Zagava have recently issued a paperback edition of Qx and other pieces, a selection of fiction and non-fiction. This was first issued in a limited edition in 2024 and is now newly available. It includes over twenty pieces, among them the short stories 'Hark to the Rooks', 'The Man Who Made the Yellow God', the title piece and 'Stained Medium'. Only available here is 'Sivori Levey & His Masks', an experimental tribute to an Edwardian songwriter, Shakespearean, mime artist and Great War soldier.
Also recently issued, Beasts with Five Fingers: Strange Tales of Disembodied Hands edited by Brian J. Showers in the British Library Tales of the Weird series, which includes my story 'The Late Post', about a most unusual copy of the W.F. Harvey book alluded to in the title. The anthology is dedicated to Richard Dalby, and it was a catalogue of Richard's that inspired my yarn. I had forgotten how many awful puns I included. The selection and editorial matter by Brian are excellent.
Meanwhile, available online are Three Fictions, 'Mannequin', 'Mosaic' and 'There You Go' at The Fortnightly Review edited by Paige Blackburn and colleagues (20 May 2026), brief vignettes of images that caught my attention.
(Mark Valentine)
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