Clive Barker has made his mark on modern fiction by exposing all that is surreal and magical in the ordinary world --- and exploring the profound and overwhelming terror that results. With its volatile mix of the fantastical and the contemporary, the everyday and the otherworldly, Weaveworld is an epic work of dark fantasy and horror -- a tour de force from one of today's most forceful and imaginative artists.
McConnell smiled patronizingly . ' Oh , granted some governesses are nominally ladies , I suppose , but usually , well ... I was just a bit amused , that's all . ' ' You impudent Dublin Jackeen ! Listen , if you open your mouth again ...
P.D. James Omnibus
The Dragon in the Sword: Being the Third and Final Story in the History of John Daker, the Eternal Champion
Living in a bedsit, just coping with the boredom of being a busconductor, and fully aware that his plans to emigrate to Australia won't come to anything, Robert Hines is a young Glaswegian leading a pretty drab life.
Pearlhanger: A Lovejoy Narrative
One of the Founders
Albion! Albion!
The Microcosm is at first presented in all it complexity, then certain elements are in their turn illuminated, until a possible solutions emerges for one of the characters.
And what is he doing with Annie, a hardheaded Communist; Lucy, a weird feminist poet from south London; and Nelly, a Yugoslav housewife, whose passion for cooking and eating is ruining her marriage?Jack Warliss does not know the answer to ...
Pretty, brave and 18 years old, Ellie has come to London in search of adventure.