No matter how much you've aged or how confident you may be in the dark, your fear will continue to grow roots in your mind. Strangest Fiction is back with the third installment of our namesake speculative fiction series. We've prepared a collection of bad dreams to haunt you, dear reader. You can't escape what's coming, no matter if it's a possessed doll, a ravenous swamp, or a flesh-eating creature from the deep. We hope you enjoy these intense tales from our talented storytellers. Stay s...

“You are, of course, never yourself,” wrote Gertrude Stein (1874–1946) in Everybody’s Autobiography. Modernist icon Stein wrote many pseudo-autobiographies, including the well-known story of her lover, The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas;but in Lucy Daniel’s Gertrude Stein the pen is turned directly on Stein, revealing the many selves that composed her inspiring and captivating life.Though American-born, Stein has been celebrated in many incarnations as ...

'What a wonderful magical book!! Before I knew it I had finished this story and felt like all the characters were real and friends of mine... This book was like putting on your favourite fluffy pyjamas on a cold evening, it was warm, comforting and definitely had the feel good factor' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️It's Christmas-time in the little Yorkshi...

'Full of lovely Christmas spirit - will leave you smiling from ear to ear!' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️Christmas has arrived in the little village of Welford. The scent of hot roasted chestnuts is in the air, and a layer of frost sparkles on the ground...This year, vet Mandy Hope is looking forward to the holidays. Her...

'Full of lovely Christmas spirit - will leave you smiling from ear to ear!' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️Christmas has arrived in the little village of Welford. The scent of hot roasted chestnuts is in the air, and a layer of frost sparkles on the ground...This year, vet Mandy Hope is looking forward to the holidays. Her...

**Summer Days at Sunrise Farm, the new book in the Animal Ark revisited series, is currently available!**'A stunning, beautiful tale of friendship and love... I laughed and I cried, and cannot recommend it highly enough!' Books of All KindsNewly qualified vet Mandy Hope is leaving Leeds - and her boyfriend Simon - to return to the Yorkshire village she grew up in, where she'll help out with animals of all shapes and sizes ...

**Summer Days at Sunrise Farm, the new book in the Animal Ark revisited series, is currently available!**Love is in the air i****n the little village of Welford . . .Mandy Hope is on cloud nine. Hope Meadows, the animal rescue and rehabilitation centre she founded, is going really well. And she's growing ever closer to handsome villager Jimmy Marsh. What's more, James Hunter, her b...

**Summer Days at Sunrise Farm, the new book in the Animal Ark revisited series, is currently available for pre-order!**It's summertime in the little village of Welford. The sun beams down on the rolling green Yorkshire hills, and the scent of freshly cut grass is in the air.Local vet Mandy Hope and her boyfriend Jimmy Marsh are happily setting up their new home, and life at animal rescue centre

**Christmas at Silver Dale, the new book in the Animal Ark revisited series, is currently available for pre-order!**A romantic and charming holiday read from the Animal Ark Revisited series, featuring the series' original characters**. The perfect summer read for fans of Cathy Bramley and Heidi Swain.******Summer has arrived in Welford, but does a new season mean new beginnings?Veterinary nurse Hele...

'A book full of Christmas joy and magic' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️Although Christmas should be the most wonderful time of year, Mandy Hope is struggling. Her relationship with Jimmy Marsh is on the rocks, while her best friend James has a gorgeous new son which only confirms how much Mandy wants children of ...

LABRADOR ON THE LAWN: Mandy and James are staying with her parents at a holiday cottage in the Lake District when they spot a mischievous Labrador on their lawn. James's dog Blackie is delighted to have found a friend, but with no identification or collar, how will the Hopes find her owner? And why does she seem so at home in the cottage?DALMATIAN IN THE DALES: On their way to investigate deer poachers operating nearby, Mandy and James discover a confused and footsore Dalmatian nam...

Animals always come first for Mandy Hope, and at Animal Ark - her parents' busy vet surgery - Mandy is always making new friends.SIAMESE IN THE SUN: Mandy and James have gone to Jersey with Mandy's mum and dad to look after a local veterinary surgery. They spot a gorgeous Siamese cat ornament in the window of an antiques shop - but they soon discover that Sud Su Ming is a real cat! Mandy thinks she should be entered in the prestigious island cat show but how can she - and Ming - pe...