Michelle Ann King

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About Michelle Ann King
Michelle Ann King was born in East London and now lives in Essex. She has published stories of fantasy, science fiction, and horror in over ninety different magazines and anthologies, including Interzone, Strange Horizons, and Black Static.
Her favourite author is Stephen King (sadly, no relation), and she also loves zombies, Las Vegas, and good Scotch whisky.
Her first two short story collections are available in ebook and paperback from Amazon and other online retailers. See www.transientcactus.co.uk for details.
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Blog postMore art! I adore this one, by Lee Ann Barlow for my story 'Congratulations on Your Apotheosis' in Lorelei Signal. Fab superhero style, and I love the little glimpse of Cthulu and his pizza 😁
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Blog postOut now! This excellent anthology features my story 'Apples and Trees,' in which Nika teaches her mob-boss father a lesson about the modern world. 'Adapt or die, you know? It's just the way shit goes.'
'Jacked: a crime fiction anthology' edited by Vern Smith (Run Amok Books) https://runamok.news/jacked-bookshop
https://runamok.news/jacked-indiebound
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Jacked-Anthology.../dp/1733352694
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Blog postIssue 10 of the marvellous Daikajuzine is out now, featuring my comic horror story 'Organic Materials'
Keith, my main character, isn’t exactly a hero, but I think anyone who’s ever entertained a revenge fantasy on a Neighbour From Hell can probably sympathise...
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Blog postOne of my favourite things is getting art with my stories, and this has to be one of my absolute favourite illustrations. Pictured below, from 'Light Winds with a Chance of Velociraptors' in DreamForge Magazine: Elsie, Harry, Flora, and the tiger that ate Jeremy Clarkson...2 months ago Read more
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Blog postOut now!
Drabbledark II is an anthology of dark science fiction, dark fantasy, and dark horror drabbles, stories of exactly 100 words. Within its pages are dark morsels of other worlds by Michelle Ann King, Liam Hogan, Ai Jiang, Dorian J. Sinnott, Joachim Heijndermans, Jacob Steven Mohr, and many others!
Includes my drabble 'Inside,' originally published by Postcard Shorts (Jan 2012)2 months ago Read more -
Blog postOUT NOW:
Tomorrow, We'll Go Yak Herding (Fantasy) was podcasted by Chris Herron at Tall Tale TV Apr 2022
The Five Stages of Grief (Fantasy) appeared in Etherea Magazine Issue 9, Apr 2022
Supply, Demand, and Armageddon appeared in Wyldblood Magazine Issue 8, Apr 2022
FORTHCOMING:
Calliope's Lament (Fantasy) will appear in the Shacklebound Books Newsletter
Inside (Horror) will appear in 'Drabbledark II' from Shacklebou3 months ago Read more -
Blog postThe latest issue of Wyldblood Magazine is out now, with ten new stories of science fiction and fantasy, including my science-meets-capitalism story, 'Supply, Demand, and Armageddon'.
'Seriously? Have you never watched a single science fiction film in your entire life?' She shook her head. 'I've seen this story before, Remi, and it doesn't end well.'
Read the story in Issue 8 of Wyldblood Magazine!3 months ago Read more -
Blog postMy superhero fantasy 'The Five Stages of Grief,' originally published in Orson Scott Card's Intergalactic Medicine Show, is out now in the new issue of the wonderful Etherea Magazine
I’ve always thought the superhero/nemesis relationship is a fascinating one, and probably more complex than it’s sometimes presented. If you’re defined by being the opposite of someone else, who are you without them?
Follow Safeguard through those five stages in Issue 9 of Etherea3 months ago Read more -
Blog postWe all know what to do when life gives you lemons, but what about yaks?
Jessica's on a road trip through a reality-bending apocalypse in this story, narrated by Chris Herron at Tall Tale TV!
'Tomorrow, We'll Go Yak Herding,' originally published at Strange Horizons, out now at Tall Tale TV:
YouTubehttps://youtu.be/KdyY_0UNhKs
Facebookhttps://fb.watch/cp2CwS3IIu/
Websitehttps://talltaletv.com/tomorrow-well-go-yak-herding/
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Blog postOUT NOW:
What Doesn't Kill You (Horror) in Tales to Terrify episode 524 Feb 2022
Let the Buyer Beware (Comic fantasy) in Cast of Wonders episode 487, Feb 2022
Not the Pizza Girl (Comic fantasy) appeared in Metastellar Reprints, Feb 2022
FORTHCOMING:
Tomorrow, We'll Go Yak Herding (Fantasy) will appear on Tall Tale TV, 2022
Apples and Trees (Crime) will appear in Jacked by Run Amok Books, 2022
On Blackened Wings (Horror)5 months ago Read more -
Blog postRead the origin story of Eddie's Ethereal Emporium and the Great Gidea Park Demon Disaster of 2013 (from Let the Buyer Beware, recently podcasted by Cast of Wonders) in Not the Pizza Girl, out now at Metastellar Reprints.
'You might just be trying to raise an imp to clean the toilet, but you end up with the legions of Beelzebub pouring out of the u-bend. Trust me, I've seen it happen.'
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Blog postEllie and Akyxgruxthragoth by Cast of Wonders artist Katherine Inskip
In the latest in an ongoing series of 'Things I never considered an audio narrator having to say out loud,' listen to the adventures of Ellie and Akyxgruxthragoth, her friendly neighbourhood Lovecraftian horror, at Cast of Wonders!
'Let the Buyer Beware,' (first published at Kaleidotrope July 2021) narrated by Eve Upton for Cast of Wonders episode 487
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Blog postNew story out now: What Doesn't Kill You in episode 524 of Tales to Terrify! When Olivia meets a little girl managing to live, maybe even to thrive, in the contaminated Blight, she hopes to find a way for her unborn child, at least, to survive in this strange and terrifying new world.
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Blog postOUT NOW:
To Haunt His Own Exhausted Heart (Supernatural) appeared in The Stray Branch, Oct 21
We're All Friends Here (SF) appeared in Fusion Fragment Issue 9, Nov 21
The God of Blood and Bone (Horror) appeared in Dipping Into Blood (Ed. Dorothy Davies, Gravestone Press) Dec 2021
FORTHCOMING:
Congratulations on Your Apotheosis (Comic fantasy) will be reprinted in The Lorelei Signal, Apr 2022
What Doesn't Kill You (Horror) will be pod6 months ago Read more -
Blog postDipping Into Blood, a new horror anthology out now from Gravestone Press! Includes my story 'The God of Blood and Bone;, which originally appeared in Liquid Imagination, Nov 2015.
THE GOD OF BLOOD AND BONE
The phone rings at three o’clock in the morning. It’s on the coffee table, face down. Light leaks from underneath it. If I turn it over, it’ll be flashing Vince’s photo. At three o’clock in the morning, it’s always Vince.
At least it didn’t wake me up; one7 months ago Read more -
Blog postMy ghost story 'To Haunt His Own Exhausted Heart', originally published in Scarlet Leaf Review (Feb 2016) is now available in the Fall/Winter issue of The Stray Branch
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Blog postFusion Fragment Issue 9, out now! Includes my 'film-making in the future' story We're All Friends Here, first published in The Sockdolager, Oct 2016
Download Fusion Fragment #9 for free or pay what you want! You’ll receive two PDFs in different colour schemes, plus an EPUB.8 months ago Read more -
Blog postOUT NOW:
A Partial Inventory of Things I Have Loved (Fantasy) was podcasted by Manawaker Studio, Sep 21
Send in the Ninjas (Fantasy) appeared in Speculative North Issue 5, Sep 21
The Glorious Protection of Angels appeared in The Lost Librarian's Grave (Ed. Ann Wycoff, Redwood Press), Oct 21
The Bad Ones Are Always the Best (Horror) was reprinted in Previously Used (Ed. Dorothy Davies, Gravestone Press)
FORTHCOMING:
I Am Not Your Dopp9 months ago Read more -
Blog postIT'S SECOND TIME AROUND FOR THESE GREAT HORROR STORIES. Did you miss these great stories when they were first published? Here’s your chance to catch up with an overload of blood, gore, death and destruction, all in the name of entertainment…
Includes my story 'The Bad Ones are Always the Best', originally published in Kzine, May 2020.
Previously Used (Ed. Dorothy Davies) out now in ebook and paperback from Gravestone Press!9 months ago Read more -
Blog post'Travel through blood-stained vistas set in forgotten pasts, along rolling centuries of iron and pain, into the strange apocalypses of our present day and several possible near futures. Enjoy this diverse collection of horror, occasionally mixed with other ingredients of speculative fiction and leavened with an osseous dusting of bizarre adventures, verse, and weird fiction, written by a loose cabal of thirty-nine authors from around the world. Unearth… The Lost Librarian’s Grave!'
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Blog postFirst published by Podcastle in Feb 2016, Send in the Ninjas (Fantasy) is out now in Speculative North Issue 5, available in paperback and ebook format from Amazon UK / Amazon US / Amazon Canada
It'll be available as a free download this weekend (4-5 Sep 21) so check it out!
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Blog postA Partial Inventory of Things I Have Loved (Fantasy, 1000 words) First published in Flash Fiction Online and now podcasted by the wonderful Manawaker Studio! And it does, indeed, feature a keyring in the shape of a banana 😃🍌
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Blog postOUT NOW:
Let the Buyer Beware (Comic Fantasy) was published in Kaleidotrope, June 2021
Best Friends Forever (SF) was reprinted in Orchid's Lantern Flash Showcase, July 2021
Not the Pizza Girl (Comic Fantasy) was podcasted at Manawaker Studios, July 2021
FORTHCOMING:
The Glorious Protection of Angels (Horror) will be published in The Lost Librarian's Grave from Redwood Press, 2021
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Blog postThe wonderful Manawaker Studios have podcasted one of my favourite stories, the comic fantasy (and original story to Let the Buyer Beware, published in Kaleidotrope) Not the Pizza Girl. Give it a listen here
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Blog postIs friendship rooted in feelings or actions? Suelita and her robot bestie examine the question in 'Best Friends Forever', first published in Daily Science Fiction and now featured on Orchid Lantern's inaugural Flash Showcase...
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Titles By Michelle Ann King
Possibly Nefarious Purposes and Other Stories
May 21, 2018
$4.18
Come for Christmas dinner at the house of a little girl with very particular interests; let the residents of an old folks’ home show you how to save the world with self-hypnosis; celebrate (or mourn) the death of a supervillain; consult with Clarity, who can tell you why things happen as they do (if you really want to know); and learn how to score points for decapitation in a never-ending game of life and death.
Featuring all of the above plus protective aliens, bickering ghosts, gangster vampires, robot ninjas, and floods of man-eating hamsters, the second collection of stories from the wicked imagination of Michelle Ann King will horrify, amuse, and chill you in turn.
Featuring all of the above plus protective aliens, bickering ghosts, gangster vampires, robot ninjas, and floods of man-eating hamsters, the second collection of stories from the wicked imagination of Michelle Ann King will horrify, amuse, and chill you in turn.
Other Formats:
Paperback
Transient Tales Omnibus 1: Volumes 1-4
Aug 21, 2015
$4.18
Transient Tales Omnibus 1 collects the first four volumes in the series: forty-six funny, sad, and thrilling stories of science fiction, fantasy and horror — featuring dysfunctional (and sometimes demonic) families, a time-travelling reality TV show, a Halloween game with a chilling price, robot wolves, carnivorous plants, a call-centre at the end of the world, witches, doppelgangers, misanthropic psychics, immortal gang bosses, apocalyptic survivors, alien voyeurs, flesh-eating criminals, a cunningly-disguised space teleport device, zombies (some helpful, some not so much), and much, much more!
Other Formats:
Paperback
Transient Tales Volume 4
Dec 14, 2014
$2.99
The fourth in the Transient Tales series collects 11 short stories of science fiction, fantasy and horror, totalling 20,000 words and ranging from light to dark and all shades in-between.
Volume 4 features a life coach to the Gods, a ghost-disposal expert, a time gambler, a singing slug, a cunningly-disguised space teleport device, a girl who can eat anything, an inter-dimensional auction, a suburban demon infestation, a Garden of Eden where everyone can be God, a long-suffering Memory Transfer Manager, and a life-saving zombie.
Congratulations on Your Apotheosis
Being an all-powerful superbeing might be better than working retail, but Sharon’s still bored. All she wants is an arch-enemy, so that they can fight an epic, eternal battle across space and time. Is that so much to ask?
The Visiphorical Art
All of life is art and no one wants to die. Not even the ghosts.
You Pay Your Money and You Take Your Chance
Some people (and insurance companies) think going into the Time Pocket is reckless, but maybe it’s worth the ris.
Black Thumb
Debra thinks there’s nothing for a slug to feed on, in her blighted garden. She’s wrong.
Out Shopping in Hyperspace
It seems like Mia’s the only one who recognises her father’s genius. But she’s not giving up.
Jeanette's Feast
Gavin’s heard that cockroaches can survive anything. Maybe even his family.
Free to Loving Home (Donation Required)
Interdimensional travel can be time-consuming, physically debilitating and sometimes illegal, but the auctions at the Hugh Everett Rehoming Centre always make it worthwhile.
Not the Pizza Girl
In the battle of man’s stomach versus his immortal soul, the stomach wins every time.
Garden of Fog and Monsters
They pitch it to the volunteers as a contest that can be won, but there’s no such thing as a free paradise.
Re: Corrections to Consciousness Module 14 (Memories: Age 41-60)
Upgrade Ltd, and it’s Memory Transfer Managers, are very committed to making sure customer complaints are resolved, whatever it takes.
The World Doesn't End, Even When it Should
Since the government won’t make zombies available on the NHS, Lucy will have to make her own arrangements.
Volume 4 features a life coach to the Gods, a ghost-disposal expert, a time gambler, a singing slug, a cunningly-disguised space teleport device, a girl who can eat anything, an inter-dimensional auction, a suburban demon infestation, a Garden of Eden where everyone can be God, a long-suffering Memory Transfer Manager, and a life-saving zombie.
Congratulations on Your Apotheosis
Being an all-powerful superbeing might be better than working retail, but Sharon’s still bored. All she wants is an arch-enemy, so that they can fight an epic, eternal battle across space and time. Is that so much to ask?
The Visiphorical Art
All of life is art and no one wants to die. Not even the ghosts.
You Pay Your Money and You Take Your Chance
Some people (and insurance companies) think going into the Time Pocket is reckless, but maybe it’s worth the ris.
Black Thumb
Debra thinks there’s nothing for a slug to feed on, in her blighted garden. She’s wrong.
Out Shopping in Hyperspace
It seems like Mia’s the only one who recognises her father’s genius. But she’s not giving up.
Jeanette's Feast
Gavin’s heard that cockroaches can survive anything. Maybe even his family.
Free to Loving Home (Donation Required)
Interdimensional travel can be time-consuming, physically debilitating and sometimes illegal, but the auctions at the Hugh Everett Rehoming Centre always make it worthwhile.
Not the Pizza Girl
In the battle of man’s stomach versus his immortal soul, the stomach wins every time.
Garden of Fog and Monsters
They pitch it to the volunteers as a contest that can be won, but there’s no such thing as a free paradise.
Re: Corrections to Consciousness Module 14 (Memories: Age 41-60)
Upgrade Ltd, and it’s Memory Transfer Managers, are very committed to making sure customer complaints are resolved, whatever it takes.
The World Doesn't End, Even When it Should
Since the government won’t make zombies available on the NHS, Lucy will have to make her own arrangements.
Transient Tales Volume 3
Apr 27, 2014
$2.99
The third in the Transient Tales series collects 12 short stories of science fiction, fantasy and horror, totalling 20,000 words and ranging from light to dark and all shades in-between.
Volume 3 features demonic spiders, robot wolves, witches, doppelgangers, carnivorous plants, reclusive psychics, immortal gang bosses, apocalyptic survivors, alien voyeurs, flesh-eating criminals, clairvoyants, and God.
Sweetie
Sweetie's changed, since the days of the travelling carnival. But she still knows how to teach an audience respect.
Wolf, or Faith in the Future
Language evolves just like everything else. There are different words, in the future. And a different definition of horror.
Never Leave Me
Katrine knows her story is supposed to end with happily ever after. But what happens after that?
The Portal to a Lost World
The phone call comes every year. 'Where are you?' Tollie asks, but she never gets an answer. She hopes she never will.
Seeing Red
Even though they're not living on Earth any more, Halden's family are still human — still the same people they ever were. Unfortunately for him.
An Object Lesson in Misanthropy
Zoe's never been able to work out what nice guy Bill sees in her bitter, reclusive mother. Today, she's going to find out.
Getting Shot in the Face Still Stings
A lot of problems can be solved with a gun. But not all.
No Past, No Future, Just Now
The world might have suddenly become a strange and confusing place for everyone else, but Louisa's used to it. She knows what to do.
Game Over
Adrian's sick of providing free entertainment for the passengers in his head. He's not going to carry on performing unless he gets something in return.
You Don't Want What I Get
Richie suspects he's being cut out of a sweet deal, and he's not happy about that. He wants his fair share, and he's going to get it.
There You Are, My Love
If Marcus sees enough clairvoyants, will one of them eventually channel his father's spirit? And is that what he really wants?
For Your Safety and Comfort, Please Keep Arms, Legs and Tentacles Inside the Car At All Times
Katie gets worried when her best friend says she's found God — especially when she realises Lia means that literally.
Volume 3 features demonic spiders, robot wolves, witches, doppelgangers, carnivorous plants, reclusive psychics, immortal gang bosses, apocalyptic survivors, alien voyeurs, flesh-eating criminals, clairvoyants, and God.
Sweetie
Sweetie's changed, since the days of the travelling carnival. But she still knows how to teach an audience respect.
Wolf, or Faith in the Future
Language evolves just like everything else. There are different words, in the future. And a different definition of horror.
Never Leave Me
Katrine knows her story is supposed to end with happily ever after. But what happens after that?
The Portal to a Lost World
The phone call comes every year. 'Where are you?' Tollie asks, but she never gets an answer. She hopes she never will.
Seeing Red
Even though they're not living on Earth any more, Halden's family are still human — still the same people they ever were. Unfortunately for him.
An Object Lesson in Misanthropy
Zoe's never been able to work out what nice guy Bill sees in her bitter, reclusive mother. Today, she's going to find out.
Getting Shot in the Face Still Stings
A lot of problems can be solved with a gun. But not all.
No Past, No Future, Just Now
The world might have suddenly become a strange and confusing place for everyone else, but Louisa's used to it. She knows what to do.
Game Over
Adrian's sick of providing free entertainment for the passengers in his head. He's not going to carry on performing unless he gets something in return.
You Don't Want What I Get
Richie suspects he's being cut out of a sweet deal, and he's not happy about that. He wants his fair share, and he's going to get it.
There You Are, My Love
If Marcus sees enough clairvoyants, will one of them eventually channel his father's spirit? And is that what he really wants?
For Your Safety and Comfort, Please Keep Arms, Legs and Tentacles Inside the Car At All Times
Katie gets worried when her best friend says she's found God — especially when she realises Lia means that literally.
Shallow Cuts
Mar 27, 2013
$1.38
SHALLOW CUTS is a collection of crime flash fiction: 20 bite-sized stories of murder and mayhem. Featuring a would-be comedienne who'll do anything to get a laugh, a fatal case of sibling rivalry, a newly-promoted gang boss who finds that life at the top isn't quite what he imagined, a young boy trying hard to live up to his father's expectations, and many more.
Transient Tales Volume 2
Jan 29, 2013
$2.99
The second in the Transient Tales series collects 12 short stories of science fiction, fantasy and horror, totalling 20,000 words and ranging from light to dark and all shades in-between.
Volume 2 features a Halloween game with a chilling price, a call-centre at the end of the world, an unconventional quest for a portal to fairyland, a mother dealing with the loss--and the return--of a child, a desperate woman’s letter to her future self, a repentant scientist’s lament, an envious boy who gets more than he bargained for, and a misguided attempt to gain closure on a very dead love affair.
'One Free Go' -- Darren and Kate threw a huge kids’ party on Halloween, but now they’re not quite sure why.
'Not With a Bang' -- Answer the calls, read the script, enter the data. And when certain words or phrases come up, type out the alarm codes.
'No Regard for Narrative Convention' -- Some people thought it was a great opportunity, when the dimensional portals opened up. Others, like Michael, weren’t quite so sure.
'Sale or Return' -- In the future, money can buy you anything. Or can it?
'Nor Any Drop to Drink' -- Lynsey might look like a little girl, but she’s got a big thirst.
'You Wish' -- You’ve always got to be very careful about what you--or other people--wish for.
'Dear Ingrid' -- Is it still a bad deal if the one who makes it isn’t the one who pays for it?
'Babysitting' -- Looking after Jilly--who really, really, really wants a puppy--is an exercise in tolerance. Who’s going to crack first?
'On Blackened Wings' -- Dionne doesn’t believe that Rachel’s built a psychic hotline to the monsters out of wires and roadkill. But that doesn’t mean she wants to try it.
'No Apples for Mother' -- Artificial Intelligence and Old Testament religion. Not a good mix.
'Gifted' -- What makes the new girl so special? What’s she got that Francie and Everett haven’t? They’re about to find out.
'Closure' -- Carmel’s relationship didn’t end well. She’d like another go.
Volume 2 features a Halloween game with a chilling price, a call-centre at the end of the world, an unconventional quest for a portal to fairyland, a mother dealing with the loss--and the return--of a child, a desperate woman’s letter to her future self, a repentant scientist’s lament, an envious boy who gets more than he bargained for, and a misguided attempt to gain closure on a very dead love affair.
'One Free Go' -- Darren and Kate threw a huge kids’ party on Halloween, but now they’re not quite sure why.
'Not With a Bang' -- Answer the calls, read the script, enter the data. And when certain words or phrases come up, type out the alarm codes.
'No Regard for Narrative Convention' -- Some people thought it was a great opportunity, when the dimensional portals opened up. Others, like Michael, weren’t quite so sure.
'Sale or Return' -- In the future, money can buy you anything. Or can it?
'Nor Any Drop to Drink' -- Lynsey might look like a little girl, but she’s got a big thirst.
'You Wish' -- You’ve always got to be very careful about what you--or other people--wish for.
'Dear Ingrid' -- Is it still a bad deal if the one who makes it isn’t the one who pays for it?
'Babysitting' -- Looking after Jilly--who really, really, really wants a puppy--is an exercise in tolerance. Who’s going to crack first?
'On Blackened Wings' -- Dionne doesn’t believe that Rachel’s built a psychic hotline to the monsters out of wires and roadkill. But that doesn’t mean she wants to try it.
'No Apples for Mother' -- Artificial Intelligence and Old Testament religion. Not a good mix.
'Gifted' -- What makes the new girl so special? What’s she got that Francie and Everett haven’t? They’re about to find out.
'Closure' -- Carmel’s relationship didn’t end well. She’d like another go.
Transient Tales Volume 1
Jan 28, 2013
$2.78
The first in the Transient Tales series collects 11 short stories of science fiction, fantasy and horror, totalling 20,000 words and ranging from light to dark and all shades in-between.
Volume 1 features dysfunctional families -- some demonic, some that don’t have that excuse -- monstrous assassins, pragmatic cannibals, time-travelling reality TV shows, zombies, witches, phobias made real, law-breaking love and lessons in post-apocalyptic survival.
The Fine Art of Fortune-Telling
Jane’s going to meet the love of her life. Again. And again. And again.
Precious Things
If you find something in the woods... maybe it’s best to leave it there.
Meredith Said
Zach’s preparing for his first trip through his father’s teleportation gateway. He’s supposed to be going home, but maybe that depends on the definition of the word.
Toil and Trouble
A witchy grandmother, a book of spells, a recipe for a love potion. It’s the perfect way to find a date, right?
The God of Blood and Bone
They always look at the husband first. So when Vince wants his wife dead, he’s very discerning about the choice of assassin.
What We Leave Behind
There are some things you need to survive after the breakdown of civilisation. And some you don’t.
The Author of Your Own Misfortune
Always read the small print of your insurance policy. Especially the one covering trips back in time.
Behind Glass
Tom’s sick. He’s feverish, aching and having blackouts. And he’s hungry. So very hungry.
Nameless, Unreasoning, Unjustified
Humans reach the stars, and find they’re not alone. Neither are they welcome.
A Cat May Look at a Queen
If you make the rules, you have to live by them.
What Doesn’t Kill You
Everyone knows you can’t live in the rotting devastation of the Blight. But Olivia's going to try.
Volume 1 features dysfunctional families -- some demonic, some that don’t have that excuse -- monstrous assassins, pragmatic cannibals, time-travelling reality TV shows, zombies, witches, phobias made real, law-breaking love and lessons in post-apocalyptic survival.
The Fine Art of Fortune-Telling
Jane’s going to meet the love of her life. Again. And again. And again.
Precious Things
If you find something in the woods... maybe it’s best to leave it there.
Meredith Said
Zach’s preparing for his first trip through his father’s teleportation gateway. He’s supposed to be going home, but maybe that depends on the definition of the word.
Toil and Trouble
A witchy grandmother, a book of spells, a recipe for a love potion. It’s the perfect way to find a date, right?
The God of Blood and Bone
They always look at the husband first. So when Vince wants his wife dead, he’s very discerning about the choice of assassin.
What We Leave Behind
There are some things you need to survive after the breakdown of civilisation. And some you don’t.
The Author of Your Own Misfortune
Always read the small print of your insurance policy. Especially the one covering trips back in time.
Behind Glass
Tom’s sick. He’s feverish, aching and having blackouts. And he’s hungry. So very hungry.
Nameless, Unreasoning, Unjustified
Humans reach the stars, and find they’re not alone. Neither are they welcome.
A Cat May Look at a Queen
If you make the rules, you have to live by them.
What Doesn’t Kill You
Everyone knows you can’t live in the rotting devastation of the Blight. But Olivia's going to try.