LAURA PURCELL'S HOUSE OF SPLINTERS IS AVAILABLE TO PREORDER NOW ---------------------------------------- 'Spooky, atmospheric, brilliant' Bridget Collins 'Glitteringly dark and mesmerising' Jennifer Saint Be careful what you wish for... it may just come true. At The Mercury Theatre in London's West End, rumours are circulating of a curse. It is said that the lead actress Lilith has made a pact with Melpomene, the tragic muse of Greek mythology, to become the greatest actress to ever grace the stage. Suspicious of Lilith, the jealous wife of the theatre owner sends dresser Jenny to spy on her, and desperate for the money to help her family, Jenny agrees. What Jenny finds is a woman as astonishing in her performance as she is provocative in nature. On stage, it's as though Lilith is possessed by the characters she plays, yet off stage she is as tragic as the Muse who inspires her, and Jenny, sorry for her, befriends the troubled actress. But when strange events begin to take place around the theatre, Jenny wonders if the rumours are true, and fears that when the Muse comes calling for payment, the cost will be too high. 'Gloriously gothic' Erin Kelly 'Immersive' Beth Underdown 'Fantastic' Rebecca Netley 'Darkly seductive and artfully realised' Susan Stokes-Chapman

The celebrated Icelandic novelist weaves together ancient myth and modern history in this lyrical, compact novel of a voyage from Denmark to the Black Sea. The Icelandic poet, playwright and novelist Sjón has won countless international awards and earned ringing comparisons to Borges, Calvino, and Iceland's other literary superstar, Halldór Laxness. In The Whispering Muse, he delves into the murky waters of post-WWII Europe, Nordic and Greek mythologies, and the vaunted benefits of a seafood diet. The year is 1949 and Valdimar Haraldsson, an aged scholar with elevated ideas about the influence of fish consumption on Nordic civilization, has has been invited to join a Danish merchant ship on its maiden voyage to the Black Sea. Among the crew is the mythical hero Caeneus, disguised as the second mate. Every evening after dinner Caeneus entrances his fellow travelers with tales of how he sailed with the fabled vessel the Argo on its quest to retrieve the Golden Fleece. What unfolds is a slender but brilliant novel that ranges deftly from the comic to the mythic as it weaves together tales of antiquity with the modern world.

Short Stories and novelettes by Ron Cook is a series started 40 years ago and finally completed in 2017.

THIS book encompasses two collections one called Lone Flute... Mountain Mist a collection of Chan and Taoist style poetry. Th e second is titled Manic it is a collection of poems written during some of Trevors more trying times in his life. He is Bi Polar 1 having been fi rst diagnosed in 2001. He feels this collection will allow the reader to become more aware of the inspired thought processes that add a certain insight to his poetry during the highs and lows of the so called Artists Disease. Th e whole Book he has titled A Walk With Th e Lord. As the reader goes through the poems one will soon discover his strong faith in both God and man. He takes the reader through a journey of Eastern and Western thought that he has blended to form his unique world view.

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