Modern and Contemporary

This insightful and tender novel about the sexual abuse of children within the Church of England is both harrowing and yet also heartening.

In 2015, J.W. Wood jacked in his day job and disappeared to homestead some acres on an island British Columbia, Canada – armed only with an axe, some tools and the determination to free himself. Captcha This! spares no-one: pompous investment bankers

A Pastor and Professor Quaker Mystery. “I readily admit I am a mystery reader—most often of the "cozy" variety, meaning fun characters and situations without too much violence and horror. But I am even more a lover of spiritual writing.

B is not a child of his time. As an outsider, he hides his secrets well.

A fashionable house in a London terrace, the House of Journalists is renowned around the world as a place of refuge for exiled writers who have fallen foul of oppressive regimes.

Compassionate, thoughtful and perceptive, Kerry is aware that he is different to most other young men. It is only after a series of life-changing events, however, that he realises how different he really is.

For the first nine years of her life, she was held in modern day slavery. She saw violence, she knew cold and hunger, she experienced the death of those close to her. It was no life for a child.

This anthology showcases the very best in humorous short story writing, by outstanding contemporary women writers, including Kathy Lette, Sadia Azmat, Lucy Vine, Josie Long, Paula Lennon, and many more.