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A small independent publisher specialising in Speculative Fiction, based in the South East of England, established in 2011.
Posts here will be by Peter, Editorial Director and general factotum.
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Dealers’ room open at Novacon 🤗
picture of our table at novacon, covered either books.
November 7, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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Andrew Hook is currently at our table in the Dealers’ Hall at World FantasyCon ready to sign books. #WorldFantasyCon #Fantasycon
Cover image of Body and Soul by Andrew Hook, artwork and cover design by Alex Storer. Two small silhouetted figures (one male and the other female) are in the foreground standing on grass at the edge of what is obviously the ruins of a city. Most of the buildings are in ruins and the walls are covered in greenery. Water is running through the middle of the image (from front to back) as if a river has invaded the city streets. The sky is orange with a few dark clouds, but there is a bright light in the sky which is clearly the sun emerging from behind one of the clouds. To the right the words BODY AND SOUL are written up the side of the image, as is ANDREW HOOK.
November 2, 2025 at 10:40 AM
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We have a launch today at World FantasyCon 2025. In the Balmoral room at 11am. Two books: Body and Soul by Andrew Hook set in a distant post-apocalyptic future; Canaries by Alex Makepeace set in a near-future Britain after a right wing government is elected.
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Cover image of Body and Soul by Andrew Hook, artwork and cover design by Alex Storer. Two small silhouetted figures (one male and the other female) are in the foreground standing on grass at the edge of what is obviously the ruins of a city. Most of the buildings are in ruins and the walls are covered in greenery. Water is running through the middle of the image (from front to back) as if a river has invaded the city streets. The sky is orange with a few dark clouds, but there is a bright light in the sky which is clearly the sun emerging from behind one of the clouds. To the right the words BODY AND SOUL are written up the side of the image, as is ANDREW HOOK. The cover of Canaries by Alex Makepeace. Based on a photo by Sid Ali. Big Ben (the Elizabeth Tower of the Houses of Parliament in Westminster) is shown from Bridge Street through a rain-soaked window, with other traffic on the road. The name CANARIES is written in distressed black letters vertically in parallel with the tower, and the author’s name is written across the bottom of the cover in white. A quote is included from Trevor Wood saying “Brilliant, compelling, unsettling.”
November 1, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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We’re in sunny Brighton for World FantasyCon. Have set up our tables in the dealers’ room, which will be opening soonish 🤗
our tables at World FantasyCon covered with books to sell!
October 30, 2025 at 11:48 AM
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We are delighted to announce the publication of A Debt to the Dead by Michael Kellichner. A thought-provoking fantasy that addresses guilt, reconciliation, obligation, liability and self-imposed indebtedness to those who have gone.

Some debts are challenging to repay
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An image of the cover art for A Debt to the Dead by Michael Kellichner. In the centre of the image a bright red star shines on a dark blue background, behind three landscape plains seen in silhouetted profile. At the top is a simple human landscape with a windmill at the left, low lying dwellings and on the right a fortress of some sort. The middle landscape is a wooded landscape with trees of various sizes and shapes, although none appear healthy. The bottom landscape is a series of receding hills and mountains becoming fainter as they recede into the distance. The title of the book is in white lettering at the top of the image, the author’s name in white letters at the bottom of the page. The cover art was created by Alison Buck.
October 24, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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The age-old concept of body and soul separation is at the heart of a new science fiction psychological thriller from author Andrew Hook
Discovery of a shocking truth shatters the worldview of previously blithe communities

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Cover image of Body and Soul by Andrew Hook, artwork and cover design by Alex Storer. Two small silhouetted figures (one male and the other female) are in the foreground standing on grass at the edge of what is obviously the ruins of a city. Most of the buildings are in ruins and the walls are covered in greenery. Water is running through the middle of the image (from front to back) as if a river has invaded the city streets. The sky is orange with a few dark clouds, but there is a bright light in the sky which is clearly the sun emerging from behind one of the clouds. To the right the words BODY AND SOUL are written up the side of the image, as is ANDREW HOOK.
October 22, 2025 at 7:30 AM
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We are delighted to reveal the cover of Andrew Hook's new Science Fiction novel Body and Soul, which will be publiched on 10 October. Cover artwork and design by Alex Storer.
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Cover image of Body and Soul by Andrew Hook, artwork and cover design by Alex Storer. Two small silhouetted figures (one male and the other female) are in the foreground standing on grass at the edge of what is obviously the ruins of a city. Most of the buildings are in ruins and the walls are covered in greenery. Water is running through the middle of the image (from front to back) as if a river has invaded the city streets. The sky is orange with a few dark clouds, but there is a bright light in the sky which is clearly the sun emerging from behind one of the clouds. To the right the words BODY AND SOUL are written up the side of the image, as is ANDREW HOOK.
August 31, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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Out now, The Witch’s Journey, a dark fairytale that is also an uplifting coming-of-age story, by American author Keith Miller. He describes it as “a dark fairytale embroidered with fairytales, full of sorrows and terrors, heartbreaks and delights, chocolates and mayhem and magic.”
Cover image of The Witch’s Journey by Keith Miller. Artwork by Simon Koontz. A girl with wild read hair blowing sideways in the wind is standing in front of a river which is also being whipped up by the wind. behind, the other side of the river is a silhouette of a city. the girl has pale skin, green-blue eyes and is holding a golden key to her breast in her right hand. The key has a quatrefoil design cut out of the bow. the title is above the girl in cursive capitals in a light grey-green colour. The author’s name is at the bottom of the cover below the girl’s hand in the same typeface and colour. A quote is included on the cover in white text: “A book to savor… I adored it.” attributed to Alix E. Harrow.
August 28, 2025 at 7:00 AM
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We are delighted to announce the publication today of The Mage Returns by P.R. Ellis. Adventures of a Gnome Book 2, the story continues after the events of An Extraordinary Tale. The Sorceress Carmine, The Red Mage, has returned to their world. What mischief does she plan this time?
Cover image of The Mage Returns: The Continuing Adventures of a Gnome by P.R.Ellis, envisaged by the author and created by Alison Buck. Against a dark night sky, with stars visible, a large image of a full moon apparently rising out of the sea dominates the cover. The foreground consists of the view from the prow of a boat, evidently headed towards the moon, with Philobrach the Gnome and Bones the skeleton standing looking at the moon, so we can only see their backs, the gnome wearing a conical red hat and a red jacket with a yellow collar; his ears are sticking out from under the hat along with a hint of grey hair and beard. Near the top of the moon is what appears to be a doorway with a figure standing in the opening, dressed in a long white gown. A ladder hangs down the front of the moon from the doorway to the surface of the sea.
August 22, 2025 at 7:00 AM
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Is this the first sign of a zombie epidemic?
Newspaper headline reads: New burial plots to meet rising demand
August 21, 2025 at 11:57 AM
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The latest book in Simon Kewin’s Witchfinder series, The Order of The British Vampire, is out today.
Cover image of The Order of the British Vampire by Simon Kewin; artwork by Alison Buck. A mostly black and white image, the top third of the image being a white background with the book title in black. The bottom two thirds has a black background, with a set of vampire upper teeth forming the boundary between the black and white areas. The author’s name is in white at the bottom. The two fangs are elongated, and each has a tinge of red blood on the tip, with a drop of blood having fallen to form a dot above the letter ‘I’ in the author’s name.
July 25, 2025 at 7:00 AM
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Simon Kewin’s Witchfinder series started with The Eye Collectors, The Seven Succubi, Head Full of Dark, and, now, The Order of The British Vampire. All available in paperback/ebook via your favourite retailers. Described by one reader as Good Omens meets Dirk Gently.
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Cover image of The Eye Collectors by Simon Kewin; artwork by Alison Buck. A black and white image, the top two thirds of the image being a white background with the book title in black. The bottom third of the image has a black background and consists of a frieze of a variety of human eyes looking out. The author’s name is in white at the bottom. Cover image of The Seven Succubi by Simon Kewin; artwork by Alison Buck. A black and white image, the top half of the image being a white background with the book title in black. The bottom half has a black background and consists of seven heads, six in profile arranged in a V formation, three on the left looking impassively to the left and three on the right looking impassively to the right. In between is the seventh head looking viciously out of the image at the reader, with mouth open revealing pointed teeth and a forked tongue.The author’s name is in white at the bottom. Cover image of Head Full of Dark by Simon Kewin; artwork by Alison Buck. A black and white image, the top half of the image being a white background with the book title in black. The bottom half has a black background and the skull of a goat, with the horns curling back and around to form the boundary between the black and white areas of the image. The author’s name is in white at the bottom. Cover image of The Order of the British Vampire by Simon Kewin; artwork by Alison Buck. A mostly black and white image, the top third of the image being a white background with the book title in black. The bottom two thirds has a black background, with a set of vampire upper teeth forming the boundary between the black and white areas. The author’s name is in white at the bottom. The two fangs are elongated, and each has a tinge of red blood on the tip, with a drop of blood having fallen to form a dot above the letter ‘I’ in the author’s name.
July 25, 2025 at 7:00 AM
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We are thrilled to be able to reveal the cover of Keith Miller’s new novel, The Witch’s Journey, which we will publish next month. As you may deduce from the title, the story follows a journey – physical, emotional, and ‘spiritual’ – that a young girl, Mira, undergoes to discover who she really is.
Cover image of The Witch’s Journey by Keith Miller. Artwork by Simon Koontz. A girl with wild read hair blowing sideways in the wind is standing in front of a river which is also being whipped up by the wind. behind, the other side of the river is a silhouette of a city. the girl has pale skin, green-blue eyes and is holding a golden key to her breast in her right hand. The key has a quatrefoil design cut out of the bow. the title is above the girl in cursive capitals in a light grey-green colour. The author’s name is at the bottom of the cover below the girl’s hand in the same typeface and colour. A quote is included on the cover in white text: “A book to savor… I adored it.” attributed to Alix E. Harrow.
July 21, 2025 at 11:38 AM
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Only a few hours to go until Star Pyramid by Ian Stewart is published.

The pyramids of ancient Egypt were colossal machines intended to carry powerful rulers to the stars.
The modern one was the same.

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Cover image of Star Pyramid by Ian Stewart. Cover art by Alex Storer. A stretched pyramid-shaped spaceship is heading into deep space towards a distant star. There are five engines on the square base of the spaceship, all alight with blue exhaust plumes. the surfaces of the spaceship are covered with antenna and other pieces of equipment making it seem quite prickly. The Title Star Pyramid is written in white at the top, the author’s name Ian Stewart is written in orange at the bottom. In both title and author, the letter A is represented like an inverted V.
July 10, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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If populists sweep to power in the UK, what will really happen? The middle classes could be first in the firing line, says Alex Makepeace. We are delighted to announce the timely Canaries, his political thriller set in a Britain where a new government swiftly imposes its radical agenda.
The cover of Canaries by Alex Makepeace. Based on a photo by Sid Ali. Big Ben (the Elizabeth Tower of the Houses of Parliament in Westminster) is shown from Bridge Street through a rain-soaked window, with other traffic on the road. The name CANARIES is written in distressed black letters vertically in parallel with the tower, and the author’s name is written across the bottom of the cover in white. A quote is included from Trevor Wood saying “Brilliant, compelling, unsettling.”
July 4, 2025 at 7:09 AM
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Out today, from Douglas Thompson. Retrovival. Near future, independent Scotland under a far-right populist government driven by anti-English sentiment. A scientific breakthrough, accidental resurrection of a Roman centurion preserved in a bog for almost 2000 years.
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The cover of Retrovival, designed by Tenebrae. Blood red background with the faint image of a centurion’s head in a plumed helmet, overlaid with a fainter outline of the plan of an amphitheatre, and on top of that a clock face with Roman numerals. The title Retrovival incorporates two arrows, one rising from the letter t and the other descending from the letter l.
June 16, 2025 at 7:17 AM
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Author’s cancer diagnosis affords her time to explore the likely history of future space colonies. What does humanity’s future hold if Earth is abandoned by billionaire colonists seeking their own dominion?

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Four images: Terry Jackman and the covers of the first three books of the Worlds Apart collective – all space images of planets set against a star field or nebulae.
May 30, 2025 at 7:17 AM
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Out today in eBook edition.

Heroes and saviours are not always where you expect
While this story can be read as a standalone it is also another glimpse into the ‘lost’ history of human evolution in the Worlds Apart collective.
Homeworld: Worlds Apart 3 by Terry Jackman. Cover art courtesy of NASA and Space Fabricator. A colourful nebula in the background with stars visible behind and a dark planet in front, with some lit areas on the surface looking like the lights of settlements.
May 2, 2025 at 7:28 AM
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Readers ask us which is our favourite book of all those we have published (over 140 now!)
That’s like asking a parent which is their favourite child. Everyone knows you have one but you’ll never admit it in public, unless you’re a despicable parent. Best to choose someone else’s? #IndiePressDay
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May 1, 2025 at 6:44 AM
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It’s Indie Press Day.
If you haven’t checked out Indie Presses before, today’s the day! Try us (obviously – elsewhen.press/index.php/ca... )
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May 1, 2025 at 6:33 AM
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It’s Indie Press Day.
What is your favourite indie press book? Do you have a favourite indie press? Don’t be shy, let everyone else know!
#IndiePressDay
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May 1, 2025 at 6:14 AM
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Authors launch inaugural Indie Press Day on May the First to promote independently published books.

#IndiePressDay to be used on social media along with the slogan ‘May the First port of call be an indie’
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April 30, 2025 at 8:10 AM
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Published today, One Million Times is an anthology of stories about Time Travellers. From the creators Rogelio Fojo and R. James Doyle, it also includes stories by Teika Marija Smits, David Gerrold, R.C. Matheson, Fernando Sorrentino, and Christopher Priest, with an introduction by Paul Kincaid.
Cover image of One Million Times, artwork by Fangorn. Two people are standing in silhouette before a mysterious metal sphere floating above them with a bright light at its centre. The sphere appears to be disintegrating, revealing an internal structure much like scaffolding. Meanwhile the moon is shown in various phases arcing over the sphere (and indeed onto the book's back cover) suggesting the passage of time.
April 7, 2025 at 8:41 AM
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out now in paperback, Tomorrow Was Beautiful Once, the debut novel of Norwich author Amy Orrell. Grand-daughter of the late Peter Phillips, acclaimed author of classic science fiction short stories in the 1940s and 50s, Amy’s writing talent first manifested at school.

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The cover of Amy Orrell’s debut science fiction thriller Tomorrow Was Beautiful Once, shows a future city scape of London reflecting in the water of the Thames, with a red cast caused by pollution, a bright light in the sky and an inverted mirage of the city in the polluted air above. Cover art by Alex Storer.
March 24, 2025 at 8:18 AM
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Today sees the publication of Sufficiently Analysed Magic by Christopher G. Nuttall, book 2 in the Inverse Shadows universe. The sequel to Sufficiently Advanced Technology, fans have been waiting a long time for this book.

Out now in eBook, in print from 14th April.
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Cover of Sufficiently Analysed Magic by Christopher G. Nuttall. Against a background of stars and nebulae, a spacecraft is flying through space while a translucent face appears in the space ahead of it. Read the book to find out who and why. Cover art by Alison Buck.
March 21, 2025 at 8:24 AM