Dreadful winter cold gave way to ominous spring growth, and now the heat threatens to obliterate all: the third volume of the In the City series has arrived, and veteran editors R. B. Wood and Anna Koon have curated another impressive lineup of international talent in Summer in the City .The scorching sun heats concrete, glass, and steel nearly beyond human tolerance.The oppressive heat of Summer sits like a woole...

The first volume of Funemployment Quarterly. Ten excellent science-fiction and fantasy tales along the theme of work & free time.This is the digital edition, which is provided in e-reader friendly formats.Featuring short stories from:Amita BasuAlex HerstedtBen SheridanDennis A. HerbEve MortonJon DowdallRick DanforthJacob AustinM. Kelly PeachDerek Des Anges

What if not only everything you knew about yourself was wrong, but everything everyone else knew about you was wrong too? // Pig is in hell. // He’s been in hell for the twenty years since half a continent was atomised; since his own ignominious and contentious escape from a fate that never came; when a face from his past comes offering alleviation, he inadvertently drags behind him a young revolutionary, an extracted spy, and an admin assistant way out of her depth on an unexplained missi...

With the number of UK cases hitting a hundred, it’s clear that KBV is a problem which isn’t going away. Downing Street have released the following statement: “The total number of KBV cases in the UK is still comparatively small, and we are confident that the disease can be contained. NHS leaflets advising on lifestyle and behaviour changes which can help protect against infection will be available soon. We ask the public to remain calm and to continue to behave responsibly about their heal...

The year is 1900. An Earl, an engineer, a suburban philosopher, and an enigma meet at University and make a pact to learn the art of conjuring. But nothing among the friends is quite as it seems, and soon the happy four are plunged into worlds of political activism, crime, despair, sordid trysts, and a Faustian compact which seems set to threaten their very lives, one by one...

A rogue surgeon is about to be offered the opportunity of someone else's lifetime. An artist's model and aristocrat's mistress is about to discover even seedier underbellies than she's ever dreamed of in her already troubled imaginings. Elsewhere, righteous fury is brewing beneath the streets of the city, and almost every single horror has the stamp of one mysterious man upon it. This is London as you've never seen it before and hopefully never will again: a world where Lamarckian inherita...

The second volume of Funemployment Quarterly. Another ten excellent science-fiction and fantasy tales, this time along the theme of sabbatical.This is for the digital edition, which is provided in e-reader friendly formats.Featuring short stories from:Anne JohnsonBenjamin ThomasBen SheridanChristina FanciulloDennis A. HerbEve MortonFranco AmatiIsa OttoniKarl El-KouraMatt Cantor

Bad Dad, from Children's author David Walliams.Dads come in all sorts of shapes and sizes.There are fat ones and thin ones, tall ones and short ones.There are young ones and old ones, clever ones and stupid ones.There are silly ones and serious ones, loud ones and quiet ones.Of course, there are good dads, and bad dads …

'Armageddon only happens once, you know. They don't let you go around again until you get it right'People have been predicting the end of the world almost from its very beginning, so it's only natural to be sceptical when a new date is set for Judgement Day. But what if, for once, the predictions are right, and the apocalypse really is due to arrive next Saturday, just after tea? You could spend the time left drowning your sorrows, giving away all your possessions in prepa...

The thirteenth title in the number one bestselling CHERUB series! Ryan is on his first mission, and it's as big as they get ...Twelve-year-old Ryan is CHERUB's newest recruit. He's got his first mission: infiltrating the billion-dollar Aramov criminal empire. But he's got got no idea that this routine job will lead him into an explosive adventure involving drug smugglers, illegal immigrants and human trafficking, or that his first mission will turn into one of the biggest in CHERUB...

As seen on This Time with Alan Partridge on BBC One.THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERPraise for Nomad:'Funniest book of the year' Sunday Telegraph'Alan Partridge's Nomad is almost certainly the funniest book ever written' Caitlin Moran'Sensationally funny. What brilliant writing' Richard Osman'Sensational' Jenny Colgan'Hilarious' Jon Ronson'Brilliantly...

The second book to feature the classic crime-solving detective, Chief Inspector Wexford.The discovery of Elizabeth Nightingale's broken body in the woods near her home could not have come as a bigger shock. Called in to investigate, Chief Inspector Wexford quickly determines that the Nightingales were considered the perfect couple - wealthy, attractive and without an enemy in the world.However, someone must have been alone with Elizabeth that night in the woods. Someone who...