Rebecca Gransden's Blog - Posts Tagged "fiction"
Rusticles
Good day Goodreads friends
My short story collection, Rusticles, is out.
In Hilligoss, a tired man searches for a son, a flamingo enthrals the night, and fireworks light up the lost. In these stories and more, Rusticles offers a meandering tour through backroads bathed in half light, where shadows play along the verges and whispers of the past assault daydreams of the present. Walk the worn pathways of Hilligoss.
Amazon has it UK and US. Paperback here
Anyone who would like a review copy please direct message me and I will get one to you.
Playlist :)
Endless thanks to all who helped me out on this one. You KNOW who you are.
My short story collection, Rusticles, is out.
In Hilligoss, a tired man searches for a son, a flamingo enthrals the night, and fireworks light up the lost. In these stories and more, Rusticles offers a meandering tour through backroads bathed in half light, where shadows play along the verges and whispers of the past assault daydreams of the present. Walk the worn pathways of Hilligoss.
Amazon has it UK and US. Paperback here
Anyone who would like a review copy please direct message me and I will get one to you.
Playlist :)
Endless thanks to all who helped me out on this one. You KNOW who you are.
Sea of Glass
My new novella, Sea of Glass, is out!
Smoke fills the city air, choking the street, curling up and around the tower. Kattar Bassis hits the ground and crawls blindly through the chaos. A light shines out in the black, leading him to the entranceway of his building. So begins his ascent and search for the ever elusive EXIT.
Get it here, here, and here.
Sea of Glass book trailer
Review/curiosity pdf, mobi, and ebook copies available on request,
Smoke fills the city air, choking the street, curling up and around the tower. Kattar Bassis hits the ground and crawls blindly through the chaos. A light shines out in the black, leading him to the entranceway of his building. So begins his ascent and search for the ever elusive EXIT.
Get it here, here, and here.
Sea of Glass book trailer
Review/curiosity pdf, mobi, and ebook copies available on request,
Weird Mask
Hubert Crackanthorpe - Vignettes and Sketches
Release day for Hubert Crackanthorpe -Vignettes and Sketches! Part of Resuscitations, a series of releases focusing on forgotten or neglected works. Crackanthorpe’s travel vignettes collected alongside a selection of his shorter pieces.
While not as well known as his contemporary “Men of the Nineties” Hubert Crackanthorpe deserves equal attention. Associated with the decadent movement, he published accomplished fiction in the realist style. His stories often featured those on the fringes of society and focused on the grittier aspects of life. Included in this volume are Crackanthorpe’s travel vignettes, arguably his finest literary achievement, alongside a selection of his short sketches. Crackanthorpe died at the early age of twenty six and the modest collection of writings he left us stand not only as a sign of his potential but as significant works in their own right.
Additional material includes commentary on Crackanthorpe by Henry James, Lionel Johnson and John McFarland Kennedy, as well as a poem written in tribute by Stopford A. Brooke.
Available now:
Hardcover: Lulu
Paperback: Barnes and Noble
EBook: Lulu, Barnes and Noble, and Gumroad.
Watch the trailer on YouTube, Vimeo or Rumble.
While not as well known as his contemporary “Men of the Nineties” Hubert Crackanthorpe deserves equal attention. Associated with the decadent movement, he published accomplished fiction in the realist style. His stories often featured those on the fringes of society and focused on the grittier aspects of life. Included in this volume are Crackanthorpe’s travel vignettes, arguably his finest literary achievement, alongside a selection of his short sketches. Crackanthorpe died at the early age of twenty six and the modest collection of writings he left us stand not only as a sign of his potential but as significant works in their own right.
Additional material includes commentary on Crackanthorpe by Henry James, Lionel Johnson and John McFarland Kennedy, as well as a poem written in tribute by Stopford A. Brooke.
Available now:
Hardcover: Lulu
Paperback: Barnes and Noble
EBook: Lulu, Barnes and Noble, and Gumroad.
Watch the trailer on YouTube, Vimeo or Rumble.
Figures Crossing the Field Towards the Group Review Opportunity
Calling Reviewers and Bloggers!
Review copies for my novella Figures Crossing the Field Towards the Group are available. This new edition from Tangerine Press will be released on May 29th 2025.
A pilgrimage. An England in delirium.
In the midst of an apocalyptic event of unknown provenance – a mass of red spreading north from the southern counties – a young girl sets out on a journey. Along the way she encounters a series of eccentric characters, the few left behind in the wake of a widespread evacuation. Some of these individuals are ravaged and on the edge of death, while others are immersed in their own hermetic practices, be they solipsistic, nihilistic, or otherwise. None wish to engage for more than the brief time necessary to offer their meagre assistance. There is talk of ‘anti-spores’, pools of blood, and of a hum spreading through communication wires. The hum has altered the very appearance of written language, pushing words apart, leaving only single syllables behind. This constraint is present in the third-person narration we read but is removed during periods of dialogue. This results in a rhythmic, chantlike flow to the prose. As with the best of work that employs the tropes of apocalyptic fiction, Rebecca Gransden’s unusual novella ends with many of its questions floating in the scarlet haze it generates, leaving them for the reader to ponder in the wake of what is surely a singular literary experience.
"Linguistically inventive, alert in every sense, and propelled with such narrative force that hairs burn on the unsuspecting reader’s neck." —Iain Sinclair
DM if interested!
Review copies for my novella Figures Crossing the Field Towards the Group are available. This new edition from Tangerine Press will be released on May 29th 2025.
A pilgrimage. An England in delirium.
In the midst of an apocalyptic event of unknown provenance – a mass of red spreading north from the southern counties – a young girl sets out on a journey. Along the way she encounters a series of eccentric characters, the few left behind in the wake of a widespread evacuation. Some of these individuals are ravaged and on the edge of death, while others are immersed in their own hermetic practices, be they solipsistic, nihilistic, or otherwise. None wish to engage for more than the brief time necessary to offer their meagre assistance. There is talk of ‘anti-spores’, pools of blood, and of a hum spreading through communication wires. The hum has altered the very appearance of written language, pushing words apart, leaving only single syllables behind. This constraint is present in the third-person narration we read but is removed during periods of dialogue. This results in a rhythmic, chantlike flow to the prose. As with the best of work that employs the tropes of apocalyptic fiction, Rebecca Gransden’s unusual novella ends with many of its questions floating in the scarlet haze it generates, leaving them for the reader to ponder in the wake of what is surely a singular literary experience.
"Linguistically inventive, alert in every sense, and propelled with such narrative force that hairs burn on the unsuspecting reader’s neck." —Iain Sinclair
DM if interested!
