Fantasy

Vanquished by Alex Janaway is a classic fantasy that charts the history of a crumbling empire in the aftermath of a devastating war. From the high-born to the dissolute thief, we are given a fascinating insight into all levels of this society.

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Kate Russell’s magnificent young adult adventure, The Bookkeepers Guide To Practical Sorcery, will make you laugh out loud and quail with fear. And it delivers such a matter-of-fact account of magical mechanics you'll be amazed you weren't taught it in school.

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Alex Janaway’s second fantasy novel, Resistance, continues his End of Empire series that began with Vanquished. Resistance is a fast-moving fantasy adventure that picks up the story in the aftermath of the war whose aim was to extinguish all human life and follows the fortunes of four key characters: ex-arena champion, Father Michael, bodyguard to the heir of Tissan; Eagle Rider, Owen Derle; the thief and chancer, Cade; and Captain Sabin Fillion, half-human, half-elf. 

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It is Christmas 1914. As Europe descends further into the Great War, Christopher Flyte is sent home in disgrace from his school. He returns to the sleepy English village of Alton. There he meets the mysterious traveller, Bailey - a master storyteller who fills the boy's head with stories of King Arthur's time. The more Christopher hears, the more he suspects that Bailey's stories are more than just simple myths. Soon, Christopher finds himself a pawn in a game that has been playing out for centuries....

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WINNER of the 2019 CWA Short Story Dagger: The Dummies’ Guide to Serial Killing and other Fantastic Female Fables is a charity anthology featuring best-selling author, Danuta Reah, and critically acclaimed writer, Mary Brown, alongside the winning entries from our Fantastic Female Fables competition.

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Miranda should have no cares in Sue Knight’s eco-thriller, Waiting for Gordo. She’s with her dependable husband, Jim, on a paradise island with a group of friends. Their daughter is grown up and has flown the nest. They have no ties and no worries. So why the shades of unease? Is it the rustle of unseen creatures in the low scrub, the strangely watchful Bathroom Cockroach … or is it that Jim’s dive buddy Gordo is delayed on an outlying island waiting for a tropical storm to blow over before their boat can put to sea.

Jim’s usual matter-of-factness keeps a lid on Miranda’s unease, but the small anomalies grow while she looks out over a deceptively calm aquamarine sea towards distant roiling clouds ...

... waiting for Gordo.

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Till They Dropped by Sue Knight is a thriller novelette following Emily, a trapped child looking for a way home. Audio version read by Penelope McDonald. A Red Room production for Fantastic Books Audio. Music by Kevin MacLeod. Learn More

A collection of 25 stories of fantasy and science fiction from around the globe, each illustrated by digital artist Alice Taylor. This collection has been compiled from the winners of the Fantastic Books Publishing International Charity Short Story Competition 2012 and features 2 stories from our professional contributors Danuta Reah and Stuart Aken. 10% of the proceeds of this book will be donated to the WCRF (World Cancer Research Fund - Registered Charity Number - 1000739) who do sterling work in the field of global cancer prevention.

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AUDIO coming soon!

A really weird thing happens to 11 year old Megan Crewe when she bumps into Jack the old carthorse. 

She’s too busy to worry about it until she realises what a terrible secret she’s uncovered. 

Jack is in danger but no one will believe it except her best friend Amy. Their ideas come thick and fast, but nothing works, and as the menace creeps closer, events snowball. 

There’s a horse in Amy’s mum’s prize greenhouse, a lot of tomato ketchup in places it shouldn’t be, a ton of heavenly chocolate, and the dreadful taste of artificial flowers. 

In all the chaos, can they save Jack? Or has the danger that stalked the old horse turned its eye on them instead?

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