Alun looks after things.The old railway. The willow by the black pond. The moss he presses into the joins so the arrangements hold. His mother, in the chair by the telly, who still makes his tea the way he likes it.It is August in Caerphilly. The heat has soaked into the land and will not let go. Four old men have already been found. One has not. Alun does not watch the news for long. He has his routes, and as long as the routes are his, the house will stay as it is.

In the remote valleys of Mid Wales, the land remembers.When a small research team arrives to assess an isolated valley for cultural and environmental protection, they find more than mist and standing stones. The place the locals call the Scar is not simply a geological feature. It is watching. It has rules. And it does not forgive those who break them.Jilly, a young researcher still finding her place in the world, quickly senses that something is wrong. Paths shift. Time sl...

Bethan has spent years keeping the past buried. As an administrator in local government, she is good at systems, at process, at moving things forward. But when she is sent to persuade an old man to give up his home for a regeneration project, something begins to crack.Memories she has long ignored start to surface, of a girl called Lily, of laughter that was never kind, and of a moment in childhood she has never allowed herself to examine. As the days pass, the boundaries between h...

A hilarious guide to the lost art of artisanal pencil sharpening"...I am so thrilled David Rees is picking up the reins of the forgotten art of manual graphite-encased-in-wood point-crafting. I love my pencil!"—AMY SEDARIS"You may think that sharpening a pencil is easy, but David Rees makes it look hard, and that makes all the difference."—JOHN HODGMAN"Truly, my life before I was presented with correct...

A pocket reference that allows the non-specialist to identify major insect and arachnid pests found in stored cereal grains, grain products and grain legumes. It describes most storage pests found worldwide and provides concise information on the biology, distribution, damage and economic importance of each species. Each entry contains at least one colour photograph. The notes for each species tell the nature of the pest or beneficial and the commodity affected; temperature and humidity condi...

This short is the first in a series of stories about a young Japanese woman named Satori.It follows her struggles in a near future Japan where her home town of Osaka has been destroyed and quarantined.She is forced to reconsider many of the truths she once held dear.She has also heard rumors that her brother may yet be alive...The story runs to about 5500 words and is the first in a projected series.

In the mist-shrouded valleys and forgotten corners of South Wales, the past doesn't fade—it bleeds through, whispering secrets that twist the ordinary into the uncanny. Hauntologies: Alpha, the first omnibus in David Rees-Thomas's acclaimed series, collects Volumes 1 and 2—Cleaners and Other Weird Tales and Unfinished Stories in a Seaside Town and Other Weird Tales—delivering eight tales of spectral dread and eerie introspection across over 200 pages, complete with a brand-new introduction...

The King is a novella about family, about mushrooms, and about the paths they choose.

5 hauntological tales of the weird set in South WalesSilver Men in Silver Suits, tells the story of strange and alien weirdness in the stark beauty of West Wales.Against the Empty World is the story of Stone, a woman on the edge of the end of humanity.Plastic Face is a mystery, a puzzle of alien loss, and possible redemption.Everything Everything reaches deep into the depths of the Welsh industrial countryside...

In the shadow of Caerphilly's forgotten quarries, where ancient Welsh legends whisper warnings from the deep, Rhodri returns to claim his estranged uncle's crumbling estate. But what begins as a reluctant inheritance unravels into a nightmarish descent into "Weird Wales." A realm where glitches bleed into reality, and the knock-knock of mythical Coblynau miners echoes as a curse.Haunted by ghostly visions of his lost love and fractured family secrets, Rhodri uncovers a forbidden le...

Red Light is an exciting new collection of 5 science fiction tales.A woman trapped between strange aliens and a stranger red light.Time travel where the mystery of his past and future is unraveled piece by pieceAn ark in space, and a woman who will do anything to save her son.A woman, a daughter, a machine.And, the lines blur between reality, the media, reality, and...Thought provoking and weird stories, some set in the vastness of space, some with...

The South Wales valley's are steeped in dark mystery left over from the coal mines, the bleak landscape, and myths that reach further back than history itself.This collection includes 4 stories that explore the layers beneath the surface, and explore the weirdness within.Reality, nightmare, or a stranger truth? You decide.David Rees-Thomas has written many short stories in a variety of genres, including horror, mystery, science fiction, and even the occasional litera...