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Best Served Cold
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Best Served Cold

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From the very beginning, the theme of revenge has been a major part of crime fiction. Whether it's perceived slights, rifts within families or sibling rivalry, jealous lovers, business competitors or just good old-fashioned retribution, this anthology gathers together the very best ? and most unique ? tales of dark revenge. Curated by Paul Kane & Marie O'Regan and featuring some of the top names in crime writing alongside a handful of stories selected from open submissions, this is one book that will definitely make you think twice about wronging anyone ever again. Contributors include John Connolly, Victoria Selman, Guy Morpuss, William Hussey, Helen Fields and more. The Flame Tree Beyond and Within short story collections bring together tales of myth and imagination by modern and contemporary writers, carefully selected by anthologists, and sometimes featuring short stories from a single author. Overall, the series presents a wide range of diverse and inclusive voices with myth, folkloric-inflected short fiction, and an emphasis on the supernatural, science fiction, the mysterious and the speculative. The books themselves are gorgeous, with foiled covers, printed edges and published only in hardcover editions, offering a lifetime of reading pleasure. AUTHORS: Paul Kane is the award-winning bestselling author and editor of over 100 books, such as the sellout Hooded Man omnibus, Hellbound Hearts, Wonderland (Shirley Jackson Award finalist) and The Gemini Factor. His site shadow-writer.co.uk has featured Guest Writers such as Stephen King, Olivie Blake and Guillermo del Toro. Marie O'Regan is a Shirley Jackson, Australian Shadow and British Fantasy Award-nominated author and editor. She is co-editor of anthologies including the bestselling Hellbound Hearts, Cursed, Twice Cursed and The Other Side of Never, and is also Managing Editor of PS Publishing's novella imprint, Absinthe Books.

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Format
Hardback
Publisher
Flame Tree Publishing
Country
United Kingdom
Date
21 July 2026
Pages
416
ISBN
9781835626009

From the very beginning, the theme of revenge has been a major part of crime fiction. Whether it's perceived slights, rifts within families or sibling rivalry, jealous lovers, business competitors or just good old-fashioned retribution, this anthology gathers together the very best ? and most unique ? tales of dark revenge. Curated by Paul Kane & Marie O'Regan and featuring some of the top names in crime writing alongside a handful of stories selected from open submissions, this is one book that will definitely make you think twice about wronging anyone ever again. Contributors include John Connolly, Victoria Selman, Guy Morpuss, William Hussey, Helen Fields and more. The Flame Tree Beyond and Within short story collections bring together tales of myth and imagination by modern and contemporary writers, carefully selected by anthologists, and sometimes featuring short stories from a single author. Overall, the series presents a wide range of diverse and inclusive voices with myth, folkloric-inflected short fiction, and an emphasis on the supernatural, science fiction, the mysterious and the speculative. The books themselves are gorgeous, with foiled covers, printed edges and published only in hardcover editions, offering a lifetime of reading pleasure. AUTHORS: Paul Kane is the award-winning bestselling author and editor of over 100 books, such as the sellout Hooded Man omnibus, Hellbound Hearts, Wonderland (Shirley Jackson Award finalist) and The Gemini Factor. His site shadow-writer.co.uk has featured Guest Writers such as Stephen King, Olivie Blake and Guillermo del Toro. Marie O'Regan is a Shirley Jackson, Australian Shadow and British Fantasy Award-nominated author and editor. She is co-editor of anthologies including the bestselling Hellbound Hearts, Cursed, Twice Cursed and The Other Side of Never, and is also Managing Editor of PS Publishing's novella imprint, Absinthe Books.

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Format
Hardback
Publisher
Flame Tree Publishing
Country
United Kingdom
Date
21 July 2026
Pages
416
ISBN
9781835626009