Listen to the songs of the
spiders, if you are brave enough...
International author Mark
Howard Jones, from Cardiff, will be signing copies of his latest book Songs
from Spider Street at The Comic Guru, Cardiff on Saturday October 29th
from 12pm onwards.
Reading like a warped
episode of ‘The Twilight Zone’, the stories in this book range from fantastical
steam-punk to modern tales of the macabre.
Mark Howard Jones has had dozens of short
stories published on both sides of the Atlantic. His 2007 novella, 'The Garden
of Doubt On The Island Of Shadows' drew praise from respected American science
fiction legend Ray Bradbury, among others.
Steve Upham, friend of Candy Jar and publisher at Screaming Dreams, said: “I got an adrenaline rush when I
first read this book. The quality of Mark’s storytelling really shines through;
the characters are well-drawn, and despite some of the scenarios seeming
hopeless, the book is impossible to put down.”
Kristian Barry, owner of The Comic Guru,
is excited to be introducing the Cardiff public to such an outstanding author.
He said: “Songs from Spider Street is a cornucopia of cool creepiness. It has
always been our mission to introduce new fiction to our audience. Mark has
proved very popular in the past and we are excited that he will be celebrating
Halloween with us on Saturday.”
Songs from Spider Street takes the audience on a disturbing
journey: to an apocalyptic Paris, giant prisons made of ice, trains journeys
with unexpected destinations, hospitals that cure the unknown, and a
spider-haunted future, for the chilling climax.
Stephen King once wrote that
every person, no matter how normal, has a dark side,
and that this inherent dark side needs to be fed. The 25 short stories in this
new book all draw on that attraction to the unsettling.
The Comic Guru has also announced that popular comic illustrator Simon Wyatt will be in store on November 5th to sign copies of his new graphic novel 'Unbelievable: The Man Who Ate Daffodils'.
