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  Inspiration An - From their pens...

  George Gissing

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  George Robert Gissing was born on November 22nd, 1857 in Wakefield, Yorkshire.  
  He was educated at Back Lane School in Wakefield. Gissing loved school. He was enthusiastic with a thirst for learning and always diligent.  By the age of ten he was reading Dickens, a lifelong hero. 
  In 1872 Gissing won a scholarship to Owens College. Whilst there Gissing worked hard but remained solitary. Unfortunately, he had run short of funds and stole from his fellow students. He was arrested, prosecuted, found guilty, expelled and sentenced to a month's hard labour in 1876. 
  On release he decided to start over.  In September 1876 he travelled to the United States. Here he wrote short stories for the Chicago Tribune and other newspapers. On his return home he was ready for novels. 
  Gissing self-published his first novel but it failed to sell.  His second was acquired but never published. His writing career was static.  Something had to change.  And it did. 
  By 1884 The Unclassed was published.  Now everything he wrote was published. Both Isabel Claren-don and Demos appeared in 1886. He mined the lives of the working class as diligently as any capitalist. 
  In 1889 Gissing used the proceeds from the sale of The Nether World to go to Italy. This trip formed the basis for his 1890 work The Emancipated. 
  Gissing's works began to command higher payments. New Grub Street (1891) brought a fee of £250.  
  Short stories followed and in 1895, three novellas were published; Eve's Ransom, The Paying Guest and Sleeping Fires. Gissing was careful to keep up with the changing attitudes of his audience.  
  Unfortunately, he was also diagnosed as suffering from emphysema. The last years of his life were spent as a semi-invalid in France but he continued to write. 1899; The Crown of Life. Our Friend the Charlatan appeared in 1901, followed two years later by The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft. 
  George Robert Gissing died aged 46 on December 28th, 1903 after catching a chill on a winter walk.

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  The Mystery of Still Valley

  T.J. Arthur

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  Have you ever just by happenstance found yourself in a place or a town that made you feel right at home. You fell in love with the people, the restaurants, and the whole vibe; and thought to yourself, “someday I’m going to move here”. Then one day that time comes, and you venture out to find it again, and maybe you even start making plans in your own mind to move to that little town. However you find that suddenly you can’t find it, where you left it? 
  This is a story of a man wrestling with a moral dilemma within his chosen profession after some chilling details in his latest contract weren’t disclosed upfront. To clear his mind, and to gather his thoughts, he takes a long ride on his motorcycle… a ride that leads him into a new lease on life, giving opportunity to a complete do-over, but first he’ll have to face this chilling unpleasant and unfinished business. He finds himself helping a beautiful young mother and her four-year-old son escape the crosshairs of a drug lords dynasty and a black-opps plan to eliminate her and her son, he takes advantage of the deadly circumstances to disappear from his old life. Feeling that he is finally in the clear, he heads back to new hopes and new plans for a new life. The question is, will he find them waiting for him where he left them?

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  DEDD Man Walking

  Jr. Eli Taff

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  In the shadows of our world, an invisible war rages—a war that most people will never see, fought by soldiers they will never know. D.E.D.D. Man Walking, the latest thrilling collection by Eli Taff Jr., plunges you deep into the dark, chilling universe of the Department of Extra-Dimensional Defense (D.E.D.D.). This elite black ops unit stands as humanity's last line of defense against nightmarish creatures and interdimensional horrors that slip through the cracks of reality. 
  From fog-shrouded fishing villages where massive, tentacled monstrosities rise from the depths, to remote Arctic outposts where ancient entities whisper through the ice, D.E.D.D. Man Walking delivers ten tightly-woven flash fiction stories that capture the intense, action-packed missions of Reaper Squad. Each story is a pulse-pounding, 500-word plunge into the unknown, where the strange and supernatural blend seamlessly with brutal, military realism. 
  For fans of military sci-fi horror and dark, supernatural thrillers, this collection is a must-read.  
  It's the Eli Taff Jr. masterfully combines the tactical precision of black ops action with the gut-wrenching terror of cosmic horror, creating an atmosphere that is both thrilling and unsettling. D.E.D.D. Man Walking captures the claustrophobic tension of works like The X-Files, Stranger Things, and The Thing, while also appealing to fans of Warhammer 40K and H.P. Lovecraft's mythos. 
  Prepare yourself for a journey into the shadows, where every flash of light reveals a new nightmare, and the line between reality and the unexplainable blurs. Welcome to D.E.D.D. Man Walking. Once you step into this world, there's no going back. 
   

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  The Problem of the Superfluous...

  Jacques Futrelle

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  Jacques Futrelle's Inspector Lestrade joins Professor S.F.X. Van Dusen ("The Thinking Machine") in trying to solve a strange case involving self-mutilation. 
  Jacques Futrelle (April 9, 1875 - April 15, 1912) was an American journalist and mystery writer. He is best known for writing short detective stories featuring Professor Augustus S.F.X. Van Dusen, also known as "The Thinking Machine" for his application of logic to any and all situations. Futrelle died in the sinking of the RMS Titanic on April 15, 1912.

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  Exchanges: Fictions...

  Geoffrey Little

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  Geoffrey Little's edgy hilarity and rare sensitivity fuse across these sixteen stories. First recorded as immersive conversational podcasts, the tales here include a mandatory corporate retirement party, class with an eccentric yoga instructor, an overconfident podcaster, and an icky food truck love triangle. 
  Whether pleasantly hapless or bitterly exacting, the conversations here (and each are only dialogue) portray a range of humanity, including a few non-humans. Chat is still where it's at, even in the fast lane of the 21st century.

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  Mr Dinkles' Big Adventure - A...

  Adelle J Brydges

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  In this short and heartwarming tale, based on the true story of a real little hamster named Mr Dinkles, one tiny escape turns into one big adventure. 
  When Amelie forgets to close the door of Mr Dinkles’ cage, the clever hamster seizes the chance to explore the great outdoors. From making friends with a chirpy blackbird to finding shelter with a kindly old mole, Mr Dinkles discovers a magical new world just beyond the garden gate. 
  Meanwhile, Amelie is searching high and low, hoping her furry friend will find his way home. 
  Perfect for young animal lovers and families who love stories about hamsters this beautifully narrated story is a gentle reminder that even the smallest creatures can have the biggest adventures and that home is where love lives.

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