A Twist in the Eye

"I can confidently go on to state that A Twist in the Eye is the most exciting collection of weird fiction...that I have read for many years. Moreover, I am confident that after the reader has gone through the tales he or she will be as amazed as I am that Charles Wilkinson is not far better known and appreciated in the field... " - Mark Samuels in his introduction Throughout the sixteen stories collected in this remarkable book Charles Wilkinson explores themes of place, ritual, identity, death and transmutation with a rare, if not utterly unique, confidence. They are enigmatic but never vague, dreamlike but never illogical, horrifying but only occasionally visceral. Few writers can write ‘weird’ with so convincing a voice. The full table of contents is as follows: Introduction by Mark Samuels Returning The Human Cosmos Hidden in the Alphabet Line of Fire In His Grandmother’s Coat Night in the Pink House Cold Plate Petrol-saved The World Without Watercress Gold in Ash An Invitation to Worship The Investigation of Innocence Choice A Lesson from the Undergrowth Watchers in the Wood Hands The book is a lithographically printed, 256 page sewn hardback with printed endpapers (by a follower of Bosch), limited to 260 copies. ISBN 978-0-993527821. It can be pre-ordered now for £32.00 inclusive of postage worldwide. The official publication date is 20th August 2016.