The first volume of Fight Like A Girl was produced in response to accusations that stories of women warriors were somehow unrealistic and anachronistic. Sadly the need to counter such narratives still exists, but with this new volume we have also sought to broaden the types of women in the stories, and the ways in which they fight. In this book you will find a variety of science fiction and fantasy stories by top women writers. The heroines will face down adversity in many different ways a...

Finalist: Best Anthology, British Fantasy Awards, 2014What do you get when some of the best women writers of genre fiction come together to tell tales of female strength? A powerful collection of science fiction and fantasy ranging from space operas and near-future factional conflict to mediaeval warfare and urban fantasy. These are not pinup girls fighting in heels; these warriors mean business. Whether keen combatants or reluctant fighters, each and every one of these characters ...

Colinthology is a collection of light-hearted, uplifting fantasy and SF short stories, put together in memory of Colin Harvey, who passed away suddenly in August 2011. They are the kind of stories we think he would have enjoyed over a quiet pint, and we hope that's how you'll enjoy them too. The book is edited by Roz Clarke and Joanne Hall, with cover art by Andy Bigwood. All of the stories have been donated for free by friends of Colin, and all of the proceeds are being donated t...

A sequel to the popular Airship Shape & Bristol Fashion. Steampunk fiction from the South-West of England.In this anthology our authors once again challenge the notion that steampunk looks back on Victoriana through rose-tinted goggles. Still rooted in Bristol, these stories stretch out across greater distances, through time and space, through danger and adversity, to explore ideas of Empire and adventure. Some are funny, some are dark, and each of them will take you somew...

Airship Shape & Bristol Fashion brings together tales from the light and dark sides of steampunk. Living ghosts, walking ferns and ingenious androids populate visions of the city of Bristol at once familiar and peculiar. Above them soar magnificent men, and women, in their flying machines. Whether they are seeking release, revenge or adventure, the characters in these stories will draw you down the side-streets of Bristol to the brass and steam-filled worlds you never dreamed were there.

Shortlisted for the CWA Debut Dagger AwardThe Times Crime Book of the Month, April 2018‘A fascinating debut’ The Sunday Times‘A touch of Agatha Christie, a dash of Ann Cleeves’s Vera and a suitably moody setting in the Peaks…bring a formidable newcomer to British crime writing.’ Daily Mail***A SHOCKING DEATHA lawyer is found dead in a Peak District ...

‘I BARELY CAME UP FOR AIR’ Jo Furniss’ONE OF THE BEST CRIME WRITERS OUT THERE’ Elly Griffiths‘AN ABSOLUTE MASTERCLASS’ James Delargy‘A RIVETING AND PROPULSIVE THRILLER’ Kia Abdullah‘SMART AND ATMOSPHERIC’ T. M. Logan___A beautiful young social-media star goes missing.But who took her?When controversia...

Writing matters: it plays a key role in the circulation of ideas in society and has a direct impact on the development of democracy. But only a few get to do the kind of writing that most influence this development.The Politics of Writing examines writing as a social practice. The authors draw on critical linguistics, cultural studies and literacy studies, as they explore and analyse:* the social context in which writing is embedded* the processes and practice...

A gripping and powerful thriller set in the atmospheric Peak District that will have you on the edge of your seat. Perfect for fans of Val McDermid, Susie Steiner and Broadchurch.***She was racing towards the gorge. The place the locals knew as ‘Dead Girl's Drop’…DI Meg Dalton is thrown headlong into her latest case when she finds a ten-year-old girl running barefoot through the woods in a blood-soaked nightdress. In the house near...