Genres: General Fiction, Speculative Fiction
Formats: E-Book
Age Groups: 16-18, 18+

Stories from a writer’s microcosmos. This second issue of Microcosmos Fiction Magazine will surprise and entertain. The five stories included are: ‘The Druidic Origins of Association Football’, in which a history professor proposes a novel theory about the beginnings of the beautiful game. ‘At the Palo Alto Café’, in which a café owner talks about the people on his staff who never quite achieved the Big Thing. ‘The Village App’, in which a London exile thinks he can improve the lives the people in his Devonshire village with the help of an app. ‘MGAA’, in which an underground organization plots the restoration of Avalon and the two kings. ‘The Stand-In’, in which the winner of a literary prize decides to get someone else to accept the award on his behalf.

Genres: General Fiction, Historical Fiction, Speculative Fiction
Formats: E-Book
Age Groups: 16-18, 18+

Stories from a writer’s microcosmos. This first issue of Microcosmos Fiction Magazine will surprise and entertain. The five stories included are: ‘An LP Record’, in which a young man gets a job as a driver for a rock star but begins to wonder exactly who it is he’s working for. ‘A Pig For Mijnheer Descartes’, in which a seventeenth-century French philosopher living in Amsterdam learns a thing or two about animals. ‘The Prize’, in which a solitary amateur historian wins a prize draw but gets more than he bargained for. ‘Pity Me Not’, in which the damage done to a vintage watch leads to violence and revenge. ‘The Assassins’, in which an obscure artist in early twentieth-century Vienna realizes there are people out to get him.

Genres: History, Travel Writing
Formats: E-Book
Age Groups: 16-18, 18+

Love exploring ancient cities? Love history? Then Oxford Footsteps: A History Trail is for you. Walk the streets of one of England’s most beautiful cities, while learning about its fascinating history along the way. This guided walk through central Oxford will take you to twenty-four sites associated with notable events and people. Explore the city’s rich past while visiting some of its most interesting places, The trail begins at Oxford Castle and ends at Balliol College. Along the way, learn about the battles between townsfolk and scholars, join the debate about which of the colleges is really the oldest, and see where Alice in Wonderland and The Lord of the Rings were created. Your companions on the journey include kings, rebels, writers, scientists, and eccentric dons. Experience Oxford in a new and distinctive way, and go exploring with Oxford Footsteps: A History Trail as your guide. Features Twenty-four trail stops,...

Genres: History, Travel Writing
Formats: E-Book
Age Groups: 16-18, 18+

Welcome to Sixties London, the most swinging city on Earth! Gathered here were some of the greatest performers in the history of pop music: the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, the Who, Dusty Springfield, and over from America, Jimi Hendrix, Paul Simon and the Walker Brothers. London’s music scene reached a peak of inventiveness, diversity and sheer excitement that has never been matched. And there was much, much more to it than the stereotypes of Swinging London, from the R&B all-nighters at the Flamingo Club to the LSD-infused spectacles at UFO. Explore the decade and its music with City of Song: A London Sixties Music Trail. Take a walk through the city, stopping off at twenty-four locations that hosted significant performances, encounters and happenings in those years. Learn where the Rolling Stones recorded their first (and unsuccessful) demo record, where David Bailey taught the Twist to Rudolf Nureyev, and where Beatles...

Genres: History, Travel Writing
Formats: E-Book
Age Groups: 16-18, 18+

Love exploring London? Love poetry? Then City of Verse: A London Poetry Trail is for you. Discover a new angle on the capital while spending time with some of its greatest writers. This guided walk through central London will take you to twenty-four sites associated with notable poets and poems. Explore the city’s literary past while visiting some of its most interesting places, from the famous to the lesser known. The trail begins at Shakespeare’s Globe in Southwark and ends at the former site of Gatehouse Prison by Westminster Abbey. Your companions on the journey include William Shakespeare, John Keats, and TE Hulme, along with twenty-one other poets, each with their unique take on the life of the city. Experience London in a new and distinctive way, and go exploring with City of Verse: A London Poetry Trail as your guide. Features Twenty-four poems selected from six hundred years of...