Residue

by Andrew Hook

Residue is the third short story anthology from Andrew Hook, following on from the novel Moon Beaver and the acclaimed collections The Virtual Menagerie and Beyond Each Blue Horizon, Residue brings together 19 further stories from the award-winning author.

Whether tracing a new father's regret in Tight or revealing a young boy's guilty secret in Double Cross, Hook never shies from examining the unflinching emotional close-ups affecting daily life.

These are snapshots of moments destined to linger in the reader's mind long after the story finishes; situations that tap into the parts of the psyche responsible for processing guilt, loss, rebirth and redemption.

Residue collects stories first published in Open Wide Magazine, The Rue Bella & Aesthetica amongst others, as well as many which have never appeared in print until now.

89 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2006

About the author

Andrew Hook is a European writer who has been published extensively in the independent press since 1994 in a variety of genres, with over 170 short stories in print, including notable appearances in Interzone, Black Static, and several anthologies from PS Publishing and NewCon Press. His fiction has been reprinted in anthologies including Best British Horror 2015 and Best British Short Stories 2020, has been shortlisted for British Fantasy Society awards, and he was longlisted for the Commonwealth Writers Short Story Prize in 2020. As editor/publisher, he has won three British Fantasy Society awards and he also has been a judge for the World Fantasy Awards. Most recent publications include several noir crime novels through Head Shot Press, a novella written in collaboration with the legendary San Francisco art collective known as The Residents, and his tenth collection Candescent Blooms (Salt Publishing) which received a 5-star review in The Telegraph and was recently shortlisted for a British Fantasy Society award for best collection.

Andrew is currently working on three separate short story collections.