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Michael McDowells Blackwater meets Clive Barkers The Great and Secret Show in the disturbing first installment of a new trilogy of intense, visceral, beautifully written queer horror set in a small New England town.A chilling supernatural tale of transgressive literary horror from the Bram Stoker Award finalist and Splatterpunk Award-winning author of Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke.The lives of those residing in the isolated town of Burnt Sparrow, New Hampshire, are forever altered after three faceless entities arrive on Christmas morning to perform a brutal act of violencea senseless tragedy that can never be undone. While the townspeople grieve their losses and grapple with the aftermath of the attack, a young teenage boy named Rupert Cromwell is forced to confront the painful realities of his family situation. Once relationships become intertwined and more carnage ensues as a result of the massacre, the town residents quickly learn that true retribution is futile, cruelty is earned, and certain thresholds must never be crossed no matter what.Engrossing, atmospheric, and unsettling, this is a devastating story of a small New England community rocked by an unforgivable act of violence. Writing with visceral intensity and profound eloquence, LaRocca journeys deep into the dark heart of Burnt Sparrow, leaving you chilled to the bone and wanting more.

A statistics professor tries to a survive a series of gruesome and impossibly unlikely disasters linked to a supernaturally lucky Vegas casino, while dealing with her own erasure as a bisexual, in this chilling and quick-witted horror novel. Vera, a bisexual statistics professor, is one of the survivors of a global disaster of a new kind the Low Probability Event. What should have been a simple family lunch turns into an absurd catastrophe raining fish, parade balloons, exploding manholes and brutally violent animal attacks.Washed up the aftermath, its only when the handsome, but problematic, government agent Layne knocks on her door that she is offered a glimpse of meaning to life. Layne is investigating the Low Probability Event, and believes the deadly absurd events may be linked to an improbably lucky casino.As they hit the road to try and make sense of the meaningless chaos of life, only one thing is clear what happens in Vegas isnt staying there

When a young fisherman falls in love with a beautiful mermaid, he is faced with an impossible choice: to be with her, he must cast away his very soul. Thus begins a haunting journey through strange lands and spiritual trials, as his discarded soul, unwilling to be forgotten, takes on a life of its own.In The Fisherman and his Soul, Oscar Wilde weaves a poetic and philosophical fable that explores the boundaries of love, the cost of desire, and the redemptive power of compassion. Rich in symbolism and moral depth, this enchanting story reminds us that the greatest truths often lie hidden in the depths of the heart. A timeless classic from one of literatures most luminous voices.

The unlikely assassin of the king flees from a group of ruthless mercenaries as the country falls to ruin, in this gripping, gritty and action-packed fantasy adventure from a Booktok and podcast sensation. Perfect for fans of R.F. Kuang, H.M. Long and R.J. Barker.Anji works as a castle servant, cleaning laundry for a king she hates. So when a rare opportunity presents itself, she seizes the chance to cut his throat. Then she runs for her life. In her wake, the kingdom is thrown into disarray, while a bounty bigger than anyone could imagine lands on her head.On her heels are the fabled mercenaries of the Menagerie, whose animal-shaped masks are magical relics rumored to give them superhuman powers. Its the Hawk who finds Anji first: a surly, aging swordswoman who has her own reasons for keeping Anji alive and out of the hands of her fellow bounty hunters, if only long enough to collect the reward herself.With the rest of the Menagerie on their trail, so begins an alliance as tenuous as it is temporaryand a race against death that will decide Anjis fate, and may change the course of a kingdom.

Amid a literal fog of war on a disputed planet, a woman is thrust into battle, forced to fight in her captors war. With an empire at her back, ready to kill her at the slightest hesitation, this slaveturned- reluctant hero must battle through an unknown enemy, scientific abominations, and truly alien terrain to uncover the truth about her identity and that of her enslaved companions.Chungs noveltold in sparse, evocative prose and expertly translated by Anton Hurdraws on the real history of Korean soldiers who fought and died in a war against Russia on behalf of the Qing Dynasty. Red Sword combines stunning world-building with a thought-provoking challenge to readers: what does it mean to wield power over others?

In the twelve stories of Heart Lamp, Banu Mushtaq exquisitely captures the everyday lives of women and girls in Muslim communities in southern India. Published originally in the Kannada language between 1990 and 2023, praised for their dry and gentle humour, these portraits of family and community tensions have garnered both censure from conservative quarters as well Indias most prestigious literary awards. This is a collection sure to be read for years to come.

In a world where words are power, there is nothing more dangerous than an unnamed thing.Enter an epic world of ghosts and monsters, magical trains and nameless wonders in this gorgeous lyrical fantasy, perfect for fans of Susanna Clarke, The Starless Sea and the films of Guillermo del Toro. When something fell from the something tree, all the words went away. And the world changed.Monsters slipped from dreams. The land began to shift and ghosts wandered the world in trances. Only with the rise of the named and their committeesMaps, Ghosts, Dreams, and Namescould humanity stand against the terrors of the nameless wilds. Now, they build borders, shackle ghosts and hunt monsters. The nameless are to be fought, and feared.One unnamed courier of the names committee travels aboard the Number Twelve train, assigning names to the people and things that need them. Her position on the train grants her safety in a world that otherwise fears her. But when she accidentally pulls a monster from a dream, and attacks by the nameless rock the Number Twelve, she is forced to flee. Accompanied by a patchwork ghost, a fretful monster, and a nameless animal who prowls the borders between realities, she sets out to look for her long-lost sister.Her search for the truth of her own life opens the door to a revolutionary futurefor the words she carries will reshape the world.At once a love letter to the power of language and an exploration of its limits, The Naming Song is the perfect fantasy for anyone whos ever dreamed of a stranger, freer, more magical world.

A fearsomely dark, incantatory new dystopia set in a post-apocalyptic convent from the author of viral sensation Tender is the FleshBarbaric, brutal and utterly beautiful. The Unworthy is a searing haunt of a novel that I will never forget LUCY ROSE, AUTHOR OF THE LAMBIn the House of the Sacred Sisterhood, the unworthy live in fear of the Superior Sisters whip. Seething with resentment, they plot against each other and await who will ascend to the level of the Enlightened - and who will suffer the next exemplary punishment.Risking her life, one of the unworthy keeps a diary in secret. Slowly, memories surface from a time before the world collapsed, before the Sacred Sisterhood became the only refuge.Then Lucia arrives. She, too, is unworthy - but she is different. And her presence brings a single spark of hope to a world of darkness.______________READER REVIEWSAn absolutely haunting read that left me reelingObsessed! Deliciously dark and almost seductiveBazterrica had already pushed the boundaries of dystopian horror with Tender is The Flesh, The Unworthy elevates it even furtherDystopian, sapphic, horrifying and compelling. I couldnt really put it down!OhmyGod. What did I just read? This book is horrifying from the very first page and kept me hooked till the very end

It is a work of satire on the shortcomings of the government and society of the period. Much of Dickens ire is focused upon the institutions of debtors prisonsin which people who owed money were imprisoned, unable to work, until they have repaid their debts. The representative prison in this case is the Marshalsea where the authors own father had been imprisoned. Most of Dickens other critiques in this particular novel concern the social safety net: industry and the treatment and safety of workers; the bureaucracy of the British Treasury (as figured in the fictional "Circumlocution Office"); and the separation of people based on the lack of interaction between the classes.

The deaths of a series of young Eastern European women in Glasgow leads to a stately home in the Scottish countryside, and back to the Second World War, where a group of young soldiers made their own, shocking rules Saltire Prize shortlisted author David F. Ross returns with an extraordinary, dark mystery first in a new series.`A thoroughly researched and well imagined historical mystery with echoes of David Peace Guardian`A novel of real ambition and verve ranges from wartime Italy to sixties Glasgow to explore the pasts dark hold upon the present. Harrowing and compelling in equal measure, this is David F. Ross at the top of his game Liam McIlvanney`A masterpiece from one of Glasgows finest authors epic in scale but told through the deeply personal accounts of its luckless, damaged characters. Told with a wit as sharp as any razor Callum McSorley`Righteous anger drives us through the narrative at a ferocious rate All of Rosss novels so far have been accomplished works, but The Weekenders is certainly one of the most compelling, with the dynamism of a thriller and the power of a stirring sermon Herald Scotland__________Glasgow, 1966: Stevie Minto Milloy, former star footballer-turned-rookie reporter, finds himself trailing the story of a young Eastern European student whose body has been found on remote moorland outside the city. How did she get there from her hostel at the Sovereign Grace Mission, and why does Stevie find obstacles at every turn?Italy, 1943: As the Allies fight Mussolinis troops, a group of young soldiers are separated from their platoon, and Glaswegian Jamesie Campbell, his newfound friend Michael McTavish at his side, finds himself free to make his own rulesGlasgow, 1969: Courtroom sketch artist Donald Doodle Malpas is shocked to discover that his new case involves the murder of a teenage Lithuanian girl he knows from the Sovereign Grace Mission. Why hasnt the girls death been reported? And why is a young police constable suddenly so keen to join the mission?No one seems willing to join the dots between the two cases, and how they link to Raskine House, the stately home in the Scottish countryside with a dark history and even darker present the venue for the debauched parties held there by the rich and powerful of the city who call themselves The Weekenders.Painting a picture of a 1960s Glasgow in the throes of a permissive society, pulled apart by religion, corruption, and a murderous Bible John stalking the streets, The Weekenders is a snapshot of an era of turmoil and a terrifying insight into the mind of a ruthless criminal__________`An alchemical epic that flies through decades while managing to remain deeply grounded in real lives and the battle for truth. Bravo! Ewan Morrison`This fiction is furious. David F. Ross goes deep and dark, in an attempt to understand the criminal mind [and] writes with a righteous anger as he examines the evil that men do Alistair Braidwood, Scots Whay Hae`David Ross has a seemingly natural gift for pungently memorable phrasing and dialogue that feels youre listening in rather than reading Damian Barr`Stark, uncompromising and gritty, David F. Ross takes us to a dark place that is no easy weekend away Douglas S...

The young women studying at the Grimaldi yearn for new kinds of life. Monitored by the nuns who run the college, eight of them form a close group, sharing confidences and hopes for the future. But each, too, has her private secrets - a child from an early love affair, frustrated artistic ambitions, burning desires and petty jealousies. With the passing months, their paths begin to diverge, as each woman struggles towards her own idea of freedom.A virtuosic group portrait, Theres No Turning Back broke radical new ground in representing modern womens lives when it first appeared in 1938, facing immediate censorship by the Fascist authorities. Published in a new translation by the acclaimed Ann Goldstein, it is a powerfully moving story of women coming of age in a turbulent world.

Millennial expat couple Anna and Tom are living the dream in Berlin, in a bright, plant-filled apartment in Neukolln. They are young digital creatives, freelancers without too many constraints. They have a passion for food, progressive politics, sexual experimentation and Berlins twenty-four-hour party scene. Their ideal existence is also that of an entire generation, lived out on Instagram, but outside the images they create for themselves, dissatisfaction and ennui burgeon. Their work as graphic designers becomes repetitive. Friends move back home, have children, grow up. An attempt at political activism during the refugee crisis proves fruitless. And in that picture-perfect life Anna and Tom feel increasingly trapped, yearning for an authenticity and a sense of purpose that seem perennially just out of their grasp. With the stylistic mastery of Georges Perec and nihilism of Michel Houellebecq, Perfection, translated by Sophie Hughes, is a sociological novel about the emptiness of contemporary existence, beautifully written, brilliantly scathing.

A great book, an important book that will start a discussion that needs to be hadmy heart was in my mouthMarian KeyesExhilarating, viscerally thrilling and SO timely - an ambitious dark comedy that really delivers. Hugely smart, with so much emotional depth and resonanceDaisy BuchananSharp, dark and outrageously funny,Marianne LevyThis is an honest, funny, devastating and timely bookJenny ColganDont Make Me Laugh balances anger and humour with the deftest of touches. It is a story about power and control and manipulation, about gendered roles in both the workplace and our personal lives, and about how women are set up in competition with each other. And ultimately satisfyingly its a story about fighting back.

A blistering mystery. With I Dreamed of Falling, Julia Dahl proves shes simply one of the best thriller writers working today Gillian FlynnA riveting crime novel Vivid and haunting and not to be missed Megan AbbottRoman Grady is the sole reporter for the local newspaper in a tiny Hudson Valley town a town so small that every store opening is considered newsworthy. But when Romans longtime girlfriend Ashley, the mother of his four-year-old son, is found dead, he realises he had no idea what was really going on in her life.And when he starts asking questions, hes not prepared for the answers.What was Ashley doing at the cliffside home of her troubled ex-girlfriend? How did no one in a house full of people see what happened to her? And why does it seem like everyone in town suddenly has something to hide? As Roman and his mother dig into Ashleys last few months, the truths they uncover threaten to expose painful secrets. The kind of secrets that can get you killed.

A fierce story about friendship and competition set among Londons forgotten girl gangs for fans of The Girls by Emma Cline_______________________CompellingTHE TIMESThe Kings Heads postwar era is clearly defined. But the questions it asks are eternalOBSERVERA glorious tale of female friendship and rivalryLUCIE McKNIGHT HARDYWonderfully vivid, powerful and compellingJOSEPH OCONNORA startling new talentPETER JAMES_______________________ We never ran the place on paper, but we had reigned here as Kings, reigned over the world we created for ourselves.1957, London. A gang of girls called the Kings rule the bomb-struck streets of Finsbury Park. When Harry, their unpredictable but charismatic leader, tries to encroach on the territory of the rival Seven Sisters gang, the Kings know theyre in for a fight.Armed with flick knives and fists, they do battle in dancehalls and on football fields. But with the authorities closing in and conscripted boys threatening to reclaim what was once theirs, the Kings must ask if theyre willing to pay the price of loyalty... __________________________Readers are loving The Kings HeadFresh and exhilaratingThoroughly enjoyedWell-writtenI would definitely recommendLooking forward to reading more from Kelly Frost

A smart, funny and surprisingly moving read for fans of Dolly AldertonTHE I PAPERA commercial-literary gem for fans of Kiley Reid, Curtis Sittenfeld and Alison Espach PANDORA SYKESIf youre honest, youll admit that youve raised George or dated George or, worse, you are GeorgeWASHINGTON POSTThis book is a knockout MARIA SEMPLEAn excellent novel...as convincing as it is moving ADELLE WALDMANPerceptive, funny and tender ALISON ESPACH We all know a George. Hes the kind of guy whos brimming with potential but incapable of following through### he doesnt know if hes in love with his girlfriend, but he certainly likes having her around; hes distant from - but still reliant on - his mother; he swears hell finish his novel one day. Sure, you might find him disappointing. But no one is more disappointed in George than George himself. As funny as it is astute and as singular as it is universal, The Book of George is a deft, unexpectedly moving never-coming-of-age tale and a portrait of one man, but also countless others.

Absolute, utter perfection Chloe Liese, bestselling author of Only and ForeverReal and raw...swoon-worthy romance. Bal KhabraA married couple joins a week-long wilderness expedition to help them reconnect in this heartfelt companion novel to the viral TikTok sensation Out on a Limb.High school sweethearts Sarah and Caleb Linwood have always been a sure thing. For the past seventeen years, they have had each others backs through all of lifes ups and downs.But Sarah has begun to wonder... who is she without her other half?When she decides to take on a fundraiser in memory of her late mother, Sarah wants nothing more than to prove that she doesnt need Calebs help to succeed. But the event fails and Caleb uninvitedly steps in to save the day.The rift that follows unearths a decade of grievances and doubts. Are they truly the same people they were when they got married at nineteen? Are they supposed to be?Desperate to save what they know they once had, Sarah and Caleb join a grueling, week-long hiking trip intended to guide couples through rough patches. Can they fight their way out of the woods in order to find their way back to their roots?

Vividly told, with powerfully drawn characters, this tale of obsession and betrayal set in the dark world of Tudor alchemy will cast its spell over historical fiction fans.HeatIt is 1597 and Kit Skevy and Mariner Elgin have just robbed the wrong grave.They are young criminals in the pocket of a gang Lord named Will Twentyman, the Grave Eorl of Southwark. Mariner is the best cutpurse around, a strange Calvinist girl who dresses like a boy and is partner in crime to Kit Skevy, Southwarks best brawler who carries a secret: he cannot feel pain.When caught out in their unfortunate larceny, Kit is kidnapped by the menacing alchemist Lord Isherwood (a man who will stop at nothing to achieve his hopes for the Red Lion elixir) and his studious son, Lazarus Isherwood, with whom Kit develops a complicated intrigue. When Mariner enlists the help of a competing French alchemist, Lady Elody Blackwater, Mariner and Kit are thrust into the shadowed, political world of Tudor alchemy, testing both their friendship and their lives.It matters not who you are born to... but where you are made!

Chief Investigator of Nordland Police, Jakob Weber is drawn into a complex case when a teenaged girl goes missing in Northern Norway, and a second woman disappears from a remote island in similar circumstances FIRST in a compelling, dark new Nordic Noir series.`Provides a boilerplate for anyone wishing to write a Scandi crime novel Weber, "a dagger in a velvet sheath", is an engaging character; discerning readers will wish to meet him again Mark Sanderson, The Times`Atmospheric Crime Monthly`Jakob Weber is a great protagonist, and the sense of place is phenomenal. The perfect start to a series destined for greatness Thomas Enger`This is first-class Nordic Noir from the real North, where danger lurks around every corner Gunnar Staalesen_______In Norways frozen north, its not just secrets that are buriedWhen nineteen-year-old Iselin Hanssen disappears during a run in a popular hiking area in Bod, Northern Norway, suspicion quickly falls on her boyfriend. For investigator Jakob Weber, the case seems clear-cut, almost unexceptional, even though there is some suggestion that Iselin lived parts of her life beneath the radar of both family and friends.But events take a dramatic turn when another woman disappears in similar circumstances this time on the island of Rst, miles off the Norwegian coast, in the wild ocean.Rumours that a killer is on the loose begin to spread, terrifying the local population and leading to wild conspiracies. But then Jakob discovers that this isnt the first time that young women have vanished without a trace in the region, and it becomes clear that someone is hiding something and another murderous spree may have just begunFor fans of Joe Pickett, Ragnar Jonasson and Jorn Lier Horst______`Dark and totally gripping adds a new dimension to the police procedural which goes beyond the standard elements of the genre Ewa Sherman, European Literature NetworkWhat readers are saying`Multiple theories and suspects keep us on edge until the very end`Impossible to put down`The spectacular setting is a character in its own right`Quirky, believable characters and some of the most breathtaking descriptions of Northern Norway that Ive ever read`Simply superb both creepy and thrilling`An incredible, addictive start to a new series

A strange and compelling classic of dystopian and climate fiction, one that with foreboding and deep compassion maps the psyche and the terrain of dislocation - Jeff VanderMeerOne might become convinced that Kavan had seen the future - New YorkerIce will soon cover the entire globe. As the glacial tide creeps forward, society breaks down. Hurtling through the frozen chaos is a nameless narrator, seeking the white-haired girl he once loved, desperate to rescue her - or perhaps to annihilate her. Through nightmarish, ever-shifting scenes, she flees him and his powerful enemy, the Warden. But none of them can outrun the ice.Anna Kavans masterwork is an apocalyptic vision of environmental devastation and possessive violence, rendered in unforgettable, propulsive, hallucinatory prose.Part of the Pushkin Press Classics series: timeless storytelling by icons of literature, hand-picked from around the globe.With an introduction by Christopher Priest, author of The Prestige and The Inverted World.Anna Kavan (1901-1968) was born Helen Woods, the only child of wealthy British expatriates, and grew up travelling through Europe and America. She began publishing under her married name, Helen Ferguson, having left her husband in Burma and returned with her son to live in England. After a mental breakdown in the 1930s she began writing under a new name, taken from one of her characters, and with a new style. She continued writing for another three decades, while frequently using heroin and undergoing several rounds of psychiatric hospitalisation. She died shortly after the publication of Ice, her most celebrated work.