Collecting and dealing in fantasy, science fiction and horror books, is our passion - this site is where we showcase some of our specialised  hardcover range and share some new arrivals or general information.  See our Contact Us page for ordering online purchases or directions to our Wentworth Falls shop on 'The Blue Mountains Bookshop Trail',  where we have a wide range of books from pre-loved/new paperbacks through to limited editions.

We do also buy books/ collections.

The first quarter of 2025 looks pretty hectic for us, hopefully that's a good thing. We're still working on our backlog from 2024 as far as the site goes so remember that only a limited amount of books are posted on the site, the majority (and less expensive) are straight to the Wenty shop or this year you may find us at one or two book fairs, we'll keep you posted here on where and when.

Centipede Press continue to deliver on classic horror in fine style with this tale by John Farris, this edition is truly something to see, the interior artwork is next level and the David Ho frontispiece is just breathtaking, this will hold pride of place in any collection.

Xuya is a series of novellas and short stories set in a timeline where Asia became dominant, and where the space age has Confucian galactic empires of Vietnamese and Chinese inspiration: scholars administrate planets, and sentient spaceships are part of familial lineages.There are over 35 individual primary stories to date.

For our first post of the year we're going to have to call out the really amazing work that Grim Oak Press is doing, signed limited editions of distinction and a great range of authors, a set from these guys is a solid statement, so when they announced that John Gwynne's  'The Faithful and the Fallen' was coming up we didn't hesitate - cool wolf...

Anyone whose been around for a while will know that we have a particular soft spot for Josiah Bancroft and his 'Books of Babel' series, Mark Lawrence had this to say about the series "Reading these books makes me feel as if I'm a really clever intellectual sharing in something magnificent that only a rarefied few could appreciate." So great series and now a new series from Mr Bancroft that we were obviously going to collect - stunning edition from Subterranean once more

The Hexologists By Josiah Bancroft

Illustration By Omar Rayyan

Amid a gilded age of convenience and excess, the capital city of Berbiton is still occasionally assailed by old-fashioned ghouls and rustic imps who prey upon the poor and powerful alike. Whenever the constabulary and giants of industry fail to rescue the browbeaten, it falls to the Hexologists, Isolde and Warren Wilby, to answer the fevered call.

Isolde Wilby enjoys a mystery much in the way that a terrier relishes a rat. Unconstrained by social nicety and compelled by a ruthless curiosity, Iz depends upon the tempering presence of her husband to keep her fed, rested, and friendly with persons she might otherwise overrun. Theirs is a partnership fueled by passion and a shared devotion to higher ideals.

Isolde and Warren’s preference for smaller clients is finally trumped by the specter of the greater good. When they are approached by the royal secretary and told that the king pleads to be baked into a cake—going so far as to wedge himself inside a lit oven—the Willbys quickly find themselves embroiled in a mystery that imperils a nation and challenges their cherished autonomy.

"t's a really well written detective story set in a steam punk world, garnished with magical items, wizards, spells and the like. A twisty tale with violence, heart ache, pageant, and yes ... whimsy." - Mark Lawrence

Son of the Endless Night by John Farris

Welcome to 1985. A time of cigarettes, payphones, the golden age of pro wrestling and a high water mark for Satanic Panic hysteria. Into this environment a book was released that could have been just another everyday tale of demon possession, but then rapidly embarked along a completely bonkers path reaching across multiple continents, alternate dimensions, and several variations on human bodily functions.

A teenage girl named Polly is in trouble, possibly kidnapped, probably a ghost. But somewhat over-earnest Yale student Richard Devon becomes obsessed with rescuing her while on a ski vacation with his girlfriend in Vermont. This rescue mission does not go as planned. Polly, it seems, is in the clutches of a mysterious Satanic cult and Rich falls victim to a nefarious plot involving depraved sex and gruesome violence, a plot that lands Rich in jail for murder. It turns out Rich has become host to an ancient demon and only his half brother, Conor, an ex-priest and current pro wrestler, has the guts to find proof that Rich is not guilty due to demonic possession. Easier said than done.

Is it a stretch to think of this novel as a metaphor for the most over-the-top backstory ever concocted for a professional wrestling match? Not if you consider the outrageous peril that Conor and the crew he enlists must go through to help his brother. This is technicolor day glow horror. There are haunted houses, creepy cars, holy roller heroics, the living dead! But there is also legitimate discourse on the nature of good and evil and familial bonds. These characters are drawn with intricacy, and so the stakes are high as the courtroom becomes the ring for a match that will be an eschatological showdown between the forces of good and evil, with nothing less than a title belt for the future of humanity on the line.

Son of the Endless Night, long considered one of the greatest horror novels of the 1980s, has a fine new introduction by David J. Schow, a new foreword by John Farris, artwork by David Ho, artwork by John Melo, and an interview with John Farris from the 1980s. It is oversize, 656 pages, printed on fine paper, and bound in full cloth with a double-sided dustjacket.