The Virago Book of Fairy TalesThe collections of little known stories from Europe, the Arctic, the USA, Africa, the Middle East and Asia, contain tales of alluring women, ailing warriors, enchantresses and seekers of revenge. The heroines are always centre stage, as large as life, or even larger. Edited by Angela Carter

Written to celebrate the centenary of the publication of H G Wellss classic story The Time Machine

a condition Monty has unexpectedly fulfilled by blackmailing Hollywood movie mogul Ivor Llewellyn

it is a celebration of the endlessly intriguing otherness of others

diaries and the cheap street pamphlets that proliferated to satisfy a voracious public

But Sullivain is no easy woman to be bound to

GIRLS made me laugh

and somebody wants to destroy her

THE RAVENS OF BLACKWATER and THE DRAGONS OF ARCHENFIELD

a young Italian countess who has 'a profile that could break your or anyone else's heart'

the Mad Tyrant of Three Section

When tragedy strikes Tom is left holding a blood-soaked body

Carl and Claire Bruckner