The Shieling

by David Constantine
*Shortlisted for the 2010 Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award*
The much anticipated follow-up to Constantine's highly acclaimed Under The Dam.
'So good I'll be surprised if there's a better collection this year...'

– The Independent, 2 Sep 09.
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The Madman of Freedom Square

by Hassan Blasim
Translated from the Arabic by Jonathan Wright.
The first major literary work about the Iraq War from an Iraqi perspective.
*Longlisted for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize 2010*
'Perhaps the best writer of Arabic fiction alive...'

– The Guardian in its review of another anthology, 12 Jun 10.
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When It Changed

'Science Into Fiction': NEW EDITION OUT NOW!!
Ed. by Geoff Ryman
A literary 'experiment' in the scientific sense.
*Featuring Sara Maitland's 'Moss Witch' - Runner Up in the BBC National Short Story Prize 2009*
'Stunning'

– New Scientist, 5 Dec 09.
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Planet Box

Laura Daly & Diana Syder
A unique collaboration between a visual artist and a poet.
‘Here is an English poet who is amazed by the world and wants to tell you how amazed she is.’ - Jim Burns.
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The New Uncanny

Ed. by Sarah Eyre & Ra Page
Featuring:
A.S. Byatt, Christopher Priest, Ramsey Campbell, Etgar Keret, Hanif Kureishi, Sara Maitland, Alison Macleod, Jane Rogers, Gerard Woodward, Frank Cottrell Boyce, Nicholas Royle, Ian Duhig, Matthew Holness, and Adam Marek.
*WINNER of the Shirley Jackson Award*
'A masterclass in understated creepiness.'

- Book of the Week, Time Out, 12 Jan.
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Instruction Manual for Swallowing

by Adam Marek
'There's a transgressive thrill to Adam Marek's debut collection of short stories that's not simply a result of the potency of the subject matter... delightful.'
- The Guardian.
'Genuine, unsettling talent'
- The Independent.
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The Silence Room

by Sean O'Brien
'Hugely entertaining... superbly chilling.'
- The Guardian, 1 Aug.
'The collection is as satisfying as it is stimulating... deeply unsettlingly... darkly thrilling.'
- The Independent, 9 Jan.
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Comma Film Sample:

Hell For Leather

Poem by Milner Place. Film by Dave Wharton