Best Served Cold: Chilling Short Stories of Crime & Revenge
Language: English
Published by Flame Tree Collections, 2026
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- Title
- Best Served Cold: Chilling Short Stories of Crime & Revenge
- Publisher
- Flame Tree Collections
- Publication year
- 2026
- Condition
- New
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1835626009
- ISBN 13
- 9781835626009
- Series
- Book 10 of 14: Beyond and Within
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 full list of featured authors in this book is: Amanda Brittany, Joanie Brittingham, John Connolly, Helen Cooper, Terry Edge, Marcus Field, Helen Fields, Ikechukwu Henry, Susi Holliday, William Hussey, Jo Jakeman, Roxanne Kalinda, David Mark, Guy Morpuss, Victoria Selman, Ronnie Turner, Roz Watkins and Iris Yamashita.
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.
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About the Author
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.
John Connolly is author of the Charlie Parker mysteries, The Book of Lost Things, the Samuel Johnson novels for young adults and co-author of the Chronicles of the Invaders. He has received the Irish Post Award for Literature, the US Shamus Award and an Edgar Award, among others. John writes regularly for newspapers and hosts a radio show on RTE.
Helen Fields is a former criminal and family law barrister. Today she is a million-copy bestselling author of twelve novels, translated into twenty-five languages. She has been listed for several notable prizes including the CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger and the McIlvanney Prize. She also writes as HS Chandler.
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