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MAKE-BELIEVE AND ARTIFICE
NewCon Press (2025)
The collection brings together fifteen stories of art and mystery — reimaginings, masquerades and misbehavior. Including but not limited to: a showbiz rooster who’ll meet his match, a fin de siècle Frankenstein in Soho, a private eye who can’t resist making an entrance, the unofficial guidebook to Camelot, a metaphysical game of Cluedo, stories of the theatre world, an infamous auction heist and a 17th century sea captain throwing dice with the winds. Other known elements from history and fiction are put to work, tales are twisted and games are played. Published Sep 9th 2025 and available to order: Paperback and Signed Limited Edition Hardback eBook Cover Art by Gary Northfield
“Rose is undeniably one of the most fascinating – most unabashedly creative – voices in literature today.” From the Introduction by Jared Shurin “Biggin takes familiar stories and opens up new dimensions within them. She’s not afraid to take on the work of anyone from Conan Doyle to Shakespeare but, as Shurin notes, her ‘approach is neither pastiche nor imitation’. Rather, we’re transported into new worlds of possibility as the shackles of tradition are shrugged off and a playful, teasing, knowing sensibility is released. [...] by the time I had finished the collection, I felt that not only was I living in Biggin’s world but that I always had done.” Nick Hubble: Parsec Magazine “The pleasure of this collection is the variety but also that as it’s a Rose Biggin tale, the story will be stylish, smart, a pleasure to read and knows when to make you smile and sometimes punch you in the heart too. This is a pure delight of storytelling and an absolute pleasure to read. Very strongly recommended!” Runalong The Shelves “Effervescent, artful and joyfully mischievous, Make Believe and Artifice dances with the reader at every page. Rose Biggin is a fabulous writer.” E.J. Swift, author of When There Are Wolves Again Click here for interactive Table of Contents |