Albert Simpson hates adverts.When Rex Corporation shows him a banner ad for their Brain Control Interface, he blocks it and gets on with his life.Unfortunately, the company isn't taking no for an answer.Three days later, a BCI headset arrives. There's no manual, the hardware looks homemade, and the software seems determined to install itself.A darkly comic retro science fiction short story about online privacy, intrusive tec...

A contemporary family wakes up in a Greek myth and can't seem to find a way out of their hellish destiny.A family is haunted by its part in an unjust war, the painful burden of inherited trauma and intergenerational conflict, and the descent into an increasingly merciless vortex of violence.Simon Stone's adaptation of The Oresteia shows us that as long as humankind wages wars and families tear themselves apart, this story will remain painfully, cathartical...

SCRAPPER BLACKWELL: BORROWED BLUESHe helped shape the sound of the blues. Then the world forgot his name.Before Robert Johnson recorded "Sweet Home Chicago," Scrapper Blackwell was already playing the guitar lines that would help shape its musical ancestry.A brilliant, unconventional guitarist from Indianapolis, Blackwell became half of one of the greatest partnerships in early blues when he joined forces with pianist and singer Ler...

"It is true that I have sent six bullets through the head of my best friend, and yet I hope to show by this statement that I am not his murderer." The year is 1933, and Edward Derby's best friend, Daniel Upton, visits him in Arkham Sanitorium and shoots him dead to the horror of the guards. It's an open and shut case - or is it? What happened to this lifelong friendship for it to end this way? Who exactly was Edward Derby at the end of his life? And, most importantly, will his murder be en...

Traversing 400 years of drama, this book examines the history play as a distinctive form that has its origins in the Early Modern period and which evolves in each subsequent period according to the segment of history being dramatized and the changing conceptions of the state.Much has been written on Shakespeare's history plays but very little on the overall form and whether it is distinguished by the historical accuracy of the drama, the relationship with the audie...

This unique set of daily readings from bestselling author Simon Guillebaud encourages the reader to live the Christian life without compromise and without restraint; to live on full throttle and with utter abandonment to Christ.Simon Guillebaud has lived in Burundi since his early twenties. He takes unimaginable risks. So much so, that he didn't expect to live to the age of 30. He sees miraculous results time and again as he works tirelessly for the salvation, peac...

A gripping slow-burn psychological horror filled with paranoia, suspense, and emotional tension from debut Canadian novelist Simon F. Godin.Gracie Boone's small-town life has always felt safe and comfortable. She has a doting father, a steady relationship, and a promising future at university. But the illusion of security begins to crumble the moment she moves into her new dorm room.Before long, a motionless figure looms in the darkness outside Gra...

In this "gripping" post-apocalyptic thriller, a woman driven by dark forces leads a rebellion against the dictator reigning over a post-nuclear Britain ( Tim Lebbon, New York Times –bestselling author of The Silence ).Haunted by the ghosts of her murdered family, Helen Damnation takes to The Black Road for revenge. As she traverses a landscape decimated by nucle...

Welcome to the Dismolle Peace Force, the most dysfunctional crime-fighting outfit in the galaxy.Their budget is stretched so thin the station commander is running a lottery scam to cover costs.They hire trainees by printing job ads on the back of old fast food flyers.Their armoury consists of one training pistol and several hundred boxes of old records.When Harriet Walsh signs on, she doesn't expect to be given her first case with no trainin...

One slave. One ship. One chance for freedom.To the Empire, the ship was just another derelict booby-trapped wreck. To Jess, a young slave, it was a death sentence. But the ship had other plans.When Jess takes the pilot’s seat, the ancient vessel awakens - a powerful, self-aware craft lost to legend. Seizing the moment, Jess escapes Imperial control and vanishes into the stars.Now he’s on the run in a ship that shouldn’t exist, hunted by a ruthless e...

Clunk, an elderly robot, has reached the end of his useful life. He has one last chance to earn a much-needed overhaul.Hal Spacejock, a crash-prone pilot, will have multiple bones rearranged if he doesn't repay a loan shark.Clunk is patient, reasonable and brimming with helpful suggestions.Hal is stubborn, quick to anger and incapable of listening to good advice.They're as compatible as a burning match and a stick of dynamit...

Long before Gnosticism was formally named, seekers pursued a deeply personal, mystical knowledge of God - believing this sacred insight could free humanity from suffering and spiritual ignorance.While all religions acknowledge an imperfect world, Gnostics uniquely taught that creation itself was flawed - implicating the creator rather than humanity. This radical theology, condemned as heresy in early Christianity, led to persecution, especially given the sect's liberal views on gen...