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Despatches

Wed, 01 Mar 2023 19:10:14 +0200

Daily Star war correspondent Cassius Smythe is off to the Dardanelles to report on the Allied campaign. That is, if only the War Office will let him tell the truth. But after months in the trenches at Anzac Cove, Smythe learns that it isn't just the Ottoman who wish to claim back the land, and the truth is as slippery as a serpent...

At the Edge

Mon, 14 Nov 2016 10:25:23 +0200

Step up, as close as you dare…
…to a place at the edge of sanity, where cicadas scritch through balmy summer nights,
at the edge of town, where the cell-phone
coverage is decidedly dodgy,
at the edge of despair, where ten darushas will get you a vodka lime and a ring-side seat,
at the edge of the universe, where time stops but space goes on...
From the brink of civilisation, the fringe of reason, and the border of reality, these stories are infused with the bloody-minded spirit of the Antipodes, tales told by the children of warriors and whalers, convicts and miners: people unafraid to strike out for new territories and find meaning in the expanses at the edge of the world.

Mika

Sun, 15 Nov 2015 13:37:35 +0200

Mika Tāura arrives in New York in the middle of a storm, where she accidentally kills a motorist and lands herself with an injured child. What's more, she's missed her rendezvous.Stan has problems of his own. Several of them just broke into his apartment and tried to kill him, which may explain why hitching a ride in Mika's armoured waka seems like a good idea. Besides, her business is taking her across to the West Coast, and so – conveniently – is his.On the run, Mika, Stan and the girl flee across the country to Stan's reservation home, where they encounter a couple who may be the key to Mika's mission. But time is running out, for the travellers and for those they leave behind them.

Remains to Be Told

Fri, 24 Feb 2023 13:26:06 +0200

Uncanny disturbances, death, and the dank breath of the native bush.

Remains to be Told: Dark Tales of Aotearoa is mired in the shifting landscape of the long white cloud, and deeply imbued with the myth, culture and character of Aotearoa-New Zealand.
Laced with intrigue, suspense, horror, and even a touch of humour, this anthology brings together stories and poems by some of the best homegrown and Kiwi-at-heart voices working in dark fiction today.
Curated by multi-award-winning editor Lee Murray with a foreword by six-time Bram Stoker Award®-winner Lisa Morton and stories and poems by:
Kathryn Burnett, Helena Claudia, Gina Cole, William Cook, Debbie Cowens, Neil Gaiman, Del Gibson, Jacqui Greaves, Denver Grenell, Tim Jones, Nikky Lee, Paul Mannering, Owen Marshall, Tracie McBride, Kirsten McKenzie, Celine Murray, Lee Murray, Dan Rabarts, Bryce Stevens, and Marty Young.

'New Zealand's darkest minds and brightest talents take you...

Battle of the Birds

Mon, 11 Nov 2013 14:11:07 +0200

Into the Mist

Mon, 21 Nov 2016 08:23:44 +0200

When NZDF Sergeant Taine McKenna and his squad are tasked with escorting a bunch of civilian contractors into Te Urewera National Park, it seems a strange job for the army. Militant Tūhoe separatists are active in the area, and with its cloying mist and steep ravines, the forest is a treacherous place in winter. Yet nothing has prepared Taine for the true danger that awaits them. Death incarnate. They backtrack toward civilisation, stalked by a prehistoric creature intent on picking them off one by one. With their weapons ineffective, the babysitting job has become a race for survival. Desperate to bring his charges out alive, Taine draws on ancient tribal wisdom. Will it be enough to stop the nightmare? And when the mist clears, will anyone be left?