In the Broken Birdcage of Kathleen Fair

Now out from The Alchemy Press

In the Broken Birdcage of Kathleen Fair

By Cate Gardner

When the mirror released Kathleen into the unknown, for the briefest of moments she giggled and realised that she’d never laughed before. She had been a blank canvas, sitting and waiting in a room and occasionally bouncing from wall to wall desperate for freedom - and now she was out. White walls no longer surrounded her. In this new place, a thousand mirrors spun reflecting worlds.

The first in The Alchemy Novella Series

Available in Kindle format via Amazon. Only £1.35

For the ePub version contact The Alchemy Press

alchemypress [at] gmail.com

New and forthcoming books

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Gary Gibson – Angel Stations – Tor £8.99 (6 June)

Gary Gibson – Against Gravity – Tor £8.99 (6 June)

Gary Gibson – Empire of Light – Tor £8.99

Gary Gibson – Nova War – Tor £8.99

Gary Gibson – Stealing Light – Tor £8.99

Joe Hill – NOS-4R2 – Gollancz £14.99 (30 May)

Richard Kadrey – Kill the Dead – Harper £7.99 (20 June)

Richard Kadrey – Sandman Slim – Harper £7.99 (20 June)

Jasper Kent – The People’s Will – Bantam £12.99

Jay Kristoff – Stormdancer – Tor £7.99 (6 June)

David Logan – Half-Sick of Shadows – Corgi £7.99

Terry Pratchett & Stephen Baxter – The Long War – Doubleday £18.99 (20 June)

Alastair Reynolds – Doctor Who: Harvest of Time – BBC £16.99 (6 June)

Jack Skillingstead – Life on the Preservation – Solaris £7.99 (6 June)

Noble Smith – The Wisdom of the Shire – Hodder £8.99 (6 June)

Jon Steele – Angel City – Bantam £18.99 (12 September)

Charles Stross – The Revolution Trade – Tor £9.99 (6 June)

The Burning Circus edited by Johnny Mains

The Burning Circus edited by Johnny Mains and published by The British Fantasy Society

Coming soon for members of the BFS: this anthology will not be sold outside the society, so it should be a collectors’ edition. Here's what you'll find in the book:

• Cover art – by David Whitlam
• Foreword – Johnny Mains
• Introduction – Ramsey Campbell
• Doll Hands – Adam Nevill
• Death Walks En Pointe – Thana Niveau
• The Burning Circus – Angela Slatter
• Where is Uncle Phillip? – Alex Hamilton
• The Queen in the Yellow Wallpaper – Lynda E. Rucker
• The Peter Lorre Fan Club – Stephen Volk
• The Garscube Creative Writing Group – Muriel Gray
• The Sixteenth Step – Robert Shearman

New and forthcoming books

Peter V Brett – The Great Bazaar: Brayan’s Gold. Harper Voyager £9.99

Stella Gemmell – The City. Bantam £18.99

Peter Heller – The Dog Stars. Headline £7.99 (9 May)

Mark Lawrence – King of Thorns. Harper Voyager £8.99

Tom Lloyd – The God Tattoo. Gollancz £14.99

Michael Logan – Apocalypse Cow. Corgi £7.99 (9 May)

Sarah Pinborough – Poison. Gollancz £9.99

Terry Pratchett & Stephen Baxter – The Long Earth. Corgi £7.99 (9 May)

Cavan Scott & Mark Wright – Who-ology. BBC £12.99 (2 May)

Gavin Smith – The Age of Scorpio. Gollancz £16.99

Margaret Stohl – Icons. Harper Voyager £7.99 (9 May)

Charles Stross – The Traders’ War. Tor £9.99 (9 May)

Whitstable by Stephen Volk

"1971. A middle-aged man, racked with grief, walks along the beach at Whitstable in Kent. A boy walks approaches him and, taking him for the famous vampire-hunter Doctor Van Helsing from the Hammer movies, asks for his help. Because he believes his stepfather really is a vampire…

In Whitstable — which deftly mixes fact with fiction — the actor, devastated after the recent death of his wife and soul mate Helen, is an inconsolable recluse. In that vulnerable state he is forced to face an evil far more real and terrifying than any of the make-believe monsters he tackled on the big screen. And here he is not a crusader or expert with crucifixes to hand — merely a man. A man who in some ways craves death himself, but cannot ignore the pleas of an innocent child…"

Stephen Volk's novella, Whitstable, is available from the Spectral Press.

New and forthcoming books

Eric Brown – The Serene Invasion. Solaris £7.99 (9 May)

Maurice Druon – The Strangled Queen. Harper Voyager £14.99

Al Ewing – The Fictional Man. Solaris £7.99 (9 May)

Christopher Farnsworth – Red, White and Blood. Hodder £8.99

Sergei Lukyanenko – The New Watch. William Heinemann £16.99 (2 May)

George RR Martin – Game of Thrones 3: A Storm of Swords Part 1: Steel and Snow. Harper Voyager £8.99

China Mieville – Railsea. Pan £8.99 (25 April)

Plus new Doctor Who books from the BBC, all at £6.99:

Nicholas Briggs – The Dalek Generation

Tommy Donbavand – Shroud of Sorrow

Justin Richards – Plague of the Cybermen

The Hobbit: Creatures & Characters

New from HarperCollins: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey – Chronicles: Creatures and Characters by Daniel Falconer and Weta, with an introduction by Andy Serkis, is a deluxe book, indeed. There are tons of photos and illustrations, enough to sate the appetite of many a fan of the Tolkien Middle Earth books -- it will make a beautiful gift. Out now, £25.00.

The Whispering Horror by Eddy C Bertin

Coming soon from Shadow Publishing: "A collection of short stories and novellas by Belgian horror writer Eddy C Bertin. In a writing career spanning over forty years, his stories have been published in such prestigious books and magazines as The Pan Book of Horror Stories, The Year's Best Horror Stories and Cemetery Dance. Fourteen tales are included in this volume, from strange, hauntingly dreamlike stories, to tales of madness and madmen, to powerful horror yarns in the tradition of H P Lovecraft's 'Cthulhu Mythos'. Published in English, Shadow Publishing is the first to bring together a selection of the author's stories under one cover."

New Gaiman on its way...

All at Piper are eagerly awaiting this book, due in June from Headline.

New and forthcoming books

A J Dalton – Gateway of the Saviours. Gollancz £14.99

Raymond E Feist – Jimmy and the Crawler. Harper Voyager £12.99

Richard Ford – Herald of the Storm. Headline £16.99 (25 April)

Peter F Hamilton – Great North Road. Pan £9.99 (11 April)

Peter F Hamilton – Misspent Youth. Pan £8.99

Will Hill – Department 19: Battle Lines. Harper Collins £12.99

Jeff Noon – Pollen. Tor £8.99 (11 April)

Jeff Noon – Vurt. Tor £16.99 (11 April; 20th anniversary edition)

Terry Pratchett, Ian Stewart & Jack Cohen – The Science of Discworld IV: Judgement Day. Ebury £18.99 (11 April)

Megan Shepherd – The Madman’s Daughter. Harper Voyager £7.99 (11 April)

Charles Stross – The Bloodline Feud. Tor £9.99 (11 April)