British Invasion

Cover artwork by: Les Edwards
Introduction by Stephen Volk
Afterword by Kim Newman

All New Dark Fiction by Allen Ashley, Kealan Patrick Burke, Ramsey Campbell, Mark Chadbourn, Peter Crowther, Paul Finch, Gary Fry, Joel Lane, Steve Lockley & Paul Lewis, James Lovegrove, Paul Meloy, Mark Morris, Adam Nevill, Philip Nutman, Sarah Pinborough, Tony Richards, Gord Rollo, Nicholas Royle, John Travis, Conrad Williams, and "Anonymous."

They've invaded before, sending their best and brightest to transform popular music for all time. This time, they're leaving the music behind and focusing on words. The British Invasion has begun again, in a collection of twenty-one unforgettable stories of horror and the dark fantastic.

From the birthplace of horror fiction, the land where writers first dreamed up the icons that shaped the field we know today — Frankenstein's monster, Count Dracula, the vile Mr. Hyde and more. You think you know desperation? Discover a literary tradition born from centuries of violence, pain, and suffering, distilled through the veneer of civility, and twisted by the reign of tyrants and kings.

You think you know fear?

From creeping dread to hideous humor, from quiet terror to brutal horror, from mad speculation to unspeakable truth, the twenty-one tales here represent the best that the U.K. has to offer. The rising stars and the masters of British horror have joined together.

The British Invasion has begun.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction by Stephen Volk
• "Lost in a Field of Paper Flowers" by Gord Rollo
• "Respects" by Ramsey Campbell"
• "Farewell to the 21st Century Girl" by Mark Chadbourn
• "At One" by James Lovegrove
• "The Nowhere Man" by Sarah Pinborough
• "The Spaces in Our Lives" by Allen Ashley
• "The Crazy Helmets" by Paul Finch
• "Slitten Gorge" by Conrad Williams
• "Birchiam Pier" by Tony Richards
• "Beth's Law" by Joel Lane
• "Black Dogs" by Gary Fry
• "The Misadventure of Fat Man and Little Boy, Or, How I Made a Monster" by Philip Nutman
• "The Goldfinch" by Nicholas Royle
• "Never Go Back" by Steve Lockley & Paul Lewis
• "Mutiny" by Kealan Patrick Burke
• "British Horror Weekend" by Anonymous
• "King of the Maggots" by John Travis
• "Leaves" by Peter Crowther
• "Puppies For Sale" by Mark Morris
• "Yellow Teeth" by Adam Nevill
• "The Vague" by Paul Meloy
• Afterword by Kim Newman

Limited to 1,000 copies signed by Christopher Golden, Tim Lebbon, and James A. Moore