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A mesmerising SF thriller from a master of the genre. Hap Thompson
is a REMtemp, working the night hours, having people's anxiety
dreams for them. For the first time in his life, Hap's making big
money - and that should have been enough... Hap Thompson has
finally found something he can do better than anyone else. And it's
legal. Almost. Hap's a REMtemp, working the night hours, having
people's anxiety dreams for them. For the first time in his life,
Hap's making big money - and that should have been enough. But then
Hap is made an offer he just can't refuse: proxying memories
instead of dreams. This is not almost illegal - this is illegal in
bold with flashing lights. The last thing the cops want are
criminals who can pass lie detector tests and Hap knows it, but
he's relying on the promise that he won't have to carry anything
that relates to a criminal offence. Big mistake. Before he knows
what's happening, Hap is locked in a vicious nightmare that
threatens to tear his mind and his life apart... And, as in all
Michael Marshall Smith novels, that is just the start.
Welcome to a landscape of ancient evil . . . with stories by
masters of horror Arthur Machen, Algernon Blackwood, H. P.
Lovecraft, M. R. James , Ramsey Campbell, Storm Constantine,
Christopher Fowler, Alison Littlewood, Kim Newman, Reggie Oliver ,
Michael Marshall Smith, Karl Edward Wagner, and more! The darkness
that endures beneath the earth . . . the disquiet that lingers in
the woodland surrounding a forgotten path . . . those ancient
traditions and practices that still cling to standing stone
circles, earthworks, and abandoned buildings; elaborate rituals
that invoke elder gods or nature deities; the restless spirits and
legendary creatures that remain connected to a place or object, or
exist in deep wells and lonely pools of water, waiting to ensnare
the unwary traveler . . . These concepts have been the archetypes
of horror fiction for decades, but in recent years they have been
given a name: Folk Horror. This type of storytelling has existed
for more than a century. Authors Arthur Machen, Algernon Blackwood,
H. P. Lovecraft, and M. R. James all published fiction that had it
roots in the notion of the supernatural being linked to objects or
places "left behind." All four writers are represented in this
volume with powerful, and hopefully unfamiliar, examples of their
work, along with newer exponents of the craft such as Ramsey
Campbell, Storm Constantine, Christopher Fowler, Alison Littlewood,
Kim Newman, Reggie Oliver, and many others. Illustrated with the
atmospheric photography of Michael Marshall Smith, the stories in
The Mammoth Book of Folk Horror tap into an aspect of folkloric
tradition that has long been dormant, but never quite forgotten,
while the depiction of these forces as being in some way "natural"
in no way detracts from the sense of nameless dread and escalating
horror that they inspire . . .
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Only Forward (Paperback)
Michael Marshall Smith
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Michael Marshall Smith's surreal, groundbreaking, and award-winning
debut which resonates with wild humour interlaced with dark
recollections of an emotional minefield. May we introduce you to
Stark. Oh, and by the way - good luck. Stark is the private
investigator who goes to work when Something Happens to you. And
when a Something happens it's no good chanting 'go away go away go
away' and cowering in a corner, because a Something always comes
from your darkest past and won't be beaten until you face it. And
that's not easy in a city where reality is twisting and broken, a
world in which friends can become enemies in a heartbeat - and
where your most secret fear can become a soul-shredding reality.
And the worst of it is, for this nightmare you don't even have to
be asleep... Considered a modern classic, and consistently featured
in lists of Books To Read Before Your Head Explodes, ONLY FORWARD
is a novel you'll never forget.
The first ever collection of Michael Marshall Smith's award-winning
short stories. The first piece of fiction Smith ever wrote -- a
short story called The Man Who Drew Cats -- won the World Fantasy
award. It's included here along with many others, some unpublished,
which show the incredible versatility of one of the most exciting
writers working in Britain today. The collection is stuffed with
surreal, disturbing gems including: 'When God Lived in Kentish
Town' Someone comes up to you when you're quietly eating your
stir-fried rice in a great Chinese take away, and tells you: 'I've
found God'. You try to ignore them, right? But what if they have,
and what if He works in a drab old electrical store on Kentish Town
Road and he's not getting many customers? 'Diet Hell' Some people
will do anything to fit into their old jeans. 'Save As...' What if
you could back up your life? Save it up to a certain point and
return to it when things went horribly wrong? 'Everybody Goes' An
idyllic childhood day from a long, hot summer. The kind you want to
last for ever. All good things must come to an end, mustn't they?
Michael Marshall Smith's surreal, groundbreaking, and award-winning
debut which resonates with wild humour interlaced with dark
recollections of an emotional minefield. Stark lives in Colour, a
neighbourhood whose inhabitants like to be co-ordinated with their
surroundings - a neighbourhood where spangly purple trousers are
admired by the walls of buildings as you pass them. Close by is
Sound, where you mustn't make any, apart from one designated hour a
day when you can scream your lungs raw. Then there's Red - get off
at Fuck Station Zero if you want to see a tactical nuclear battle
recreated as a sales demonstration. Stark has friends in Red, which
is just as well because Something is about to happen. And when a
Something happens it's no good chanting 'Duck and cover' while
cowering in a corner, because a Something is always from the past,
Stark's past, and it won't go away until you face it full on.
'Spares' – human clones, the ultimate health insurance. An eye for an eye – but some people are doing all the taking. 'Spares' – the story of Jack Randall: burnt – out, dropped out, and way overdrawn at the luck bank. But as caretaker on a Spares farm, he still has a choice, and it might make a difference…if he can run fast enough. 'Spares' – a breathless race through strange, disturbing territories in a world all too close on our own. 'Spares' it’s fiction. But only just… “ Comic, cruel, twisted and surreal.” EMPIRE “Some books stretch the imagination.This one mugs it.” DAVID BADDIEL “Tense, exciting and at times very, very funny…He’s worth every penny.” TIME OUT “Witty, hard – edged and coruscatingly imaginative…Compellingly off – kilter.” NEW SCIENTIST “'Spares' blurs imaginative surrealism and hard – bitten horror with a storytelling skill that can only be described as pure genius.” 'VENUE' “A compulsively readable melding of hardboiled narrative and hardware invention.” PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
An unpredictable, poignant, and captivating tale for readers of all
ages, by the critically acclaimed author of Only Forward. There are
a million stories in the world. Most are perfectly ordinary. This
one... isn't. Hannah Green actually thinks her story is more
mundane than most. But she's about to discover that the shadows in
her life have been hiding a world where nothing is as it seems:
that there's an ancient and secret machine that converts evil deeds
into energy, that some mushrooms can talk - and that her
grandfather has been friends with the Devil for over a hundred and
fifty years, and now they need her help.
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Punktown (Paperback)
Jeffrey Thomas; Introduction by Michael Marshall Smith
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Jeffrey Thomas' collection Punktown explored the streets and back
alleys of a futuristic and nightmarish urbanscape in a series of
unconnected short stories. In Punktown: Third Eye, Thomas has
teleported authors Simon Logan, Jonathan Lyons, Charlee Jacob, Paul
G. Tremblay, Michael McCarty, Mark McLaughlin, Garrett Peck, Thomas
Andrew Hughes, and Scott Thomas into the city to pen their own
tales of its citizens, aliens, mutations, and sentient machines.
These talented authors bring a new perspective, a personal vision,
a third eye view to the phantasmetropolis that is Punktown.
1948. Harry Truman is president. The Marshall Plan is about to save
Europe. Israel declares its independence and Ed Sullivan has just
become Toast of the Town. But, for the staff of the Silver
Detective Agency, 1948 may be the year they all look for another
job, unless they can find a client who will save their business and
restore their once glowing reputation. Then, in walks the kind of
client they've dreamed about or, at least, the men. Blonde, flowing
locks. Porcelain skin. Ruby red lips. A body to die for. Carolyn
Hambrick's visit brings hope, as well as danger. Frank Magruder and
the Vermin Gang interrupt her visit and decide to permanently
shutter the Silver Detective Agency with a hail of bullets.
Fortunately, famed explorer Lassiter Shane arrives in the nick of
time. Taking command of the situation, Shane, together with the
Silver detectives, his intrepid World Travelers and the brave men
and women of the Light City Police Department, will face mad
scientists, machine-gun toting Metal Men, remote-controlled drones,
genetically-engineered monsters, deadly androids, zombies and the
dreaded Flying Horror Corps. But, can even Shane and his allies
stop an enemy armed with futuristic weapons and technology,
hell-bent on succeeding where their mentors - Hitler, Mussolini and
Tojo - failed? The odds are stacked against him, but when you're
Lassiter Shane, long odds and certain death are par for the course.
Famed explorer Lassiter Shane has defeated the evil Tiburon and his
minions. Now, he faces his toughest task - stopping the Supreme
Council, a cadre of escaped Nazis, Fascists and Imperialists
hell-bent on succeeding where Hitler, Mussolini and Tojo failed. As
he marshals the world's forces toward this deadly threat, the
council will counter with horrific beast men, winged monsters,
advanced attack ships, hi-tech aircraft and the dreaded Flying
Horror Corps. All of this leads up to the Ultimate Solution. Can
Lassiter Shane stop the Supreme Council from becoming masters of
the world?
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