Dog Moves In A Mysterious Way
Dark Comedy Short Stories With Gripping Bite
by Rob Badcock
Unlock the cage on this quirky collection of darkly comedic short stories, and its curious cast of characters will take you to a place where reality blurs with fantasy and fear:
– a man stands crying in a room full of bodies trapped in their final, tortured death throes.
– on his very first scout camp, a tenderfoot is pitched into an alien world where a monster dog roams.
– the hushed sanctitude of a bird hide is broken by a suspicious stranger who delivers a chilling ultimatum.
– a defiant young factory worker enters a speakeasy to perform the most dangerous act of her life.
A must-read for fans of dark comedy and all things bizarre, these stories will leave you wanting more and questioning the very fabric of our existence.
Whether you’re howling with laughter or trembling in horror, one thing is sure – you will never, ever, look at a dog in the same way again…
Quarantine Cave
Some Mysteries Lie Deeper and Darker Than Others
by Rob Badcock
A girl crawls out of a cave on top of a wild Cornish moor in the middle of the night. She doesn't know who she is or where she's from. She cannot speak. A ramshackle old couple take her into their ramshackle old house. And there, she has dreams, dark dreams. Of silver mines and sacred hives. Of a peaceful realm laid waste by a sinister force. Of a bee priestess ready to rise as the new queen.
As storm clouds gather, the girl sets off on a quest to unlock the secrets of her lost past. All roads lead back to one place...
Buy Quarantine Cave today -- the quirky mystery with a sting in its tail!
Big Frog
Book One of the Meskitoe Trilogy
by Rob Badcock
Buckle up for an action-packed roller coaster ride through a surreal landscape of the not-too-distant future!
Rib Meskitoe, a 14-year-old student, is on the run, having pocketed a jackpot lottery ticket belonging to a mysterious old lady. Bad enough that a catastrophic climate-change experiment has left Earth uninhabitable. Bad enough that he has to negotiate the dangerous rain forest, roamed by giant creatures and deadly Slakterghast bands. But worst of all, there is a price on his head, and the sadistic bounty hunter, Hesperus Besk, is closing in for the kill.
Hop on board Big Frog today, for a gripping and hilarious coming-of-age sci-fi adventure that you just won't want to put down!
The Fearance
Book Two of the Meskitoe Trilogy
by Rob Badcock
Strap yourself in for a thrilling and hilarious escapade as a space shuttle crash-lands on Tycho, the exact clone of planet Earth!
One of the few survivors of Watershed, Rib Meskitoe steps out to start a new life in the frontier town of Stonyville, where cowboys and cowgirls work hard and play even harder. Everything here is strictly low-tech, on account of the mysterious force which scrambles all man-made technology -- the Fearance.
Closely observed by two ravens, Rib becomes sucked into joining an expedition to an alien land of ice and fire, a violent Viking world of berserks and blood feuds, where he finds himself locked in a terrifying fight for survival.
Buy The Fearance today, and launch yourself headlong into the second gripping episode of The Meskitoe Trilogy!
Third Stone
Book Three of the Meskitoe Trilogy
by Rob Badcock
Brace yourself for a bumpy ride in the last explosive act of this gripping and hilarious sc-fi adventure!
In a ramshackle hut at the far end of Cabbage Beach, Rib Meskitoe awakens from a nightmare to find two huge birds sitting at the foot of his bed. One surreal space flight later, he is admitted to Bletchley Intelligence Park, a secret training camp where elite Protectorate cadets are put through their paces on a strictly controlled diet of candyfloss and toffee apples.
A chilling message from a mysterious set of song lyrics sends Rib on a helter-skelter dash in search of the Third Stone.
The runes are cast. The Disc of Doom sits on the turntable, ready to play. The deadly end-game has begun...
Press 'Play' now to join Rib on the final thrilling leg of his incredible journey!