And thanks to the charities who will receive every penny of the profits from this book, for the hard and good work you do on a daily basis.
Much love to you all.
A Man of Sophisticated Tastes
© Paul Brazill 2014
Alphabet Man
© Craig Furchtenicht 2014
Porcupines
© Richard Godwin 2014
A Burning Passion
© Keith Nixon 2014
Mary Magdalene
© Mark Wilson 2014
Clarity
© Allen Miles 2014
Life Imitates Art
© Les Edgerton
Lost
© Gerard Brennan 2014
The Wild Hunt
© Gareth Spark 2014
The Matryoshka Doll
© Martin Stanley 2014
Urban Paranoia
© Darren Sant 2014
The Twin Towers
The First Sign
© Ryan Bracha 2014
Ryan Bracha
Ryan Bracha is 34 years’ worth of ideas just screaming to be unleashed on an unsuspecting public. By 24 he had written and directed his first feature film "Tales From Nowhere" which was well received and enjoyed a limited release around his native Yorkshire, his second screenplay "Dirt Merchants" never made it to screen but was an outlet for his desire to tell stories. Almost 4 years in the making, his debut novel, "Strangers Are Just Friends You Haven't Killed Yet" is a darkly comic satire based on the state of the media in the face of what appears to be a serial killer stalking the streets of Sheffield. It was the first of several number one ranking books, including his second novel, Tomorrow’s Chip Paper, a gross-out collection of shorts the wonderfully titled 'Bogies, and other equally messed up tales of love, lust, drugs and grandad porn', and his critically acclaimed third novel, the semi-dystopian satirical thriller 'Paul Carter is a Dead Man'. Twelve Mad Men is his brainchild, and will hopefully be the first of many annual collaborative novels
Paul D Brazill
I was born in England and am now on the lam in Poland. I left school at sixteen and my first job was on a government scheme updating Ordinance Survey Maps. It wasn't as glamorous as it sounds. I've worked in a second-hand record shop and played bass in a couple of post-punk bands. I've been EFL teaching for over ten years and still seem to be getting away with it.
I'm the author of A Case Of Noir, Guns Of Brixton, Roman Dalton- Werewolf PI and a few other tasty snacks that you can find here.
My writing has quite shockingly been translated into Italian, Polish and Slovene. I know! I've had stories published in various magazines and anthologies, including The Mammoth Book Of Best British Crime 8, 10 and 11 - alongside the likes of Lee Child, Ian Rankin and Neil Gaiman. Which is nice.
I also edited the charity anthology True Brit Grit, along with Luca Veste, and a couple of other things, too.
Gerard Brennan
Gerard Brennan's short stories have appeared in numerous anthologies, including three volumes of The Mammoth Book of Best British Crime. He co-edited Requiems for the Departed, a collection of crime fiction based on Irish myths, and co-wrote The Sweety Bottle, a stage play. His novella, The Point, was published by Pulp Press in October 2011 and won the 2012 Spinetingler Award. Blasted Heath published his debut novel, WEE ROCKETS, in 2012, and they will release his latest novel, UNDERCOVER, in 2014. He is currently working on a creative writing PhD at Queen's University Belfast.
Les Edgerton
Les Edgerton is a full-time writer and writing teacher.
His work has been nominated for or won: the Pushcart Prize, O. Henry Award, PEN/Faulkner Award, Derringer Award, Spinetingler Magazine Thriller of the Year (Legends category), Jesse Jones Book Award, Edgar Allan Poe Award (short story category), Violet Crown Book Award, Nicholl’s Foundation Script-writing Award, Best of Austin and Writer’s Guild’s screenwriting awards, and others. His 18th book, a black comedy crime caper, titled THE GENUINE, IMITATION, PLASTIC KIDNAPPING comes out in October from Down & Out Books.
Edgerton is an ex-con, having served two years at Pendleton Reformatory on a 2-5 sentence plea-bargained down for burglary, armed robbery, strong-arm robbery and possession with intent to deal.
Craig Furchtenicht
Craig Furchtenicht lives in rural Iowa, where many of his stories take place. His work generally spans the realm between drug-fuelled crime novels, short horror and the absurd. When he is not putting the words floating around in his brain to paper he enjoys cheering on his beloved Hawkeyes and spending time outdoors.
His works of fiction are the fantastic novel Dimebag Bandits, as well as the collections The Blue Dress Paradigm, and Night Speed Zero.
Richard Godwin
Richard Godwin is the author of critically acclaimed novels Apostle Rising, Mr. Glamour, One Lost Summer, Noir City and Confessions Of A Hit Man.
He is also a published poet and a produced playwright. His stories have been published in over 34 anthologies, among them The Mammoth Book Of Best British Crime and The Mammoth Book Of Best British Mystery, as well as his anthology of stories, Piquant: Tales Of The Mustard Man, published by Pulp Metal Fiction in February 2012.
Richard Godwin was born in London and obtained a BA and MA in English and American Literature from King's College London, where he also lectured.
You can find out more about him at his website www.richardgodwin.net , where you can also read his Chin Wags At The Slaughterhouse, his highly popular and unusual interviews with other authors.
Allen Miles
Allen Miles is a six foot three caffeine-addicted stick insect with a bit of a cold who lives in Hull and is twenty-nine years and thirty-four months old. He survives on three hours sleep a night and drinks far too much wine. His first major work, 18 Days, which peaked at #1 on the literary fiction chart, can be downloaded from Amazon and he is the co-proprietor of sittingontheswings.com.
His spare time is generally spent attention-seeking on various social media platforms and the release of his collection of novellas and short stories, This Is How You Disappear, is due later in 2014. Mr Miles is married with a three year-old daughter.
Keith Nixon
Keith Nixon has been writing since he was a child. In fact some of his friends (& his wife) say he's never really grown up. Keith is currently gainfully employed in a senior sales role meaning he gets to use his one skill, talking. Keith writes crime and historical fiction novels. His works of fiction are The Fix, The Konstantin Novellas, and The Eagle’s Shadow. He is published by Caffeine Nights.
Keith also reviews books for Crime Fiction Lover and Al’s Books & Pals blog.
Find him on Twittter (@knntom), Facebook, his blog ([email protected]) and Goodreads.
Darren Sant
Darren Sant was born in 1970 and raised in Stoke-on-Trent in Staffordshire which is in the United Kingdom. He moved to Hull in East Yorkshire in 2001.
After attending a few creative writing classes he started writing poetry. After moving to Hull he joined a writing group called the Renegade Writers who gained infamy by doing performance poetry with a Rock N Roll ethos. Following the split of the Renegade Writers he settled down a little and didn't write for a while.
Darren's stories have appeared in various online publications such as The Flash Fiction Offensive, Pulp Metal, Thrillers Killers N Chillers, The Killing Pandemic, Flash Jab Fiction and Shotgun Honey.
Darren's creation The Longcroft Estate is the setting for a number of his stories. A collection of the first three of these tales was published by Byker Books in February 2012.
Gareth Spark
Gareth Spark was born in the middle of a blizzard on New Year's day, 1979. He grew up in Whitby, a small, ancient town on the North East coast of England and published his first book, a collection of poetry called At The Breakwater at age 22. He has since published two further collections (Ramraid and Rain in a dry land) as well as the crime thriller, Black Rain (Skrev Press, 2004). His
short fiction has appeared in Out of the Gutter, Shotgun Honey, Near to the Knuckle, The Big Adios and Line Zero, among other journals and various anthologies. His story "American Tan" came 2nd in the GKBC International Short Story competition.
Martin Stanley
Martin Stanley was born in Middlesbrough in 1972. He was educated in Teesside and later in Bristol, where he studied graphic design.
He is the author of The Gamblers, a violent crime thriller set in Bristol, and The Hunters, the first in the Stanton brothers’ series of crime thrillers. The brothers also appear in Martin's short story collection The Greatest Show in Town, and the novellas Bone Breakers, Green Eyed Monster, and The Curious Case of the Missing Moolah. The sequel to The Hunters, The Glasgow Grin, is due to appear later in 2014.
He lives, works and socialises in London.
You can find more stuff from Martin (such as short stories, reviews, and the occasional essay or comment) on www.thegamblersnovel.com and www.facebook.com/TheGamblersNovel
Mark Wilson
Mark Wilson is married father of two, born in Bellshill, Lanarkshire and currently living in Edinburgh with his wife, their son, Patrick and baby daughter, Cara.
Mark left Bellshill Academy in 1991, qualification-free. And worked his way through a huge number of jobs including, window-cleaner, delivery driver, Levi's salesman, microbiologist and cinema usher.
Mark returned to full time education nine years later, earning his Highers and a degree in micro-biology before entering teaching.
Mark currently teaches Biology in a Fife secondary school and is founder of Paddy's Daddy Publishing, a company he set up to assist Scottish authors. He writes in his spare time, in lieu of sleep.
As well as his autobiography, Paddy's Daddy, Mark is the author of five novels. Bobby's Boy, Head Boy, the bestselling Naebody's Hero, dEaDINBURGH, and The Man Who Sold His Son. His novels have been well received and feature Scottish characters.
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