Something Weird

Something Weird

Ian Watson

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Author Nick Blake has it all: success, wealth, fame. Sam Bishop, his main rival, is getting desperate. With his career stalled, he’s going nowhere. Breaking into Blake's house, Bishop finds his latest manuscript – a collection of stories titled Something Weird. As he begins to read, it isn't long before the book starts living up to its title....“On the morning of Sunday April 16, two days before his fortieth birthday, Samuel P Bishop went to kill a man….”Nick Blake has it all: success, wealth, fame. His last book, Come The Night, was a bestseller, and he’s currently flavour of the month. A media darling. Sam Bishop, his main rival, is getting desperate. With his career stalled, he’s going nowhere. One night, he breaks into Blake’s house. The author isn’t home, but Bishop finds his latest manuscript – a collection of stories titled Something Weird. As he begins to read, it isn’t long before the book starts living up to its title….
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Flicker

Flicker

Ian Watson

Science Fiction & Fantasy

They were illicit, outrageous, obscene. They were the films that were supposed to deprave and corrupt the minds of those who watched them. They were the Video Nasties....and everything you've heard is true.Short story in which YOU are the monster, as you roam your lair killing and eating all who enter. That is until he shows up.Inspired by the sword and sorcery fantasy gaming books by Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone. A story told as if YOU are the monster.If you read this story then why not leave me a review to tell me what you thought. Any feedback (be it good or bad) is always most helpful.
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The Trouble with Tall Ones

The Trouble with Tall Ones

Ian Watson

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Prior to what follows, our plucky quartet of Xiaolong, Zbeth, Yatta, and Ngela—who crew the time machine salvage ship Fibonacci which sets out from Cranberry, Oz, in 2776 Common Era aided by Homer the Artificial Intelligence to salvage time machines gone astray—became involved with tall aliens who left a dozen of their species in stasis cabinets in Antarctica 100K years ago until an asteroid melted Antarctica's ice-cap in 2072 CE. Alas, Ngela perished inside dwarf planet Ceres from a giant spider bite but later turned up alive inside a stasis cabinet due to a 'Bolt mann Brain' from the utterly far future, quite a conjuring trick. Now read on . . .
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Come The Night

Come The Night

Ian Watson

Science Fiction & Fantasy

From the author of Midnight Spookshow - 8 weird stories inspired by exploitation cinema.Corgren makes a living as a prize knife-fighter in the rough fighting rings along the Hart river. When a mysterious stranger offers him power to gain revenge on his enemies for his service, Corgren dismisses it as a con. But when the stakes are high against an opponent as skilled as himself, will Corgren accept offer? This short story is a prequel to The Bow of Destiny, Book 1 of The Bow of Hart Saga and contains a sample chapter from the upcoming novel.
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