We could have filled this section three times over! More interesting titles include (10 October, Titan). Described as “Chuck Palahniuk mixed with Clive Barker”, (out now, Orbit) introduces a duo who take on weird cases. The King is pleading to be baked into a cake; the resulting investigation sees them encountering avaricious ghouls, alchemists who draw power from a Hell-like dimension, and a bookish dragon. In Jo Nesbo’s (out now, Harvill Secker), an outcast 14-year-old sees a classmate sucked into the receiver of a telephone booth. Of course, no one believes him. Anthology (12 October, Solaris) brings together 16 fantasy, sci-fi and horror stories from Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Iceland and The Faroe Islands. Contributors include John Ajvide Lindqvist and Hannu Rajaniemi. Tom Huddleston’s (3 October, Quarto) goes planet by planet, delving into the inspirations for Frank Herbert’s creation, from cutting-edge science to Shakespeare’s tragedies. Finally, (5 October, DK) documents the real-life locations used in TV shows and films like , , and , providing location maps, road trip routes, oodles of related trivia and more.
