Rain paperback
by Conrad Williams
from Gray Friar Press
This is no ordinary storm ... Ben and his family move in to a French house cloaked by storm clouds. The walls fail to keep out intruders. Warnings appear. There is an accident. There is death. There is rain. Much rain. This is Conrad Williams' new novella. Remember to breathe. Conrad Williams was born in 1969 and has been in print since 1988. He has sold around 80 short stories to a diverse range of publications and anthologies. He is the author of three novels, 'Head Injuries', 'London Revenant' and 'The Unblemished'; three novellas, 'Nearly People', 'Game' and 'The 'Scalding Rooms'; and a collection of short stories, 'Use Once then Destroy'. He is a past recipient of the Littlewood Arc Prize and the British Fantasy Award. He lives in Manchester with his wife, the writer Rhonda Carrier, their sons, Ethan and Ripley, and a monster Maine Coon cat called Reddie. www.conradwilliams.net
*OP Counterparts
by Nicholas Royle
from White Wolf Publishing
This is a superb first novel from an author known for his unusual, oneiric short stories. The setting is Europe in the late '80s, right before the fall of the Berlin Wall. The form is of two -- or perhaps three -- parallel tales about men who are spirit twins. The mood is that of existential anomie. The horror appears in such themes as genital mutilation, identity splitting, paranoia, ambiguously real/unreal nightmares and the birth of a monstrous child. Elegantly written and profoundly disturbing.
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The Appetite (paperback)
by Nicholas Royle
from Gray Friar Press
London, the late 1980s. A storm of hurricane strength brings two people together. One of them is married. 'Nicholas Royle writes at the very edge of genre, both at the cutting edge and at the border with something that is rather different' - Roz Kaveney, TLS 'His books are a tonic for our jaded palates' - Jonathan Coe 'He makes the ordinary seem spooky and the uncanny seem believable' - Laurence Phelan, Independent on Sunday 'A master craftsman' - Ron Butlin, Sunday Herald
The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror Volume 12
BEST NEW HORROR (2) Two: The Dead Love You; The Last Feast of Harlequin; Cedar Lane; Alive in Venice; His Mouth Will Taste of Wormwood; The Original Dr Shade; Master Ice Cold; Stephen; On the Town Route; Negatives; Aquarium; The Co-op; Lord of the Land
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 11th Annual Collection
FEAR - The World of Fantasy and Horror - Number 1 - July August 1988: The Prize; Eye of Childhood; The Dandelion Woman; John Carpenter; Splatterpunks Scream; Neil Jordan; Toward Ancient Images; Whim of Iron; Tales of the Busy Auteur; Censorship
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