Stories from the Chicken Foot House is a collection of stories where stranger things can happen than might seem possible – it’s a collection of urban myths and fairytales for the kind of people who believe that the everyday can be extraordinary, and would rather wear Doctor Martens than be Disney princesses. ...
Monsters, cryogenics, relationships, religion, war, dragons, cannibalism, angels, demons, space exploration, aliens, beans, eyes, traffic cones, gods, Chicago, pot plants, robots, a dive bar on Mars, goblins, heart break, July, cake, bees, geese, peacock flavour crisps and time travel are just some of the things you’ll find in this eclectic collection of flash fiction and poetry. Originally written for the Elephant Words website where writers ar ...
Изяслав Абрамович Петров, психолог от бога, помогает разномастной нечисти в решении их душевных проблем. Тёмного лорда больше не радует гарем его нек-рабынь, дракон пытается наладить отношения со своей второй половинкой, инквизитор сочувствует сжигаемым еретикам… А уж какой букет психологических проблем у чертей и вовсе говорить не приходится. Содержит дополнительный рассказ-бонус "Далёкие берега"
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A RICHARD AND JUDY BOOK CLUB READ AN OBSERVER NEW FACE OF FICTION 2015 A HUFFINGTON POST 'ONE TO WATCH IN 2015' LONGLISTED FOR THE CWA JOHN CREASEY (NEW BLOOD) DAGGER 2015 'I was gripped by Catherine Chanter's The Well immediately. The beauty of her prose is riveting, the imagery so assured. This is an astonishing debut' Sarah Winman, author of When God was a Rabbit 'I loved this boo ...
After 18 years of marriage Astrid, the wife of the novel's narrator, has left home. Her departure leaves her art-historian husband feeling loss and loneliness that force him to reassess his life: not only his relationship with Astrid, but with their children, friends, his previous lovers, his work and perhaps most significantly himself. Moment by moment, in the silence of their Copenhagen apartment, the puzzle of his life takes shape. Gr? ...
