Bøger af John Linwood Grant

Small Gods.They aren't the earth-shakers, but the quiet ones. Or perhaps the loud, brash ones.We challenged the writers to give us stories without much more than Small Gods.They came through, as usual, ranging all over the spectrum, as well as all over the emotional map, from the noir of a god created while smoking a cigarette and doing dishes, to the god of pizza delivery (and all the things that might go wrong).Come take a journey with some of the deities you might not have known until now.Blaze Ward Presents #6: Small Gods. One of an occasional series of strange and diverse themes, available at all reputable book dealers (and a few disreputable ones).

"There's an east wind coming, Watson.""I think not, Holmes. It is very warm.""Good old Watson! You are the one fixed point in a changing age. There's an east wind coming all the same, such a wind as never blew on England yet. It will be cold and bitter, Watson, and a good many of us may wither before its blast. But it's God's own wind none the less, and a cleaner, better, stronger land will lie in the sunshine when the storm has cleared. Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson August 2nd, 1914 "His Last Bow"On August 4th, 1914, England declared war against Germany, after the latter's invasion of Belgium earlier that day. Just days before that, Germany had declared war on Russia and France and Luxembourg. Soon much of the world was dragged in. Europe was a tinderbox, and the fuse was lit. To anyone living in those times, it must have seemed that the world had suddenly gone mad. But in fact, the events leading to The Great War and the deaths of millions had been in the making for decades, as the European nations scrambled to outdo one another around the world in terms of escalating military might and colonial expansion, while strangling themselves with convoluted treaties and intermarried royal families.Although a dozen other Canonical Holmes adventures would be published after "His Last Bow", that story, covering just a few minutes on the evening of August 2nd, 1914 - "the most terrible August in the history of the world" - was chronologically the last Canonical adventure, . But even though that narrative - included in this collection - relates what Holmes and Watson were doing at the very beginning of the War, there is much more to tell . . . .Contained in this collection are 36 Canonical adventures in three companion volumes by many of today's best Sherlockian pasticheurs, relating some of Holmes and Watson's wartime adventures, and then telling us what happened afterwards during those years immediately following the Armistice, and on through the 1920's.Join Holmes and Watson as the thunderous Guns of War begin to fire, through the nightmarish years that followed, and then through the other side when the storm has cleared . . . .The game is afoot!Part I: The East Wind Blows (1914-1918) The Rescue at Ypres - David MarcumThe Silent Sepoy - John Linwood GrantThe Odd Telegram - Kevin P. ThorntonThe Adventure of the Synchronised Pup - Wayne AndersonThe Conundrum of the Questionable Coins - Will MurrayThe Intrigue of the Kaiser Helmet - Shane SimmonsThe Adventure of the Floating Rifles - John DavisThe Adventure of the Singular Needle - Andrew SalmonThe Singular Case of Dr. Butler - Paula HammondThe Adventure of the Incomplete Cable - Dan RowleyThe Case of the Despicable Client - John LawrenceThe Adventure of the Absconded Corpse - I.A. WatsonCheckmate - Robert Stapleton

Even Carnacki, the great 'Ghost-Finder', himself has cases that he will not speak about. In these 12 tales, we learn the details of those 'Lost Cases' that Carnacki talked about only in hushed whispers. Learn the truth behind "The Steeple Monster Case", the horror of "The Grunting Man", the creeping terror of "The Grey Dog" and so much more. When you have learned the truth behind these cases, you may find yourself haunted as well!

Where All is Night, and Starless collects seventeen unsettling stories of our fears and weaknesses, and of our often unreliable strengths: stories of monstrosity and the occasional hope, deliberately themed across three aspects of weird fiction. The section 'On Mythos' covers re-interpretations and subversions of themes from H P Lovecraft's Mythos; 'On Mysteries' looks into strange transformations, and 'On Myth' delves into the realms of folklore and folk horror, each with a dark twist. From the churning hell of World War One to the quiet English suburbs, from contemporary Alaska to colonial Africa, these are weird tales of the decisions we make when faced with something strange, with turns wry, ironic, and dark. Some horrors are found not outside, but in the mirror before us.

From the Introduction by Tabatha Wood: "What follows is a varied collection of dark canine tales that will excite, thrill and captivate readers, while supporting a truly worthwhile cause. And above all else, you know the dog won't die."CONTENTS:Foreword by Alan BaxterIntroduction by Tabatha WoodNero by Shannon Elizabeth Gardner (Artwork)Hunted by Dion Winton-Polak (Poem)Black Cloud Sunshine by Dan RabartsThe Dead Way by J.C. HartVision Thing by Matthew R. DavisShifting in the Black by L.L. AsherSynaesthete by Melanie Harding-ShawFossil Bluff by P.J. Blakey-NovisA Handshake in Darkness by Miranda Crites (Artwork)Night Wolves by Tabatha WoodThe Honeymoon's Over by E.E. KingBlack and Tan by M.E. ProctorDing Dong Bell by Steve Dillon (Poem)The Gaze Dogs of Nine Waterfall by Kaaron WarrenPark Life by Ian J. MiddletonGrey Dog by John Linwood GrantUse a Shovel by Galina TrefilBanjo by Chloe Herczeg (Artwork)I am Become by Hari NavarroYellow Dog by Alan BaxterRedbone by Justin GuleserianThe Feather Wall by Octavia CadeThis Dog's Life by Dion Winton-Polak (Poem)And Don't You Ever Look Back by Falco Verholen (Artwork)From the Foreword by Alan Baxter: "As the stories in this book point out, dogs are the best, and we should all try to be a little bit more like them. Except the butt-sniffing. We don't need that. Unless it's your personal kink, in which case, enjoy! Meanwhile, read this book, be transported by the dark tales, and enriched by the wagging tails. And remember, you are awesome."17 short dark fiction stories, some poems, some illustrations. featuring dogs that you know won't die...

Two novels-The Assassin's Coin, by John Linwood Grant, and The Prostitute's Price by Alan M. Clark. Intertwined here, they share a single timeline and a single purpose - to lead you to 13 Miller's Court, the room made infamous during the Autumn of Terror. The Prostitute's Price-A novel that beats back our assumptions about the time of Jack the Ripper. Not the grim story of an unfortunate drunken prostitute killed before her time, but one of a young Mary Jane Kelly, alive with all the emotional complexity of women today. Running from a man wanting her to pay for her crimes against his brother, she must recover a valuable hidden necklace and sell it to gain the funds to leave London and start over elsewhere. Driven by powerful, if at times conflicting emotion, she runs the dystopian labyrinth of the East End, and tries to sneak past the deadly menace that bars her exit.The Assassin's Coin-She is Catherine Weatherhead, and she is Madame Rostov. She will lie. She will deceive. She will change history, for she is haunted, and murder speaks to her. In Whitechapel, all talk is of the one they call Jack the Ripper, but there is another killer in play, Mr Edwin Dry, the Deptford Assassin. The truth is not what you believe. It is what Catherine and Mr Dry make it.

She is Catherine Weatherhead, and she is Madame Rostov. She will lie, though not with malice. She will deceive, though often with good cause. And she will change the course of history, for murder speaks to her. In Whitechapel, all talk is of Jack the Ripper, but there is another killer in play, and he most definitely has a name. Mr Edwin Dry, the Deptford Assassin. The truth is not what you believe. It is what he makes it.