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'Outstandingly weird and memorable' GUARDIAN 'Deliciously creepy' NEW SCIENTIST Fear never dies... Featuring stories from Susan Barker, J K Chukwu, Bridget Collins, Mariana Enríquez, Michel Faber, Lewis Hancox, Emilia Hart, Ainslie Hogarth, Robert Lautner, Adorah Nworah, Irenosen Okojie, Lucy Rose, Lionel Shriver, James Smythe, Lavie Tidhar, Francine Toon, Evie Wyld and Louisa Young. These stories from eighteen master storytellers will curdle your blood, haunt your dreams and redefine terror. From a hungry young woman who is not what she seems, to a boy who has taken his mother's advice a little too seriously; from disfigured girls willing to pay any price to fit in, to an immigrant who cannot escape his tormentor in his new home country; from a new home with a sinister secret, to the discovery that a long-dead parent's corpse is perfectly preserved decades later; this collection plumbs the depths of the psyche and dredges up some very modern horrors. READERS ARE OBSESSED 'Stunning' 'Well-plotted and horrifying' 'Visceral, creepy, gory... stays in your head long after reading them' 'It's so satisfying to turn to the next story in an anthology like this and be pretty confident it's going to be a banger... bravo' 'Spine-tingling... I was gripped and it kept me up at night as I just wanted to read one more story' 'Often unusual, always unique... a wildly eclectic cornucopia of horror'

A story about the weight of the past and the promise of the future set between rural Australia and London - from the bestselling author of The Bass RockMax didn’t believe in an afterlife. Until he died. Now, as a reluctant ghost trying to work out why he remains, he watches his girlfriend Hannah lost in grief in the flat they shared and begins to realise how much of her life was invisible to him.In the weeks and months before Max’s death, Hannah is haunted by the secrets she left Australia to escape. A relationship with Max seems to offer the potential of a different story, but the past refuses to stay hidden. It finds expression in the untold stories of the people she grew up with, the details of their lives she never knew and the events that broke her family apart and led her to Max.Both a celebration and autopsy of a relationship, The Echoes is a novel about stories and who has the right to tell them, asking what of our past can we shrug off and what is fixed forever.

'A modern gothic triumph' Max Porter The Bass Rock has for centuries watched over the lives that pass under its shadow on the Scottish mainland. And across the centuries the fates of three women are linked: to this place, to each other. In the early 1700s, Sarah, accused of being a witch, flees for her life. In the aftermath of the Second World War, Ruth navigates a new house, a new husband and the strange waters of the local community. Six decades later, the house stands empty. Viv, mourning the death of her father, catalogues Ruth's belongings and discovers her place in the past - and perhaps a way forward. Each woman's choices are circumscribed by the men in their lives. But in sisterhood there is the hope of survival and new life... WINNER OF THE STELLA PRIZE _______________ PRAISE FOR THE BASS ROCK: 'Daring, heartfelt, explosive' Daisy Johnson 'A vividly imagined portrait' Sunday Times 'Dark, disturbing and very sophisticated' William Boyd 'Wonderfully subtle and magnificently savage' Claire Fuller

Jake Whyte je jedinou obyvatelkou starého statku na nejmenovaném britském ostrově, v místě neutuchajících dešťů a silných větrů. Je to jen ona, divoký pes a stádo ovcí. Přesně tohle si přála. Ale něco každých pár dnů přichází a trhá ovce... Může to být cokoliv. Les je plný lišek a žije v něm také podivný člověk, který vypráví legendu o podivném, obrovském zvířeti. Jake utíká před temnou minulostí, příběhem, který se odehrál před mnoha lety tisíce mil odsud, na druhém konci světa. Památkou jsou jizvy a šrámy na jejích zádech... Román získal tři ceny: Miles Franklin Award, Encore Award a Jerwood Fiction Uncovered Award. Byl v užším výběru na Costa Novel Prize a James Tait Black Memorial Prize

From Granta's Best Young British Novelists, this award-winning novel follows Jake Whyte, an outsider in a remote farmhouse on a stormy British island. As she faces threats to her sheep and confronts her haunting past, the story explores themes of struggle, survival, and redemption with exceptional artistry.

Nadat zijn relatie op de klippen is gelopen, verhuist Frank van Canberra naar het huisje van zijn grootouders. Hij wil zijn gewelddadige jeugd en de slechte relatie met zijn vader vergeten. In het dorp midden in de overweldigende Australische natuur slaagt hij erin een nieuw leven op te bouwen. Frank raakt zelfs bevriend met zijn buren en vooral hun zevenjarige dochtertje Sal. Maar het blijkt niet eenvoudig het verleden van zich af te schudden en uiteindelijk besluit Frank in Sydney op zoek te gaan naar zijn vader Leon. Als Frank na zijn zoektocht terugkomt in zijn dorp, blijkt zijn huis te zijn vernield. Buurmeisje Sal wordt vermist en Frank staat voor heel nieuwe problemen, en leert van de fouten van zijn vader door ze zelf ook te maken. Na het vuur, een ademloze stilte is een schitterend verhaal over vaders en zonen, hun onderlinge strijd en de dingen die ze nooit over elkaar te weten zullen komen.