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Explores the depths of a paranoid writer who is terrorised by visions of deadly attackers and their horrifying crimes. A call from his literary agent, a possible plot on his life and a disastrous trip to the launderette ensue.

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Christopher Morley's unforgettably weird classic tale of adventure on a traveling bookstore called Parnassus, drawn by a steed called Pegasus, is back for a new generatin of readers.

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Parnucklian for Chocolate is a dark comedy about what it is to grow up an alien in your own family and your own life."

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A love story cum political thriller, Party Headquarters lays bare the difficulties and hypocrisies of Bulgaria's transition to democracy.

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Gifted young violinist Oleg Nemetz's life is overturned in the storm of World War II. Blown far away from his home and a father who never returned from the front, Oleg lands in San Francisco as a violinist in the symphony orchestra. But years later, a series of events lead him back to his old town.

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An escape into nature, far from the stress of everyday life, far from the city

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Includes material previously published in the Berkeley barb, San Francisco Bay guardian, and other publications.

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A selection of some of the author's best short stories, extracts from his novels and pieces from his travel writing. From the author of UP ABOVE THE WORLD.

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When Kate, a white Australian foster mother, takes her 18-year old Torres Strait Islander foster son back to Brisbane to meet his sick birth mother, Kate's own mother has a homecoming of a very different kind planned for her daughter. Paydirt paints a portrait of contemporary Australia that is that is anything but black versus white.

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This astonishing debut fiction collection features stories about finding joy amid the horror of a precarious, melting life.

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A collection of short stories set in places as diverse as a nudist colony, the corporate world and prison. Beneath her wry humour and snappy style, Chevalier brings insight and compassion to her depiction of contemporary Australian life and to growing up in America. * Cover endorsement from acclaimed author, Fiona McGregor.

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About energy that permeates stories & artistic pursuits, the desperate need for creative outlet & expression, & the passion that pours out & onto the pages. The voices of the twenty-nine new writers & artists included in this anthology explore a diverse range of themes & provide fresh, inspiring perspectives with a fierce drive and energy.

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Max Delmarc is a middle-aged concert pianist with a sharp case of stage fright and something of a drink problem. We follow Max to his untimely death and out into the afterlife, where he moves from purgatory into his own personal hell - an overcast Paris in which he can no longer play the piano or have a drink.

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Shortlisted for Costa First Novel Award. Emma did not go to war looking for love, but Adam is unlike any other. But when Adam comes home, he brings the conflict back with him. Emma had considered the possibility that her husband might not come home from war. She had not considered that he might return a stranger.

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""Animal Farm" meets "The Metamorphosis". . . . A very funny, intelligent book that can be read both for its politics and for its extraordinary depiction of a woman who revels in her bestial transformation.--"Booklist".

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In the tradition of Lord of the Flies, Pigs is an exquisitely wrought fable about the excesses of the contemporary world.