Ever wanted to be your idol?Fresh from university and eager for the rest of his life, Edward Gable moves to York to start a position in a graduate training scheme. And whilst real life may not meet his expectations, the building he moves into can more than compensate for the lack of excitement. Everyone is friendly and helpful, but there are secrets no one wants to talk about - and if you find yourself living in a building with Sophia Loren, you know something out of the ordinary is going to happen.

Lovers of Old Films

Literature & Fiction

Finsen, Ophelia

Contemporary

Louise Clark

"How do you want to feel today? This contemporary collection of short stories ranges from real life to the supernatural, happiness to tragedy and melodrama, told through a range of eccentric and everyday characters, all trying to get somewhere in life. Find out what happened to the chocolate boyfriend, the woman who almost went mad, or why plagiarism is a bad idea. To know where to begin, you just need to ask yourself, how do you want to feel today? "

This is Living

After some badly-planned articles, a shattered relationship and the threat of an impending nervous breakdown, journalist Aran Sellere breaks away from his old life to try and get himself together. He moves up north and rents a run down cottage out in the countryside. He tells himself whilst he's there, he might as well write the Knight's biography. The story Knight doesn't want anyone to know. Determined to rebuild his life and his sanity without the medication, Aran throws himself into exploring the local area to find a distraction. He meets Ludvine Moore, local cleaner and belly dance tutor, who appears to be even crazier than he is. The two hit it off, but their deepening relationship/obsession only threatens to push him further over the edge.But something is definitely not right. Aran can not tell whether it is him, Knight, Ludvine or the village that doesn't make sense, but he needs to work it out before it all ends in tragedy.

The Simple Things

Howard, Jannicke

In a small town in the Yorkshire Dales there is a select gathering known as the Society of Lost Causes. A gathering of eccentric and unknown people; people who feel that they or their work will have no consequence for the world. Until a murder without motive is committed in their small community, and three potential witnesses are drawn together permanently through the twist and turns of a crime scene and an organisation dedicated to remembering contemporary and historical oddities. This is a tale of the joy of story-telling; of the fascination in the detail and the small curiosities of life that are there for anyone to find if they are only prepared to stop and listen.

Society of Lost Causes

Renata shrugged her shoulders. "I suddenly felt like it. I felt so tired of everything that I just had to... I just had to shake things up a bit." "Yes, but did you really have to shake them about in the centre of town?" Renata is disillusioned with her life and her office job. Elsa could use a warm, home-cooked meal. Nelly finds inspiration in an incidence of street crime. And whatever is going on, Lucinda will already have been there, done that. Jimanac is a warm and vibrant city, full of life, variety and eccentric characters muddling through the day-to-day living. Women of all ages and backgrounds looking for a little peace and a little hope. Through these twelve short stories, you are invited down to street level; to come and experience what it is to be a woman of Jimanac.

The Women of Jimanac