Bücher von Terry Grimwood

A new collection from critically acclaimed author Terry Grimwood. A Devil's Dozen of stories that move effortlessly between science fiction and horror, touching upon the modern world and the 20th century and then taking us beyond...In contemporary London an office worker receives a hand-delivered invitation to a mysterious burlesque cabaret...A private eye is brought in by the police when an old army buddy is reported missing; a buddy he watched die on the beaches of Normandy four years before... A would-be music journo loses his heart to a punk rocker, only to discover that good intentions can be the most destructive... We witness the fall of Lucifer, and the rise of Lilith... We discover what really happened to Glen Miller and that missing plane...We meet the third US astronaut to walk on the moon (whose name will never be remembered) and learn of what they found there...We witness London in meltdown as half the populace proves to be... other.Contents:The She Laurel Stuka Juice The Man Who Wasn't Dead The Dark Above The Fair The Third Man On The Moon When They Unmasked What It Is Strings The Listeners Heavies Space Survivors About the Author "Deep space, far-flung futures, or the darkest dungeons of a troubled mind... you'll go willingly, and never want to leave." - Dave Jeffery"...effortlessly creates an effective atmosphere...and - when needed - he also evokes a sense of harrowing dread." - Seregil of Rhimineei"...a writer who gets better with every piece of work." - Mark West

Beware god-like aliens bearing giftsStasis and inorganic self-repair, new spacefaring technologies for humankind, yet more gifts from its closest extra-terrestrial ally, the Iaens. There are, it seems, no limits to humanity's outward journey. Then Lana Reed, Mission Commander of the interstellar colony seeder, Drake, awakes from her own stasis to discover that all but three of the vessel's other tanks are dark, their occupants suffocated, screaming yet unheard in their high-tech coffins. But the stasis tanks are not all that is dark. The sensors return no readings from outside. The external vid-feeds show only unending blackness. There are no stars to be seen. No planet song to be heard. No galaxy cry. No echoing radio signals that proclaim life. The Drake and its surviving crew are adrift and alone in a lightless, empty universe.Cover design and artwork by Alex Storer From Terry Grimwood, another taste of the human realpolitik alliance with the Iaen, begun in Interference.

"e;And Satan answered the LORD, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life."e; Job 2:4 Troublesome priest Eve Clements is exiled from her North London parish to remote St Jude's, miles from the nearest village. Carrying childhood demons with her, broken relationships and addiction, she becomes an unwilling pawn in a supernatural battle that keeps her confined within the parish grounds, with a congregation that is not what it seems. Eve must find her purpose if she is to survive, as terrifying apparitions and her own emotional fragility drive her towards breaking point.

Three horror novellas, three superlative authors - all in one big, fat, juicy volume!ENÛMA ELI¿ (When on High) - TERRY GRIMWOODThe Babylonian Creation story is a tale of monsters and cataclysmic wars. An epic saga dominated by the gods Tiamat and Mardak, bitter rivals who battle for supremacy over the unformed universe. It is a story replete with Minotaurs and scorpion men, dragons and monstrous blood-sucking demons.A myth, a fantasy... But when a traumatised ex-soldier rescues a young woman, washed up and barely alive on the shore of a sleepy English seaside town, the fragile borders between myth and reality begin to crumble and gods and their legions wake from their long-slumber.THE REMNANT - C. Bailey-BacchusWhen fifteen-year-old Bianca Baker is blinded by rage and hatred, her inner demons take control and turn an ordinary school trip into a horrific tragedy. Witnesses to her violent act, succumb to Bianca's aggression and agree to say events were a terrible accident. Sixteen years later, those involved find the past clawing its way from the shadows to haunt them, and this time there is no way it will stay buried.ALICE IN HORRORLAND - Vanessa HawkinsAlice is an 11 year old orphan living within the veins of industrial England. When she meets a mysterious gentleman with the power to turn into a white rabbit, she finds herself tumbling down a manhole into Horrorland.Here the creatures are strange and uncanny, lost in a revolution of madness. Drug addicted Caterpillars, grinning cats and homicidal Mad Hatters gambol around Alice like blood-drunk mosquitoes. However, at the center of it all is the Queen of Hearts: said to have given up her own a long time ago...Horrorland used to be so wonderful... Can Alice make it so again?

THERE IS A WAY TO LIVE FOREVEROnly pick up a stranger if you can face your demons…and hersOnly stay with your lover if you can give yourself body and soulOnly sell your flesh if you can bear humiliation, pain and the deepest darknessOnly play God if you can endure the unutterable loneliness of the DivineTHERE IS A WAY TO LIVE FOREVERThirteen excursions into the shadowlands that border the known and the terrors that lie beyondTHERE IS A WAY TO LIVE FOREVER by Terry GrimwoodAuthor of Deadside Revolution, Bloody War and The Exaggerated Man

The fighting may be over, but the horrors of the Great War still cast a deep shadow over the lives of those who survived and the people they love.In the village of Abbotsfield, hope has arrived the person of Henry Williams, the new Baptist minister who has brought a message of salvation and renewal to its grieving, war-worn inhabitants. But Williams has made an enemy who threatens to tear open his past and destroy both the man of God and his family.

Bloody War. Always on the news, from somewhere around the world. War seems to be something humanity just cannot get out of its system. And yet, for most of us here in the UK, war is little more than a spectacle where we sit comfortably, tut-tutting over horrors taking place in far off and unknown lands, before returning to our grumbles about the spending cuts or immigration or whatever else it is that sets you off. That's as far as it goes, save maybe for memories and stories of the dark days of WWII. But just suppose that all-out war was to come to Great Britain again? War where fire and death rain down from the skies again and where cities are reduced to corpse-strewn rubble? War against the ghosts of an unknown assailant and where patriotic media-induced insanity takes over our entire consciousness. Just remember how the Falklands War gave us a "Gotcha!" as the Belgrano sank, or how Gulf War Two hung upon a certain dodgy weapons dossier, before you get too comfy on your sofa. This dark, bloody and very British apocalyptic novel explores just this idea, and with terrifying plausibility. Simultaneously a thrilling page-turner and a tough and painful read filled with horrifically recognizable imagery and characters, this book paints a picture of England at war with an unknown assailant and the dark and dirty depths that lurk behind that. But this is no mere rehash of WWII madness. This war is modern - contemporary. War in the age of stealth fighter drones and advanced surveillance technology. War in the age of media paranoia and modern conspiracy theory. Imagine George Orwell's 1984 updated for 2011, with the focus on family, character and relationships rather than political ideology, and you might have the measure of Bloody War. This book, like our society, is one where politics has become an opaque and distant game, and where most people can see no further than their own living rooms. If we are not careful then the price for such false comfort, Terry Grimwood seems to suggest, may one day be terrible indeed.