Dublin-born Bram Stoker lived in London, meeting other notable authors such as Arthur Conan Doyle and Oscar Wilde. Apart from the ground-breaking Dracula Stoker wrote supernatural horror short stories, many of which, including `The Judge's House' and `Dracula's Guest', are featured here with extracts from his longer works.
A collector's edition of Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, and Through the Looking Glass, with letters, poems and a biography of their creator, Charles Lutwidge Dodgson. Featuring over 100 black and white illustrations by Arthur Rackham and Sir John Tenniel.
During the 1745 Jacobite Rebellion, two powerful witches realise how vulnerable they are with the men away fighting. They team up with fae queen Nicnevin to make men out of earth and bring them to life, but are they safe from their protectors?
The third book in the Blade and Bone trilogy. When Verve falls through a portal leading to another formidable realm. She must find a way back to the fairy realm and claim the fae throne before a would-be king executes her husband and throws the worlds into chaos. First, though, there is power to grab and thieves of magic to unmask.
This new Robots anthology delves into the fascinating evolution of robots, from the mechanical marvels of the past to the imaginative possibilities of the future. Whether exploring the nostalgia of retro robotics or envisioning futuristic automatons, this exciting collection brings together classic robot fiction and new stories by modern authors.
This collection features an abundance of tales from around the world, offering explanations for where the universe, the world, and humans came from ('Chaos and Nyx'), reasons for natural phenomena and the characteristics of animals and plants, and stories of endings ranging from destruction ('Ragnarok') to the journey the spirit makes after death.
A brand new, highly readable history by Scott Crawford, Chinese Ancient Origins surveys the events, cultural practices, political developments, beliefs, key individuals and roots of ancient China, from the earliest known prehistory and the origin of humanity through to the collapse of the Qin dynasty (206 BCE) and the founding of the imperial era.
Packed with delightful tales of love affairs and broken hearts, misadventures and wise-cracking creatures, the everyday stories of Korea bring the warmth of the familiar with a twist of the unusual. Magistrates, woodmen and princes, moles, frogs and fairies abound in this delightful collection, organized by theme.
H.P. Lovecraft was the inventor of cosmic horror, of weird fiction and the Cthulhu mythology. His stories flourished in the fertile earth of pulp fiction where he inspired many other writers from Robert E. Howard to Clark Ashton Smith. This is a companion volume to the many gothic horror writers in the series.
A CWA anthology celebrating members' fiction from over the years, Then There Were More is a delightful compilation of stories from some of the best crime writers of the last century. The Beyond and Within books are gorgeous, with foiled covers, printed edges and published only in hardcover, offering a lifetime of reading pleasure.
This vibrant anthology presents a curated selection of speculative stories and fascinating essays highlighting the many voices, mythologies, folklore, cultures and storytelling prowess of authors from all over Latin America and the diaspora. Edited by the wonderful V. Castro, Mexican-American speculative, horror and sci-fi writer extraordinaire.
This anthology is a collection of works that draw inspiration from the Creative Futures Research Project, a partnership between Coventry University and the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory. The stories imagine future crises that we may have to resolve and the ramifications of our choices on subsequent generations. Edited by Allen Stroud.
In the tradition of Poe’s The Tell-tale Heart, This Way Lies Madness presents fictional interpretations of madness from some of the biggest names in the horror genre – an anthology of dark stories featuring monstrous manifestations of trauma and guilt, paranoia and persecution, anxiety, addiction, and crippling terror.
Gorgeous Collector's Edition of Irish Fairy stories from the fertile lands of Celtic imagination, where the magic of the everyday is manifested in the world around us. A delightful, beautiful selection of fables, folklore and fairy tales with tricksters, banshees, fairy queens and ancient spirits.
A Ghanaian writer of speculative fiction Cheryl S. Ntumy has appeared in FIYAH Literary Magazine, Apex Magazine, World Literature Today and she's also been shortlisted for the Nommo Award for African speculative fiction, the Commonwealth Writers Short Story Prize and the Miles Morland Foundation Scholarship.
With a new introduction, this collection of Slavic tales is based on the oral storytelling traditions of the peoples of Eastern Europe, from the Polish and the Slovaks to the Macedonians, Croats, Czechs and Serbians, with roots in ancient folklore and influenced by the Viking traders who settled in Kiev in the early middle ages. Stories abound with mountains, magic palaces and temples in such
A new series of sustainable jigsaw puzzles with sturdy pieces in a cloth bag and a cylindrical box. These high-quality, 1000-piece puzzles are free of plastic packaging, made with FSC-certified paper and board, and feature powerful and popular works of art. Not suitable for children under 3 years due to small parts. Art by Anna Stead.
A new series of sustainable jigsaw puzzles with sturdy pieces in a cloth bag and a cylindrical box. These high-quality, 1000-piece puzzles are free of plastic packaging, made with FSC-certified paper and board, and feature powerful and popular works of art. Not suitable for children under 3 years due to small parts. Art by Anna Stead.
Our fantasies may be revealed in our dreams, they find us, suspended in the twilight zone of reality and a dream-like state, blurring what is real and what isn’t, balancing on the known and unknown. Lost loves or new loves materialise from the mists in this amorphous world – will they solidify into reality or vanish from whence they came? Still, we yearn to dream, craving to see a face again from
Since ancient times and across realms the clash of swords and clatter of shields punctuate pursuits of love. A part of Flame Tree's thrilling new series of Romantic Fantasy titles, Of Swords & Roses features tales of chivalry and court intrigue; quests of passion and honour; wars waged for the sake of a beloved's hand; and great sacrifices made in the name of love. Such endeavours may