"weird, sharp, raw"—CSE Cooney, two-times World Fantasy Award winner, author of the Saint Death series"Totally original. Fabulous, in the real meaning of the word."—Garry Kilworth, World Fantasy Award winnerMost fantasies don't escape people's mouths."Those three plump faces with their oh so appealing eyes prick tears out of hers. Their sale papers include warnings to remove the eyes if heating, because the glass in others has exploded. He cal...

The Finest Ass in the Universe is the second story collection by Anna Tambour. Tambour is an Aurealis Award winner and a World Fantasy Award nominee. The Finest Ass in the Universe collects 26 incredible fantastic visions. Five stories are original to this collection.Elation, compulsion, exploration, love and exquisitely timed bullying, a lascivious oyster, a man called Eggplant, the dangers of smelling like honey pudding, the enticement of innocent toadlets, the unending day of de...

The Walking-Stick Forest, by Anna Tambour, is a dark fantasy about a recluse who creates collectible walking sticks in post WWI Scotland by manipulating the woods somewhat like bonsais. He refuses a commission from a very rich, powerful man, never considering or caring about the consequences.At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

An unnamed gun finds its strange life recounted through a series of unsavory owners. Born into uncertain origins, the gun bounces between small-time crooks, violent criminals, regular Joes down on their luck, and the occasional psychopath. As the gun is passed from hand to hand, it observes the seedy underbelly of society across decades, developing a cynical, jaded personality and dark sense of humor. When the gun becomes jammed and unable to fire, it finds brief solace living with a woman...

During a family reunion of gods, some experience ecstasy, some experience frustration, some experience annoyance, and some experience dread of the one who made them.

No chocolate on the pillow but a campfire on pavement, s'mores, and tall tales at this motel on a low-budget bus tour of the Grand Canyon.

This stirring canine Robinsonade-cum-utopia with a trace of Animal Farm will evoke tears, laughter, horror—and a sense that turnabout is fair play when dogs rebel against the cruelties of humans.The Paul Di Filippo Presents series showcases modern masterpieces of science fiction and fantasy selected by acclaimed author and critic Paul Di Filippo.

From the totally not bestselling author of Crandolin (shortlisted for the World Fantasy Award), an extraordinary and moving novel that confronts and defies boundaries.“Thank you,” said Arthur. “There’s always hope.” He’d always hated that facile truism, but said it because he’d thought it was expected. From the Croatian’s startled expression, he knew how gruesomely wrong he was.That night Mrs Ma’s butterfly brooch came to him in a dream—flying in, ...

A powerfully evocative portrait of an alternative community in the early 1970s, told with a child's-eye simplicity by a young resident. Short fiction from an author whose work has been described by World Fantasy Award-winner Jeff VanderMeer as "Rapacious, intelligent and witty"."Monterra's Deliciosa & Other Tales & could never be mistaken for ordinary genre fiction ... don't imagine this as high falutin' 'lit'rature' accessible only to people with advanced degrees. Anyone with a ta...

Tim Thornbourne, successful in business but not in marriage, retreats to the country to grow gourmet and largely forgotten fruit. In time his orchard would become a Mecca for foodies and he, Tim Thornbourne, would be The Man Who Rediscovered the Medlar. But the last thing he expected was for the orchard to become a cooperative venture. Moving and surprising fiction from an author described by World Fantasy Award-winner Jeff VanderMeer as "Rapacious, intelligent and witty".

Angela Pendergast, escapee from the Australian bush, grew up with the smell of hot mutton fat in her hair, the thought of her teeth crunching a cold Tim Tam chocolate biscuit-the height of decadent frivolity. Now, though her tastes have grown and she knows absolutely what she wants, her life is embarrassingly stuck. So when the Devil drops into her bedroom in her sharehouse in inner-city Sydney with a contract in hand, she signs. He's got only a Hell's week to fulfil his side, bu...

"Readers who know Lovecraft's legacy mostly through turgid and tentacled Cthulhu Mythos pastiches will find this book a treasure trove of literary terrors." — Publishers Weekly (starred review)Here are nineteen Lovecraftian stories—both new and rediscovered—that take their cues from the mythos of the iconic horror writer. Today's masters of supernatural thrills celebrate H. P. Lovecraft's oeuvre with tales of weird fiction and cosmic horror, collected by H...