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Published:

16 August 2007
Force Majeure
by Daniel O'Mahony

24 May 2007
Black Tide
by Del Stone Jr

21 September 2006
A Manhattan Ghost Story
by T M Wright

21 September 2006
Shrouded by Darkness: Tales of Terror
Ed. by Alison L R Davies

20 July 2006
Pretty Young Things
by Dominic McDonagh

19 April 2006
More Than Life Itself
by Joseph Nassise

15 September 2005
Parish Damned
by Lee Thomas

16 June 2005
Another War
by Simon Morden

19 May 2005
Valley of Lights
by Stephen Gallagher

20 January 2005
Approaching Omega
by Eric Brown

25 November 2004
Fallen Angel
by Stephanie Bedwell-Grime

19 August 2004
Alice's Journey Beyond The Moon
by R J Carter

22 July 2004
Houdini's Last Illusion
by Steve Savile

17 June 2004
Breathe
by Christopher Fowler

25 April 2004
The Human Abstract
by George Mann

18 December 2003
Aspects of a Psychopath
by Alistair Langston

20 November 2003
Spectre
by Stephen Laws

24 July 2003
Guardian Angel
by Stephanie Bedwell-Grime

29 May 2003
King of all the Dead
by Steve Lockley and Paul Lewis

31 October 2002
Cape Wrath
by Paul Finch

31 October 2002
The Manitou
by Graham Masterton (Sold Out)

April 2001
Urban Gothic: Lacuna and Other Trips
Ed. David J Howe

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Houdini's Last Illusion

by Steve Savile

A Telos Original

Harry Houdini is a haunted man.

Haunted by success; his emotions; and now by some of his compatriots: famed and feted illusionists like himself.

The only problem is that they are dead. Houdini knows that time is running out, and before he is ready to die he must perform one final trick, the greatest illusion of his life...

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Authors Comments

I began writing the book with one thought in mind, what if the real reason Harry Houdini was the greatest magician of all time was because he could genuinely do magic...

Logically he would have to be free of the natural laws of the universe, the things that bind us and regulate the way we interact with the world around us, and the question became: how?

How would it be possible to be free of these all encompassing laws. I found the answer looking through the Houdini archives, in the shape of his famous stunt in Paris where he leapt from the side of the morgue into the Seinne and almost drowned in the process. The answer was there in the facts. Remove one word, almost, from that sentence and suddenly you have a Houdini no longer bound by natural laws - a man who has died and returned, escaping even the AfterLife. It opened up so many avenues of exploration for the story.

I decided, even before I had written the first word, that I intended to enter the finished piece into the Writers of the Future contest, and with that in mind knew that I had a fixed upper word limit that I had to adhere to and a deadline to write it.

I missed the deadline, of course, and ended up having to wait 8 months to hear how the story fared but it was worth it, with the novellete being selected among the 2002 winners, but because of the word limitation I was never truly satisfied that I had fully explored the final scenes and when Telos gave me the opportunity to produce a definitive version of the novelette I jumped at it, expanding it into a novella.

Background

Award winner in the 2002 "Writers of the Future" competition.

Further details:

The book is available as an A5 paperback novella.

Available in paperback @ £7.99 (UK). Order Online

Published 22 July 2004 (UK)

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		Look below for details and links to published and soon to be published books. Click on the title of a book to view further information and to order. Published: 16 August 2007 Force Majeure by Daniel O'Mahony 24 May 2007 Black Tide by Del Stone Jr 21 September 2006 A Manhattan Ghost Story by T M Wright 21 September 2006 Shrouded by Darkness: Tales of Terror Ed. by Alison L R Davies 20 July 2006 Pretty Young Things by Dominic McDonagh 19 April 2006 More Than Life Itself by Joseph Nassise 15 September 2005 Parish Damned by Lee Thomas 16 June 2005 Another War by Simon Morden 19 May 2005 Valley of Lights by Stephen Gallagher 20 January 2005 Approaching Omega by Eric Brown 25 November 2004 Fallen Angel by Stephanie Bedwell-Grime 19 August 2004 Alice's Journey Beyond The Moon by R J Carter 22 July 2004 Houdini's Last Illusion by Steve Savile 17 June 2004 Breathe by Christopher Fowler 25 April 2004 The Human Abstract by George Mann 18 December 2003 Aspects of a Psychopath by Alistair Langston 20 November 2003 Spectre by Stephen Laws 24 July 2003 Guardian Angel by Stephanie Bedwell-Grime 29 May 2003 King of all the Dead by Steve Lockley and Paul Lewis 31 October 2002 Cape Wrath by Paul Finch 31 October 2002 The Manitou by Graham Masterton (Sold Out) April 2001 Urban Gothic: Lacuna and Other Trips Ed. David J Howe
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