Inspired by Giles Gordon and David Hughes's Best Short Stories series, which ran to ten volumes between 1986 and 1995, Best British Short Stories this year reaches its thirteenth volume.Best British Short Stories 2023 showcases an excellent and varied selection of stories, by British writers, first published during 2022 in magazines, journals, anthologies, collections, chapbooks and online.This new anthology contains stories by Alinah Azadeh, Davi...

The nation's favourite annual guide to the short story, now in its sixth year.Best British Short Stories invites you to judge a book by its cover – or more accurately, by its title. This new series aims to reprint the best short stories published in the previous calendar year by British writers, whether based in the UK or elsewhere. The editor's brief is wide ranging, covering anthologies, collections, magazines, newspapers and web sites, looking for the b...

Beware the second child.This lush, secluded Maine seaside resort is the summer playground of the superrich, but one hundred years ago, something disturbed their play. Horror came to this village. And though no one knows it yet, the horror has never left.It waits for a shy young girl, outcast by her friends, her beautiful sister, even her own mother. She knows how it feels to be unwanted. She knows anger. And soon she will know the touch of unholy terror—and...

Archives brought from Egypt to southern France in the early 19th　century fell into the hands of a secret group whose own archives were confiscated by Occupation authorities during World War II. In 1942 some of these confiscated documents were appropriated by a young Frenchman who struggled over the following decades to decipher the importance of what he had stolen. By 1980 his rambling texts had become a prime source for the authors of　Holy Blood, Holy Grail　(and ultimately for　

Based off the best selling novel from John Saul, here comes this illustrated take. This zero issues features never before seen images of the series, as well as some bonus material.

From the imagination of best-selling author John Saul comes two tales guaranteed to keep you reading. In Blackstone Asylum, you’ll explore the ruined Blackstone and witness the sadistic legacy of Dr. Malcolm Metcalf. Can writer Oliver Metcalf prevent the curse of his father’s asylum before it consumes him? And in God Project, the Montgomery family mourns the death of their daughter, a mystery that doctors don’t understand. Meanwhile, the Corliss family struggles with the disappearance of t...

Collected for the first time. from the best selling novelist John Saul, comes "God Project". Eastbury, Mass. Quiet, peaceful, prosperous. Surely the ideal place to raise a family? For the Montgomery family, the death of their baby daughter is a mystery that medicine should be able to answer, but can't. For the Corliss family, the disappearance of their teenage son will bring many eyes to Eastbury, and spark a quite different type of mystery. What has happened to these children? Eastbury ha...

“Understatement is a powerful device, in life, and in poetry. ‘A Few Love Poems’ actually offers us a hundred! Some are simple thoughts, succinctly and accurately stated, which leave the reader thinking ‘Yes, life is like that.’ Many are detailed observations, capturing a person, a journey, an event, or a breath of nostalgia. Others are perfectly whimsical, but no less entertaining. Several made me laugh aloud, enjoying their simplicity. This is a good collection on a range of themes.

The Blackstone Curse has all but triumphed. Just one special delivery remains: a razor used to slash the throat of a child. Now, it's Oliver's only weapon. Will he use it to end the Curse… or fulfill it? Discover the shocking truth in the final chapter of THE BLACKSTONE CHRONICLES.

Eastbury, Mass. Quiet, peaceful, prosperous. Surely the ideal place to raise a family? For the Montgomery family, the death of their baby daughter is a mystery that medicine should be able to answer, but can't. For the Corliss family, the disappearance of their teenage son will bring many eyes to Eastbury, and spark quite a different type of mystery. What has happened to these children? Eastbury happened.

When the families of Eastbury start asking questions, getting answers should provide enlightment and relief. But not in Eastbury. In Eastbury, the questions bring only darkness and death-- and the answers can only be more frightening.

As the bodycount rises, the truth behind the God Project begins to emerge from the shadows - but the two families who have been seeking to uncover the fates of their lost children discover that its terrifying implications stretch far beyond Eastbury, and farther than they could have imagined.