Pages: 147Released On: 21/10/2024 This 10th Anniversary edition of Hubert J. Watergipridget* texts for children is lovingly presented in eBook form. Not only have the original stories been edited into something readable, two more rediscovered stories have been added. Should they prove to be profitable, I’m sure many more can be found. **Watergipridget, though aContinue reading “The Tiny Compendium of Ridiculousness – Hubert J Watergipridget (Discovered by Joseph Poppy)”
Category Archives: Short Stories
Januaries – Olivie Blake
Published By: TorPages: 400Released On: 17/10/2024 Once upon a time, in a land far, far away, the spirit tethered to a magical bridge rapidly approaches burnout – and craves her freedom. Elsewhere, Congress enacts a complex auditing system designed to un-waste your youth. We also follow a banished fairy, as she answers a Craigslist ad.Continue reading “Januaries – Olivie Blake”
Of the Flesh – Various Authors
Published By: The Borough PressPages: 384Released On: 10/10/2024 These stories from eighteen master storytellers will curdle your blood, haunt your dreams and redefine terror. An exploited child worker in the silver mines of Bolivia finds an ally – but at what cost? A young woman’s workplace affair has terrifying repercussions when her lover’s wife dies.Continue reading “Of the Flesh – Various Authors”
The Book of Witty Women – Various Authors
Published By: FarragoPages: 352Released On: 25/04/2024 The Book of Witty Women showcases the very best in humorous short story writing, by outstanding contemporary women writers, including Kathy Lette, Sadia Azmat, Lucy Vine, Josie Long, Paula Lennon, and many more. It includes the winning and shortlisted stories from the Comedy Women in Print Short Story Prize. FromContinue reading “The Book of Witty Women – Various Authors”
And The Stones Cry Out – Clara Dupont-Monod
Published By: MacLehose PressPages: 176Released On: 11/04/2024Translated By: Ben Faccini This is the story of a child with black eyes that float in and out of focus, a child soft and round, with translucent, blue-veined legs unable to hold his weight. This is the story of his place in the Cévennes house where he wasContinue reading “And The Stones Cry Out – Clara Dupont-Monod”
Nature Tales for Winter Nights – Nancy Campbell
Published By: Elliott & ThompsonPages: 272Released On: 12/10/2023 As the evenings draw in – a time of reckoning, rest and restoration – immerse yourself in this new seasonal anthology. Nature Tales for Winter Nights puts winter – rural, wild and urban – under the microscope and reveals its wonder. From the late days of autumn, through deepestContinue reading “Nature Tales for Winter Nights – Nancy Campbell”
The Winter Spirits – Various Authors
Published By: SpherePages: 464Released On: 19/10/2023 Featuring new and original stories from:Bridget Collins, author of The BindingImogen Hermes Gowar, author of The Mermaid and Mrs HancockKiran Millwood Hargrave, author of The MerciesAndrew Michael Hurley, author of The LoneyJess Kidd, author of Things in JarsNatasha Pulley, author of The Watchmaker of Filigree StreetElizabeth Macneal, author of The Doll FactoryLaura Purcell, author of The Silent CompanionsSusan StokesContinue reading “The Winter Spirits – Various Authors”
Days at the Morisaki Bookshop – Satoshi Yagisawa
Published By: Manilla PressPages: 160Released On: 04/07/2023 When twenty-five-year-old Takako’s boyfriend reveals he’s marrying someone else, she reluctantly accepts her eccentric uncle Satoru’s offer to live rent-free in the tiny room above his shop. Hidden in Jimbocho, Tokyo, the Morisaki Bookshop is a booklover’s paradise. On a quiet corner in an old wooden building, theContinue reading “Days at the Morisaki Bookshop – Satoshi Yagisawa”
Normal Rules Don’t Apply – Kate Atkinson
Published By: DoubledayPages: 240Released On 24/08/2023 In this first full collection since Not the End of the World, we meet a queen who makes a bargain she cannot keep; a secretary who watches over the life she has just left; a man whose luck changes when a horse speaks to him.With clockwork intricacy, inventiveness and sharpContinue reading “Normal Rules Don’t Apply – Kate Atkinson”
Books By Your Bedside 