Since the publication of The Savage Detectives in 2007, the work of Roberto Bolaño (1953–2003) has achieved an acclaim rarely enjoyed by literature in translation. Chris Andrews, a leading translator of Bolaño's work into English, explores the singular achievements of the author's oeuvre, engaging with its distinct style and key thematic concerns, incorporating his novels and stories into the larger history of Latin American and global literary fiction.Andrews provides new...

Adelphos Mou (My Brother) is the story of an attempt to fix a football game by a downtrodden Greek-American gambler. To cover his marker with a violent Mafia family, he approaches his late father’s old bookmaking partner, now with a son who has become a star college football quarterback. The quarterback prepares for the last game of his career, a meaningless game in which his team is heavily favored. Shaving points would be very easy if father and son were to go along.They refuse. ...

For thousands of years the Gods have been fighting to outwit each other in the ultimate war for supremacy. Only two Gods remain in the contest; the God of War and the Goddess of Healing. The stakes are high. The prize is the universe itself. The winner will be decided by pitting two empires against each other, each led by a single Champion. The gamble sets an immortal warlord with vast armies against an untried young princess... and an empire she is destined to create. Called to Divine Ser...

Is your story creating enough impact?Like starcrossed lovers, character and structure are polar opposites, something many writers struggle to reconcile. Yet despite their differences they're the twin foundations of storytelling and work together to engage your audience's heart and mind. To create compelling stories, you have to master both character and structure.Writing coach, manuscript assessor and author Chris Andrews has condensed decades of storytelli...

A past she can't outrun. A world she never knew she belonged to. A shapeshifting daughter she will do anything to protect.When a simple rescue mission goes horribly wrong, ex-cop Allura Forsayeth accidentally bonds with Jenna, the shapeshifting tigress girl she'd been sent to rescue.That simple act of kindness irrevocably draws Allura into the hidden world of Creatures, and makes her the target of an ancient feud that's been threatening to erupt for millenn...

When hybrid werewolf Kyle Smithson saves the life of a young human woman, he has no idea what trouble his actions are about to cause. He also has no idea the wife he buried centuries ago isn't dead, but now a vampire embroiled in an escalating turf war. With a promise to keep and his personal stakes growing by the hour, Kyle wants nothing more than to get out alive, but caught between a woman he once loved and the woman he's trying to help, he's about to have the fight of his life.

Urban Magic and Other Tales is a collection of short stories and flash fiction full of fantasy, sci-fi and a splash of horror, some of which have previously been published in anthologies and online magazines. Spanning time, worlds and what might be possible if we look hard enough, Urban Magic and Other Tales offers a glimpse of the creatures and possibilities hidden at the edges of our perception, along with the chance to see into worlds normally hidden from mortal eyes.The collect...

A naïve mermaid, a necklace storing the last of her lifeforce, and a ghoul willing to kill for her secrets.Mermaids are forever young and beautiful - until they run out of lifeforce. To survive, they must kill. Every. Single. Year. They're not gentle Creatures of legend. They're both deadly and vulnerable. And they were once human, too.Grace Harpeden, the youngest of all mermaids, has less than a day to live unless she can find a new victim to drown, and it...

The Oulipo (Ouvroir de littérature potentielle, or Workshop for Potential Literature) is a literary think tank that brings together writers and mathematicians. Since 1960, its worldwide influence has refreshed ways of making and thinking about literature.How to Do Things with Forms assesses the work of the group, explores where it came from, and envisages its future. Redefining the Oulipo’s key concept of the constraint in a clear and rigorous way, Chris Andrews weighs the...

"Mercenary Kate Daniels tries to save her city from divine intervention in this dramatized audiobook in the #1 New York Times bestselling urban fantasy series.As a mercenary who cleans up after magic gone wrong, Kate Daniels has seen her share of occupational hazards. Normally, waves of paranormal energy ebb and flow across Atlanta like a tide. But once every seven years, a flare comes, a time when magic runs rampant. Now Kate’s going to have to deal with problems on a much bigger s...

"No matter how much the paranormal politics of Atlanta change, one thing always remains the same in this #1 New York Times bestselling series: if there’s trouble, Kate Daniels will be in the middle of it…As the mate of the Beast Lord, Curran, former mercenary Kate Daniels has more responsibilities than it seems possible to juggle. Not only is she still struggling to keep her investigative business afloat, but she must now deal with the affairs of the Pack, including preparing her p...

"Ilona Andrews invites you to experience the first dramatized audiobook in the #1 New York Times bestselling series featuring the intriguing fantasy world of mercenary Kate Daniels.When the magic is up, rogue mages cast their spells and monsters appear, while guns refuse to fire and cars fail to start. But then technology returns, and the magic recedes as unpredictably as it arose, leaving all kinds of paranormal problems in its wake.Kate Daniels is a down-on-her-luck merce...