The Mammoth Book of DieselpunkDieselpunk: an emerging retro futuristic sub genre similar to steampunk based on the era between the First World War and the start of the Atomic Age merging elements of noir pulp and the past with todays technology . . . and sometimes a dash of the occult. Award winning editor Wallace presents a cutting edge collection of twenty five vibrant stories that explore the possibilities of history while sweeping readers into high powered hydrocarbon fuelled

increase fertility and thrive with a healthy heart

But one moment of weakness leaves Marin unemployed and alone

and arrogance in the opening hours of America's war in the Pacific

Praise for The Beautiful Brain

The powerful relic he still possesses from his days as a Crusader has been stolen by a rival vampire who has recruited an army of soulless underlings to aid him in spreading evil

This book has all the facts stats inappropriate jokes and shameless puns you could ever need to make it to your eleventh decade

Envy can be a surprising dynamic in close relationships

It reminded me a lot of Sophie Kinsella

Can Sam and Grandad ever get rid of them

and rulers of vast swaths of the known universe

in business dealings

Abandoned by her mother at the age of four and placed in a series of horrible institutions during the 1970s she learnt to fend for herself from an early age