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Halloween is drawing near and Ally is far from the safety of Troutespond. Her attempts at a normal life have netted her a role in a cursed-to-die orchestra club, haunted by its past members. Now, unwittingly tied to thirteen musical ghosts, the more they play, the more their fates are bound to the dead. With the help of Alana, her boyfriend the Piper, and the new friends she's made on campus, Ally must find a way to break the curse, while trying to be a model student, girlfriend and mandolin player.

Aeon is a simulacra, a creation of flesh, clockwork and magic designed to protect their original humans from the deadly attacks of curse-workers. She is an identical copy of her original, Mara, eighth princess of the Tamyin Empire, except for the brands and seals that mark her as artificial. When Mara dies of natural causes, Aeon expects to be killed. After a botched attempt to euthanise her, she is taken in by a family of rogue simulacra living in the city slums. When one of their number dies after injecting a dose of a serum that allows simulacra to change their bodies, Aeon is worried that someone is targeting rogues. A trail of discoveries unearths a deadly conspiracy, where friends and enemies are no longer what they seem.

"e;And Satan answered the LORD, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life."e; Job 2:4 Troublesome priest Eve Clements is exiled from her North London parish to remote St Jude's, miles from the nearest village. Carrying childhood demons with her, broken relationships and addiction, she becomes an unwilling pawn in a supernatural battle that keeps her confined within the parish grounds, with a congregation that is not what it seems. Eve must find her purpose if she is to survive, as terrifying apparitions and her own emotional fragility drive her towards breaking point.

The Future God of Love is a romance fantasy, set in an African world where stories are essential for the survival of humanity. Jamaaro, a struggling storyteller, is the future god of love and must create a story every full moon for the prosperity of his town. When he falls in love with a strange woman, having known loneliness all his life, he ignores the clues that she might not be what she seems.

In the magical desert of an ancient, altered land called Zabardu, a nameless dread falls across the village, trapping a little girl. The villagers turn to their healer, Bambomiyi, the Broken Witch - a raucous transgender woman who lives in a strange wreck in the desert. She is a veteran of the endless war against invaders from the north, a battle which caused her to lose her powers. What skills she has left, however, are valuable enough for the villagers to tolerate her promiscuity and outrageous behaviour. It helps too that she is a distant descendent of the godlike Daxu, who vanished long ago, leaving her with the gifts of above-average strength and knowledge of the uncanny. And so the wheels of an epic journey are set in motion, as she vows to save the young child.

John's eyes were manufactured with the purpose of providing sight to those who have lost it. Equipped with the ability to learn, the eyes develop a sense of responsibility for ensuring John's happiness. John's eyes strive to please and, with the power to enhance everything he sees, they soon realise that they are also able to manipulate what he sees. With a skewed sense of emotional intelligence, combined with unquestioning loyalty to their master, the actions of John's eyes lead to devastating consequences.

';Then the City of the Dead shall come to life, and the time of Terrors begin again.'In the shadow of this prophecy, the final game is set to determine the fate of the Estrian empire.Lady Bellina Ressa has gone through the twelve hells and back to retrieve a book the key to bringing the bloody reign of Marmossa to an end. The Radiana Magnifica contains all the forgotten history of the world. It is a puzzle inside a puzzle, created to test those worthy of the knowledge within. As well as cracking the code, she must fight for possession of the relic of the First One, which contains untold quantities of Sortilenergy.She is the most powerful Cognopath in the land, but it is not enough against ancient magic. And so Bellina gathers her army: a newly awakened mage, one with Amlith's blood, a healer, a warrior, a scholar, a thief, a father, a lover, and a fallen king.But as different destinies intertwine, the mission begins to falter. The end is nigh. Join the adventurous finale of The Infinity Machine series, nominated for the Gemmell Awards.

Tanya, Alana, Teb and Ally are celebrating their exam results and planning for an exciting future ahead. The trouble with living in Troutespond though, is that no matter what your plans are, the town will make its own for you.A secret cult of red-robed figures is skulking around town, the Piper has been banished, the dead are reappearing, and being volunteered for human sacrifice seems to be the order of the day. There's plenty of magic, of course. And a dragon!The Troutespond Series is a YA fantasy, working on the premise that if the supernatural did exist, inquisitive teenagers would be the first to notice, and absolutely the worst people ever to interact with it.

Tijaran Tales - The Complete SeriesSet in a distant future, Tijaran Tales follows Scottish teen Julius McCoy during his years on the Moon at the ZED Lunar Academy.Between spaceship piloting, engineering and mind control classes, Julius and his friends will find themselves at the front line of a desperate battle with the Arneshians, a banished sect of humanity seeking to seize control of Earth.Tijaran Tales is a popular SF series for teens of all ages, about the trials of puberty, the joy of friendship, young love, standing up for what's right, and facing up to responsibilities.Growing up is never easy but, in war, choices are even tougher. In the face of adversity, would you follow in Julius' steps? The Academy is recruiting, and they're waiting for you.

Paul Kane's The Colour of Madness is a collection and movie tie- in from one of the masters of modern horror, featuring a host of extras: script extracts, behind the scenes pictures, plus ';Men of the Cloth', the original novelette which inspired the movie.

Ties That Bind: Love in Fantasy and Science Fiction is the fourth Call for Papers of Academia Lunare, the non-fiction arm of Luna Press Publishing.The papers focus on the theme of love and relationships in fantasy and science fiction, in all their forms, in different media.Featuring papers from Josephine Maria Yanasak- Leszczynski, Cheryl Wollner, Cheryl Morgan, AJ Dalton, Tatiana Fajardo, Christina Lake, Lynn O''Connacht, Steph P. Bianchini, Ezeiyoke Chukwunonso, Barbara Stevenson, Dr. Ester Torredelforth.

One hundred years ago Freud’s definition of the uncanny was ‘not the strange, but the familiar become strange’. In this anthology of new work from a range of writers and academics, the uncanny is a place where you feel at home – until home turns against you. It’s a city where the streets can’t join up. The uncanny alienates your own body from you through medical advances, such as prosthetic limbs or cardiac defibrillators. The ‘uncanny valley’ is a landscape where robots try to imitate you.This anthology gets beneath the skin and into the depths of what it means to be human in an age of machines and genes. Featuring papers and stories from Pippa Goldschmidt, Gill Haddow, Fadhila Mazanderani, Jane Alexander, Ruth Aylett, Christine De Luca, Vassilis Galanos, Jules Horne, Donna McCormack, Aoife S. McKenna, Jane McKie, nicky melville, Dilys Rose, Naomi Salman, Helen Sedgwick, Sarah Stewart, Alice Tarbuck, Clare Uytman, Sara Wasson, Neil Williamson and Eris Young.

In the idyllic village of Touchstone, the birds are singing and everyone is happy. But Ethan knows it's not real. England may be ruined and plagued with riots, but Touchstone is more dangerous still.

The Pleasure of Drowning is a collection of stories based on legends and fairy tales. Fairy tales have been told hundreds of times and have been around for centuries. They are not just something we tell, but something we live.Jean Bürlesk takes us through these familiar paths, tempering the fantastical with a sharp tongue and a satirical vision. Irony and unease go hand in hand in this debut collection by the winner of the Prix d'Encouragement de la Fondation Servais 2019. "Jean Bürlesk is a scoundrel and a charlatan. Members of the public are warned not to approach, or he will regale you with the filth and horror he calls stories." Peadar O¿ Guili¿n, award-winning author of The Call and The Invasion "Alas, my lawyers have informed me that I have no grounds for a lawsuit against The Pleasure of Drowning for trespassing awfully close to the title of my own novel The Art of Starving." Sam J. Miller, Nebula- Award-winning author of Blackfish City and Destroy All Monsters

"Nick Wood's short stories are powerful, impassioned visions of worlds and worldviews remade by way of redemptive engagement with the spirits of the earth and the earth of the spirit. Joining ancestral wisdom and transformative technologies, combining searing self-scrutiny with joyous awareness of the Other, Learning Monkey and Crocodile is a book for Africa and for all of us."Nick GeversNick's stories have delighted readers across the world and have appeared in publications such as Interzone, Albedo One, Omenana, among others. His debut novel Azanian Bridges was shortlisted for the BSFA award.Embark on a journey where science meets African culture, through psychology, alternate history and disability."I read Bridges with much pleasure... Chilling and fascinating." Ursula K. Le Guin"Wood's characterization is excellent." Strange Horizons"This is a gut-puncher of a novel; original, brilliantly written, and a page-turner of note." Sarah Lotz on Bridges"Politically acute and powerful, with its heart in the right place... in many ways a 'textbook story', because it's so well done." Ian Watson on Bridges