Tony Richards

How can creatures exist when you cannot see or feel them? How does a grieving father travel back through time to save his daughter? Might an alien race attack us, or might it have more subtle methods? What would happen to the human race in a world where ageless beauty comes at an affordable price?

Tales of different times, different planets, and different takes on our world, including the novelette ‘To Steal an Angel’ from Isaac Asimov’s SF magazine.

“Richards is a master” - RT Book Reviews.
“A terrific author. A unique and eloquent voice” - John Pelan.
“Man, this guy can write. He has the power to introduce you all over again to the pleasures of reading good prose” - Ed Gorman.
“A master of the art” - Black Static magazine.
“An amazing voice” - James A. Moore.
“Always first-class” - Ronald Chetwynd-Hayes.

What would you ask if you were granted every wish …?

Tom McCauley was just ten years old when he met with the incorporeal being. It called itself ‘No-Man,’ and it wasn’t from this world. But Tom wasn’t scared -- they talked, and gradually turned into friends. But then the boy discovered something quite amazing. No-Man actually had the power to change people’s minds. And all of a sudden, entering his teens, Tom found himself safe from bullies, attractive to girls, and very popular.

But as he grew up into adulthood, doors opening for him everywhere he went, he found out there was a downside to living life so easily. Grown-up wishes were more dangerous and complex than childish ones, and Tom found himself on a gradual descent into madness, tragedy … and maybe even murder.

$1.99. From the author of UNDER THE ICE.

“Richards is a master” - RT Book Reviews.
“A terrific author. A unique and eloquent voice” - John Pelan.
“Man, this guy can write. He has the power to introduce you all over again to the pleasures of reading good prose” - Ed Gorman.
“A master of the art” - Black Static magazine.
“An amazing voice” - James A. Moore.
“Always first-class” - Ronald Chetwynd-Hayes.

Harriet has fled her dull suburban marriage with her brand-new lover, Beth. Now, they live a lazy, bohemian existence in the quiet town of Alsiso, on the Caribbean coast of Mexico. But when Harriet begins to fall under the spell of a handsome drifter named Cody, the scene is set for mystery, intrigue … and maybe worse.
Includes the story ‘Nine Rocks in a Row,’ about a couple who come across a terrifying prophecy.

There couldn’t have been two more different people. A British writer of supernatural fiction who had lived in London his whole life, and an African-American jazz saxophonist who’d resided in Europe since the Sixties. But when they met in a hotel in North Africa one evening, a friendship sprang up between them that would last more than a decade. And when one of them suddenly died, the other somehow knew that wasn’t going to be the end … and then set out on a journey to see the matter right through to its strange, haunting conclusion.

“Mr. Barrett,” she said, coldly, very clearly. “Over and above what I’m already paying you, I will pay you an additional fifty thousand dollars if you bring my daughter’s murderer to justice. Or the equivalent of regular justice, if you know what I mean.”

Tammy McClane was a runaway that he’d been hired to find. But when he finally tracked her down, it was to a shallow grave in the Sonora desert outside Sunset City, Arizona.

Now he’s searching for her killer, but Sunset City keeps on posing Matt Barrett an awful lot of questions. Why does he feel like he’s constantly being watched? Why are some of the local cops acting so aggressive? What is it with that huge, palatial mansion outside the town line? And most importantly of all … how many other girls have met their ends this way?

Matt Barrett doesn’t know it yet, but he is on a journey that will lead him to the deepest recesses of this town’s past, its darkest secrets. It’s an unstoppable voyage into the hidden regions of the human soul, with an explosive finale.

“Richards is a master” - RT Book Reviews.

“A terrific author. A unique and eloquent voice” - John Pelan.

“Hard and beautiful. Man, can this guy write. He has the power to introduce you all over again to the pleasures of reading good prose” - Ed Gorman.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Tony Richards is the author of 7 novels from HarperCollins, Tor, and Pan Macmillan, and has had more than one hundred short stories in print, most of them in publications such as Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, Shadows Mystery Magazine, Postscripts and Midnight Street. He has been nominated for two major awards. He now has 17 self-published titles on Amazon Kindle.

Sherlock Holmes -- still alive and with us after all these years -- is on the case again. He’s trying to solve what appear at first to be straightforward robberies and murders. But the game afoot on this occasion is a deadly and a very strange one. There are supernatural elements in the mix … sorcerers, apparitions, and even monsters to be dealt with. From the high towers of New York City to the fog-bound hills of San Francisco, from the floating cities of Hong Kong to the neon lights of Vegas, the world’s greatest detective finds himself being confronted by the greatest challenges of his extended life. And there’s no guarantee that he will win.

The vampires have fled to Eastern Europe. And, pursuing them, Tanya is forced to make a perilous journey over the Atlantic, racing the sunrise the whole way. But are her struggles even worth it? Kathy is already in the final stages of turning into a vampire. Janos Wolkran’s blood has swept right through the body. The final shreds of her humanity are disappearing, giving way to something far more savage. Tanya finds some unexpected allies as she makes her way through Prague, then Budapest. But the question keeps on slamming at her … even if she catches up and manages to destroy Wolkran, is there any way of changing Kathy back?

David and Bobby are a pair of twin brothers both in love with the same woman. But on a trip to Finland, the matter gets resolved in the worst way imaginable --Bobby drowns in the icy waters just outside Helsinki. Two years later, David is still in that city and living with Krista, when a supposed magic artefact comes into their possession. And when David makes a wish upon it, dark things from the past begin resurfacing. Things like old-time sins and misdeeds. Like guilt and awful memories. And things like Bobby himself, two years drowned and trapped under the ice ... but still here with us.

Did you know that Sherlock Holmes is immortal? Well he is ... he's still among us to this very day, travelling the world and solving all the most confounding crimes. From the arid deserts of the southwestern United States, to the white, glistening beaches of the Caribbean, even to the seething, humid streets of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, the Great Detective is still at work and astonishing modern man with his vast powers of deduction. The only problem is, these new mysteries are not simply man-made. Supernatural powers are in play, and Holmes finds himself facing the most baffling cases of his entire extended life ... and the most dangerous.

Sherlock Holmes didn’t die when he plunged down the Reichenbach Falls. He turned out to be unkillable, and is still with us to this very day, travelling the world and delving into all its most confounding cases. But these are not merely ordinary crimes … supernatural forces are at work. In “The Hunters and the Hunted” Holmes is confronted with a deadly insect swarm in Kenya … but what is directing the creatures toward their victims? In “Above the Boulevards” a powerful and mysterious vigilante is protecting women on the streets of Paris. And in “The Crimewave” Holmes is called back urgently to his beloved native London. And he no longer has Watson by his side … so here’s your chance to make the journey with him.

Owen Glazer is a young and single man with a bright, promising future. That is until, at an annual party at a top London hotel, his life gets turned completely upside-down. There, in the bar, he meets Eva Elenescu, the most beautiful, beguiling woman he has ever seen. It quickly becomes apparent that she is a high-class call girl, but that’s not the entire story. Eva is not doing it willingly -- she is wholly the property of a vicious gang of Russian mobsters headed by a boss who is a brutal psychopath.

Owen decides to get her away from them. But the harder he tries, the deeper he finds himself sinking into a nightmarishly dark quagmire of corruption, big money, and savage violence. Until finally he sees the truth … there is one way to rescue Eva, but it might cost him his immortal soul.

CAUTION: Adult themes.

“Richards is a master” -- RT Book Reviews.

“A hell of a writer” -- Horror World.

“A unique and eloquent voice” -- John Pelan.

“Always first-class” -- R. Chetwynd-Hayes

“A master of the art” -- Black Static magazine.

“Man, can this guy write!” -- Ed Gorman.

Alien? Predator? Who can deny it … science fiction and horror can go together like a hand inside a glove. And they do in this collection of stories by one of Britain’s most highly-praised practitioners of imaginative fiction. An Earthman tries to learn a deadly alien martial art, and finds the terrifying truth behind it. A blind boy senses that our planet is being invaded, but in a wholly unexpected way. A vacationer meets with otherworldly peril on a deserted Jamaican shore. And there’s more. It’s time to have your close encounter … of the fear kind.

Two immortal creatures have arrived in New York City. One of them is Tanya Merrit, the last of the Ykrall, a magical race that lives among, and depends on, humans … they take a little of their blood while making love. But the other is Janos Wolkran, an ancient and extremely powerful vampire. He has brought with him a brood of servants, human beings he has converted into vampires, all of them existing just to do his bidding. But now one of them is dying. Looking for a new replacement, Wolkran’s gaze alights on Tanya’s lover, Kathy. And when he takes her, Tanya is launched on a pursuit to save her that will lead around the world … and even further.

A Western businessman meets a beautiful Japanese girl during a rainstorm in the seething heart of Tokyo and falls for her ... but once the storm ends, she vanishes. A young woman finds that she can see through other people's eyes in London town. A pair of lovers keep their romance alive beyond death on the island of Penang, Malaysia. While, out on the wild Devon moors, an angel is occasionally spotted, and begins to affect a couple's lives.
Stories of relationships, conflict, and romance by a writer nominated for the British Fantasy Award.

“A pitch perfect example of the kind of thing Roald Dahl produced in his heyday. For the sheer pleasure of reading a story by a master of the art, this is hard to beat” - Peter Tennant, Black Static magazine.

Strangeness … it is all around us. On a beach. In our backyard. Out on the street, or in a deserted building. And Tony Richards has been examining the mysterious in our world for more than thirty years, with novels from HarperCollins, Tor, and Pan Macmillan and more than one hundred short stories. Come with him now as he takes you on a tour of the darker corners of existence, from Greece to Hong Kong, from Amsterdam to Arizona. Includes stories from Weird Tales, Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine and Pan Horror, and two brand-new tales.

“Richards is a master” - RT Book Reviews.

“A terrific author. A unique and eloquent voice” - John Pelan.

“A hell of a writer, one of today’s masters of dark fiction” -- Mario Guslandi, Horror World.

“Man, this guy can write. He has the power to introduce you all over again to the pleasures of reading good prose” - Ed Gorman.

“An amazing voice” - James A. Moore.

“Tony Richards always turns in a first-class story” - Ronald Chetwynd-Hayes.

“A terrific storyteller” - Graham Joyce.

Tony Richards has been publishing horror stories for more than thirty years, and these are the best of them. Classic tales of fear that first appeared in the Pan and Fontana Books of Horror, and then Weird Tales, Cemetery Dance, F&SF and Dark Terrors, right up to the present day. It matters not if you find yourself on a crowded city street, a deserted mountain road, or an empty subway carriage late at night, these are stories that will slow your breath and chill the blood running through your veins ... and only that, if you are lucky.

TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE -- A visitor to Rome embarks on a wild, erotic affair with a woman he has met in his hotel … never once realising the terrible price that has to be paid.
BEAUTIFUL STRANGER -- A single man in London is followed home by a beautiful female Riser -- a zombie created by the wonder drug Revenox -- and begins to fall in love with her. But does she love him back?
Two stories of erotic horror by one of England’s most-praised supernatural authors.