Hughes: 1804 books

A collection of 101 flash fictions by a writer who has made his reputation as a devoted champion of the short story form. None of the stories in this book are longer than 1000 words; many are under 500 words; some are less than 100. The very short story is a noble literary tradition and includes such...

Mirrors in the Deluge, by master story-teller Rhys Hughes, is a collection of 32 unrelated tales that take elements from fantasy, science fiction, horror and other genres and give them a lateral shift. Like much of Rhys’ work these quirky stories between them encompass parody, pastiche and...

Castor Jenkins is a Welshman who tells stories that may (or may not) be true...but no matter how fantastic, no one can prove they never happened! In the tradition of Lord Dunsany's "The Travel Tales of Mr. Joseph Jorkens" and Arthur C. Clarke's "Tales of the White Hart," here is a collection of club stories full of wonder and marvels, as only Rhys Hughes could have told them

Tired of being given good advice in fables and parables by wise men, sages and gurus? Why not try Rhysop's Fables instead, a set of 150 unhelpful and irresponsible fables? There are no messages here telling you how best to live your life. That kind of thing is entirely up to you! The philosophy...

An entire story-cycle in miniature. One thousand years of the remarkable magical history of a secret region of Spain where few people venture even now. Albarracín is a rose-red town tucked away in the mountains of Lower Aragon. Once the seat of an independent taifa during the dominance of the Caliphate...

Scamps of Disorder is a work by Rhys Hughes composed by two different tales. Or maybe not.The Candid Slyness of Scurrility ForepawsDon't be polite. Don't be good. The world is evil. If you are innocent, then you are weak, you are exposed to the injustice of society. Hohwever, you have a chance: try to...

More unhelpful and irresponsible fables from the mind of the cult writer who brought you Rhysop's Fables... Join an absurd host of aardvarks, ghosts, pirates, flying jellyfish, hospitals made of lemon jelly, yetis, rhino cops, slobbery kisses and many more entities in the continuing quest to learn...

“Without music humanity would be a base thing. I know it.”It is not hard to agree on the opinion that music is an essential human experience, maybe it is just what makes human being properly human. That is what the protagonist of the last novelette by Rhys Hughes believed before living the most unbelievable...

Promised without her consent to the marry an Earl named Michael, Amy couldn't be more disappointed. Having always wanted to marry for love, this was not the arrangement that she had in mind. Against all odds, she runs into a handsome Highlander, John, and falls madly in love. Feeling things she has never...

Everything you need to know about plays and playwrights in one handy guide by leading expert Maureen Hughes who has had one of her 8 musicals produced in the West End and teaches musical theater. Covering everything from the top playwrights through the centuries to a comprehensive A-Z listing...

Each Christmas entire families in the UK troop off to see, what one could almost say is 'the obligatory'. annual entertainment, known as Pantomime. It is a traditional, seasonal way of life for the British envied the world over, and one which only the British seem to understand! Pantomime serves both...

‘Proud to be British’ is the perfect book for everyone who lives in our wonderful country. Here the British will discover what they already suspected, and that is that many of the GREAT historical figures of all time were British, many of the GREATEST inventions were British, as well as many other...

Late nineteenth-century Britain experienced an unprecedented explosion of visual print culture and a simultaneous rise in literacy across social classes. New printing technologies facilitated quick and cheap dissemination of images—illustrated books, periodicals, cartoons, comics, and ephemera—to...

Normal0falsefalsefalseMicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Recovering the Margins of American Religious History, a celebration of the life and work of David Edwin Harrell Jr., brings together essays from Harrell’s colleagues, peers, and students that explore his impact and legacy in the field of American...