THE Condemned - Tapa blanda

SIX POWERFUL NOVELLAS . . . You'll find them everywhere. From World War One battlefields to 21st century sink estates . . . From the tumbledown cottage by a lonely beach to the cavern deep beneath the earth . . . From the painter's studio in the heart of the city to the corridors of an all-boys' grammar school . . . They're everywhere. Justly and unjustly. With or without hope of reprieve. The doomed. The hopeless . . . The Condemned

Simon Bestwick lives in Lancashire and is the author of a previous novel, "Tide Of Souls", two short story collections, "A Hazy Shade Of Winter" and "Pictures Of The Dark", and a chapbook, "Angels Of The Silences". He's also written numerous scripts for radio. His short fiction has appeared most recently in the anthologies "Where The Heart Is, Never Again" and Solaris Books' "End Of The Line". His novella "The Narrows" was shortlisted for the British Fantasy Award and reprinted in Ellen Datlow's "Best Horror Of The Year", while the "Daily Telegraph" praised "Tide Of Souls" for "the quality of the writing. Simon Bestwick writes with great imaginative flair and an excellent grasp of colour and narrative pace."