15 all-new stories "Great Title!" - Mariella Frostrup live on Times Radio (May 2022) on hearing the title in passing From both new and established, award-winning and best-selling authors - Why is Kathy next door being stalked? - Why must Nigel sneak out of his own home? - What happened to the woman who cried cat? - Who killed the rock star caveman? - What is Sir Fergus Allison's bench for? Tales of intrigue and mystery, crime and revenge. What will the neighbors do about, or to, the bane of their lives? "I've really enjoyed these short stories! Made me laugh, surprised me, and shocked me! An excellent anthology." - Richard Walters, UK (reader via Facebook, April 2022) Visit a world where the intolerable few, who create hell for the rest, get their comeuppance. Stories from Hilary Davidson, Steve Hockensmith, L. C. Tyler, Marilyn Todd, Dave Zeltserman, Warren Moore, Robert Lopresti, Nick Manzolillo, Kevin Quigley, Eve Elliot, Eve Morton, Kay Hanifen, Wendy Harrison, Shiny Nyquist, and F. D. Trenton. "Jack Calverley has done a really good job of the ordering of the stories, you know, so each story is a bit different from the one before, and that's a knack I think to editing a short story collection, is getting that right and I think he's definitely got that right... but, yeah, a very entertaining collection." - CriminOlly BookTube reviewer (Olly Clarke on YouTube, April 9th 2022) You love crime & mystery? - This anthology was created for you! (or, as the cover bird says: "Buy it for my cover portrait alone!") Whatever else you do, check out the free preview...

Explore worlds, meet people and share their futures in 10 original science fiction short stories—sometimes true to life, sometimes metaphoric, always absorbing. From time travel to telepathy, from AI to aliens, from the conscious mind to what comes after, science fiction is nothing if not the literature of ideas, and it's all here: - In a world where the future is entirely determined, everything known in advance, Gary’s diary unexpectedly goes blank... - One unfortunate must negotiate peace before the missile nose cone that imprisons him delivers its payload... - All civilisations end, but what ends the Age of AI? - And why is Terri only too grateful that telepathy is a one-way street? Aside from which: Is honesty the best policy when everyone else lies? How do you make sense of memories when your ultra-smart implant is removed? Would a uniform, gelatinous mass of happy conscious substance make for a perfect world? And what does UITSU mean? Journey from the satirically dark to the fizzy and light while the future comes at you non-stop—the time to read is now!

How do you create plot from character? How do you create character from plot? How do you write text that flows? Based on more than a decade of writers' workshops and critique groups, this book draws useful lessons from weak writing, and presents these lessons as tenets, or rules. In this book you will discover: •100 solid rules to apply to your fiction. •The motivation behind each rule. •The pros and cons of keeping—or breaking—the rules. •Numerous examples of rule-keeping and rule-breaking. •How every rule serves to keep the reader reading. Serious about your craft? Act now!

Written by senior examiners, Ian Yule and Peter Darwent, this AQA A2 Law Student Unit Guide is the essential study companion for Unit 4: Criminal Law (Offences Against the Person) and Contract Law. This full-colour book includes all you need to know to prepare for your unit exam: clear guidance on the content of the unit, with topic summaries, knowledge check questions and a quick-reference index examiner's advice throughout, so you will know what to expect in the exam and will be able to demonstrate the skills required exam-style questions, with graded student responses, so you can see clearly what is required to get a better grade