Edited by Lily Childs - a collection of dark and wicked words from twenty-three women, the FEBRUARY FEMMES FATALES.
From quick sips of short, sharp micro-fiction to full-length stories; from poetry to a novel tease, 'February Femmes Fatales - the book' dishes out fear by the bucketload.
Noir, horror, crime, myths. Travel in time. Be reborn. Take revenge.
Meet demons. Dally with ghosts. Fight gun totin' kick-ass gals with gumption... and dig deeper, where you'll encounter war crimes, murder and foul-play.
Not to mention a deadly dose of darkest humour.
The writers have...

Within Wet Walls is a short, gothic ghost story inspired by M.R. James, Dickens and Sir Walter Scott. It speaks of a medieval manor built in a Sussex forest where beings as old as the land itself swirl, translucent in the damp mists. Ever hungry. Travel through time within the wet walls of Wealdstone House. Slip into Eliza Lundy's Victorian sub-existence of servitude and debauchery, laced with opium and absinthe. Taste the terror. Embrace life... while you can. Eliza's wandering spirit will take you by the hand, by the throat, by the lips. Enter her darkness to discover the beautiful horrors...

The stars have always held a fascination. The yearly rotation of the constellations guides ceremonies, rites, symbols, prepares for the harvest and sows the fields. More than merely celestial bodies, they seem to have some uncanny relationship to the affairs of humanity. The signs that designate the zodiac may portend good but every star sign has its dark side. An association seen both in popular culture and criminality. As the stars wheel through the seasons, we grow older. Some grow wiser, others stranger. Some choose to listen to the better angels of their nature. Others brood over the...