In this intriguing and occasionally surreal volume of novellas and shorter fiction, BAFTA-nominated screenwriter and acclaimed novelist Paul A. Mendelson explores with humour and pathos how our worlds make us so vulnerably human.
Twelve-year-old Marius is on the run from the Government. He’s the only one in the whole nation that values his sense of humour. Everyone else was de-humoured at birth – well, most people were. Yet somehow with Marius there was a glitch.
To get the girl of his dreams he needs a good sense of humour. To get a good sense of humour he needs a miracle.
We used to get standing ovations. Now we get ovations for standing. The last place in which that great lady of the theatre Elspeth Quest wishes to spend her final years is Dustingford Hall, rest-home for retired actors and entertainers.
When an acclaimed Scottish author, on a book tour to the US to promote his latest romantic novel, The Forever Moment, meets a young woman who looks strikingly similar to a long-lost... Læs mere
The Makings of Emily Jensen is a collection of short stories and novellas by BAFTA-nominated comedy writer Paul A. Mendelson
A group of kids with unreliable superpowers form the League of Not Very Super Heroes to try and rescue a kidnapped prince, save the royal family, and stop a robot powered by Mars Bars!
Arnie Garth, LA porn mogul, learns he was born without a soul, thanks to a heavenly mix-up. To avoid a fate worse than death, he must win the heart of the weird, charity-obsessed Lake... Læs mere