Mat Coward has been writing a monthly gardening column for the Morning Star newspaper since 1993, mostly concentrating on the organic cultivation of fruit and vegetables. This collection gathers around 100 of his favourite columns from the last two decades.

A hilarious collection of misprints, double entendres, crazy headlines, bloopers and other amazing press cuttings, from the author of the popular @MatsHeadlines Twitter feed.

Nine stories of cats and crime, by one of mystery fiction's most acclaimed writers of short stories.

Seventeen extraordinary stories, covering science-fiction, fantasy, horror and slipstream, by one of Britain's most acclaimed short story writers. Reviewers loved the paperback edition:"Warmly wonderful" - Interzone."Excellent" - Strange Horizons."Pure enjoyment" - Future Fire."All of these stories are excellent" - Prism."A fabulous collection" - sfcrowsnest.com.

Mat Coward's critically-acclaimed police procedural, set in a near-future London, is the most topical crime novel of the decade.In a world of fuel shortage, food scarcity, and wars over water, the Commonwealth of Britain is struggling to turn necessity into opportunity, and build a happier, more efficient, and more democratic nation. It's a new society, with new rules - it's just a pity no-one told the criminals ..."Both dead serious and hilariously funny ... One of the mos...

Twelve-year-old Splodge Hodge lives with his family (Mum, Dad, Non-Existent Sister, and Phart the Dog) on an ordinary, peaceful housing estate somewhere in England.Peaceful, that is, until a new family moves in across the road. Well, what would you do if your neighbours from hell really were … neighbours from hell?

Rill is sent to the city to serve his apprenticeship as a soother's boy, one who calms the animals known as ravings after their powerful magic has been taken from them by the beastmasters. But the magic factory is full of mystery and danger, with rituals and rules that often seem to Rill not only pointless but cruel. As his confusion mounts and his troubles multiply, the soother's boy can trust just one person - his fellow apprentice Challi, a young girl who is his only friend in the entir...

Twelve tales of crime, from one of the most acclaimed short story writers of his generation."One of the most original and gifted writers in contemporary crime fiction." - Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine."Possibly the best writer of short stories working in the crime world today." - Ian Rankin."He's magic." - Peter Lovesey.Reviews of You Can Jump:"a comic genius of the written word." - Lillabullero; "Original and witty, a real master of the form." – Mart...

Suppose all the monsters in the world went on strike ...Fear is an essential part of human life, and for centuries it's been provided by vampires, werewolves, zombies and ghouls. But what happens when the monsters take to the picket line? What happens to society when real terrors take over from imaginary ones? A novella about zombie capitalism, written by one of the most praised short story writers of his generation.

A Don Packham and Frank Mitchell Mystery.At a London pub one February night, a lock-in is in progress. Thirteen members and supporters of the Hollow Head's darts team are celebrating a great victory over a rival house. But by midnight, one of them is dead, her head caved in with a concrete doorstop in the ladies' lavatory.Detective Inspector Don Packham and newly promoted Detective Constable Frank Mitchell soon establish that no stranger or passer-by killed Yvonne Wood. And...

TEMPERS FLARE IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT……And the wrong move, the wrong word, even the wrong look can set off any man or woman already driven past their boiling point. A Hot and Sultry Night for Crime, edited by bestselling author Jeffery Deaver, features 20 stories of people dealing with not just the torrid weather, but all different kinds of heat. From a retired police chief pitching in on a missing dog report that leads to him solving a murder to...

VIGILANTE? VICTIM? VILLAIN?Where is your breaking point? Would you defy the law in pursuit of justice? How far would you have to be pushed before you got…blood on your hands?Nineteen gripping crime and mystery stories reveal the transgressions ordinary people commit when they feel they have no other choice. What should be a marriage of wealth and privilege contains only dark secrets of the heart. A long-ago crime of passion on the lake returns to haunt ever...