The Beautiful Red

Cover art by Dave Gentry.

Red...

The colour that surrounds us as we enter the world;
the colour that consumes us when we die.

Red...

The colour of life and everything in it.

Red...

The colour we produce when we scream…

The Beautiful Red

12 extraordinary tales of madness and dysfunction, dissecting the red world, where only the echoes of our violence can be heard...

A brand new collection of twelve tales from James Cooper. His second collection comes complete with a foreword from the award-winning master of urban horror, Christopher Fowler.

"Certain tropes and themes emerge here, repeating and revolving in uncomfortable permutations; human simulacra, corrupted children, acts of creation, the bones beneath the skin, lives warped and poisoned, innocence lost, loneliness and the ever present sensation of impending death. Luckily, James manages to weave these elements into his plots in a way that entertains, otherwise he’d have his readers cutting their throats." – Christopher Fowler

Contents:

• The Good Book
• There’s Something Wrong with Pappy
• Eight Small Men
• The Family Face
• F001/01
• Because Your Blood Is Darker Than Mine
• We Are The Pigs
• Albion
• Learning To Live In A Pretty Little Town
• In Each Dark Body There Lies
• The Hack
• My Secret Children