Secret Language
Neil Williamson
Even before the phenomenal success of Neil’s debut novel The Moon King (runner up for the BSFA Award for best novel behind Ann Leckie and shorlisted for the British Fantasy Holdstock Award) Ian was asking him about a new short story collection. He rates Neil as one of their finest short fiction writers, and it’s been ten years since his first collection The Ephemera appeared. He's delighted to say that it’s been worth the wait.
Secret Language gathers together sixteen stories, four of them written especially for this collection, that demonstrate why Neil is one of genre fiction’s finest writers. The BSFA shortlisted story “Arrhythmia” provides just one of the highlights in this exceptional volume. All four of the new stories are excellent, but one of them in particular, “The Death of Abigail Goudy” may just be the best thing Neil has ever written.
Contents:
- Introduction
- Deep Draw
- The Secret Language of Stamps
- Sweeter Than
- Arrhythmia
- Pearl in the Shell
- Killing Me Softly
- The Bed
- Fish on Friday
- The Posset Pot
- Lost Sheep
- Silk Bones
- Messianic Con Brio
- Last Drink Bird Head
- This is Not a Love Song
- The Golden Nose
- The Death of Abigail Goudy
- About the Author
Limited to 100 signed hardcover copies
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