General Fiction

Malika Moustadraf (1969-2006) is a feminist icon in contemporary Moroccan literature, celebrated for her stark interrogation of gender and sexuality in North Africa. 'Blood Feast' is the complete collection of Moustadraf's published short fiction - haunting, visceral stories by a master of the ge...

In this dazzling collection, Nam Le takes us across the globe as he enters the hearts and minds of characters from all over the world. Whether it's the story of fourteen-year-old Juan, a hit man in Colombia; an ageing painter in New York mourning the death of his much-younger lover; or a young re...

In these twelve quietly dazzling, carefully crafted stories, Billy O'Callaghan explores the resilience of the human heart and its ability to keep beating even in the wake of grief, trauma and lost love. Spanning a century and two continents - from the muddy fields of Ireland to a hotel room in Pa...

Originally called Doctor Brodie's Report in the first English translation, these short stories demonstrate Borges's inspiration and his ability to help individuals rediscover their own joy in reading.

Full of heart and humour, Gothataone Moeng's first collection, set between the rural village of Serowe and the thrumming capital city of Gaborone, captures a chorus of voices from a country in flux. Meet a young woman who has worn the same mourning clothes for almost a year, and a teenage girl wh...

Captain Marvel is one of the mightiest Avengers - and Rogue is one of the most steadfast X-Men! But Rogue used to be a villain, and she and Carol once clashed in a battle that left both women changed forever! On behalf of the Brotherhood, Rogue ambushed Carol - and permanently absorbed her memori...

The Carnage symbiote flies solo in a new series, and begins a journey across the universe to inherit the Earth! As Cletus Kasady exacts his vengeance on an unsuspecting city, the Carnage symbiote remains left to its own devices, adrift among the stars. Carnage has scant few hurdles between it and...

I was told of an older woman who was asked by her granddaughter, 'Granny, when was the happiest time of your life?' 'I don't know,' she replied, 'I may not have had it yet.' The stories found in this collection explore the sensual worlds of thirteen older women, reframing their intellectual and e...

A wife compulsively digs in her garden. Two brothers, long estranged, reunite for a terse, heady summer. A woman flies to Krakow to see her adult son. At dusk, a teenage girl pushes her dying mother out into the sea. A small boy sits on his own in the cinema, entranced by the cowboys who light up...

Love, loss, betrayal. Grief, guilt, longing. The act of grace or forgiveness that can suddenly transform and redeem lives. In these 12 haunting stories Mary Costello carefully examines the passions and perils of everyday life and relationships and, with startling insight, casts a light on the dar...