A serial killer vlogs his exploits. A pensioner confesses in a product review. Users discuss the latest episode of a television drama. A picture holds the disturbing secret behind an ancient shrine.There's a story behind everything, and a thread that connects us to it.[threads] by Jivan Ward is a sparkling original short story collection focusing on stories and conversations uploaded onto the internet. These eighteen stories span genres, themes, and mediums. Delving into ho...

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER‘AN AMAZING WRITER’ Margot Robbie*‘HILARIOUS’ Stylist‘DAZZLING’ Marian Keyes‘WITTY’ Guardian‘HEARTBREAKING’ Dolly Alderton‘INCREDIBLE’ Candice Carty-WilliamsJenny McLaine:• can’t afford her mortgage since her ex moved out• is about to get dumped by her bes...

WINNER OF THE COSTA FIRST NOVEL AWARDA NATIONAL BOOK FOUNDATION 5 UNDER 35WINNER OF THE BRITISH BOOK AWARD FOR DEBUT FICTION“Open Water is tender poetry, a love song to Black art and thought, an exploration of intimacy and vulnerability between two young artists learning to be soft with each other in a world that hardens against Black people.”—Yaa Gyasi, author of HomegoingIn a crowded London pub, two young p...

A compulsive, disturbingly relevant, twisty and powerful psychological, social-media thriller … NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER'Brilliantly twisty. I loved it' Lisa Jewell'Another dark banger from the Orenda Books stable … A brilliant, twisty cat-and-mouse book about fandom and obsession' Erin Kelly'Effortlessly readable, intensely chilling. That ending floored me' Chris Whitaker***LONGLISTED ...

‘Brave and beautiful.’ Stylist Magazine ‘Social media’s answer to Carol Ann Duffy’ Sunday Times STYLE ‘Divine.’ Cecelia AhernShe Must be Mad explores coming-of-age: the pain and beauty of love, the relief and the agony of turning from girl to woman, the isolation of an untethered mind and the power and subjugation of the body.Charly captures the formative experiences of today’s young women from the poignant to the prosaic in writing that is at onc...

An unmissable novel of love, disaster, heartbreak, and unexpected happy endings, by the bestselling British author of Maybe One Day.“When I was twenty-six years old my world was literally turned upside down and inside out, like a coat pocket being excavated for loose change. It was terrible, and frightening, and it taught me a lot of things I never wanted to know.”Elena Godwin has scrimped and saved for a relaxing dream holiday in Mexico w...

The fiction and poetry of Queer Little Nightmares reimagines monsters old and new through a queer lens, subverting the horror gaze to celebrate ideas and identities canonically feared in monster lit. Throughout history, monsters have appeared in popular culture as stand-ins for the non-conforming, the marginalized of society. Pushed into the shadows as objects of fear, revulsion, and hostility, these characters have long conjured fascination and self-identification in the LGBTQ+ c...

'Startlingly original stories.'S Magazine'Together they assert that love is more heart-breaking and transforming that the word necessarily conveys.'ObserverLove is not a singular concept.In this collection, seven award-winning authors explore seven concepts of love: from Philautia, self-love, to Agape, love for humanity; and from Storge, a natural affection for family, to Mania, a frenzied, obsessive love....

All prayers are answered, but sometimes the answer is no. And sometimes the answer is "let me talk to my manager and get back to you." From author Laurie Penny (Unspeakable) comes the Tor.Com Original novella, Your Orisons May Be Recorded.At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

WARNING: This book contains thirteen DARK and twisted poems, please do not read if you are uncomfortable with violence, twisted love, psychologically and emotionally twisted situations.Dark Poetry is a collection of dark psychological and emotional poems.To have one written for you send a Prompt, Word or a Picture.I’ve never cut myselfBut I’ll understand if you doI can’t blame youIt must feel so goodI can pic...

"If this poetry collection were a concert it would be a virtuoso performance warranting a standing ovation" Nation. Cymru"A culturally significant book that everyone, everywhere – irrespective of their sex – should definitely read" Buzz Magazine"Kim Moore's brave and open-hearted new collection does not offer any form of resolution to the significant questions it sets itself, but rather a working through of continuing anxieties and turmoil" Steve WhitakerMoore explores a world of femininit...

The anthology comprises 43 stories, non-fiction pieces, flash fiction and poetry, the winning entries from an international competition to capture the best of Queer writing today. This is writing that explores characters, stories and experiences beyond the mainstream. Celebrating the fascinating, the forbidden, the subversive, and even the mundane, but in essence, the view from outside. The book will be dedicated to the memory of Lucy Reynolds, the trans daughter of Sarah Beal, Publisher a...