A colony of forgotten zombies, a young werewolf, Victorian Steampunk and the end of an old lady's life. Four stories in which extraordinary events occur in everyday settings. Mystery, fear, cunning and dark humour each reveal a different surprise.

Quirky characters are pitted against corporate and social institutions: two old ladies take to piracy on the high seas: a young lady in victorian london falls in love with a vampire: an old man worries about educating his baby dragon, and a contemporary farce unfolds around that very english tradition, afternoon tea.

Dark Reunion is a compilation of all my short stories that first appeared in Roadkill: Four Nasty Stories, Gifts: Four Poignant Stories, Twisted: Four Paranormal Stories, Quirks: Four Humorous Stories and Fey: Four Fantastic Stories. From old ladies wreaking havoc on the high seas in The Penshioner Pirates of Marine Parade, to the problems of bringing up a young dragon in Educating Puff, or the musings of an old man as he sits and knits in Three-Ply Fantasy Special, each story presents a d...

Ten stories of spine-tingling suspense, edited by Rayne Hall.In this collection, you'll find scary stories for almost every taste, each penned by a different author with a different writing style and a different taste in horror. This allows you to explore your own preferences. Which story gives you the most delicious frights?The authors have played with "What if" scenarios: What if the safe world we take for granted is changing and we don't know? What if a seemingly harmles...

Hastings and St Leonards on Sea on the south coast of England are the settings for this urban thriller.Detective Chief Inspector Anthony Nemo has worked in the police force all his life. The rigid discipline has suited his personality well and the strict protocol hasn't allowed for outside interference: until a series of murders, targeted at a particularly vulnerable group of the local community, begins to impact on his solitary existence.Elderly transvestites are being murde...

Exciting, spooky and scary stories for everyone, edited by Rayne Hall.Ten authors spin creepy yarns, each with a different writing style and a different way of telling a story. Allow these fantasy and horror stories to haunt you, and see which story resonates most with you.GHOSTS CAN BLEED by Tracie McBrideGhosts can bleed. Maurice knows, because he is one.DANCERS by William MeikleA country graveyard in winter can be made warm.BREAKWA...

The Russian White, a large uncut diamond given by the Holy Eastern Fathers to the founders of the Russian State, is revered by the Russian Orthodox Church. Tsar Peter the Great, determined to rule Russia without the church's intervention, gives the diamond to King William of Orange of England on a visit to London's shipbuilding yards and so. with a single stroke, weakens the church's authority in Russia.King William, aware of the diamond's significance and certain that the Russian O...

Ten exciting stories - frightening, thoughtful and funny - about dragons by ten authors, edited by Rayne Hall.Wherever humans live, they tell stories of dragons.Cultures on every continent in every era have dragon myths and dragon art – from the Mesopotamian creation myth of the dragon Tiamat around 5,000 BCE to Fafnir in the Icelandic Volsungasaga, and Saint George and Saint Michael slaying dragons in early medieval legends. In China, pictures of dragons date back as far a...

St Leonards Writers are a group of enthusiastic members who have been meeting weekly since 2007 for lectures, workshops, creative exercises, writing practice, discussions and constructive criticism, and to help one another create the best possible writing. We also perform at festivals and local events in and around St Leonards-on-Sea and Hastings, UK.Spindrift contains stories and poems that include the paranormal, the historical, the urban, the comic and the tragic. We have given o...

Fifteen years in the making, this book is the one Canada’s “heavyweight champ of brash and beautiful literature” was meant to write. An epic masterwork about Newfoundland’s working class, Blackstrap Hawco spans more than a century in gorgeous and widely varied prose, reminding us that even when writing about the degradation of identity and language, Harvey does it magnificently.Named in a moment of anger, Blackstrap Hawco is heir to an island dominion picked over b...

From the depths of Space a new foe rises to do battle with mankind: the British Space Empire is threatened by the lemming-people of Yull, ruthless enemies who attack without mercy, fear or any concept of self preservation. At the call of their war god, the Yull have turned on the Empire, hell bent on conquest and destruction in their rush towards the cliffs of destiny. When the Yullian army is forced to retreat at the battle of the River Tam, the disgraced Colonel Vock swears revenge on the c...

A lifetime of tales from the nation’s favourite storyteller, and award-winning author of WAR HORSE – the perfect gift for any book-lover.The most comprehensive and definitive Michael Morpurgo collection ever, this gorgeous edition features twenty-five enchanting short stories by the nation’s favourite storyteller – as well as extracts from twenty-five of his best-loved novels.Divided into five parts – covering war, animals, memory, the sea and folk tales – this timeless tre...