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The Doll Maker

1953172 pagesIndoEuropeanPublishing.com

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A reclusive doll maker creates lifelike figures that seem to possess a disturbing sentience. When a young woman becomes entangled in his world, she uncovers the dark secrets behind his creations and the unsettling reality of their existence. This story delves into the uncanny and the psychological depths of obsession.

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John William Wall, pen name Sarban, was a British writer and diplomat. Wall's diplomatic career lasted more than thirty years, but his writing career as Sarban was brief and not prolific, ending during the early 1950s. Sarban is described in The Encyclopedia of Fantasy as "a subtle, literate teller of tales, conscious of the darker and less acceptable implications that underlie much popular literature". Wall cited the supernatural fiction of Arthur Machen and Walter de la Mare as influences on h...

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