Original and Classic Fiction
Welcome to the Telos' Original and Classic Fiction range of titles. Here you'll find everything from modern horror thrillers, to witty fantasy via anthologies and some classic reprints from the past.
Many of our titles have been nominated for Awards, and several have had film options sold in them. Why not have a look and enjoy some of the very best horror and dark fantasy fiction being published in the UK today.
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Force Majeure
Somewhere in the Andes, in a nebulous border zone never claimed by any nation, is the last of the free cities. Candida is a blank on the map. Here there are dragons.
Kay travels across the Atlantic to Candida on business. She soon finds herself lost in an unfamiliar city without a job or a home. She's taken in by the oldest house in the city and put to work by its inscrutable chatelaine. She may have lost control of her life but she knows that Prospero is coming to open the hidden city to the outside world.
While she waits, she makes new contacts, allies, even friends: the exgunrunner, blinded by the light; the soldier-poet, loyal to dreams of the dead; the courier who wants to become a bird; and Xan – fascinating Xan – who may be all of Kay's dreams come true.
They all have stories of the city, its history and its powers. Some of them might even be true.
Here there are dragons.
An incredible fantasy from a major new talent.
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112pp approx. A5 original paperback novella.
ISBN 978-1-84583-050-2 (pb)
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Black Tide
By Del Stone Jr
Miller, a university professor, and two of his students take a trip out to a spoil island in the middle of Santa Rosa Sound in the Florida Keys to study the effects of pollution on the flora and fauna. While they are there, a tide of black microbes is released into the river, and floods down and around them. They escape by burying themselves in the sand, but when they emerge, it is to a world which is strangely silent and changed.
Before long, burning figures are glimpsed along the distant banks, dragging themselves into the water. Then the attacks start. With daylight their only weapon, Miller realises that time is running out as an army of the living dead, intent on feasting on their flesh, is gathering in the surrounding waters.
A classic tale of horror in the great tradition of 'Night of the Living Dead'.
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A poster is available of the cover artwork by artist Gwyn Jeffers for this book. Visit www.simplyicons.com to order. Note that the poster can only be ordered for delivery to the UK.
120pp A5 original paperback novella.
ISBN 978-1-84583-049-6 (pb)
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A Manhattan Ghost Story
By T M Wright
Do you see ghosts?
Photographer Abner Cray arrives in Manhattan to begin work on an illustrated book of the city. However he finds that Art, the owner of the flat he is staying in, has gone missing, leaving behind a beguiling and sensuous young lady called Phyllis Pellaprat to whom he's instantly attracted. Soon Abner is deeply involved with Phyllis and is wholly unprepared for the revelation that Art is actually wanted for her murder - an event which took place some time earlier. When Phyllis disappears, Abner wanders the streets, and he sees what appear to be disaffected and strangly acting people everywhere - hailing taxis, selling puppies on street corners, pushing baby carriages, and he starts to suspect ...
This classic novel was first published nearly twenty-five years ago: it's a hypnotic, spooky page-turner that is by turns a terrifying slide into madness and an effective love story.
"T M Wright is a rare and blazing talent." Stephen King
"Wright convincingly proves that he understands, as few do,
how to give
a scare without spilling blood all over the page." Publishers
Weekly
"T M Wright is the best ghost story writer alive today." American Fantasy Magazine
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200pp approx. A5 paperback reprint novel.
ISBN 1-84583-048-2 (pb)
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Shrouded by Darkness: Tales of Terror
Edited by Alison L R Davies
Featuring contributions from Neil Gaiman, Clive Barker, Christopher Fowler, Simon Clark and Graham Masterton.
From some of the most innovative writers of horror fiction working today, an anthology of tales guaranteed to bring a chill to the spine.
This collection has been published to raise money for DebRA, a national charity working on behalf of people with the genetic skin blistering condition, Epidermolysis Bullosa (EB). All royalties from this book will go to the charity to help them continue their good work.
Featuring stories by: Debbie Bennett, Poppy Z Brite, Simon Clark, Storm Constantine, Peter Crowther, Alison L R Davies, Paul Finch, Christopher Fowler, Neil Gaiman, Gary Greenwood, David J Howe, Dawn Knox, Tim Lebbon, Charles de Lint, Steven Lockley & Paul Lewis, James Lovegrove, Graham Masterton, Richard Christian Matheson, Justina Robson, Mark Samuels, Darren Shan and Michael Marshall Smith. With a frontispiece by Clive Barker and a foreword by Stephen Jones.
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300pp approx. A5 paperback original anthology.
Available in standard paperback, or deluxe signed (by all contributors
subject to arrangement) and numbered, limited edition hardback.
Note that the Hardback will be available early in 2007, direct
from Telos and selected specialist dealers.
ISBN 1-84583-046-6 (pb)
ISBN 978-1-84583-047-2 (hb)
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Pretty Young Things
What's a girl to do these days? If she's not worrying about her makeup or her dropdead outfit, it's the total lack of anyone hot to pick up at the local nightclub. Someone strong and silent, someone good looking ... someone who might not mind a bit of rough and tumble. And if he ends up being hung in the cellar with the other bloodcalves then that's too bad ... after all, a girl's gotta drink.
Chelsea is a vampire, one of a nest of lesbian rave-bunny vampires, but when the nest picks her exboyfriend as their newest food source, she takes matters into her own hands ...
A novella featuring sexy vampire girls, blood, horror, and enough catfights to sate even the most jaded of vampire lovers.
A debut novella from an impressive new talent.
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112pp. A5 paperback original novella.
ISBN 1-84583-045-8 (pb)
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More Than Life Itself
On a bright June morning, Sam Dalton's world suddenly crumbles as he learns that his four-year-old daughter, Jessica, has contracted a mysterious disease. Her internal organs are slowly shutting down, one by one, and her doctors are unable to even pinpoint the cause, never mind find a cure. With weary shakes of their heads, they give her less than a month to live.
A chance meeting with a terrifying bleeding-eyed vagrant offers a despairing Sam a possible solution ... but at what price?
A tale of love and consequences by the author of 'Riverwatch' and 'Heretic'.
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96pp approx. A5 paperback original novella.
ISBN 1-84583-042-3 (pb)
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Parish Damned
By Lee Thomas
The sickness was only the beginning of the misery for the residents of Coral Point. Every four years, the disease arrived to claim its victims. Those infected invariably withered, suffered, and, according to local legend, took to the sea in a final attempt at peace.
But things have changed. Something has arrived in the wake of the sickness, and only a lone charter boat captain understands that what now hunts the gulf beyond the reef is far more deadly than anything that the people of Coral Point could imagine.
The waters have become the shelter for a new and lethal species, a dark breed of predator that will not be confined to the waves...
"A master of the "New Southern Gothic", Lee Thomas shows that there are things lurking beneath the surface of us all that are better left alone." PD Cacek
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96pp approx. A5 paperback original novella.
ISBN 1-84583-040-7 (pb)
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Another War
By Simon Morden
WORLD FANTASY AWARD NOMINEE
It starts with a mystery: an old manor house is surrounded by an impenetrable bubble, and all that lives within it seems to wither and die.
Investigating, the Army find two men inside the house: men who vanished some 100 years ago but who have now reappeared, and as young as the day they disappeared.
There are rumours of a machine which could puncture the dimensions, allowing man to travel beyond the bounds of the Earth ... and for other things to travel here.
Another day, another war.
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144pp. A5 paperback original novella.
ISBN 1-903889-93-6 (pb)
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Valley of Lights
A routine call to a sleazy Phoenix hotel throws police sergeant Alex Volchak into a world where the brain-dead check themselves out of hospital, and a stranger can seem to know the most intimate details of his life.
Like his feelings for Loretta, the neighbour who’s more than a friend, and her daughter Georgina, so much the child he never had. Volchak finds himself on the hunt for a child killer, someone who can apparently switch bodies with ease, and who is playing games with the police.
And then Georgina is taken.
"The best fusion of crime and horror since Hjortsberg's "Falling Angel" ... ordinary police procedures can't begin to cope with this" Time Out
"An excellent thriller ... a cracking pace ... large helpings of deadpan gallows humour ... a genuine ability to create a sense of evil" Glasgow Evening News
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312pp. A5 paperback novel reissue.
Also available as a signed (by Gallagher and Laws)
and numbered, limited hardback edition.
ISBN 1-903889-74-X (pb)
ISBN 1-903889-75-8 (hb)
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Approaching Omega
By Eric Brown
//~Mission to locate Earth-temperate planet for colonisation:
failed ...
//~1000 years out from Earth base, damage to colony sleeper hangars
1, 3 and 4 sustained ... all lives lost ... hangars 2 and 5 still
operational ...
//~Mission parameters adjusted: Augmentation of colonists to commence
...
//~Request all drones and 'bots to medical units to begin experimentation
...
A novella of power and humanity from "one of the very best of the new generation of British SF writers." (Vector)
"SF infused with a cosmopolitan and literary sensibility ... accomplished and affecting." Paul McAuley
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128pp. A5 paperback original novella.
Also available as a signed (by Brown) and numbered,
limited hardback edition.
ISBN 1-903889-98-7 (pb)
ISBN 1-903889-99-5 (dl)
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Fallen Angel
AURORA AWARD FINALIST
The sequel to the acclaimed Guardian Angel.
When Porsche Winter sees a she-devil in a downtown Toronto bar, she knows this can only mean trouble. And trouble of the worst kind. For this is not just any she-devil, but Naamah, head she-devil and Lucifer's right hand.
With Lucifer turning his eye to the Earth, Porsche finds allies in the most unlikely places, but can Naamah be trusted?
But defeating the minions of Hell isn't as easy as it used to be. Stripped of her superior strength and healing ability as well as the weapons in Heaven's arsenal, Porsche has only one very human body with which to fight the forces of Hades.
And so it is down to one fallen angel, a small cherub and a former stockbroker to try and save every soul on the planet.
The Cover That Never Was:
When we commissioned the cover art for Guardian Angel, as we knew Stephanie was writing a sequel, we also commissioned the artist, Rick F Van Koert, to create the cover for the second book.
The idea was that as the first book had shown Porsche, an angel, in hell, we would have a complementary image on the second book of Porsche as a devil on Earth. We already had a selection of images to work from courtesy of the photographer and model, and so the artist started work creating the image we had in mind.
We only got to an unfinished draft stage before all communications with the artist ceased. In the end we had no choice but to commission a completely new and different cover from another artist and took the opportunity to re-jacket Guardian Angel at the same time. In 2006, we discovered that the artist had in fact completed the cover but had heard nothing from us ... seems to have been a mysterious total email breakdown. As the image was complete, we felt that readers might be interested in seeing what the cover of Fallen Angel could have been.
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224pp. A5 paperback original novella.
ISBN 1-903889-69-3 (pb)
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Alice's Journey Beyond The Moon
By R J Carter and illustrated by Lucy Wright
A truly extraordinary tale as Alice finds herself meeting all manner of strange creatures as she sets off on new adventures.
This is a completely new story by R J Carter, but has been presented as if it were a lost Lewis Carroll manuscript, complete with annotations and original illustrations.
This book is guaranteed to delight both children and adults.
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98pp. A5 paperback original novella.
Also available as a signed (by Carter and Wright) and numbered,
limited hardback edition.
ISBN 1-903889-76-6 (pb)
ISBN 1-903889-77-4 (dl)
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Houdini's Last Illusion
By Steve Savile
Harry Houdini is a haunted man. Haunted by success; his emotions; and now by some of his compatriots: famed and feted illusionists like himself. The only problem is that they are dead. Houdini knows that time is running out, and before he is ready to die he must perform one final trick, the greatest illusion of his life...
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96pp. A5 paperback original novella.
ISBN 1-903889-66-9 (pb)
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Breathe
Winner of the 2005 British Fantasy Award for Best Novella
An original and horrific slice of urban terror from one of the masters of the genre.
All is not well at SymaxCorp.
The work is piled high, people are toiling overnight to meet deadlines, and the supervisors are keeping their beady eyes on everyone. But staff are complaining of feeling sick, and the last health and safety officer disappeared one evening never to be seen again.
It’s down to new boy Ben, together with temp Miranda, kick-boxing Meera and overweight June to try and get to the bottom of the problem.
As colleagues are progressively transformed into mindless, blood crazed zombies, Ben and his friends discover that there really is something in the air...
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112pp. A5 paperback original novella.
Also available as a signed (by Fowler) and numbered, limited hardback
edition.
ISBN 1-903889-67-7 (pb)
ISBN 1-903889-68-5 (dl)
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The Human Abstract
By George Mann
"George Mann has forgotten more about science fiction than most people will ever know, and he puts his expertise and his considerable narrative skills to excellent use in this canny, highly readable tale." Adam Roberts
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144pp. A5 paperback original novella
ISBN 1-903889-65-0 (pb)
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Aspects of a Psychopath
Aspects of a Psychopath goes deeper than ever before into the twisted psyche of a serial killer. Horrific, graphic and gripping, this book is not for the squeamish.
A jaw-dropping study of pure evil - Gruesome and compelling.
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112pp. A5 paperback novella.
ISBN 1-903889-63-4 (pb)
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Spectre
By Stephen Laws
"The plot is brilliant, the writing superb. It's absolutely terrifying - a living nightmare" - Starburst
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272pp. A5 paperback novel.
Also available as a signed and numbered limited hardback edition.
ISBN 1-903889-72-3 (pb)
ISBN 1-903889-73-1 (hb)
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Guardian Angel
The prequel to Fallen Angel.
Following in the tradition of Laurell K Hamilton's "Anita Blake Vampire Hunter" series comes a new and sparky heroine in the form of Porsche Winter, a guardian angel with more than just her clients to worry about.
She's perky and resourceful, gorgeous and lusted after by angels and demons alike. Her mum was a saint and her dad ferries souls across the river Styx ... you've never met a girl like Porsche before.
The second Telos edition of Guardian Angel has a new cover (see above), the first (now out of print) sported an eyecatching cover (see right) by top digital artist Rick Van Koert, who has painted superheroes for several trading card sets and comic book covers, as well as working on book jackets worldwide. His work is much in demand due to the meticulous attention to detail as much as the skin tight lycra and latex that he clads his stunning female models in.
The author, Stephanie Bedwell-Grime, has had careers as a television producer, medical photographer and teacher. She is a four-time finalist for the Aurora, the national Canadian award for speculative fiction and the author of three novels and over fifty short stories.
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208pp. A5 paperback novel.
ISBN 1-903889-62-6 (pb)
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King of all the Dead
By Steve Lockley & Paul Lewis
TOMBSTONE AWARD NOMINEE
From the authors of The Ragchild, King of all the Dead is a terrifying and nail biting ride into the unknown.
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128pp. A5 paperback novella.
ISBN 11-903889-61-8 (pb)
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Cape Wrath
By Paul Finch
STOKER AWARD FINALIST
A chilling Horror novella from acclaimed author Paul Finch.
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128pp. A5 paperback novella.
ISBN 1-903889-60-X (pb)
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The Manitou: 25th Anniversary Edition
The harrowing story of the reincarnation of a Red Indian Medicine Man in modern day New York by master of the Horror genre Graham Masterton.
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212pp approx. A5 paperback novel.
Also available as a signed and numbered limited hardback edition.
ISBN 1-903889-70-7 (pb)
ISBN 1-903889-71-5 (hb)
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Urban Gothic: Lacuna and Other Trips
Edited by David J Howe
CONTAINS BRITISH FANTASY AWARD WINNING FICTION BY SIMON CLARK
Urban Gothic: Lacuna and Other Trips combines the talents of some of today's best British horror authors, to bring an anthology of six tales of terror and mayhem that you'll never forget.
With fiction from Graham Masterton, Christopher Fowler, Simon Clark, Steve Lockley & Paul Lewis, Paul Finch, Debbie Bennett and an introduction by Richard O'Brien, two factual pieces by David Miller about the show and interviews with Tom deVille and Steve Matthews.
Please note that the limited number of copies now available were held back until recently because, unlike the copies originally on sale, they are not signed by the authors of the stories included.
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A5 paperback.
ISBN 1-903889-00-6 (pb)
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