Alison Rose: 7 books

Despite much study of Viennese culture and Judaism between 1890 and 1914, little research has been done to examine the role of Jewish women in this milieu. Rescuing a lost legacy, Jewish Women in Fin de Siècle Vienna explores the myriad ways in which Jewish women contributed to the development of...

This book examines the antisemitism that flourished outside of Vienna, in Austrian provinces such as Styria, Carinthia, Vorarlberg, Upper Austria, and Tyrol, focusing in particular on gender bias and its relationship to antisemitism. The 1904 arrest and bigamy trial of Frau von Hervay, the Jewish...

Five full length novels from best-selling contemporary women's fiction authors in one boxset Tickled Pink Posy has been dumped by her long-time boyfriend. Lola has lost her job and her home. The village of Steeple Fritton appears to be their only salvation. They have to utilise their...

Being found under a laurel bush in the local park isn't the best start in life. Neither is being given the name 'Laurel Parks' as a memento, but the girl who began like that is determined not to let it hold her back. When a runaway lorry crashes into the restaurant where she works, Laurel is the heroine...

Journalist Kate Armstrong has always known that music icon Johnson Brand's platinum-selling first album was written about his break-up with her mother, Alexandra. When Kate's boss sends her out to interview the star himself, her life is turned upside down when her resemblance to Alexandra prompts...

The third in a series of annual anthologies, The Best British Short Stories 2013 reprints the cream of short fiction, by British writers, first published in 2012. These stories appeared in magazines from the Edinburgh Review to Granta, in anthologies from various publishers, and in authors’ own...

NIGHTMARE is an online horror and dark fantasy magazine. In NIGHTMARE's pages, you will find all kinds of horror fiction, from zombie stories and haunted house tales, to visceral psychological horror. This month, we have original fiction from Rose Hartley ("No Other Men in Mitchell")...