Contemporary Fiction

In the autumn of 1929, while hunting in a lonely stretch of north Florida woods, young Rex Holliman stumbles across the aftermath of a strange doub...

Pauline tells her personal story of growing up through paradoxes and insights that blend social, religious, and moral textures. Her world is popula...

Nineteen-year-old Jason is lost. The rush of graduation parties has subsided, the ubiquitous discussion of college departures dimmed to a dull roa...

Tom Rowden has been riding away from the Pecos River for twenty years, plagued by the haunting image of his wife, Sarah, the second before he kille...

Set primarily during the early 1940s, A Texas Jubilee is a collection of short stories about life in fictional Bodark Springs, Texas. Through these...

Winter, teenagers, and dreams of glory come together in this novel about the reaction of a small working-class town when the local hero decides not...

Normal0falsefalsefalseMicrosoftInternetExplorer4By the Noble Daring of Her Sons is a tale of ordinary Florida citizens who, during extraordinary ti...

Since 9/11 there has been a cultural and political blossoming among those of the Afghan diaspora, especially in the United States, revealing a vibr...

Whispers of a Lesser God is the third in a collection of short, sharp, sarcastic satires that speak to the reader in a simple, effective fashion. T...

A gentle, romantic and reflective story about recently retired Will Williams who is severely grieving after the death of his wife, Rosemary, follow...

Chinny learned at an early age that with her background and heritage, life does not simply hand you opportunities especially not when youre a girl...

A tragic death first plunges a family into grief, then launches a widow and her daughter on a voyage of discovery. Intent on uncovering their famil...

After losing his home and savings to his lying son, widower Robin Bentley has a breakdown and is consigned to a care home for the elderly. He''s de...

London, 1970s. An East End boy stumbles into the world of casinos as a trainee croupier at the Playboy Club London. A time of glamour, excitement a...

After being born to abusive alcoholic parents and consigned to a childrens home, the last thing troubled teenager, Robert Wilson, needed upon leavi...

A poverty-stricken, nineteenth-century guitar virtuoso navigates the tricky political landscape of Parisian society as he comes out of retirement f...

If Tony Gould, head of international banking at the Manhattan Banking Corporation, can prod his fellow bankers to syndicate a one billion dollar lo...

Twenty Tiny Tales is a collection of twenty-two moralistic, humorous and heart-warming short stories. Some are inspired by the freedom and music of...

A school therapy dog put down as a cost-cutting measure. An Ofsted inspector who grades his sexual encounters on a clipboard. A Head of Humanities ...

A stark and unusual story told in Spartan English.  A weak hero becomes stronger through the adversity he faces and the pain he endures.  A worldly...

The final part of Krish Days Indian trilogy.  The Secrets of Rajpur illuminates, in a quaint and satirical vein, the impossibility of recording on ...

What would happen if an ordinary person were elected Prime Minister? The Pong Of Power is a political comedy, detailing the hilarious antics o...

University London Central, a middling university, finds itself in a scandalous mess. Special measures require the wholesale removal of its adm...