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Category Archives: Short Stories
Preview: “Appetite for the Unknown”
This is an excerpt of a story taken from “Dark Lanterns”, a collection of short horror stories set in modern Tokyo, and featuring the “Yokai” – the rogue’s gallery of weird supernatural creatures from Japanese folklore and mythology! Image courtesy … Continue reading →
December 1940: “Love and Magick”
This is a complete story taken from the forthcoming collection by J P Catton, “Engines of Night”. SORRY, TIME’S UP! THIS STORY IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE.
Posted in Alternative History, Art & Design, Literature, Modernism, Short Stories, The Occult, UK, Weird World War
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1992: To Live and Die in Dystopian London
Illustration by Phill Evans. This is an excerpt from “Skin Condition”, a short story from the “Futurist Manifesto” series of Alternative History tales by John Paul Catton. The story is available as an ‘e-short’, and is published in volume 1 of … Continue reading →
London, 1987: A City on the Brink of Destruction
This is an excerpt from “Fast Falls The Eventide”, a short story from the “Futurist Manifesto” series of Alternative History tales by John Paul Catton. The story is available as an ‘e-short’, and is published in volume 2 of “Tales From … Continue reading →
New York City, 1977: Battle amidst the Blackout!
This is an excerpt from “Nightfall in Utopia”, a novelette from the “Futurist Manifesto” series of Alternative History tales by John Paul Catton. The story is available as an ‘e-short’, and is published in volume 1 of “Tales From Beyond Tomorrow”. … Continue reading →
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Meet Jimmy Diamond – Mod Detective!
This is an excerpt from “Jimmy Diamond and the Girl from Venus”, a short story from the “Futurist Manifesto” series of Alternative History tales by John Paul Catton. The story is available as an ‘e-short’, and is published in volume 1 … Continue reading →
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Mars, 1999: Planet of Mystery!
This is an excerpt from “The Martian Dialogues”, a short story from the “Futurist Manifesto” series of Alternative History tales by John Paul Catton. The story is available as an ‘e-short’, and is published in volume 2 of “Tales From Beyond … Continue reading →
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Terror stalks the Trenches of World War One!
This is an excerpt from “Dulce et Decorum est”, a Dieselpunk short story from the Futurist Manifesto series of Alternative History tales by John Paul Catton. The story is available as an ‘e-short’, and is published in volume 1 of … Continue reading →
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Steampunk, Spies and Spiritualists!
This is an excerpt from “The Invention of God”, a Steampunk novelette from the Futurist Manifesto series of Alternative History stories by John Paul Catton. The story is available as an ‘e-short’, and is published in volume 1 of “Tales … Continue reading →
A Japanese Ghost Story from “Dark Lanterns”
This is an excerpt of a story from “Dark Lanterns”, a collection of 15 ghost stories set in modern Japan, written by Excalibur author Zoe Drake. Find out more about Zoe Drake here! FALLEN THROUGH … Continue reading →