Meet Mim Webster: bored, underchallenged, hapless. A call-centre operative and wife to her childhood sweetheart, Mim’s world is small and staid.That is, until it isn’t.Meet Wiggy: aristocratic, small-minded and out of touch. Accustomed to a life of luxury, his judgemental, bigoted attitudes are at odds with Mim’s working class sensibilities.When these two lost souls seeking closure of different kinds are thrown together at a badly-s...

Book 3 of Frost Zone Stories - Ten tales of the unexpected, the chilling, the dreadful, and the strangeStories by: Jay McKenzie, Andrew Humphrey, Thomas Nicholson, Damir Salkovic, E.F. Ritter, Rex Burows Mike A. Rhodes, Alistair Rey,Isabelle Nygren, and SJ Townend

Ratburger, from Children's author David Walliams.Things are not looking good for Zoe. Her stepmother Sheila is so lazy she gets Zoe to pick her nose for her. The school bully Tina Trotts makes her life a misery – mainly by flobbing on her head. And now the evil Burt from Burt’s Burgers is after her pet rat! And guess what he wants to do with it? The clue is in the title…

Cassandra Khaw bursts onto the scene with Hammers on Bone, a hard-boiled horror show that Charles Stross calls "possibly the most promising horror debut of 2016." A finalist for the British Fantasy award and the Locus Award for Best Novella!John Persons is a private investigator with a distasteful job from an unlikely client. He’s been hired by a ten-year-old to kill the kid’s stepdad, McKinsey. The man in question is abusive, abrasive, an...

An exceptional third book in the horror anthology series which Publishers Weekly highlighted as “Beautifully written pieces that lean into the intuitive and fantastic.”Close to Midnight is the third volume in an annual, non-themed horror series of entirely original stories, showcasing the very best short fiction that the genre has to offer, and edited by Mark Morris. This new anthology contains 20 original horror stories, 16 of which have been com...

For eight years Flora's love affair with Fin was a whirlwind of fun and spontaneity - but when Flora wanted to settle down and have children, Fin vanished.Life moved on and Flora's world filled with other people, other cares. There were benefits to being single - no socks under the bed, no mess in the bathroom - even if the memory of Fin could never be completely erased.But then suddenly, shockingly, Fin reappears. He's a changed man, he says, and her wants her back.

18 ghost stories will chill you to the bone in this horror anthology featuring original short stories by Joe Hill, Paul Tremblay, and more!“I’m incredibly impressed. It’s beautifully crafted, elegant work.” —Clive Barker, author of The Hellbound Heart and Books of BloodThe brightest names in horror fiction showcase a ghastly collection of 18 ghost stories that will have you watching over your shoulder, heart racing at ever...

Truth Alan Reacher was a biker. He was a bladesmith. What he was not, was a fool.The moment he walked in on his girl screwing his cousin on his bike, he does the only thing he can do.He ditches the bike seat—and the girl—riding right out of her life without a backwards glance.That is until he’s forced to attend the marriage of his cousin to his cheating ex-girlfriend. The only bright spot of the entire thing was watching some chick go off on the groom—the groom’s ex...

Paul Tremblay, Ramsey Campbell, and other modern masters of horror explore just how scary it is to be alone in this horror anthology featuring 20 horror short stories.Lost in the wilderness, or alone in the dark, isolation remains one of our deepest held fears. This horror anthology from Shirley Jackson and British Fantasy Award finalist Dan Coxon calls on leading horror writers to confront the dark moments, the challenges that we must face alone: survivors in a wo...

The perfect escapist read from the Sunday Times bestselling author‘The feeling you get when you read a Milly Johnson book should be bottled and made available on the NHS’ Debbie JohnsonNew beginnings, old secrets, and a place to call home - escape to Wildflower Cottage for love, laughter and friendship …Viv arrives at Wildflower Cottage, a tumbledown animal sanctuary, for the summer. Her job is to ...

'She turns her head and smiles. Something is wrong with her face. The bones have been recarved. Her lips are thin and her nose is a dark blade. Teeth small and yellow. The lashes of her hazel eyes have thickened and her brows are drawn together, an expression he has never seen, a look that is almost craven.'Mrs Fox is the story of a husband who is shocked out of his complacency when his wife undergoes a remarkable transformation."The poetic use of language, the dexterity an...

**‘Delightfully romantic and touching.’**Phillipa Ashley on Sunrise at Butterfly CoveA season for change…?Beth Reynolds loved growing up close to Eleanor’s Emporium – a bric-a-brac shop full of wonders on Lavender Bay. Devastated to learn that Eleanor has died, she returns home from London immediately and is shocked to discover that the elderly lady has left the shop to her!Vowing to restore it to its former glory, she only intends to stay until th...