Speculative Fiction, Dystopian and Urban Fantasy
In a world where reading has been replaced by direct data interfaces to the brain and libraries lie in ruin, a travel memoir and a YAF go in search of readers. Can the books work together to save themselves and perhaps even reintroduce imagination to the world?
An uplifting fairytale of friendship and the magic of books.
Addison Phaetonique is used to being the new girl in school, but the move to Mantua throws her life into disarray. She discovers a town entangled in trees, sinking into a lake and steeped in myth. A town that challenges her to play a leading role in an ancient legend.
A riveting YA about creating your own destiny.
Soon after embarking on a new life in London, Constance Fairchild finds herself recruited to be a parole officer for alien criminals sent to Earth. The hours are long, the location is a abandoned underground station, the enforcer is a Muse – moody, dangerous, magnetic.
Work-based stories – friendship, rebellion, timesheets
When a dead body is discovered on the 28th floor of THP Ltd, skull cracked on the company-branded doorstop, Casimir Dale, former-detective-turned-consultant specialising in office discord, is brought in to investigate. Iain Fletcher’s death has the initial appearance of an office accident, but the eight who worked late are not the strangers they pretend to be. And soon, Casimir starts to unravel of seedy, occasionally ludicrous, underbelly of corporate life.
A sudden snowstorm sends the employees of Burgess Maine into lockdown. Stuck in the office overnight with their colleagues, it’s not long before professional facades dissipate in a rain of stapler warfare. Office gripes, secret affairs, simmering competion – it’s all ready to surface.
Freebies
Jack and Ami’s office rivalry is legendary. With an ongoing quest to be the top salesperson, they’ve never managed to agree on anything. But that’s all about to change.
After a disastrous client meeting which descends into Olympic-level sparring, their manager issues an ultimatum: Get along or risk transfer to the remotest of remote hubs.
To save their jobs, Ami and Jack will have to pretend to like each other. And what better way to convince their colleagues that they’ve set aside their differences than to date? … Enter the fake-dating contract.
Could they be perfect for each other under all that hostility?