Adam Maxwell's first collection of short stories is inventive, funny, dark, and hugely entertaining. Effortlessly fusing pop culture, gunplay, and simians, Dial M For Monkey contains a vibrant mixture of short...
A perfectly preserved pre-historic cadaver is discovered in the fens and brought to a Museum. For the new Director it should present a major opportunity but is it real? And if so, how come the pre-historic ring...
Emu Patrol is the farcical tale of an obsessional pursuit of love, sex, drugs, rock ‘n’ roll and emus. Who is Jake Lewis? Is he the drug-dealing terrorist the police think he is? Is he the perverted stalker...
Clint had woken up in some strange places in his time. Narcolepsy is like that. But even he had never woken up on a golf course next to a dead body. Until today. When one of his friends reveals himself to be...
Gerry wakes up in in a bath full of cold water in her interview suit and best shoes. How did she get there? How did she sleep and why is there nothing aluminium left in the flat? Her flatmate Jane wants a shower,...
25 short, sometimes funny and sometimes mean stories ideal to rediscover the joy of reading a book as shiny and beautiful as a brand new cell phone. A look from a distance at the absurdity of our present day...
Charles Dickens has dominated the Christmas short story market for too long and he's so bloody depressing... wouldn't you rather read something that was funny, had comedy misunderstandings, people accidentally...
A rip-roaring swashbuckler about several inept pirates giving it a go and having a blast in the process. BongoTree is a jolly romp through the English language. A veritable smorgasbord of satirical wordplay.
Short stories from the borderlands of the American West. Body Count. Horse Stealers. Killing. The Bull of the Quarrel is Rising. Running. Mafia Western. Raid on a Cafe. The Contract.
Children's and Household Tales (German: Kinder- und Hausmärchen) is a collection of German origin fairy tales first published in 1812 by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, the Brothers Grimm. The collection is commonly...
Irish Customs and Beliefs is a collection of stories exploring the gentler, more superstitious lives of the old Irish. Kevin Danaher tells of the wandering Irish, highwaymen, summer pastures and the typical...
If you enjoy reading justice gone comically wrong, you just might be as sick as us. Read on. *Cowritten by Z. D. Larkin, Nate Williams, and Gabriel Szantai
On an otherwise normal day in Wonderland, the Knave of Hearts is arrested by the secret police. Outraged by what he believes to be an injustice, his valet, the March Hare, sets out to free him. Along the way...
A short story about two neighbours with very different lives. Luigi is a former professional cyclist, potentially the greatest cyclist since Eddie Merckx, but living as a recluse after his team is banned from...
This tale, written by a 14 year-old Tim Bennett, was groundbreaking fiction that is so indie that not even the underground knows about it yet. It is a tale of courage, goodwill, toxic waste and animals - the...
Eaglethorpe Buxton, famed adventurer and story-teller, friend to those in need of a friend and guardian to those in need of a guardian. He is a liar and braggart, not to be trusted, especially around pies. Who...
A glorious romp and recollection of events that occur "in my neighborhood". If I had famous rock stars living all "in my neighborhood". All events are purely fictional and not a true recollection in the real...
Abrams Porter. Plumber. Smart, sexy, single. Every woman's best friend. And falling hard for Nina, the long-legged vision he met at a hot dog stand. A short, sharp story about love, pickup trucks, relish, Twizzlers,...
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