Vacuum Flowers

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Michael Swanwick

Fantasy

Legend Press

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Them Bones

Howard Waldrop

'The Remarkable Everyday' is something different – it offers a bridge between the short story and the novel, combining the unique qualities of both. Each story is fully developed with the novel’s classic beginning, middle and end and as separate entries they provide a fantastic range, each one offering something very different. The publication is made up of eight stories written by different authors with each one portraying a character for a single day (the story is named after that day: Thursday, Tuesday etc). Complete with an insightful introduction by leading short story scholar Nena Skrbic, 'The Remarkable Everyday' is entertaining, powerful and thoughtful all rolled into one. It takes the reader on a rollercoaster ride through different lives with their events, thoughts and changes - all contained within a single day. It offers something for every reader to identify with and enjoy. The stories range from a transsexual coping with her new body, prejudice and literary agents, to a cheating husband finding everything catching him up too quickly for comfort, to a widow dealing with age, her memories and a kilo of peaches. In addition, the reader is offered a glimpse into the life of a young black girl uncovering a hidden past, a woman looking back on a relationship slipping away and an advertising salesman turning a swanky meal to his advantage. Not only this but a moving story depicts a mother is slowly coming to terms with the worst form of tragedy and on a different day commuters packed on their morning train are thinking very different things.

The Remarkable Everyday

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Salt and Honey

Candi Miller

In today’s world we want everything in a quick and compact form, and today’s reader is no different. Seven Days consists of easily accessible yet powerful snapshots of life from seven very different angles. Seven intriguing authors each delve into the consciousness of a character depicted on a single day. Named after the day described, each story offers an insight from an individual cultural perspective, and together they weave a powerful and gritty portrait of human experience. A unique cross between the novel and the short story, this collection is designed for the busy modern-day reader and is an illustration of the unexpected wealth that the repackaged short story can offer.

Seven Days

Literature & Fiction

Literary

Journey

Following the break-up of her relationship and unsure of her life’s direction, Marianne leaves a London still reverberating from the terrorist bombings to travel for a year with the mysterious and beautiful Sara. However, deep into the heart of chaotic and mystical India, events take a dramatic turn and, in the Holy City of Varanasi, Sara’s body is discovered floating in the Ganges. As the investigation ensues, unexpected and shocking revelations cast a new light on Sara and take Marianne on a painful but vital journey to uncover the truth about her friend and also her own life.

Watson, Jae

Heading South is a novel of two parts written by different authors, one depicting the animal-loving painter Cassie and the other the good-humoured Nick, still reeling from being dumped by his fiancee. Can the two ever get together as they are plagued by ex-girlfriends, posh admirers, pets passing away and friends going into labour? This is a hilarious comedy also featuring three dogs, two cats, a pony and a mallard.

Heading South

Bitmead, Luke

Richards, Catherine

Humor & Satire

11 seemingly unconnected characters are captured at points in their everyday lives when they are plagued by uncertainty, nostalgia, insecurity, and, above all, a persistent longing for a different life. As these characters’ lives begin to touch, often without their knowledge, far-reaching consequences prevail, leading some ultimately to commit murder. Yet—even after this potent search for better, more fulfilling lives—has each person ended up where they really want to be?

Here or There

Strong, Rebecca

Contemporary

Set against the backdrop of the Falklands War, this is the story of a torrid love affair that develops between schoolboy Kim and his 23-year-old female piano teacher, the beguiling but pained India, at the most traditional of institutions, Eton College. 25 years later, Kim looks back on the life-changing experience and sees how enemies, strict constraints, and ultimately his own jealousy destroyed the haven that had been created. On finally uncovering the reason for India’s secret hurt, the novel reaches a destructive finale that still haunts Kim all these years later.

The Well-Tempered Clavier

Coles, William

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