The Pleasure of Sinking
Mic Wright
An actress in her fifties, a painter in his thirties, their relationship, her alcoholism and their families. Is there pleasure in sinking?
15% funded
The Carpet Merchant of Konstantiniyya
Reimena Yee
An Eisner-nominated graphic novel set in 17th century Istanbul, centered around a carpet merchant and his relationship with faith, love and home in the aftermath of his death by a vampire.
26% funded
The Boy Who Stole Time
Mark Bowsher
A young boy travels to a magical realm and is set three impossible tasks to win the essence of time itself in order to save his dying mother
117% funded
Tales of Britain
Jem Roberts
The finest, funniest stories of England, Scotland & Wales, refreshed for the 21st century. By Brother Bernard, as told to Jem Roberts.
158% funded
The Second Death of Daedalus Mole
Niall Slater
Daedalus Mole has made some mistakes, but taking a wanted fugitive on an interstellar pub crawl is definitely the second-worst
105% funded
The Iron Bird
Robert Woodshaw
A novel that takes the premise of ANIMAL FARM and applies it to the life of Margaret Thatcher.
113% funded
The High and Lonesome Blues of Tommy the Bruce
James Yorkston
Meet Tommy Bruce – marooned in his ramshackle hotel, slowly but determinedly drinking himself and his business out of existence. Until one evening into the lounge-bar walks Fiona McLean.
26% funded
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2089
Miles Hudson
A revolutionary on the run from a brain-bugging surveillance society. How would we come to live if there could be no secrets: utopia or dystopia?
106% funded
King Arthur's Death
Michael Smith
An epic work of battle and betrayal, vibrantly translated and stunningly illustrated with linocut prints by the author
42% funded
News from Gardenia
Robert Llewellyn
A sci-fi novel by the star of Red Dwarf set 200 years in the future
125% funded
The Undiscovered Country
Aidan McQuade
'Why should people care about a murder during war time?' Two men attempt to solve the killing of a young boy during the Irish War of Independence in 1920.
86% funded
Cain’s Jawbone – A Novel Problem
Edward Powys Mathers
Can you solve Torquemada’s murder mystery? An infamously difficult puzzle book in a custom-made box.
163% funded
News from the Clouds
Robert Llewellyn
Time-travelling Gavin Meckler reaches his third and final alternative future
120% funded
In Truth, Madness
Imran Khan
In Truth, Madness is the fictional story of a correspondent driven to despair by the Middle East and South Asia. A reporter strives to find the truth. The more truth they find, the more maddening the world becomes
108% funded
Help The Witch
Tom Cox
A collection of ghost stories and the fiction debut from the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Good, The Bad And The Furry and 21st Century Yokel.
287% funded
The City Will Love You
Nii Ayikwei Parkes
Stories that peel the skin off cities to reveal the beautiful dramas within; from Toulouse to Monrovia, no street is without a simmering flood of possibilities.
25% funded
An Other's Look
James Ellis
Sometimes, for one’s own sanity, it’s best to rip up an entire life and start again. The question is: whose life? And who does the ripping?
73% funded
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Michael Smith
A new and handsomely illustrated translation of the Arthurian mediaeval masterpiece.
164% funded
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113% funded
Dazzling The Gods
Tom Vowler
A brother returns from exile to stir up the past. A widower observes his daughter blossoming amid the carnage of war. A short story collection
102% funded
New Times
Matt Jordan
Politics and culture, naïvete and cynicism among ’80s radicals, ’90s Blairites and beyond, from Manchester to London to the verges of Putin's Russia
101% funded
Darwin's Soldiers
Ste Sharp
Earth’s greatest warriors fight to survive in a land where evolution is rapid, enhancing them with bizarre adaptations. John Greene, a WW1 machine gunner, struggles with his physical changes as he battles to return to his son,
101% funded