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The Mysterium
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The Mysterium is a small, private publishing house specialising in books that take you for a walk on the weird side!
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Sum of Our Parts
by The Superstars
Price:
$6.50 USD.
Words: 80,060.
Language:
English.
Published: April 5, 2022
by
The Mysterium.
Categories:
Poetry » Contemporary Poetry, Fiction » Anthologies » Short stories - multi-author
A brand new anthology from the talented, eclectic and disparate community of writers and artists known as The Superstars. This exciting new collection of fiction, non-fiction, poetry, art and experiments is the result of twelve months of prompts, picked at random and posted on the first day of every month between 2020 and 2021, and curated by Lauren K. Nixon.
Umbel.
by Lauren K Nixon
Price:
$7.00 USD.
Words: 3,450.
Language:
English.
Published: February 4, 2022
by
The Mysterium.
Categories:
Poetry » Contemporary Poetry, Poetry » Female authors
Slightly more intentional poetry from the pen of Lauren K. Nixon. Illustrated poems on the themes of home, self, longing, and the glorious weirdness of the world.
The Last Human Getaway
by Lauren K Nixon
Price:
$6.99 USD.
Words: 132,000.
Language:
English.
Published: November 25, 2021
by
The Mysterium.
Categories:
Fiction » Fantasy » Contemporary, Fiction » Adventure » General
Stranded in a remote mountain valley in the heart of the Ancient Caledonian Forest, Annie must uncover the secrets of the town before the door to the ravenous Otherworld can be opened. She is about to learn that the stories she grew up hearing all had a grain of truth to them – and that ancient things never truly sleep.
.
Will the Gate hold? Or will the Otherworld break through?
Marry Your Chameleon
by Lauren K Nixon
Price:
$7.00 USD.
Words: 2,660.
Language:
English.
Published: August 31, 2021
by
The Mysterium.
Categories:
Poetry » Contemporary Poetry, Poetry » Female authors
A collection of poetry and haiku charting the long months of lockdown during the Covid-19 pandemic.
A lockdown diary, of a sort, by somebody who is nobody in particular.
Wild Daughter
by Lauren K Nixon
Price:
$7.50 USD.
Words: 7,280.
Language:
British English.
Published: July 12, 2021
by
The Mysterium.
Categories:
Poetry » Female authors, Poetry » U.K. Poetry
A collection of accidental poetry exploring place, time and what it means to be a person.
Out of the Box
by The Superstars
Price:
$7.00 USD.
Words: 103,540.
Language:
English.
Published: May 18, 2021
by
The Mysterium.
Categories:
Fiction » Anthologies » Short stories - multi-author, Fiction » Anthologies » Poetry - multi-author
These stories, poems, snippets and experiments are the responses to the first sixty prompts the Superstars have collectively tackled, from those heady days in 2014 when we first started scribbling together, right up to 2020. These are the prompts that got away!
In Case of Emergency - An Ensemble
by The Superstars
Price:
$6.00 USD.
Words: 86,290.
Language:
English.
Published: October 15, 2020
by
The Mysterium.
Categories:
Fiction » Anthologies » Short stories - multi-author, Poetry » Contemporary Poetry
What do we fear? What is it that sends a shiver up our spines, that makes the hair on the backs of our necks stand up? This year our prompts dance along the edges of the unreal and unsettling. The fifth anthology by the talented, eclectic and disparate community of writers known as The Superstars, curated by Lauren K. Nixon.
Ghost Lights
by The Superstars & Friends
Price:
Free!
Words: 50,220.
Language:
English.
Published: May 15, 2020
by
The Mysterium.
Categories:
Fiction » Anthologies » Short stories - multi-author, Fiction » Anthologies » Poetry - multi-author
There is a tradition, in the theatre, of never leaving a space entirely dark. Covid-19 has disrupted all our lives, in a variety of ways, leaving most people feeling unsettled at best. This is our response to that – our way of giving something back to the people keeping us all going, and paying it forward to anyone who needs a little distraction right now.
This Way Up
by The Superstars
Price:
$8.70 USD.
Words: 85,560.
Language:
English.
Published: August 17, 2019
by
The Mysterium.
Categories:
Fiction » Anthologies » Short stories - multi-author, Fiction » Anthologies » Poetry - multi-author
The fourth anthology by the talented, eclectic and disparate community of writers known as The Superstars, this exciting new collection of fiction, non-fiction, poetry and experiments is the result of twelve months of prompts, picked at random and posted on the first day of every month between December 2017 and November 2018, and curated by Lauren K. Nixon.
Mayflies
by Lauren K Nixon
Price:
$5.29 USD.
Words: 14,080.
Language:
British English.
Published: April 15, 2019
by
The Mysterium.
Categories:
Fiction » Fantasy » Dark, Fiction » Women's fiction » General
A tale of life, Death and unexpected friendship. To her neighbours, Ottie is a perfectly normal woman. But she is a woman with a secret. One she will take to her grave. More or less.
Hey Kid
by Rae Bailey
Price:
$3.65 USD.
Words: 4,300.
Language:
British English.
Published: January 24, 2019
by
The Mysterium.
Categories:
Poetry » Themes & motifs » Death, Poetry » U.K. Poetry
Verse on grief, from the outside.
This is how losing him felt to me.
Functioning As Intended
by The Superstars
Price:
$7.00 USD.
Words: 154,250.
Language:
English.
Published: November 23, 2018
by
The Mysterium.
Categories:
Fiction » Anthologies » Short stories - multi-author, Fiction » Anthologies » Poetry - multi-author
An ensemble of short stories, poems, snippets and experiments. Step into a collection of different worlds; some familiar, some very strange. Join our characters as they battle nightmares, fight demons, take the wrong path in the forest, deal with problem neighbours, fall in and out of love and even knit fish!
The House of Vines
by Lauren K Nixon
Price:
$5.99 USD.
Words: 217,210.
Language:
British English.
Published: December 1, 2017
by
The Mysterium.
Categories:
Fiction » Fantasy » Contemporary
At the heart of the sleepy market town of Brindleford is an old shopping arcade. Half-empty and generally overlooked by the inhabitants, it is full of secrets. But all that is about to change: there are darker things afoot in Brindleford. In a church on the outskirts of the town an ancient evil is stirring, responding to the call of the wicked soul in search of it…
The Fox and the Fool
by Lauren K Nixon
Price:
$4.00 USD.
Words: 31,010.
Language:
British English.
Published: September 6, 2017
by
The Mysterium.
Categories:
Fiction » Romance » Historical » General
A Shakespearean Romance, set after the events of Twelfth Night. A refreshing new novella from from Lauren K. Nixon, The Fox and the Fool celebrates love and friendship from the very edge of things.
Some Assembly Required
by The Superstars
Price:
$5.00 USD.
Words: 104,430.
Language:
English.
Published: July 13, 2017
by
The Mysterium.
Categories:
Fiction » Anthologies » Short stories - multi-author
An exciting mix of fiction, non-fiction and poetry, this collection represents a year’s worth of creation on every conceivable topic, from the light to the dark, and the fantastic to the mundane.
Echoes of the Light: A Collection
by Lauren K Nixon
Price:
$6.50 USD.
Words: 40,810.
Language:
British English.
Published: January 5, 2017
by
The Mysterium.
Categories:
Fiction » Fantasy » Short stories
A brand new collection of stories from Lauren K. Nixon: in Echoes of the Light, nothing is ever quite as it seems...
Title Not Included - An Ensemble of Short Stories
by The Superstars
Price:
$5.00 USD.
Words: 70,080.
Language:
English.
Published: September 11, 2016
by
The Mysterium.
Categories:
Fiction » Anthologies » Short stories - multi-author
TITLE NOT INCLUDED is an exciting anthology of short stories, created over the period of a year by a community of writers, The Short Story Superstars, and curated by Lauren K. Nixon. Take a walk on the strange side with lost letters, discovered treasures, nightmares, daydreams, gateways to other worlds, and the occasional cookie!
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