Sherlock Holmes delves into the world of early cinema as motion picture groundbreaker Eadweard Muybridge begs him to solve a mystery that will keep you up all night…It is 1896. A new client at Baker Street claims he's being threatened via the new art of the moving image…Eadweard Muybridge, pioneer of motion picture projection, believes his life is in danger. Twice he has been almost run down in the street by the same mysterious carriage, and moreover, distu...

**'Heads up – here's how to run like a pro' - The Times'A fascinating book' - Adharanand Finn, author of Running With the Kenyans'I'm convinced that Shane's insights were were instrumental in me winning the Marathon des Sables for a second time' - Elisabet Barnes, coach and athlete'Shane is the Indiana Jones of the running world' - Damian Hall, ultra marathon runner'You can't but help go out the door for your next run and ...

Sherlock Holmes assists a popular mystery writer whose plots seem to be coming to life. May 1898. A new client arrives at Baker Street - Abigail Moone, a wealthy, independent writer of successful mystery stories under a male pseudonym. She presents an unusual problem. Abigail claims that she devised a man's death that was reported in that morning's newspaper: that is, she planned his murder as an event to be included in one of her mystery stories. Following real people and imagining how sh...

Shoreline of Infinity Science Fiction Magazine -Winner of for British Fantasy Society award 2018 for best magazine!StoriesEsme Carpenter – Harry's ShiverPremee Mohamed – The Time Between TimeLaura Young – DaughterBo Balder – Splitting UpCaroline Grebbell – Goodnight RosemarinusTim Major – Cast In the Same MouldRachel Armstrong – Origamy (extracts)Preston Grassmann – The Silk Tower of B...

A powerful fifth book in the horror anthology series which Booklist called "Highly recommended for longstanding horror fans and those readers who may not think horror is for them. There is something for everyone in this one."Elemental Forces is the fifth volume in the non-themed horror series of original stories, showcasing the very best short fiction that the genre has to offer, and edited by Mark Morris. This new anthology contains 20 original h...

StoriesSomething Fishy—David L ClementsMessage in a Bottle—Davyne DeSyeAn Infinite Number of Me—Dan Grace3.8 Missions—Katie GrayAnyone Can ask About Enhancement—Terry JackmanThe Walls of Tithonium Chasma—Tim MajorQuantum Flush—Daniel SouleBrother’s Keeper—Shannon Connor WinwardThat Very Mab—May Kendall and Andrew Lang (SF Caledonia)Noise and Sparks: Ruth EJ BoothTales of the Beachcomber—Mark TonerMonic...

A gripping supernatural mystery for fans of John Wyndham's The Midwich Cuckoos from the author of Snakeskins.Workaholic TV news producer Nina Scaife is determined to fight for her daughter, Laurie, after her partner Rob walks out on her. She takes Laurie to visit Rob's parents on the beautiful but remote Hope Island, to prove to her that they are still a family. But Rob's parents are wary of Nina, and the islanders are acting strangely. And as Nin...

Tales of the city redolent with ritual and drenched in dread.Folk Horror is primarily associated with isolated settings and weird beliefs. Traditionally the isolated setting is rural, but our cities have been around for a long time too, their histories constructed layer upon layer, their secrets long kept and buried deep. And there are other types of isolation than geographical remoteness: housing schemes and suburbs, gilded business districts and gated communities...

A thrilling chase as Sherlock Holmes is set a fiendish puzzle by Irene Adler over a snowy London Christmas, in this stunningly packaged mystery.Sherlock Holmes's discovery of a mysterious musical score initiates a devious Christmas challenge set by Irene Adler, with clues that are all variations on the theme of 'theft without theft', such as a statue missing from a museum found hidden in the room it was taken from.In the snowy London lead-up to Christmas, H...

The Jekyll & Hyde detective agency must solve a locked-room mystery in this festive installment of the series. A tribute to classic Golden Age crime novels which is perfect for fans of Stuart Turton and Lucy Foley.When music-hall comedy duo Rolly Daconey and Irina Matei are threatened by a mysterious blackmailer, they turn to the Jekyll & Hyde detective agency for help. But the agency is experiencing turmoil and, unbeknownst to Muriel Carew, Henry Jekyll is ever mo...

WE ARE NOT ALONE...MORE’S THE PITY.Three poignant, sometimes blackly comic accounts, where unlikely heroes kids, screw-ups, survivors stumble their way through protecting Earth from faintly baffling alien invasions.It’s one of the oldest devices in science fiction, from Wells’ The War of the Worlds to Invasion of the Body Snatchers and The Thing. Why do so many aliens want to invade the Earth anyway? Who’s going to stop them? ...

An SF thriller examining the repercussions of rejuvenation and cloning on individuals' sense of identity and on wider society.Caitlin Hext's first shedding ceremony is imminent, but she's far from prepared to produce a Snakeskin clone. When her Skin fails to turn to dust as expected, she must decide whether she wishes the newcomer alive or dead.Worse still, it transpires that the Hext family may be of central importance to the survival of Charmers, a group ...