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Conrad Williams

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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

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Nicholas Royle

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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.

Darklands: No. 2

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This selection of horror writing, taken from Nicholas Royle's second prize-winning anthology, also contains a new story by Ramsey Campbell.

A Book of Two Halves: Football Short Stories

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Awesome Footie Stories 5 out of 5 stars.
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Awesome collection of 25 short stories and essays about soccer. My favorites were Stephen Baxter's "Clods," Tim Pears' "Ebony International" Nicholas Lezards' "The Beautiful Game," Steve Grant's "Casuals," Geoff Nicholson's "The Winning Side," Mark Morris's "The Shirt," and Mark Timlin's "Wonder Boy." That said, almost every story has something worthwhile about it, and for a soccer fan, this is a must read.

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This is a collection of 23 football stories, including stories by Irvine Welsh, Iain Sinclair, Glyn Maxwell, Geoff Nicholson, Kim Newman, and Liz Jensen. It also includes poems about football by John Hegley. The plots involve a riotous Hibernian Saturday night and a hazardous visit to White Hart Lane.

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Nicholas Royle

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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