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The Fire Lord Series S.J. Scofield 2024 ISBN 978-1-7384026-1-8 to 978-1-7384026-5-6 £7.99 The paperback and Kindle ebook are available from most Amazon sites around the world including: |
  
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About Time Carolann
Samuels 2026 113 pages. ISBN
978-1-0667432-0-9
£6.50 |
A
collection of short stories and poems on the
theme of Time. Carolann writes about what
happens when you don’t give up hope and
instead give yourself over to the energy of
passions and dreams that we often feel when we
are young, and too often part ways with
without realising. The paperback is available from most
Amazon sites around the world including: (Use'About Time Samuels' or 'About Time Carolann Samuels' as the search in the Amazon book section) |
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The Middle Ground Edited by Liz Joyce & Tony Scofield 2025 247 pages. ISBN 978-1-7384026-9-4 £8.55 |
The Middle Ground contains nineteen of the best short stories on the theme of The Middle Ground selected by the judges from a large entry for the 2025 H.G. Wells Short Story Competition. Stories are divided into two groups: authors 21 years of age and under and authors aged 22 years and above and include works in the junior category by Jane Belle, Romessa Hussain, Gloria Mesa, Moulika Nandy, Anushka Pahariya, Sarah-Kate Simons and Kate Smith. In the senior category authors include L. M. Bestie, Timothy Collyer, Matthew Dickens, Rachel Desiree Felix, Lisa Ferguson, Edward Fry, Zack Harmes, Isabelle Hunt, Ken Pisani, Simon Rowe, James Skivington and Catherine Strong. The paperback and Kindle ebook (£1.99) are available from most Amazon sites around the world including: UK Site: Amazon UK & US site: Amazon US (Use The Middle Ground Joyce' as the search in the Amazon book section) |
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The Fool Edited by Liz Joyce & Tony Scofield 2024 252 pages. ISBN 978-1-7384026-8-7 £8.49 |
The Fool contains twenty-one of the
best short stories on the theme of The Fool
selected by the judges from a large entry for
the 2024 H.G. Wells Short Story Competition.
Stories are divided into two groups: authors 21
years of age and under and authors aged 22 years
and above and include works in the junior
category by Eshaaan Agarwal, Scarlett Bailey,
Celia Fournier, Jahdai Grey, M J Harris,
Annabelle McGrane, Ellie Mead, Hector Reynoso,
Molly Venus and Anna Wang. The senior category
comprises works by Lior Blum, Matthew The paperback and Kindle ebook (£2.49) are available from most Amazon sites around the world including: UK Site: Amazon UK & US site: Amazon US (Use The Fool Joyce' as the search in the Amazon book section) |
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The Moon Glass S.J. Scofield 2024 324 pages. ISBN 978-1-7384026-6-3 £8.99 |
Fourteen-year-old Ceri Morgan's life is
shrouded in mystery. With no family and no past,
the only certainty she has is that once she
lived in a world where magic was real. When a
strange letter brings her to a fairy-haunted
lake in Snowdonia, she knows she is home. But
she still has no answers. The paperback and Kindle ebook are available from most Amazon sites around the world including: |
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A Gothic Tale and other Short Stories Alexander Tulloch 2024 149 pages. ISBN 978-1-7384026-7-0. £7.99 |
Sandor and Janos, a couple of ne'er-do-wells
from a village in Transylvania, always on the
lookout for the main chance, can't resist the
promise of enough gold to keep them in luxury
for the rest of their lives and set out to rob
the mysterious visitor who shows up one night in
the local inn. But things do not turn out as
they expect. Eupraxia, Dracula's mother, puts in
an appearance to scupper their plans and bring
the Gothic tale to a scary conclusion...or does
it? The reader is left wondering if the would-be
robbers have had a lucky escape or if the evil
beauty has other plans for the hapless pair. The paperback and Kindle ebook are available from most Amazon sites around the world including: |
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Motion Edited by Liz Joyce & Tony Scofield 2023 178 pages. ISBN 978-1-7384026-0-1. £7.50 |
Motion contains twenty-one of the best
short stories on the theme of Motion selected by
the judges from a large entry for the 2023 H.G.
Wells Short Story Competition. Stories are
divided into two groups: authors 21 years of age
and under and authors aged 22 years and above
and include works in the junior category by
Pritha Halder, Yuen Tong Law, Gloria Mesa,
Radiyah Nouman, Charlotte Moran, Thalia
Peterson, Kantaphat Pinaree, Catherine Saunders, The paperback and Kindle ebook are available from most Amazon sites around the world including: UK Site: Amazon UK & US site: Amazon US (Use 'Motion Joyce' as the search in the Amazon book section) |
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Switch Edited by Liz Joyce & Tony Scofield 2022 136 pages. ISBN 978-0-9955730-9-3. £5.49 |
Switch contains thirteen of the best
short stories on the theme of Switch selected by
the judges from a large entry for the 2022 H.G.
Wells Short Story The paperback and Kindle ebook are available from most Amazon sites including: UK Site: Amazon.co.uk US site: Amazon.com and more. (Use 'Switch Joyce' as the search in the Amazon book section) |
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Mask Edited by Liz Joyce & Tony Scofield 2021 232 pages. ISBN 978-0-9955730-8-6. £8.49 |
Mask contains twenty-one of the best
short stories on the theme of 'Mask' selected by
the judges from a large entry for the 2021 H.G.
Wells Short Story Competition. Only UK orders are accepted from this site. To order from anywhere else in the world please use amazon.co.uk: Maskpbk Also available soon as a Kindle download from Amazon |
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Vision Edited by Liz Joyce & Tony Scofield 2020 232 pages. ISBN 978-0-9955730-7-9. £7.99 |
Vision contains twenty of the best
short stories on the theme of Vision selected by
the judges from a large entry for the 2020 H.G.
Wells Short Story Competition. Also available as a Kindle download from Amazon |
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The Colours of Virtue Elizabeth Medler 2020 96 pages. ISBN 978-0-9955730-6-2. £7.99 |
This book sketches some of the qualities and virtues we all need for living life well and coming closer to our own Self, whose raiment is pure white and yet contains all the colours of the rainbow. Each offering is accompanied by a meditation which hopefully will go some way towards unfolding its significance and make it relevant to the reader. Rather than being read as a book from beginning to end in linear form, you can dip into it as often as you like and let the page fall where it will. It is also available as a Kindle download from Amazon |
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Time Edited by Liz Joyce, Tony Scofield & Lee Stoddart 2019 184 pages. ISBN 978-0-9955730-5-5. £7.99 |
Time contains twenty of the best short
stories on the theme of Time selected by the
judges from a large entry for the 2019 H.G.
Wells Short Story Competition. Stories are
divided into two groups: authors 21 years of age
and under and authors aged 22 years and above
and include works by Kirsty Balfour, Natalie Also available as a Kindle download from Amazon |
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Peace Edited by Charles Bain Smith 2018 192 pages. ISBN 978-0-9955730-4-8. £7.99 |
Peace contains nineteen of the best short stories on the theme of Peace selected by the judges from a large entry for the 2018 H.G. Wells Short Story Competition. Stories are divided into two groups: authors 21 years of age and under and authors aged 22 years and above and include works by Martha Boyd, Hannah Fagan, Martha Grogan, Marcus McCabe, Jake Muttitt, Bethany Ridley-Duff, Hope Thompson, Rere Ukponu, Abaan Zaidi, Rosie Andrews, Jake Blandford, A V Bruce, Zachary Godin, Bobbie Allen, Mary Onions, Wendy Riley, Nicola Thompson and Diane Wisdom. OUT OF PRINT Also available as a Kindle download from Amazon |
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Draw up a Chair Edited & compiled by Elizabeth Medler 2018 94 pages. ISBN 978-0-9955730-3-1. £7.99 |
These short stories show that in times of great need, we are supported. This support comes in many ways - through mentors, family, friends, strangers and sometimes from unseen Guardian Angels. These radiant beings drop shining pearls into the pool of our minds, prompting us to act or refrain from acting. Sometimes we are guided to say or do things which may seem illogical at the time but, with hindsight, prove to be just the right thing. Again we may have been mulling over a thorny problem. These stories and accompanying exercises will help you to relish the joy of living. OUT OF PRINT Also available as a Kindle download from Amazon |
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The Quarry David Unsworth 2018 44 pages. ISBN 978-0-9955730-2-4. £4.99 |
Curated over many years, 'The Quarry' explores the construction of identity through a deeply emotive, poetic collection. Dream-like and visceral, this personal work is built on life's waterways, a raging confluence of currents, stretching away into the future, resolved, and their directions chosen. |
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Light Edited by Charles Bain Smith 2017 181 pages. ISBN 978-0-9955730-1-7. £7.00 |
Light contains twenty of the best short stories on the theme of Light selected by the judges from a large entry for the 2017 H.G. Wells Short Story Competition. Stories are divided into two groups: authors 21 years of age and under and authors aged 22 years and above and include works by Hazel Atkinson, Mina Bixley, Malak Elsouri, Grace Howarth, Kaylene Jackmore, Francesca Kennedy, Elizabeth Kuiper, Laura Steel Pascual, Sithara Ranasinghe, Ashira Shirali, Alex Reece Abbott, Dianne Bown-Wilson, D R D Bruton, Mark Howard, Anthony Howcroft, Robin Jones, Sally Lane, Anne Petrie, Louise Rimmer Also available as a Kindle download from Amazon |
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Casa da Branca By Rosie Vidovix 2017 209 pages. ISBN 978-0-9955730-0-0. £7.99 |
Desperate circumstances force Branquinha, a
sensitive, intelligent and fun-loving girl, to
work in a brothel in a gold-mining village deep
in the Amazon rainforest. How will Branquinha survive in one of the most dangerous and inhospitable places in Brazil? Based on real stories, Casa da Branca gives an account of life in a land where social conventions are of no significance and people make their own rules. Available as a Kindle download from Amazon |
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Space Edited by Charles Bain Smith 2016 184 pages. ISBN 978-0-9572485-9-5. £7.99 |
Space contains twenty of the best short stories on the theme of Space selected by the judges from a large entry for the 2016 H.G. Wells Short Story Competition. Stories are divided into two groups: authors 21 years of age and under and authors aged 22 years and above and include works by Holly Cartwright, Caitlin Evans, Grace Haddon, Eve Lytollis, Charlotte Mullen, Laura Steel Pascual, Alice Sargent, Allison Stevick, Emma Strutt, Jake Trimmer, Victoria Wang, Hilary Dean, Wei-Li Chin, DJ Dingham, Kate L. Jefford, David Norman, Anne Petrie, Michele Sheldon and Diane Wisdom. Available as a Kindle download from Amazon |
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Born of the Island and Other Sea Stories Edited by Rosie Unsworth 2012 246 pages. ISBN 978-0-9572485-1-9. £7.99 |
Born of the Island and Other Sea Stories contains twenty-two of the best short stories on the theme of The Sea selected by the judges from a large entry for the 2012 H.G. Wells Short Story Competition. Stories are divided into two groups: authors under the age of twenty-six and authors twenty-six years of age and over, and include works by Angus Nesbit, Anastasia Bow-Bertrand, Sinéad Stoddart, Akiho Schilz, Sophie Lister, William Jarrett, Holly Ice, Daisy-Mae Perkins, Karl Mercer, Michele Sheldon, David Griffin, David Shonfield, Mike Umbers, Pat Ashford, Hummel C. Addams, Mel Fawcet, Don Nixon, Andrew Campbell-Kearsey, Fabian Acker, Rik Thomas and Anthony Hulse. OUT OF PRINT Available as a Kindle download from Amazon
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Flight Edited by Rosie Vidovix Unsworth 2013 196 pages. ISBN 978-0-9572485-3-3. £7.99 |
Flight contains twenty-one of the best short stories on the theme of Flight selected by the judges from a large entry for the 2013 H.G. Wells Short Story Competition. Stories are divided into two groups: authors under the age of 20 and authors aged 20 years and above and include works by Sithara Ranasinghe, Matthew Thurgood, Lottie Pyper, Benjamin R. Davies, Jonathan Wood, Rebecca Hamilton, Jasmine Ayoubi, Joshua Lambert, Edward Butterfield, Emma Hollands, Christopher Campbell, Sheila Liggett, Diane Wisdom, K. Lockwood Jefford, Paul Burns, Cathy Lennon, Jade Moulds, Sue Healy, Steven M. Dodd, Lee Stoddart and Hermione Laake. Available as a Kindle download from Amazon |
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Financial Crisis - The Black UMP Edward Creto 2014 138 pages. ISBN 978-0-9572485-4-0. £6.99 |
There will always be financial crises. There is
an infinite field of potential crises in which
we have a camp surrounded by a fence. A new
crisis sometimes gets into the camp so we chuck
it out and repair the fence. If we discarded
money and the financial system then we would
have no financial crises but we would find
ourselves encamped in a different field
surrounded by different problems. These fields
are just life seen from different angles and
problems cannot be resolved until we all agree
what the problems are. This is the second expanded and revised edition of The Black UMP. Available as a Kindle download from Amazon |
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Fortune Edited by Liz Joyce 2014 192 pages. ISBN 978-0-9572485-5-7. £7.50 |
Fortune contains twenty of the best short stories on the theme of Fortune selected by the judges from a large entry for the 2014 H.G. Wells Short Story Competition. Stories are divided into two groups: authors 21 years of age and under and authors aged 22 years and above and include works by Esther M. White, Sithara Ranasinghe, Gemma Talbot, Alexandra Jessop, Will Jarrett, John Noden, Rosie Carter, C. Jay Divine, Gabrielle Corry-Mead, K. Lockwood Jefford, Emma Norry, Adam Colton, Catherine Higgins-Moore, Craig Smith, Giselle Evans, Fabian Acker, Amy Licence, Alex Reece Abbott, Ikhtisad Ahmed and Melanie Whipman Available as a Kindle download from Amazon |
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We Simply Didn't Know What it Would be Like An Anthology by the Children of Folkestone and Beyond 2015 74 pages. ISBN 978-0-9572485-7-1. £5.00 |
The children of Folkestone schools and beyond have produced, letters, poems, diaries, paintings and short stories to illustrate the role of women in the First World War. The project used the material to produce a show at St Mary and St Eanswythe Church in Folkestone. Proceeds from the sale of the book will go the church fund. |
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Class Edited by Liz Joyce 2015 286 pages. ISBN 978-0-9572485-8-8. £8.50 |
Class contains twenty six of the best short stories on the theme of Class selected by the judges from a large entry for the 2015 H.G. Wells Short Story Competition. Stories are divided into two groups: authors 21 years of age and under and authors aged 22 years and above and include works by Georgia Bozianu, William Carroll, Esmé Ford, Holly Friend, Lowri Mathias, Marcus McCabe, Julia Mun, Lauren Ross, Molly Watkins, Cassandra Yong, Dorothy Bruce, Eve Chancellor, Catherine Higgins-Moore, Anne O'Brien, Anne Padley, Daniel Penfold, Thomas Pitts, Auriel Roe, Eleanor Ross, Dave Shonfield, Anstey Spraggan, Lee Stoddart, Thomas Wadsworth, Melanie Whipman and S. Zatland Available as a Kindle download from Amazon |
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Glebeings End By Olivia Minerva 2012 229 pages. ISBN 978-0-9572485-0-2. £7.95 |
"Inspector Hoskins says it's a genuine medieval
settlement!" Police Constable Avril Lee couldn't
contain her awe. "You know," she continued,
marvelling volubly, "I had never before actually
seen Glebeings End; in fact, until that big
fire, when the Mainwaring house burned down, I
never even knew this place existed! Then Glebe
Close got built where the old house was... Ten
houses where one used to be, we heard it was…
And now all this other stuff has happened!" She
paused a moment, then added, almost accusingly,
"But before the upset and everything, you must
have been tucked away here for hundreds of
years!" Available as a Kindle download from Amazon |
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Paddlesworth Court Farm M.J. Cross 2016 182 pages. £8.99 |
Paddlesworth Court Farm 1866-1966. A
History of the Cross Family and Farm Diaries Available from the author. Email for ordering details: info@trencavel.co.uk |
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Buttoned-up Shapes Poems by George Tardios 2015 84 pages. ISBN 978-0-9572485-6-4. £7.99 |
George Tardios vividly portrays Cypriot
characters and ancestors in this image-filled
portrait of his mother's village, as it used to
be. George Tardios was Director of Totleigh Barton,
the Arvon Foundation's first residential
creative writing centre in Devon. Has had poems
in six 'PEN/Arts Council Anthologies' published
by Hutchinson; the 'Puffin Book of Salt Sea
Verse' edited by Charles Causley; 'The Way To
Write', J. Moat & J. Fairfax (Elm Tree
Books); 'English For Me', Eric Boagey
(University Tutorial Press); 'Apple Fire', and
'On Common Ground', Jill Pirrie (Bloodaxe Books,
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Review by George Lucas in London Grip Poetry Review George Tardios’s Buttoned-Up Shapes has an untroubled, if never bland, relish for the earthly. A Greek-Cypriot by birth, Tardios uses his poems to record and often celebrate village and family life in a culture from which, though he now lives in London, still animates his memories. Photographs of local scenes and people, together with substantial explanatory end-notes, plump out the multi-dimensionality of Tardios’s collection. Like so much Greek art, like so much Greek experience, Buttoned-Up Shapes comes across as a blend of the comic, the tragic, and the fatalistic. If there are moments when Woods’ poems summon up the shade of Cavafy, Tardios’s work, in powerful comparison, is reminiscent of Kazantzakis, of the Cretan’s bare-chested, unflinching acceptance of all that happens to happen. And yet the word “acceptance” is too passive, too genteel even, to do justice to the full-throated note that Tardios at his best, or most characteristic, habitually sounds. Reading his work you’re aware of how judicious, how risk-free, much Anglo-phone writing by comparison seems. The sea rang round my seven white years. I listened to the horizon Careful To catch Aphrodite’s song. Perhaps some miracle (“Intitiation at Paphos.”) It isn’t fair, you want to mutter. We can’t listen to Aphrodite’s song. It isn’t ours to hear. Still, even Greek poets have to know how to address the history with which they’ve been as much burdened as blessed. Village life in particular can be oppressive and Tardios refuses to sentimentalise. Hence his notating the casual or anyway tolerated cruelty to animals; hence, too, his acknowledgement of how rejection inevitably comes to all who fall foul of convention, of rules they can do nothing to follow. Elders blamed his parents Mother dead Father in the hills with sheep …. As locals foretold he was expelled from school. The whole village crossed to the other side. (“Swollen River”). I doubt that any one of us born into Northern European cultures can ever fully comprehend the near-laconic fatalism of these unyielding, implacable lines. It would, however, be quite wrong to give the impression that this collection is dominated by failure, let alone defeat. “And still the grass eternal springs.” John Clare’s great assertion speaks from and to a readiness to more than endure which, though most recognisable perhaps in the long, trampled-on history of peasantry, is discoverable elsewhere. Hence, Tardios’s long poem “Ioulia and Francos”, which celebrates, or anyway attests to, an indomitable persistence of two lovers against the rebuffs they have to endure. And another long poem, “So I’m Told”, perhaps the finest in the collection, is vivid with the particularities of lives remembered, the rhythmic fluency of its narration giving it a strength beyond the merely notational: Under this shivering light, earth exhales night-time heat. Herbal warmth enfolds us both like wings Pilgrims to a sun-scorched land asleep In the middle-sea of middle-earth – Rancid goats, hiccupping donkeys, potent cocks Beds laid on flat mud-roots -- Pointing defiant fingers at the Muslim coast Morning, street-sellers chant their wares, An isle of wonders ripe with noises. This, and other poems in Buttoned-Up Shapes, are, in their atmospheric density, reminiscent of the prose tales of the nineteenth-century master, Alexandros Papadiamantis, bringing onto the page the vivid quality of Greek island life, its rough, grainy texture, though Tardios, perhaps by virtue of writing in verse, knows better than did Papadiamantis where to let well alone, where to stop. Great stuff. |
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