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  'A deliciously menacing read which I just couldn't put down. Every word punches hard. This World Does Not Belong to Us treads the fine line between beauty and horror effortlessly.' Jan Carson, author of The Raptures Secrets and revenge converge in..

Chinese book imported into the UK ISBN: 9787536692930Publisher: Chong Qing Chu Ban SheImprint: Chongqing Publishing HousePublished date: 01 Jan 2008Language: ChineseNumber of pages: 302Weight: 310gHeight: 152mmWidth: 210mmSpine width: 18mm..

'The most exquisite kind of literature... I've put it on a special shelf in my library that I reserve for books that can never be fully exhausted - books that demand to be revisited every now and then. ' Olga Tokarczuk, author of The Books of Jacob ..

'Immensely gratifying, poignant, funny … Breathtaking' Elizabeth Strout, from the foreword Another day! And then another and another and another. It seemed as if it would all go on forever in that exquisitely boring and beautiful way. But of course ..

ISBN: 9780817356866Publisher: The University of Alabama PressImprint: The University of Alabama PressPublished date: 30 Mar 2011Language: EnglishNumber of pages: 514Weight: 720gHeight: 216mmWidth: 140mmSpine width: 36mm..

By the bestselling author of The Talented Mr Ripley, Carol and Strangers on a Train* 'By opening this book, you've given Patricia Highsmith permission to follow you, catch you, take you apart. Get ready to run' CARMEN MARIA MACHADO* 'Every story shi..

A man finds a bald patch on the back of his head that looks curiously like a face, then discovers he's splitting in two. A bored student suggests digging a tunnel into the foundations of the art school. An elderly man is healed by hundreds of tiny p..

An awkward teen with a terrible haircut has a reversal of fortune when he finds artefacts from the future lining a seagulls' nest. In a godforsaken barn, Presidents Eisenhower, John Adams and Rutherford B. Hayes are bemused to find themselves reinca..

Visigoth is a portrait of the American male-gritty, violent, and fascinating. The protagonists in this collection of stories come from all walks of life-hockey players, middle managers, political hopefuls, and wayward husbands-but all share a tenden..

ISBN: 9781914195723Publisher: Consilience MediaImprint: UK Book PublishingPublished date: 25 Aug 2021Language: EnglishWeight: 418gHeight: 155mmWidth: 233mmSpine width: 17mm..

WASH YOUR MOUTH OUT FLIP BOOK ISBN: 9781909732544Publisher: BOXERImprint: BOXERLanguage: EnglishWeight: 308gHeight: 181mmWidth: 139mmSpine width: 20mm..

The conclusion to the sprawling tale, collecting issues #32-60! After leaving the Dog Tribes and Newbegin behind, Michael and Abi continue across the desert in search A-Ree-Yass-I. Joined by another who shares their strange gifts, the tensions betwe..

 Gold foiled, embossed cover, printed on silver paper, matt laminated.  A gorgeous gift edition packed with the best of horror, and brand new stories.  Brand new and classic tales, brought together for a satisfying read.  Illuminating foreword. ..

A MASTERFUL COLLECTION OF TWENTY-FIVE SHORT STORIES FROM THE INIMITABLE AUTHOR OF SLAUGHTERHOUSE 5, KURT VONNEGUT 'Vonnegut is George Orwell, Dr Caligari and Flash Gordon compounded into one writer...a zany but moral mad scientist' Time A diabolical..

A nameless narrator and his friend Alberto move through a constantly morphing continuum of dream-like situations while discussing philosophy, literature, and war. The impossible question of an enormous student in a lecture hall at an English univers..

In this collection of ten speculative short stories, M.H. Lee explores the future as well as the fantastical.From a fantasy world where a dragonrider must make an impossible choice when his dragon starts to forget him to a future where a young surro..

In White Carnations, the Syrian fiction writer Musa Rahum Abbas, revered in the Arab world, makes his English language debut with 101 tales that sketch life inside and outside Syria during the revolution that began in 2011. The prose in White Carnat..

In Wilder Winds, Bel Olid presents a stunning collection of short stories that draw on notions of individual freedom, abuses of power, ingrained social violence, life on the outskirts of society, and inevitable differences. Alongside these are small..

When Joan, the leader of a group of fallen Heavenly Angels stripped of most of their power and now known as the Wingless, wakes from a nightmare to find a Fallen Angel in her room and one of her own people missing, she begins a search that ends up d..

In the bedroom of a little black house, the one at the end of the road. A young witch awoke with a yawn and said, "Good morning!" to her snoozing pet toad... This young witch knows exactly who she is and what she wants to wear but will she be able t..

In Writers, great American storyteller Barry Gifford paints portraits of famous writers caught in imaginary vulnerable moments in their lives. In prose that is funny, grotesque, and a touch brutal, Gifford shows these writers at their most human, wh..