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An atmospheric and unsettling story of the depths of grief found in
an ancient farm in northern England, soon to be a major motion
picture starring Matt Smith and Morfydd Clark. The worst thing
possible has happened. Richard and Juliette Willoughby's son, Ewan,
has died suddenly at the age of five. Starve Acre, their house by
the moors, was to be full of life, but is now a haunted place.
Convinced Ewan still lives there in some form, Juliette seeks the
help of the Beacons, a seemingly benevolent group of occultists.
Richard, to try and keep the boy out of his mind, has turned his
attention to the field opposite the house, where he patiently digs
the barren dirt in search of a legendary oak tree. But as they
delve further into their grief, both uncover more than they set out
to. Starve Acre is a devastating new novel by the author of the
prize-winning bestseller The Loney. It is a novel about the way in
which grief splits the world in two and how, in searching for hope,
we can so easily unearth horror.
Rooted in place, slipping between worlds - a rich collection of
unnerving ghosts and sinister histories. Eight authors were given
the freedom of their chosen English Heritage site, from medieval
castles to a Cold War nuclear bunker. Immersed in the past and
chilled by rumours of hauntings, they channelled their darker
imaginings into a series of extraordinary new ghost stories. Also
includes a gazetteer of English Heritage properties which are said
to be haunted.
THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'You won't find a more
thrilling winter read this year, or a better line up of writers who
have mastered the gothic and ghostly.' SARA COLLINS, Costa
Award-winning author of The Confessions of Frannie Langton
Featuring new and original tales from: Bridget Collins Sunday Times
bestselling author of The Binding | Imogen Hermes Gowar Sunday
Times bestselling author of The Mermaid and Mrs Hancock | Kiran
Millwood Hargrave Sunday Times bestselling author of The Mercies |
Andrew Michael Hurley Sunday Times bestselling author of The Loney
| Jess Kidd International award-winning author of Things in Jars |
Elizabeth Macneal Sunday Times bestselling author of The Doll
Factory | Natasha Pulley Sunday Times bestselling author of The
Watchmaker of Filigree Street | Laura Purcell Award-winning author
of The Silent Companions ______________ Long before Charles Dickens
and Henry James popularized the tradition, the shadowy nights of
winter have been a time for people to gather together by the
flicker of candlelight and experience the intoxicating thrill of a
ghost story. Now eight bestselling, award-winning authors - all of
them master storytellers of the sinister and the macabre - bring
the tradition to vivid life in a spellbinding new collection of
original spine-tingling tales. Taking you from the frosty Fens to
the wild Yorkshire moors, to the snow-covered grounds of a haunted
estate, to a bustling London Christmas market, these mesmerizing
stories will capture your imagination and serve as your
indispensable companion to the cold, dark nights. So curl up, light
a candle, and fall under the spell of winters past . . .
FROM THE CREATORS OF THE HAUNTING SEASON COMES A DAZZLING
COLLECTION OF NEVER-BEFORE-SEEN GHOSTLY TALES. 'Terrific - every
bit as good as an MR James collection' ROSIE ANDREWS, author of THE
LEVIATHAN Featuring new and original stories from: Bridget Collins,
author of The Binding Imogen Hermes Gowar, author of The Mermaid
and Mrs Hancock Kiran Millwood Hargrave, author of The Mercies
Andrew Michael Hurley, author of The Loney Jess Kidd, author of
Things in Jars Natasha Pulley, author of The Watchmaker of Filigree
Street Elizabeth Macneal, author of The Doll Factory Laura Purcell,
author of The Silent Companions Susan Stokes Chapman, author of
Pandora Laura Shepherd-Robinson, author of The Square of Sevens
Stuart Turton, author of The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
Catriona Ward, author of The Last House on Needless Street The
tradition of a haunted tale at Christmas has flourished across the
centuries. These twelve stories - authored by some of today's most
loved and lauded writers of historical and gothic fiction - are all
centred around Christmas or Advent, boldly and playfully
re-imagining a beloved tradition for a modern audience. Taking you
from a haunted Tuscan villa to a remote Scottish island with a dark
secret,, these vibrant haunted stories are your ultimate companion
for frosty nights. So curl up, light a candle, and fall under the
spell of winters past . . . 'I absolutely devoured The Winter
Spirits. Every story is a gem' LAURA SHEPPERSON 'Another dazzling
collection. Chilling, moving and incredibly satisfying' AMANDA
MASON 'Eerily macabre, hauntingly propulsive' JOANNE BURN
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Devil's Day (Paperback)
Andrew Michael Hurley
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The worst thing possible has happened. Richard and Juliette
Willoughby's son, Ewan, has died suddenly at the age of five.
Starve Acre, their house by the moors, was to be full of life, but
is now a haunted place. Juliette, convinced Ewan still lives there
in some form, seeks the help of the Beacons, a seemingly benevolent
group of occultists. Richard, to try and keep the boy out of his
mind, has turned his attention to the field opposite the house,
where he patiently digs the barren dirt in search of a legendary
oak tree. Starve Acre is a devastating new novel by the author of
the prize-winning bestseller The Loney. It is a novel about the way
in which grief splits the world in two and how, in searching for
hope, we can so easily unearth horror.
THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP 10 BESTSELLER. WINNER OF THE 2015 COSTA FIRST
NOVEL AWARD. THE BRITISH BOOK AWARDS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2016. A
brilliantly unsettling and atmospheric debut full of unnerving
horror - 'The Loney is not just good, it's great. It's an amazing
piece of fiction' Stephen King Two brothers. One mute, the other
his lifelong protector. Year after year, their family visits the
same sacred shrine on a desolate strip of coastline known as the
Loney, in desperate hope of a cure. In the long hours of waiting,
the boys are left alone. And they cannot resist the causeway
revealed with every turn of the treacherous tide, the old house
they glimpse at its end . . . Many years on, Hanny is a grown man
no longer in need of his brother's care. But then the child's body
is found. And the Loney always gives up its secrets, in the end.
'This is a novel of the unsaid, the implied, the barely grasped or
understood, crammed with dark holes and blurry spaces that your
imagination feels compelled to fill' Observer 'A masterful
excursion into terror' The Sunday Times
Michael Hurley watched his world unravel in the wake of infidelity,
divorce and failure. In August 2009, he was short of money, out of
a job, and seeking to salvage a life that had foundered. Deeply in
need of perspective, he took to the open seas in a 32-foot
sailboat, Gypsy Moon. The story of his 2-year outward odyssey,
deterred by rough weather and mechanical troubles, combines keen
observation, poignant thoughts, and deeper introspection with
glorious prose.
"Once Upon a Gypsy Moon" also presents a rare and much-needed point
of view on the familiar spiritual-journey narrative. It offers a
star-crossed love story wrapped inside a rollicking good sea tale,
but it also has something important to say to the reader about
relationships, faith and disbelief, life and death, love and
marriage, and what really matters.
Eight authors were given after hours freedom at their chosen
English heritage site. Immersed in the history, atmosphere and
rumours of hauntings, they channelled their darker imaginings into
a series of extraordinary new ghost stories. Sarah Perry's intense
tale of possession at the Jacobean country house Audley End is a
work of psychological terror, while Andrew Michael Hurley's story
brings an unforgettably shocking slant to the history of Carlisle
Castle. Within the walls of these historic buildings each author
has found inspiration to deliver a new interpretation of the
classic ghost story. Relish the imagined terrors at these
exhilarating locations: Kate Clanchy, Housesteads Roman Fort |
Stuart Evers, Dover Castle | Mark Haddon, York Cold War Bunker |
Andrew Michael Hurley, Carlisle Castle | Sarah Perry, Audley End |
Max Porter Eltham Palace | Kamila Shamsie, Kenilworth Castle |
Jeanette Winterson, Pendennis Castle
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Best British Short Stories 2017 (Paperback)
Nicholas Royle; Contributions by Jay Barnett, Peter Bradshaw, Rosalind Brown, Krishan Coupland, …
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The nation's favourite annual guide to the short story, now in its
seventh year. Best British Short Stories invites you to judge a
book by its cover - or more accurately, by its title. This
critically acclaimed series aims to reprint the best short stories
published in the previous calendar year by British writers, whether
based in the UK or elsewhere. The editor's brief is wide ranging,
covering anthologies, collections, magazines, newspapers and web
sites, looking for the best of the bunch to reprint all in one
volume. Featuring stories by Jay Barnett, Peter Bradshaw, Rosalind
Brown, Krishan Coupland, Claire Dean, Niven Govinden, Francoise
Harvey, Andrew Michael Hurley, Daisy Johnson, James Kelman, Giselle
Leeb, Courttia Newland, Vesna Main, Eliot North, Irenosen Okojie,
Laura Pocock, David Rose, Deirdre Shanahan, Sophie Wellstood and
Lara Williams.
BOOK OF THE YEAR IN THE TIMES, SUNDAY TIMES, FT, METRO AND MAIL ON
SUNDAY 'The new master of menace' Sunday Times After the blizzard
of a century ago, it was weeks before anyone got in or out. By that
time, what had happened there, what the Devil had done, was already
fable. Devil's Day is a day for children now, of course. A
tradition it's easy to mock, from the outside. But it's important
to remember why we do what we do. It's important to know what our
grandfathers have passed down to us. Because it's hard to
understand, if you're not from the valley, how this place is in
your blood. That's why I came back, with Kat; it wasn't just
because the Gaffer was dead. Though that year we may have let the
Devil in after all . . .
The complete adventures of the well-loved clerical sleuth,
collected in one brilliant volume. Shabby and lumbering, with a
face like a Norfolk dumpling, Father Brown makes for an improbable
super-sleuth. But his innocence is the secret of his success:
refusing the scientific method of detection, he adopts instead an
approach of simple sympathy, interpreting each crime as a work of
art, and each criminal as a man no worse than himself. This
complete edition brings together all of the Father Brown stories,
including two not previously available in Penguin: 'The Donnington
Affair', in which Chesterton rises to the challenge of solving a
murder-mystery half written by someone else (Max Pemberton), and
'The Mask of Midas', which was found in Chesterton's papers after
his death. It also includes an introduction and notes by Michael D.
Hurley. G.K. Chesteron was born in 1874. He attended the Slade
School of Art, where he appears to have suffered a nervous
breakdown, before turning his hand to journalism. A prolific writer
throughout his life, his best-known books include The Napoleon of
Notting Hill (1904), The Man Who Knew Too Much(1922), The Man Who
Was Thursday (1908) and the Father Brown stories. Chesterton
converted to Roman Catholicism in 1922 and died in 1938. Michael D.
Hurley is a Lecturer in English at the University of Cambridge, and
a Fellow of St Catharine's College. He has written widely on
English literature from the nineteenth century to the present day,
with an emphasis on poetry and poetics. His book on G. K.
Chesterton was published in 2011.
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