Beautifully written speculative fiction from Metaphorosis magazine.All the stories from the month, plus author biographies, interviews, and story origins.Table of ContentsMaking the List – David HammondBeneath the Sea of Glass – Rob FrancisLock Rise – Phil BerryBluebird – Benjamin CortCover art by Kathryn Hammond.

A tasty trip down memory lane, perfect for crisp fanatics.A colourful, witty and irreverent encyclopedia of all the crisps of your youth.The authors have been given access to the archives, factories and warehouses of some of the leading crisp manufacturers in the country and have delivered a book that is packed full of fascinating historical research…… and lots and lots of crisps.A ‘Brief History of Crisps’ originally featured in ‘The Great British Tuck Shop...

Spoil your dinner and rot your teeth with the ultimate book of sweetie nostalgia!From the creators of the TV Cream website and the authors of TV Cream Toys comes the ultimate in 70s and 80s nostalgia – TV CREAM TUCK SHOP.A colourful, witty and irreverant encyclopedia of all the sweets and crisps of your youth. From Mojos to Rainbrow Drops, Space Raiders to Trios, Corona to Kia Ora and everything in between.

A super-sweet guide to all your favourite sweets from years gone by.A History of Sweets in 50 Wrappers is a colourful and comical history of sweets and chocolates.If you ever dreamt of being the Milkybar Kid, if you remember when Snickers were Marathons and Double Deckers had raisins in them, if you ever checked the colour of your next Fruit Pastille before offering it out, this book is for you. It will lead you down memory lane until you reach the corner shop and load up a...

An illustrated guide to chocolate that every self-respecting chocoholic should read.Do you remember when a Snickers was a Marathon? And when you could burst in to a sweet shop and ask for ‘an Oliver Twist, two Tiffins and a Big Wig, please!’ and keep a straight face? Those were the good days: when a Dairy Milk bar was 22p and you’d never seen anything as big as a Wagon Wheel.Revisit some of your forgotten favourites and current addictions, as Steve Berry and Phil Norman tak...

You'll hate him too; Until you don't. . .This is the story of Dan—a high school dropout who plays guitar in a heavy metal band and has a minimum wage job wearing a mouse costume. He's not exactly destined for great things.Then Dan wakes up in another world—a world where science never progressed past the Middle Ages, and the laws of physics have been replaced by role-playing game rules. Dan makes some mistakes—some big mistakes. Dan becomes a Death ...

Long ago, there was a princess so fair that every lord and hero in all the land lusted for her heart, so her father did what any reasonable father would—he cut out her heart and placed it in the highest chamber of a secret tower filled with monsters and deadly traps.Those few who were wise and bold enough to solve the riddle of the tower's location and venture inside were never seen or heard from again. As the years passed, the quest appeared more and more futile. As the decades pa...

Joe Lycett and Ivo Graham explore the nation's weird and wonderful obsessions“Had a great laugh and learnt more than I expected on weird things!” – Audible ReviewFrom riding roller coasters, to collecting stamps, everyone has their own little obsession. Across three series listen as two of the UK’s favourite comedians, Joe Lycett and Ivo Graham, welcome celebrities and members of the public to share their secret obsessions in this BBC Radio 4 comed...

A SUPER-CHARGED THRILLER FROM THE #1 BESTSELLING AUTHOR‘Deadly conspiracies, bone-crunching action and a tormented hero with a heart . . . packs a real punch’ Andy McDermottA WEB OF DECEIT.AND BEN HOPE IS CAUGHT UP IN THE MAYHEM…Whilst visiting a former SAS comrade in Italy, a distracted Ben nearly runs over a young boy – and unwittingly walks into his deadliest mission yet.Ben’s involvement with the boy’s family runs deeper as he wit...

An archaic manuscript contains a secret, one that could change the world …The second in the series, from the author of The Istanbul Puzzle.Behind Lady Tunshuq’s Palace in the Muslim quarter of Jerusalem, archaeologist, Max Keiser, has been found dead.In the same city, Doctor Susan Hunter who was translating an ancient script discovered in Istanbul, is missing.With his girlfriend Isabel Sharp, Sean Ryan is about to piece together the mystery of his colleague ...

FROM THE #1 BESTSELLING AUTHOR‘Deadly conspiracies, bone-crunching action and a tormented hero with a heart . . . packs a real punch’ Andy McDermottAN ANCIENT SWORD. A LONG BURIED SECRET.ONE MAN WILL UNCOVER THE MYSTERY.It’s Christmas, and on a trip back to the UK to try to sort out his stormy personal life, ex-SAS soldier Ben Hope runs into two old friends. Simeon and Michaela were once his fellow students at Oxford – now they are the Revere...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • This Cotton Malone adventure blends gripping contemporary political intrigue, Tudor treachery, and high-octane thrills into one riveting novel of suspense.Cotton Malone and his fifteen-year-old son, Gary, are headed to Europe. As a favor to his former boss at the Justice Department, Malone agrees to escort a teenage fugitive back to England. But after he is greeted at gunpoint in London, both the fugitive and Gary disappear, and...