British Monsters

“Steven Pacey’s performance brings the story to life. Listeners will be on the edge of their seats.”—Booklist (starred review) “Full of easy banter, dry humor delivered with excellent comedic timing, and tender moments of sapphic romance, this audiobook's memorable characters are...

The hotly anticipated sequel to The Silverblood Promise continues the incredible new epic fantasy series perfect for fans of Scott Lynch. This program is read by actor Brenock O’Connor (Game of Thrones, Derry Girls) and features a conversation between O'Connor and author James Logan. Winter...

Lawless, British Columbia is on edge after a powerful earthquake jolts the region, quickly followed by a string of savage animal attacks. Newly stationed to the area after her predecessor mysteriously disappears, Conservation Officer Christine Moon needs to calm the jangled nerves of the small mountain town. Awakened from ancient slumber, something stalks the swirling, grey mists that surround Lawless. A beast with a gnawing hunger that grows stronger by the minute - its only thought, to satisfy its ravenous appetite.

This is a book about people’s encounters with monsters, strange humanoids and UFO encounters in North America that are not just sightings. Either by single people, groups of people or hordes of people. Many of the sightings include the Police and other forces so we may assume that they should be reliable witnesses. They happen everywhere and at any time and in this book they are in chronological order in each state so that you can refer to your home state easily to see what has happened there. This book is not just sightings of strange lights in the sky. Most of these sightings have ...

What the Hell has been happening in North America? In this book we have reports of Hairy Humanoids. Many in the forest but some coming out of what are called UFO s. We have reports of humanoids, and non-humanoids, coming out of these UFOs as well and interacting with people in strange and unusual ways. North America is so rich with these bizarre reports that it has taken me four volumes to record them all from 1800 to 1999. Everything from monsters to odd falls from the sky. From spontaneous combustion to lake and sea monsters and everything unimaginable in between. From giant birds with ...

Jasmine Taylor, a struggling young actress, responds to a job-ad offering the 'opportunity of a lifetime' for a female with 'hidden depths'. After a bizarre audition, she wakes to find herself a prisoner in a picturesque village. The village of Elldean seems timeless - peaceful and idyllic. However, the village hides a dark, terrifying secret - an ancient beast lives in the surrounding forest and, once a year, it emerges from its lair - to mate. The beast is huge and all in proportion - few women are capable of taking it on – and surviving - most are literally skewered to death. But if ...

Some secrets are best left, buried deep within the earth… I am thrilled to put together this collection of creepy short stories set in different parts of the world!! Whether it is a small non-descript village in India, the magnificent monasteries in Tibet, the numerous alleys of Kathmandu, the terraced rice fields of Japan, or the Serengeti plains of Tanzania— the locations are as beautiful as the horrifying events which unravel in them! This volume contains 5 horror stories that will have you feverishly turning pages, wanting more— Whether it is a village which is terrorized by an ...

“Tchaikovsky nimbly takes the narration from horrific to humorous to epic and back again.”—Library Journal This program is read by the author. Spiderlight is an exhilarating fantasy quest from Adrian Tchaikovsky, the author of Guns at Dawn and the Shadows of the Apt series. The path to...

A mythmaker of the highest order, China Miéville has emblazoned the fantasy novel with fresh language, startling images, and stunning originality. Set in the same sprawling world of Miéville’s Arthur C. Clarke Award-winning novel, Perdido Street Station, this latest epic introduces a whole...

With this outrageous new novel, China Miéville has written one of the strangest, funniest, and flat-out scariest books you will read this—or any other—year. The London that comes to life in Kraken is a weird metropolis awash in secret currents of myth and magic, where criminals, police...

"Narrator JD Jackson addresses his listener as "bro" in this decidedly contemporary retelling of the classic saga...His brilliant performance captures all the artistry, wit, and immediacy of this fresh translation, and breathes new life into what for most has been a literary fossil." --...

Love is messy. Literally. Marla Ponds has a simple goal: Win the "Village in Bloom" contest and crush her nemesis, Mrs. Higgins, into horticultural dust. Her roses are pruned. Her marrows are tucked in. Her life is perfectly pH-balanced. Until she finds a three-hundred-pound intruder in her compost bin. He isn’t a badger. He isn’t a thief. He is Gorphalax, a Gentleman Professor of Decay from the Sector of Ooze. He is massive, purple, gelatinous, and has a terrifyingly sophisticated palate for rotting cabbage. Marla should call the police. Instead, she puts him in a beige trench coat, ...

Dark Age Demons - A Historical Horror Thriller. Britain, 540 AD. Britons, Saxons, Jutes and Angles war with each other for land. They have no idea they are all just meat to the monsters that dwell in the abandoned Roman city of Londinium. The monster's leader, a former Roman soldier turned demon, sends his creatures across the land to forage for food and increase their numbers. When one of these creatures destroys their village, two brave Saxon sisters and their stubborn but determined brother form an unlikely team-up with a Briton bandit who has knowledge of the island's darkness. Saxon ...

She’s fierce, fabulous, spectacularly beautiful—and not remotely family-friendly. An unregulated novel guaranteed to offend almost everybody, even superheroes and super villains! A camp, chaotic comedy guaranteed to offend almost everyone—especially superheroes. By day, she’s just another struggling soul trying to get by. But when trouble calls, she becomes Supertranny: bold, brilliant, beautiful—and blessed with a wardrobe that could bring cities to their knees. Day and night, people go about their business soundly, knowing that there is someone here on earth who is unbreakable ...

‘Sensational new book’ – MAIL ON SUNDAY ‘Bombshell book’ – THE SUN ‘Tell-all book’ – MAIL ON SUNDAY 'Explosive new book' – DAILY MAIL 'Kervin is a master storyteller' – THE LONDON STANDARD AN UNFLINCHING EXPOSÉ OF MOHAMED AL-FAYED'S 25-YEAR REIGN OF TERROR AT HARRODS...

The Dead Boxes Archive is a chilling collection of short horror stories and horror novellas. Together for the first time in one volume, seven tales from the critically acclaimed Dead Boxes series. Dead Boxes are scary things. Wonderful and dreadful secrets hiding themselves in plain view. On the surface, they often appear to be ordinary, everyday objects. Items which are easily overlooked at first glance. Perhaps that’s just as well because the Dead Boxes are as far from ordinary and everyday as you can get. They hold miracle and mystery, horror and salvation, answers to questions best ...

For generations, British thinkers told the history of an empire whose story was still very much in the making. While they wrote of conquest, imperial rule in India, the Middle East, Africa, and the Caribbean was consolidated. While they described the development of imperial governance, rebellions were brutally crushed. As they reimagined empire during the two world wars, decolonization was compromised. Priya Satia shows how these historians not only interpreted the major political events of their time but also shaped the future that followed.

Do you ever wake up at 3am with your heart racing, your mind spinning, and a fear so big it feels like it’s sitting on your chest? A thought so sharp, so sudden, so overwhelming… that it yanks you out of sleep and refuses to let you go? That’s your Monster. It exaggerates everything. It lies in the dark. It grows when you’re powerless. And it follows you into the morning. But you can kill it. Quickly. Calmly. Every time. In this life-changing book, Ed Farrell shows you: - Why your 3am brain turns small worries into giant creatures - How to stop fear from exploding the moment you ...

An astonishing memoir about how song saved a life Singer/songwriter Tara MacLean has had an extraordinary musical career. From being discovered singing on a BC ferry to touring with Dido, Tom Cochrane and Lilith Fair, her solo albums and those with the band Shaye have touched legions of fans...

Beowulf is a brave and mighty warrior, known to have the strength of 30 men. At home in Geatland, Beowulf hears about the terrible troubles of his father's friend, Hrothgar, the king of the Danes. Hrothgar's land is plagued by Grendel, a vicious monster who attacks the Danes by night. Beowulf sets sail to aid Hrothgar and the Danes. But is Beowulf strong enough to slay the monstrous Grendel? And even if he succeeds, what other dangers lie ahead for the warrior-hero?