Nicholas Royle

• Jul-1996
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• May-1998
• / General Fiction
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A collection of twenty-three short stories, by new and established American and British writers, creates a fascinating tour of the rich complexities of New York City, from Times Square to Greenwich Village, Chelsea to Central Park. Original....

• Mar-1999
• / Fantasy
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• Nov-2000
• / General Fiction
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• 2002
• / Fantasy
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The door to fantastic worlds, skewed realities, and breathtaking other realms is opened wide to you once more in this third anthology of the finest short fantasy fiction to emerge over the past year, compiled by acclaimed editor David G. Hartwell....

• Apr-2005
• / Suspense
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Acclaimed novelist Nicholas Royle presents bodies of work by three gifted writers exploring the edges of contemporary urban life

 

Dreams Never En...

• May-2005
• / Suspense
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A brutal killer, inspired by the Belgian artist Paul Delvaux, leaves each of his victims posed as if in a painting. Meanwhile cult film director Johnny Vos is making a low-budget biopic about the same artist. He hires women from Antwerp's red light d...

• Feb-2007
• / General Fiction
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An amateur goalkeeper is frozen solid in a moment of ecstasy as he makes his perfect save. A young man finds himself drawn into the autoerotic asphyxiation fantasies of his deceased uncle. A photographer navigates the rapids of London’s fashion-med...

• Apr-2008
• / Fantasy
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London, the late 1980s. A storm of hurricane strength brings two people together. One of them is married. 'Nicholas Royle writes at the very edge of genre, both at the cutting edge and at the border with something that is rather different' - Roz Kave...

• May-2011
• / General Fiction
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Best British Short Stories invites you to judge a book by its cover - or more accurately, by its title. This new series aims to reprint the best short stories published in the previous calendar year by British writers, whether based in the UK or else...

• Sep-2011
• / General Fiction
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Facing the disarray and disorientation around his father's death, a man contends with the strange and haunting power of the house his parents once lived in.He sets about the mundane yet exhausting process of sorting through the remnants of his fa...

• Sep-2011
• / Horror
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Carl stumbles across part of a map to an unknown town. He becomes convinced it represents the city of his dreams, where ice skaters turn quintuple loops and trumpeters hit impossibly high notes.... where the girl of his dreams will agree to see him a...

• Apr-2012
• / General Fiction
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The second in a brand-new series of annual anthologies, "The Best British Short Stories 2012" reprints the cream of short fiction, by British writers, first published in 2011. These stories first appeared in magazines from "Ambit" to "Granta", in ant...

• Aug-2012
• / Horror
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The Reunion" is based on actual events," reveals the author, "but the story only really came into focus for me when I was invited to contribute to Ellen Datlow's Poe anthology. Poe is brilliant. I was at a conference recently where a teacher revealed...

• Apr-2013
• / General Fiction
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The third in a series of annual anthologies, The Best British Short Stories 2013 reprints the cream of short fiction, by British writers, first published in 2012. These stories appeared in magazines from the Edinburgh Review to Granta, in anthologies...

• Apr-2013
• / General Fiction
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There are few figures more important in literary and critical theory than Jacques Derrida. Whether lauded or condemned, his writing has had far-reaching ramifications, and his work on deconstruction cannot be ignored. This volume introduces students ...

• May-2014
• / Literary
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Paul Kinder, a novelist with one forgotten book to his name, teaches creative writing in a university in the north-west of England. Either he's researching his second, breakthrough novel, or he's killing time having sex in cars.Either eternal life ex...

• May-2017
• / General Fiction
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Silas and Ethel Woodlock retire to spend their twilight years by the
sea, only to find themselves traumatised by herring gulls. London
journalist Stephen Osmer writes a provocative essay about two
people called Nicholas Royle, one a no...

• Jun-2017
• / General Fiction
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<p><strong>The nation's favourite annual guide to the short story, now in its seventh year.</strong></p><p><em>Best British Short Stories</em> invites you to judge a book by its cover â€" or more accurately, ...

• Jul-2018
• / General Fiction
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<p>invites you to judge a book by its cover â€" or more accurately, by its title. This new series aims to reprint the best short stories published in the previous calendar year by British writers, whether based in the UK or elsewhere. The edito...

• Jul-2019
• / General Fiction
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The nation's favourite annual guide to the short story, now in its ninth year.Best British Short Stories invites you to judge a book by its cover â€" or more accurately, by its title. This new series aims to reprint the best short stories published i...

• May-2020
• / General Fiction
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• Nov-2020
• / General Fiction
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• Mar-2021
• / General Fiction
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The nation’s favourite annual guide to the short story, now in its tenth year. Best British Short Stories invites you to judge a book by its cover â€" or, more accurately, by its title. This new series aims to reprint the best short stories publ...

• Nov-2021
• / General Fiction
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The nation's favourite annual guide to the short story, now in its eleventh year.


Best British Short Stories invites you to judge a book by its cover â€" or, more accurately, by its title. This critically acclaimed series aims to...

• Nov-2022
• / General Fiction
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The nation's favourite annual guide to the short story, now in its twelfth year.
Best British Short Stories invites you to judge a book by its cover â€" or, more accurately, by its title. This critically acclaimed series aims to reprint the ...

• Jan-2023
• / Horror
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An uncanny effect often arises when the boundary between fantasy and reality is blurred . . . - Sigmund FreudNicholas Royle's stories are immaculately sinister, according to Olivia Laing in the Times Literary Supplement, while Phil Baker, in the Sund...

• Oct-2023
• / General Fiction
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'Best British Short Stories invites you to judge a book by its cover â€" or more accurately, by its title. This new series aims to reprint the best short stories published in the previous calendar year by British writers, whether based in the UK ...