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Renegade
by Mark Ellott
Price:
$3.70 USD.
Words: 76,390.
Language:
English.
Published: May 10, 2022 by
Leg Iron Books.
Categories:
Fiction » Historical » General, Fiction » Adventure » Sea adventures
Kit Beauregard had lived most of her life as a man, a fraud instigated by her mother from birth. Now, convicted of piracy on the high seas and condemned to death, she awaits the hangman and recounts her life story to a preist. 'Renegade' is an adventure that begins in the final years of the seventeenth century and ends during the golden years of piracy in the early eighteenth century.
My Favourite Place
by Marsha Webb
Price:
$2.99 USD.
Words: 19,560.
Language:
English.
Published: December 17, 2021 by
Leg Iron Books.
Categories:
Fiction » Anthologies » Short stories - single author
Fourteen gentle short stories by Marsha Webb, ideal for those cold winter evenings curled up in front of a fireplace.
Feelgood Original Christmas Stories
by Justin Sanebridge
Price:
$1.35 USD.
Words: 11,700.
Language:
English.
Published: July 29, 2021 by
Leg Iron Books.
Categories:
Fiction » Anthologies » Short stories - single author
A dryad protects her tree against becoming a Christmas tree, a snowman
changes a little boy's life, and more funny, emotional, feelgood
Christmas stories from the mind of Justin Sanebridge.
Reiver
by Mark Ellott
Price:
$3.20 USD.
Words: 77,100.
Language:
English.
Published: February 17, 2021 by
Leg Iron Books.
Categories:
Fiction » Historical » United Kingdom
In the fifteenth century, the border between England and Scotland was a wild place with its own laws. The border reivers were raiders who lived off the land when they could and stole when they couldn’t. Reiver is both an adventure and a romance that commences with a battle in the wild marches of Northumberland and concludes in a siege in northern France.
A Moment in Time
by Mark Ellott
Price:
$3.50 USD.
Language:
English.
Published: November 15, 2020 by
Leg Iron Books.
Categories:
Fiction » Anthologies » Short stories - single author
From the versatile story-telling mind of Mark Ellott come these twenty-three tales. Death features in many of them, naturally – but there are also tales involving the French police force, a Western gunslinger, a ghost pub in Ireland, a Roman with a mission in Scotland, and some from the far future. Something for everyone, in fact.
Just Call Me Roob
by Ruth Bonner
Price:
$2.99 USD.
Language:
English.
Published: November 15, 2020 by
Leg Iron Books.
Categories:
Fiction » Anthologies » Short stories - single author
Eighteen tales containing varying degrees of horror, fun and raunchiness from a writer formerly known to the internet only as Roo B. Doo. Here, she emerges from behind her nom-de-plume to present her collected works in one volume. Not a book for children, the easily offended, nor those maiden aunts prone to attacks of the vapours. Everyone else, enjoy!
Musings of a Wanderer
by Wandra Nomad
Price:
$2.99 USD.
Words: 61,950.
Language:
English.
Published: September 1, 2020 by
Leg Iron Books.
Categories:
Fiction » Anthologies » Short stories - single author
Short stories, when linked, can make a long story. So it is with ‘Memories from the Attic’, a journey through a couple’s refurbishment of an old house, aided by a former resident delighted by their finds in there.
Here there are tales of the old and the new, the futuristic in ‘Dust Mote Meanderings’, a hint of romance in ‘Tropical Paradise’ and a Halloween tale in ‘Unlikely Place for a Mystery’.
You Can Choose Your Sin... But You Cannot Choose the Consequences
by Marsha Webb
Price:
$2.99 USD.
Words: 26,430.
Language:
English.
Published: November 9, 2019 by
Leg Iron Books.
Categories:
Fiction » Thriller & suspense » General
Phil runs a small accountancy business in a little town. A normal, predictable man with an ordered, predictable life and he likes to keep it that way. His biggest excitement comes in the form of regular poker games with his friends.
Unfortunately for Phil, things are about to change. The fall of a card can ruin a hand, one after another the bad cards tumble, and nothing he can do will stop it.
Resolution
by Mark Ellott
Price:
$2.99 USD.
Words: 72,410.
Language:
English.
Published: July 16, 2019 by
Leg Iron Books.
Categories:
Fiction » Mystery & detective » International crime, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Supernatural
What does Pascale Hervé, a retiring French police officer, have in common with scythed and shrouded Death? Death has taken an interest in her. The reason goes back 30 years to a case of stolen diamonds and a motorcycle trip across France, Spain and Portugal.
Pascale has to solve a mystery left by her dead partner and Death has to fix an anomaly in history. Only one of them can achieve resolution.
Norman's House
by H. K. Hillman
Price:
$2.99 USD.
Words: 87,300.
Language:
English.
Published: February 4, 2019 by
Leg Iron Books.
Categories:
Fiction » Horror » Occult
A New Year's Eve crash leaves Norman and his friends trapped in a mysterious ring of greenhouses attached to a long-unoccupied house, deep in an industrial estate.
When they reach safety, Norman finds he is obsessed with the house, and that something is helping him find the money to buy it.
When he does, strange things start happening.
Christmas Lights... and Darks
by H. K. Hillman
Price:
$0.99 USD.
Words: 44,610.
Language:
English.
Published: December 6, 2018 by
Leg Iron Books.
Categories:
Fiction » Anthologies » Short stories - multi-author
Christmas rolls around once more and this, the seventh Underdog Anthology, is loaded with Christmas-themed tales to brighten and darken those festive evenings.
Eleven tales in all. Some short, some long. Some to cheer you, some to give you pause for thought,
and maybe a couple to keep you awake at night.
Santa might be a myth or he might be real,
but then he might not be who you think he is...
The Gallows Stone
by H. K. Hillman
Price:
$0.99 USD.
Words: 31,440.
Language:
English.
Published: October 16, 2018 by
Leg Iron Books.
Categories:
Fiction » Anthologies » Horror
This, the sixth Underdog Anthology, contains ten Halloween stories by seven authors. A variety of themes and styles means there is something for everyone. Do you want to be entertained, a little bit spooked or actually terrified? You will find something to suit your Halloween tastes in these pages. Go on, take a look inside.
De Godin van de Flaporen
by Justin Sanebridge
Price:
$2.99 USD.
Words: 35,860.
Language:
Dutch.
Published: September 15, 2018 by
Leg Iron Books.
Categories:
Fiction » Romance » Paranormal » General
Het hoertje Ayu is het verbindingsteken tussen de jaren 1980 en 1906. Wie Ayu echt is wordt pas onthuld op de laatste bladzijde van het boek. De personages van 1980 en 1906 zijn verbonden door een mysterieuze seksuele oor fetish. Het boek geeft ook een knipoog naar Fifty Shades of Grey door de beschrijving van erotische scènes die te maken hebben met een oren-fetish.
Rebellion
by Mark Ellott
Price:
$2.99 USD.
Words: 75,380.
Language:
English.
Published: May 7, 2018 by
Leg Iron Books.
Categories:
Fiction » Historical » United Kingdom
Captain Ewan McLeod of the Royal Scots waits by the roadside in Northern France for a carriage. A carriage that carries the man who will send him on his next mission. Perhaps the most dangerous mission he has undertaken, for he is to be sent home to the highlands of his youth and to his estranged family in the service of the crown.
Six in Five in Four
by H. K. Hillman
Price:
$0.99 USD.
Words: 41,530.
Language:
English.
Published: April 21, 2018 by
Leg Iron Books.
Categories:
Fiction » Anthologies » General
The fifth Underdog Anthology has nineteen stories from six authors across a range of styles and genres. Horror, humour, the bizarre and the real are thrown into the mix here.
Take a look inside. You know you want to.
Samuel's Girl
by H. K. Hillman
Price:
$2.99 USD.
Words: 97,420.
Language:
English.
Published: November 28, 2017 by
Leg Iron Books.
Categories:
Fiction » Horror » Occult
A girl to die for - and she'll make sure you do. An ancient book, a demon, and magic that the churchgoing librarian Samuel doesn't believe exists beguiles him into calling forth what appears to be the most perfect woman he has ever seen. Naturally, she kills him. For Samuel and for those around him, things go rapidly downhill from there.
Jessica's Trap
by H. K. Hillman
Price:
$2.99 USD.
Words: 60,530.
Language:
English.
Published: November 16, 2017 by
Leg Iron Books.
Categories:
Fiction » Historical » Paranormal
The English civil war is paused for a short time, but another battle is brewing.
An inexperienced young witch calls on demonic help to capture an ancient creature. An evil as old as Time and which inhabits the one called 'Witchfinder-General'.
Inexperience is no match for the wiles of demons and Jessica soon loses control. The demons will build the trap she wants but... She will be the bait.
Sinistre (The Morning Cloud Chronicles)
by Mark Ellott
Price:
$2.99 USD.
Words: 55,420.
Language:
English.
Published: November 12, 2017 by
Leg Iron Books.
Categories:
Fiction » Western
Sinistré rides into these stories with a tip of the hat to the Man With No Name and Shane, with an aura of mystery to those who know and love her and a lethal, rapid draw to those who stand against her. Each story unfolds from the viewpoint of someone who comes to know her as a friend; each a life touched by the gunslinger who walks outside of society, riding her own trail.
Es-Tu là, Allah?
by Dirk Vleugels
Price:
$2.99 USD.
Words: 61,260.
Language:
French.
Published: November 2, 2017 by
Leg Iron Books.
Categories:
Nonfiction » Biography » Religious biography
"Es-Tu là Allah?" est une mine d’or de l’inattendu, le récit d’une aventure à la fois audacieuse et déroutante, un mélange de réflexions philosophiques et d’expériences vécues dans un quartier pauvre de Jakarta, capitale de l’Indonésie, qui a été le théâtre de la tentative d’un ‘mécréant’ de suivre à la lettre et jusqu’à sa fin le Ramadan, mois de jeûne musulman.
Feesten onder de Drinkboom
by Dirk Vleugels
Price:
$2.99 USD.
Words: 30,300.
Language:
Dutch.
Published: August 9, 2017 by
Leg Iron Books.
Categories:
Nonfiction » Travel » By region » Asia
Dit zijn uittreksels uit het dagboek van een Antwerpse advocaat die 35 jaar geleden besloten heeft om op het eiland Bali te gaan leven.
Blackjack
by Mark Ellott
Price:
$2.99 USD.
Words: 68,940.
Language:
English.
Published: June 27, 2017 by
Leg Iron Books.
Categories:
Fiction » Anthologies » Short stories - single author
Twenty-one tales across a range of genres, by the author of ‘Ransom’.
Here you will find tales of criminal conspiracy, politics, science-fiction, time travel, ghosts, death, westerns, romance, fantasy, a crossdressing spy and even a Tudor Queen.
Mark Ellott flips between genres like a literary polymath, with the same storytelling mastery no matter the subject.
The Mark
by Margo Jackson
Price:
$2.99 USD.
Words: 79,200.
Language:
English.
Published: May 31, 2017 by
Leg Iron Books.
Categories:
Fiction » Urban
Two loners, an internet connection, a forbidden friendship. No good can come of this.
Two troubled and lonely people meet online and start an email friendship. She's a schoolgirl and street-wise, so she thinks. He's an older man, a social misfit, already known to the police, a marked man.
No danger, as yet - but he's a fantasist and she's a girl who breaks rules.
Tales the Hollow Bunnies Tell
by H. K. Hillman
Price:
$0.99 USD.
Words: 47,320.
Language:
English.
Published: April 9, 2017 by
Leg Iron Books.
Categories:
Fiction » Anthologies » Short stories - multi-author
Easter... springtime... a time of new life, new beginnings and sometimes of abrupt endings. These are the tales the Hollow Bunnies tell while they wait in their burrows for their time to rise again.
Ransom
by Mark Ellott
Price:
$2.99 USD.
Words: 77,460.
Language:
English.
Published: March 2, 2017 by
Leg Iron Books.
Categories:
Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Crime thriller
It’s been several weeks since Stephanie Ross’ partner went missing and she is worried. Was he just on another of his drunken benders or was it something more sinister? Then people start turning up dead on the local railway line. Meanwhile a ransom virus is threatening not only her business but that of her clients. Stephanie is soon fighting to keep her business and her clients... and her life.
The Goddess of Protruding Ears
by Justin Sanebridge
Price:
$2.99 USD.
Words: 48,900.
Language:
English.
Published: January 14, 2017 by
Leg Iron Books.
Categories:
Fiction » Romance » Historical » General
This is a magical-realistic novel about a young Belgian lawyer who has a Balinese mother. In Antwerp he meets the mysterious Ayu, a Balinese young woman who works as a hooker in the red light district.
The love story in the year 1980 has its roots in another love story in the year 1906. The hooker Ayu is the connecting character between the years 1980 and 1906.
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Have Yourself a Very Little Christmas
by Leg Iron Books
Price:
$0.99 USD.
Words: 32,480.
Language:
English.
Published: December 11, 2022.
Categories:
Fiction » Anthologies » Short stories - multi-author
The nineteenth collection of short stories from the Underdog Anthologies brings you a mostly peaceful set of stories for Christmas. Stories about ancient spirits, modern gentle ghost stories, Christmas in space in the future, and of course, Santa even makes an appearance. Take a peek into other worlds created by other minds and maybe, this Christmas won't feel quite so little after all.
The Hole in the Veil
by Leg Iron Books
Price:
$0.99 USD.
Words: 43,580.
Language:
English.
Published: October 20, 2022.
Categories:
Fiction » Anthologies » Short stories - multi-author, Fiction » Anthologies » Horror
Ten Halloween tales from eight authors, perfect for that spooky night at home by the fireside. From gentle ghost stories to demonic entities, with a little human psychopathy thrown in. Tales of witchcraft and ancient deities, mysterious happenings on the ground and in the depths of space, something for every taste. Take a look inside... if you dare.
The Wrong Kind of Leaves
by Leg Iron Books
Price:
$0.99 USD.
Words: 42,450.
Language:
English.
Published: June 16, 2022.
Categories:
Fiction » Anthologies » General
Ten stories from seven authors, covering science fiction, supernatural piracy of the past, crime of the present, dodgy salesmen, future dystopia, a terrible family secret, and more. Something for everyone. This is the 'any genre' annual anthology and it's very, very late this year. So the British at least will understand the title ;)
Slay Bells in the Snow
by Leg Iron Books
Price:
$0.99 USD.
Words: 36,080.
Language:
English.
Published: December 12, 2021.
Categories:
Fiction » Anthologies » Short stories - multi-author
Christmas tales that come from some dark places, but almost all of them emerge into the light to happy endings.
The Darkness at the End of October
by Leg Iron Books
Price:
$0.99 USD.
Words: 39,980.
Language:
English.
Published: October 14, 2021.
Categories:
Fiction » Anthologies » Short stories - multi-author, Fiction » Anthologies » Horror
Halloween comes around again, and the fifteenth Underdog Anthology is here to entertain you.
Stories of ghosts, demons, dystopias, the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse and of course, the evils of men. There is even a story set in space, from our newest contributor, Adam Stones.
Ten stories from six authors, and at a bargain price. Who can resist?
The Dark Ides of March
by Leg Iron Books
Price:
$0.99 USD.
Words: 39,140.
Language:
English.
Published: May 12, 2021.
Categories:
Fiction » Anthologies » Horror
Yes, we know it's not Halloween but after more than a year of the horrors of lockdowns, nobody is feeling all that upbeat. Add in the coldest Spring for 99 years and it's no surprise that most of the authors are feeling pretty gloomy. This collection might well remind you of Halloween, which will be the next anthology, and we might not find it easy to outdo this one. Naturally, we'll do our best.
Coronamas
by Leg Iron Books
Price:
$0.99 USD.
Words: 46,580.
Language:
English.
Published: December 13, 2020.
Categories:
Fiction » Anthologies » Short stories - multi-author
Take some time off from real chaos to revel in imaginary chaos instead. Fourteen Christmas tales from ten authors, ranging from the gentle to the downright bizarre. We have talking animals imagined by two authors, two different imaginings of Santa's elves and two very different versions of when Death met Santa.
Settle in and let your mind drift from the horror of current reality for a short time.
Mask-Querade
by Leg Iron Books
Price:
$0.99 USD.
Words: 42,930.
Language:
English.
Published: October 7, 2020.
Categories:
Fiction » Anthologies » Horror
In 2020, the year we all wish we were seeing in hindsight, it's nice to find someone who has it worse than any of us do.
This collection has many people who are much, much worse off than any of us could ever be. Unless of course we step into their stories instead of just reading them. Fortunately that's very close to impossible for most of the stories.
Tales from Loch Doon
by Leg Iron Books
Price:
$0.99 USD.
Words: 44,470.
Language:
English.
Published: May 10, 2020.
Categories:
Fiction » Anthologies » Short stories - multi-author
This, the eleventh Underdog Anthology, has stories from Mark Ellott, Daniel Royer, Gayle Fidler, Marsha Webb, Justin Sanebridge, Stephen Duffy, our newest recruit Wandra Nomad and of course your editors, Roo B. Doo and H.K. Hillman.
Across a wide range of genres, some short stories, some longer ones, there'll be something in here to tickle your fancy. Fourteen stories for under a dollar.
The Silence of the Elves
by Leg Iron Books
Price:
$0.99 USD.
Words: 50,720.
Language:
English.
Published: December 7, 2019.
Categories:
Fiction » Anthologies » Short stories - multi-author
At sundown on Christmas Eve, Santa's magic awakens.
For one night, time means nothing to him. He travels the world on his sleigh until dawn.
For one night, the elves are silent. The rest of the year they nag the hell out of the poor bugger.
Santa sees all in his timeless night.
Romance, tragedy, terror and laughter.
Not all stories have happy endings.
Well Haunted
by Leg Iron Books
Price:
$0.99 USD.
Words: 40,050.
Language:
English.
Published: October 12, 2019.
Categories:
Fiction » Anthologies » Horror
Time for dark stories in dark nights, while the owl-hoots drift on the wind and the rain taps tiny wet fingers on the windows.
Nine authors bring you thirteen stories, in this, the ninth Underdog Anthology.
Tales from Marsha Webb, Martyn K. Jones, Daniel Royer, Mark Ellott, Jeani Rector, S. W. Duffy, our new recruit Gastradamus and of course, your editors Roo B. Doo and H. K. Hillman.
Transgenre Dreams
by Leg Iron Books
Price:
$0.99 USD.
Words: 76,280.
Language:
English.
Published: April 3, 2019.
Categories:
Fiction » Anthologies » Short stories - multi-author, Fiction » Anthologies » Poetry - multi-author
This, the Eighth Underdog Anthology, contains pretty much any genre you can think of. Stories from Justin Sunshine, Mark Ellott, Jeani Rector, H. K. Hillman, Roo B. Doo, Ginger Huff, Daniel Royer, Justin Sanebridge, Martyn K. Jones, Cade F.O.N Apollyon, Marsha Webb and Dirk J.J. Vleugels, make this the biggest Underdog Anthology so far.
The Good, the Bad and Santa
by Leg Iron Books
Price:
$0.99 USD.
Words: 67,150.
Language:
English.
Published: December 11, 2017.
Categories:
Fiction » Anthologies » Short stories - multi-author
Seventeen stories from eight authors, all with a Christmas theme but not many of them suitable for children. Split into three sections, past, present and yet-to-come, there are stories to make you chuckle, think or just wince.
Take a look inside. You know you want to.
Treeskull Stories
by Leg Iron Books
Price:
$0.99 USD.
Words: 37,360.
Language:
English.
Published: October 16, 2017.
Categories:
Fiction » Anthologies » Horror
This, the third Underdog Anthology, contains ten stories for Halloween 2017. Tales from Mark Ellott, Lee Bidgood, Stephen W. Duffy, Justin Sunshine, Roo B. Doo and H. K. Hillman, and edited by the latter two authors. Genres range from horror to western to modern life, but all with a Halloween theme.
Fear The Witch
by Leg Iron Books
Price:
Free!
Words: 3,860.
Language:
English.
Published: August 15, 2017.
Categories:
Essay » Political
This started out as a blog post on Underdogs Bite Upwards, currently a Wordpress blog. It seems to have aged quite well. It’s now over seven years old but still gets a link on Twitter and on other blogs from time to time.
I thought it might be worth making it into a free eBook rather than have people search an obscure blog for ancient posts. That way you can pass it around in eBook format freely.
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