Galley Beggar Press: 41 books

A release in celebration of World Women's day on March 8 2013. “Neurotic and repulsive” Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine “A deliberate outrage” Athenaem “Crazy and offensive drivel” Saturday Review Sounds good, right? George Egerton's Wedlock is a pioneering work of 19th Century female writing....

"She was holding the lab workbook in front of her face and he imagined her smiling behind it. He leaned forward, his pulse slow but forceful, and placed his hand on her knee, index finger pointing up her skirt. Oh God, how he had wanted to be with her. Rhonda, keeping her face behind the book,...

Best Friend is the first publication from Samuel Wright and the second entry in the Galley Beggar Singles Club. It's a lovely piece of writing from one of the most promising young writers we've encountered for a long time. Set on Hackney Marshes, it's about kids, the fun of kids, horror of kids, and...

"So I moved into the Mark Twain Hotel on Wilcox and Selma. I thought: This is a good omen for a writer: The Mark Twain." A Galley Beggar Single from Tony O'Neill. A story about pimps, drugs, pain and hitting bottom. Yes, it's sad. But it's also beautiful.

The first title in the Galley Beggar Singles range - and a beauty. This is a story so surprising and unsettling and delicately written that even to describe risks spoiling the shock of its ending. Suffice to say that it's about sweets—but is wonderfully sour.

A wonderful new mini-collection from Galley Beggar favourite and soon to be superstar, Samuel Wright.

The final Galley Beggar Single of 2013 and a very special one. Gerry Feehily takes us into the glamorous exciting world of fashion and models - and demonstrates conclusively that they are neither glamorous or exciting. But they are deliciously disturbing. And funny. And nasty. And as for the gunk... This one goes deep.

A new story from Galley Beggar author Andrew Lovett. Another haunter. Another evocation of lost childhood. Another funny, sad, beautiful, wonderful story from this talented and deeply humane author. It's bitter, it's sweet and it's very, very tasty.

"We don't need that kind of press. Believe me, we have no intent of setting up a direct line to the big guy in the sky." A god emulator. An absent daughter. An emotional journey. Greg Sanders' Beta is sad, wistful and lovely.

"If one stopped to consider the vast network of coincidences that make up a life, he thinks, taking a packet of cigarettes from his jacket pocket, it would be enough to drive one mad." The Artist waits, and smokes, and dread builds. Alex Preston takes us behind the public facade of dictatorship...

Megan Dunn was in a hole. Her attempt to write a fictional tribute to Fahrenheit 451 wasn't going well. Borders, the bookseller she worked for, was going bust. Her marriage was failing. Her prospects were narrowing. The world wasn’t quite against her – but it wasn’t exactly helping either. Riffing...

"There's a porpoise that was washed up after a storm and we are encouraged to use it as a punch bag. A gaggle of volunteers keep it hydrated and feed it fish fingers. We require weeks of coaxing before we dare to approach the creature." Would you mind if we don't really introduce this story?...

There is no blurb for The Cruellne.It stands entirely alone. You just have to read it. Trust me. And you just have to know what a Cruellne is. And how to say it... Oh and it's also probably useful to know that James Clammer is a serious talent. A name to remember.

Tony O'Neill brings up great writing from the depths of debasement once again, finding comedy in horror - and horror in comedy. Features transcendental near death experiences. And very inappropriate food consumption.