This book provides a single source of guidance on the protected-species survey data that accompany planning applications. Comprehensive and clear, it is an essential reference for planners and ecological consultants.New development proposals potentially affect protected species on a daily basis. For the first time, this guide brings together in one place all the key elements needed to collect and interpret survey data for protected species and therefore help determine planning appl...

John wants to turn his life around, and that starts with a marriage proposal to his girlfriend. All that's standing between him and this act is a simple journey on the London Underground. Except that this journey will be anything but simple. Strange old ladies, apathetic passengers, a nervous Asian man and a deepening sense of unease are all obstacles to overcome, but will John gain redemption and an easy passage? Or, will this train ride lead to somewhere darker, dimmer and altogether hor...

When the mutilated corpse of a wealthy author is found within the grounds of a stately home, the police officer sent to investigate finds a curious diary amongst the occult objects that dominate the scene. Will he uncover the author’s secret at the ruined chapel that lies across the wasteland, and does he really want to pay the price of such knowledge?

A story about a frightening walk I had in the fog one cold winter's night a long time ago in Sunbury on Thames, Middlesex, England.

"Oh dear, this isn't good," I said to myself. "How on earth can I help this poor seagull?"

Catastrophic floods have devastated England and left Meg's home underwater.She persuades her son Martin to escape by boat. But after he's gone, she hears voices downstairs. Looters are looking for money - and her gun.Will Meg survive?

Could you drive a knife into your loved ones' head to stop them from returning from the dead?Frank Collins Jnr sat in an empty apartment with his dead wife cradled on his lap. She was infected by a virus that swept through the city of New York and beyond - a virus that brought people back from the dead.But Frank had a knife. And Frank knows what to do to stop her from returning.But can he do it to the one he loves?

This second book of poetry by K. J. Tesar is an ecclectic selection of his poetry, spanning many different styles, and exposing the different emotions, and mental states, of people confronted with the curse of life. Through the intricacies of his poetry he manages to express the sense of man's constant battle with his external world, and his inner self. Many of his poems examine the inner workings of man's soul, laying it bare in all it's complexity. The first poem of the collection, which...

A drifter finds an interesting shop that shouldn't exist. It sells impossible things and leads to impossible decisions.

Michael Stevens had to kill and eat those fourteen women. Their meat was too delicious, and he couldn't resist. His rampage was finally put to an end, but he avoided the death penalty. Admitted to Tersen Asylum for the past three years, he hopes to reform his cannabalistic ways. But with a vegetarian diet and a new nurse that's the exact meat he once craved, will he be able to stay in control?

On their perilous drive home from a New Year's Eve celebration, through swirling snow and much the worse for drink, a couple are caught in a near-fatal accident. Out of the blizzard appears a figure to help them. But his story will change their lives forever.

Darren Hobson has built his reputation on writing long, sprawling verse—a blunt, darkly comic voice that refuses to tidy itself up for easy reading. His work moves through territory most writers avoid, written to confront, to unsettle, and to expose the harsh reality beneath modern life.But what happens when a poet who thrives in the darkness deliberately turns his gaze to the mundane?The publication of Just Keeping It Simple is in itself a provoca...