This may be The Monster Book for Girls, but everyone is welcome, so come inside and lose yourself for a while. Be careful... More > though, because here be horror, humour, heartache, the dark, the deep, the distressing, the serious, the sad, the strange...

And monsters all.


Featuring stories and poetry by Allen Ashley, Rachel Kendall, Farah Ghuznavi, Gary Fry, Marc Lyth, Ian Sales, Kat Fullerton, Shay Darrach, Samantha Porter, Rosanne Robinowitz, Stuart Young, Kelly Rose Pflug-Black, Lorraine Slater, Andrew Hook, Nicole Papaioannou, Derek John, Jessica Lawrence, Gary McMahon, Tony Lovell, Terry Grimwood, Stephen Bacon, Sarah Hilary, Mark Howard Jones, Jamie Rosen, John Travis, John Forth, Regina de Burca and David Rix < Less

This may be The Monster Book for Girls, but everyone is welcome, so come inside and lose yourself for a while. Be careful... More > though, because here be horror, humour, heartache, the dark, the deep, the distressing, the serious, the sad, the strange...

And monsters all.


Featuring stories and poetry by Allen Ashley, Rachel Kendall, Farah Ghuznavi, Gary Fry, Marc Lyth, Ian Sales, Kat Fullerton, Shay Darrach, Samantha Porter, Rosanne Rabinowitz, Stuart Young, Kelly Rose Pflug-Black, Lorraine Slater, Andrew Hook, Nicole Papaioannou, Derek John, Jessica Lawrence, Gary McMahon, Tony Lovell, Terry Grimwood, Stephen Bacon, Sarah Hilary, Mark Howard Jones, Jamie Rosen, John Travis, John Forth, Regina de Burca and David Rix < Less

This may be The Monster Book for Girls, but everyone is welcome, so come inside and lose yourself for a while. Be careful... More > though, because here be horror, humour, heartache, the dark, the deep, the distressing, the serious, the sad, the strange...

And monsters all.


Featuring stories and poetry by Allen Ashley, Rachel Kendall, Farah Ghuznavi, Gary Fry, Marc Lyth, Ian Sales, Kat Fullerton, Shay Darrach, Samantha Porter, Rosanne Rabinowitz, Stuart Young, Kelly Rose Pflug-Black, Lorraine Slater, Andrew Hook, Nicole Papaioannou, Derek John, Jessica Lawrence, Gary McMahon, Tony Lovell, Terry Grimwood, Stephen Bacon, Sarah Hilary, Mark Howard Jones, Jamie Rosen, John Travis, John Forth, Regina de Burca and David Rix < Less

Here be horror, humour, heartache, the dark, the deep, the distressing, the serious, the sad, the strange. And monsters all.... More > This, ladies and gentlemen, is "The Monster Book for Girls", packed with short fiction and poetry from Allen Ashley, Rachel Kendall, Farah Ghuznavi, Gary Fry, Marc Lyth, Ian Sales, Kat Fullerton, Shay Darrach, Samantha Porter, Rosanne Robinowitz, Stuart Young, Kelly Rose Pflug-Black, Lorraine Slater, Andrew Hook, Nicole Papaioannou, Derek John, Jessica Lawrence, Gary McMahon, Tony Lovell, Terry Grimwood, Stephen Bacon, Sarah Hilary, Mark Howard Jones, Jamie Rosen, John Travis, John Forth, Regina de Burca and David Rix < Less

Apoidea…
When the bees were wiped out, famine and war threatened and mankind faced the abyss. But then came salvation, in... More > the form of the cyber bee. Fully functional, fully capable of replacing its extinct predecessor. Humanity would survive.

But suddenly, the bees are not behaving the way they should. Something is wrong...

Apoidea…
A fast paced, intelligent and frighteningly contemporary science fiction thriller from Douglas Thompson, author of Ultrameta and Sylvow.


Praise for Douglas Thompson...

"Thompson writes with the assurance of someone completely in control of his material..." Pete Tennant, Black Static magazine

"Thompson uses the tropes of the fantastic in unique and compelling ways while at the same time creating vivid and fully realized protagonists…" Mike O’Driscoll, The Fix Online

"Thompson has certainly shown he is a name to watch." Ian Sales, Interzone Magazine < Less

When the bees were wiped out, famine and war threatened and mankind faced the abyss. But then came salvation, in the form of... More > the cyber bee. Fully functional, fully capable of replacing its extinct predecessor. Humanity would survive.

But suddenly, the bees are not behaving the way they should. Something is wrong...

Apoidea...
A fast paced, intelligent and frighteningly contemporary science fiction thriller from Douglas Thompson, author of Ultrameta and Sylvow.


Praise for Douglas Thompson...

"Thompson writes with the assurance of someone completely in control of his material..." Pete Tennant, Black Static magazine

"Thompson uses the tropes of the fantastic in unique and compelling ways while at the same time creating vivid and fully realized protagonists…" Mike O’Driscoll, The Fix Online

"Thompson has certainly shown he is a name to watch." Ian Sales, Interzone Magazine < Less

When the bees were wiped out, famine and war threatened and mankind faced the abyss. But then came salvation, in the form of... More > the cyber bee. Fully functional, fully capable of replacing its extinct predecessor. Humanity would survive. But suddenly, the bees are not behaving the way they should. Something is wrong.A fast paced, intelligent and frighteningly contemporary science fiction thriller from Douglas Thompson, author of "Ultrameta" and "Sylvow".


Praise for Douglas Thompson...


"Thompson writes with the assurance of someone completely in control of his material..." Pete Tennant, Black Static magazine

"Thompson uses the tropes of the fantastic in unique and compelling ways while at the same time creating vivid and fully realized protagonists…" Mike O’Driscoll, The Fix Online


"Thompson has certainly shown he is a name to watch." Ian Sales, Interzone Magazine < Less

"...the most important thing I know about Terry Grimwood - the thing I want everyone else to be aware of - is that he writes... More > one hell of a tale of dark fiction." Gary McMahon, author of the British Fantasy Award nominated novella "Rough Cut". Come on, take my hand, don't be frightened, along the way we'll descend deep into the earth, visit worlds where breathing is banned. We'll find out what really happened when the fat lady sang, the Liberator set us free, Cathy's husband came back and why Nathan's hands are as red as blood. We'll revisit Snow White and discover the real and terrible meaning of beauty. Then meet the awful friends of Mike Santini, a young woman who hates the light and is as pale as death and, of course, the Exaggerated Man himself... "Terry Grimwood interweaves wry social commentary with lively narrative." Darja Malcom in "Strange Horizons" Cover illustration and design by Ben Baldwin < Less

By turns unsettling, absurd and poignant, the splintered universe of John Travis, is a surreal, many-hued merry go-round of... More > the imagination where reality, fantasy and hallucination meet in explosions of nightmare and wonder. Here you will meet the man who nailed himself to a bench, some very sinister stationery, a vampire with an embarrassing weakness and the widower who could not let go. Take a walk with a feline detective down the mean streets of a world where humanity has been usurped by its pets, make sure you say your prayers before getting into bed lest you end up in the terrifying world of Pyjamarama…

"...you are present at the flowering of wonderful new talent - an inspired and truly gifted writer by the name of John Travis." Simon Clark.

"John Travis is one of the most imaginative and original new voices in dark fiction. His work is insightful, often surreal, and always moving." Tim Lebbon.

Cover art by Faye Grimwood < Less

“…the most important thing I know about Terry Grimwood – the thing I want everyone else to be aware of – is that he... More > writes one hell of a tale of dark fiction.” Gary McMahon, author of the British Fantasy Award nominated novella “Rough Cut”.


Come on, take my hand, don’t be frightened, along the way we’ll descend deep into the earth, visit worlds where breathing is banned. We’ll find out what really happened when the fat lady sang, the Liberator set us free, Cathy’s husband came back and why Nathan’s hands are as red as blood. We’ll revisit Snow White and discover the real and terrible meaning of beauty. Then meet the awful friends of Mike Santini, a young woman who hates the light and is as pale as death and, of course, the Exaggerated Man himself…


“Terry Grimwood interweaves wry social commentary with lively narrative.” Darja Malcom in “Strange Horizons”


Cover illustration and design by Ben Baldwin
http://www.benbaldwin.co.uk < Less