copyright © 2016 Kevin Brooks

      The moral rights of the author have been asserted

      First e-book edition 2016

      ISBN 978 1 4052 7619 1

      Ebook ISBN 978 1 7803 1685 7

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      Contents

       Cover

       Title Page

       Copyright

1. CHRISTMAS EVE

2. LESS THAN NOTHING

3. CHEAP AND NASTY

4. SO MANY OTHER THINGS

5. SOLID GOLD BUTTONS

6. BIG MONKEY TEETH

7. THE SNOW GLOBE

8. A BLOOD-RED NIGHTMARE

9. AT LEAST A MILLION

10. A DEAD BLACK LINE

11. MY EVERY DAY AND NIGHT

12. THE MOTHER

13. MOLOXETINE

       14. LET’S GET THIS DONE

       15. THE SNARL OF THE BEAST

       16. ONE, TWO, THREE

       17. KAYLEE

       18. THE LONESOME RATTLE

       19. 482 METRES

       20. SHOCKED WHITE

       21. THE DOOR

       22. A WORLD OF GREY-BROWN SKELETONS

       23. BITS OF BONE AND CLICKY WET THINGS

       24. THE MAD WOLF

       25. THE SNOW CAVE

       26. A FLUORESCENT BIRD OF PARADISE

       27. THE GUINEA PIG

       28. THIRTY-FIVE HEADS (AND SEVENTY EVIL EYES)

       29. THE STRANGE LAD FROM THE BIG HOUSE

       30. EVERYTHING’S A MONSTER

       31. HALF A HUMAN LEG

       32. LIGHTS AT THE END OF THE WORLD

       33. A WHIRLING DARKNESS

       34. THE HILLBILLY

       35. ONE LOST SOUL

       36. PSYCHO-STINK

       37. A THING OF COLD SILENCE

       38. GREAT BLACK TREES

       39. DO THEY KNOW IT’S CHRISTMAS?

       40. MY SKEWERED SKULL

       41. THREE THINGS

       42. JUST