Category: Prose

‘This may already sound dangerous and perhaps too high a price to pay, but the reward is just and fair. If you aid us, we can save your mother’s life, so please… will you help?’

When a shapeshifting stranger – dressed like a Victorian gentleman – appears in her garden, young Clara Brown is drawn into another world on the strength of a promise – a promise to save her ailing mother’s life.

She soon begins to question her decision when she finds herself in a violent and dying land, being hunted by terrifying beings of flesh and metal – powered by steam and malice – as she journeys with her guide across a blighted realm he believes she can save.

But Clara has no idea what she can do to help and cannot fight the feeling of unreality that pervades her, nor forget the dark secret she has buried deep within…

Written by TJH Boggis, the thrilling new novel, What It Is To Do Good, is out now and available from the link below!

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In a vast and ancient world, in the Forest of Demons, the Demon Lord Gremword has come up with a malicious plot to attack the island base of his enemies, the Fesittes. Specifically, the island where their children grow up. James, the son of the Fesittes’ commander, doesn’t want the training base to be destroyed. He sets off on a quest with his friends, across perilous forests, towering mountains and cliffs. Their aim is to foil Gremword’s plan and also to defeat the vicious Lord himself, without being found and killed. Will he make it, or will the island base be destroyed forever, and the Fesittes’ children all hunted down?

The debut novel from ten year old writer, Winston Xu, Gremword is out now and available from the link below!

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A time-travelling saga chronicling civilization’s relentless pursuit of progress through triumph and tragedy. Amidst the ruins of a world ravaged by nuclear war during World War II’s oil conflicts, a lone interloper named Omega journeys across time.

Driven by a desperate hope for salvation, she seeks divine intervention to heal a dying world while witnessing the eternal battle between good and evil across epochs. In this haunting cautionary tale, Omega must confront an unsettling question: Can humanity transcend its self-destructive nature, or must she delve into mankind’s darkest subconscious to prevent its final downfall?

Written by Stephon Stewart, ICE is out now and available from the link below!

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When Peter Barnes becomes the house-for-duty, priest-in-charge of the ancient St Walston’s church, he thinks life can’t get any better. One of the first-ever police officers to be ordained into the Church of England, Peter believes he can easily juggle both his part-time jobs – but the worlds of police officer and priest soon collide when those long dead reach out from the grave and all that he holds dear is thrown into turmoil.

Peter could never have imagined that the mysterious disappearance of a former priest, over thirty years before, would cast a dark and ghostly shadow over his future life.

Hauntings, funerals and a moribund congregation clash with burglaries, thefts and murder on his rural Yorkshire beat. Police superiors, suspicious of his faith, and parishioners hiding a long-held secret, bring challenges at every turn.

PIG in the PULPIT is a true-to-life tale set in the mid 1990’s.
A crime story. With a difference.

Praise for GP Taylor :
‘A MASTER STORYTELLER. The BOOK is QUITE SIMPLY MARVELLOUS’
The Guardian

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THE INNOCENCE OF YOUTH IS THE FIRST CASUALTY
Radica and Marko are lovestruck teenagers in nineties Bosnia, but their blissful innocence is shattered by the dawn of a savage genocide which they are powerless to escape.

FATE WAITS TO PLAY ITS CRUELLEST HAND
When a cruel turn of events leaves them orphaned, torn apart, and fearing each other dead, they are left to fend for their survival alone.

THE DEVIL DISGUISED AS LOST FATHERS
Captured and forced into conscription, they find themselves the custodians of new father figures, nemesis Generals from warring Serb and Croat armies, but the final battle won’t be fought until many years later on the gangland streets of a faraway country, when Radica and Marko will finally come face to face and have to choose between love and loyalty.

Written by Leon Webber, Orphan’s Ascending is out now and available from the link below!

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London 1923.

Jack D’Arc is a former Metropolitan police officer wounded by a sniper’s bullet during the First World War. His injuries prevent him from returning to the police.

During his convalescence, D’Arc used the time to learn the art of kinesics and chooses to use his fascination with the human condition to become a private detective.

Following the gruesome Ripper-like murder of a young woman in Soho, D’Arc is enlisted by Lady Elsa Gabrielle, a close friend of the King to find the killer before they strike again.

In the course of the investigation, he comes across the wild Ruby Alder, leader of a notorious gang of female criminals known as The Forty Elephants.

Together, their investigations take them from the jazz bars of smog-filled Soho to seances with the mysterious Madame Baphomet, and the upper echelons of British society.

It soon becomes clear to D’Arc that corruption runs deep through the heights of society and not even the police can be trusted. With their lives in danger, they soon discover that there is often more than one motive for murder, and more than one person willing to kill to preserve their secrets. In the end, it is often the case that motives for murder boil down to reputation, sex, love, and money.

Jack D’Arc is a gripping thriller that takes the reader from the seedy underbelly of London to the Royal court of the King and those willing to do anything to protect the monarchy from scandal.

GP Taylor is an award-winning New York Times best-selling novelist. His books have been translated into over 50 languages and have been turned into Hollywood movies.

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In a dystopian world, where the apocalypse has plunged Earth into an otherworldly drought, a determined farmer and his daughter embark on a dangerous odyssey, driven by the urgency of discovering a hidden underground water source. As they navigate the surreal environment, hope becomes their guiding force in a desperate quest to unveil the key to survival on a planet teetering on the edge of extinction.

Written by Stephon Stewart, Dry is a thrilling new novel that’s out now and available from the link below!

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Vicar Obadiah Demurral isn’t satisfied with running the affairs of his village – he wants to rule the world. And if his plan works, he will obtain a weapon so powerful that all of creation will fall down as his feet. Demurral will stop at nothing – even commanding the restless souls to do his bidding.

Who will stand against him? Raphah, a young man on a godly mission, has come a long distance to reclaim the ancient relic Demurral has stolen – dangerously volatile in the wrong hands – but he can’t do it alone. Even younger are Thomas and Kate, accidently drawn into this ongoing war between good and evil. Their struggle against Demurral brings them face to face with the powers of darkness in this unforgettable epic battle.

G P Taylor’s first novel takes readers on a breath-taking voyage, full of suspense and intrigue, where fallen angels and demonic forces come in the night and where the ultimate sacrifice might even be life itself.

Shadowmancer is out now from Markosia and available to order from the link below!

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“The Thing” is a great barf-bag movie…” Roger Ebert

In 1982 Universal Pictures, a studio famous for its monster movies, unleased a new terror on the silver screens of the world that would change everything…not that anyone knew that at the time. Today John Carpenter’s THE THING consistently ranks in the top of favourite or influential film lists, but when it was first released it was not only considered a bomb, reviewers used words like ‘obscene’, ‘gross’ and ‘instant junk’.

For the first time we look at the history of the entire THING franchise, not just the 1982 film or its prequel, nor the original 1951 version ‘The Thing from Another World’. In this book we look at the radio versions, the comics, novels, computer games, music and how, from a 1931 novella by John W. Campbell Jr. The Thing began infecting our lives and eventually took over the world by initiating one of the longest media franchises in history and influencing many others like ALIEN, Dr Who and the X-files.

Interviewing many of those involved, we’ll look at the marketing strategies, the reviews, the blunders, censorship… and yes, we may even figure out exactly why The Thing failed at the box office in 1982.

What people are saying about the author:

“Phil Hore is a great storyteller, he got me so invested in it and so easily, I’m kinda sad I finished at last, I really hope and want to read more…”
Ellianie Guzmán

“Thoroughly enjoyed this well researched and exciting tale… which speaks volumes of the authors attention to detail… No spoilers in this review, so take the journey and enjoy.”
David Schembri

“I am a big fan of Hore, and this one just proves how talented he is. I look forward to reading many more stories by this author.”
Amy’s Bookshelf Reviews

Written by Phil Hore, THE THING: The History Of A Franchise is out now and available from the link below!

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