Each month The Dark brings you the best in dark fantasy and horror! Selected by Clara Madrigano and Sean Wallace and published by Prime Books, this issue includes two all-new stories and two reprints:"A Toitele" by Celia Rostow"Jenny Greenteeth" by Alison Littlewood (reprint)"The Inside is Always Entrails" by Fernanda Castro (translated by H. Pueyo)"The Words Beneath" by Michael Harris Cohen (reprint)

It was hard for Little Acorn to believe he would ever be a big, strong oak tree. Soon Little Acorn grew into Little Oak. But now what was he to do? He couldn't grow oranges like the orange tree or flowers like the rose bush. He just grew and grew until he became Big Oak, and his branches were big and strong-but still he didn't know what he was to do. Then one day Big Oak found that his strong branches were just right for a very special purpose. The Oak Inside the Acorn is the stor...

"A heady, infectious celebration."-The New Yorker"Shaughnessy's voice is smart, sexy, self-aware, hip . . . consistently wry, and ever savvy."-Harvard ReviewBrenda Shaughnessy's heartrending third collection explores dark subjects-trauma, childbirth, loss of faith-and stark questions: What is the use of pain and grief? Is there another dimension in which our suffering might be transformed? Can we change ourselves? Yearning for new gods, new worlds, and new...

From the author of Apathy and Other Small Victories, this darkly comic novel set in the near future about the race to find a missing cyber program with the power to bend reality—all before a fast-approaching comet destroys the earth.In the near future, after the internet grinds to a halt amid a wave of cyber-attacks, a company named Zodiac steps in to replace it with an evolved, augmented-reality version called The Grid.Harrigan, a hard-drinking pr...

Strength is a thing we are made of We women carry it on our shoulders And in our minds. The struggle comes in never wanting to quit Never giving up envelops the strength Holding us together. I am STRENGTH I am HEART We are STRONG We play our part. --from I Am, I Have

"I started writing poems when I was about 15 or 16 because that was my way of saying the things that I wanted to say and they stayed in books mostly. So this about 15 years of my head and my heart and what it thinks and what it doesn't get to say."This collection of over 30 poems is written by actor Duncan Pow. Best known as Linden Cullen in Holby City, Scottish born Duncan has a written a collection of Love poems for you to read and share.

Year after year, the seasons change, but the great oak tree remains at the edge of the field. One sunny winter’s day, out in the middle of the field, a daisy wakes up thinking that spring has arrived. But she finds herself all alone. The oak asks his friends the squirrels to help him by taking a message of reassurance to the daisy.Original mixed-medium illustrations by the author add to the appeal of this gentle children’s story of hope, patience and friendship.

First published in 2009, Baloombawop, is an illustrated 51 page off the wall hilarious adventure story by Donna Williams told in Dr Seuss/Roald Dahl/ Lewis Carrol like rhyme from start to finish. It was written and performed as a children's rock musical by Donna and The Aspinauts throughout 2009 and captivated both special needs and mainstream alike including 'kids at heart'. The land of Baloombawop and its crazy characters - The Gadoodleborger, Dame Grumpty Do, The Brookenstein Fox, Booge...

In a distant future where humans are at war with an alien species called the Yuks, scientists have developed the ultimate weapon—a spacecraft controlled by a human brain.Philip K. Dick was an American science-fiction novelist, short-story writer and essayist. His first short story, “Beyond Lies the Wub,” was published shortly after his high school graduation. Some of his most famous short stories were adapted for film, including “The Minority Report,” “Paycheck,” “Second Variety” (...

In the woods, a group of friends gathers beneath the tall redwoods. There's a fire going against the chill.A child runs up to ask for a story with a story ticket in hand. Soon, all the children are turning in their tickets.Each child gets to decide who is in their story (princess, unicorn, dragon, robot, and so on) and what those characters are named.This book has been carefully packed with some of those stories.

They think they’ve found their dream home. But something seems off. Abandoned purebred cats. A dead dog. Still, little Grubby the cat hunts fearlessly until that fateful day. The day answers arrive on their doorstep. The day that changes everything.In this cat-crime mystery, Kristine Kathryn Rusch takes the illusion of peace and shatters it as effectively as a gunshot.“Like early Ray Bradbury, Rusch has the ability to switch on a universal dark.”—The Times (London)

'Take me to your leader.' the little green alien said I took out my magnifying glass I needed to have a good look But I'm afraid I singed his head 'Ouch!' he said 'You're awfully rude.' Said I 'I'm sorry, little green dude.' He stomped his feet and he waved his arms His cadenza was quite complete He started to smoke, I swear it's no joke And then he exploded with rage All that's left of the little green man Is a dollop of green, slimy sludge The poor little alien dissolved Before I could g...