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Lucy Bennet kills and immortalises men with online memorials. Until journalist James Harding enters her life and nothing is the same again.

PsychologicalPlot twist

A House Pick
Dark Romance

She Keeps Them Alive

by Karl Farrell


2027
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A seaside day out takes a turn when one very cheeky seagull has other plans.

Gentle & wholesome

Children's

The Adventures of Henry: The Cheeky Seagull

by Karl Farrell


32 pages · 2026
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Ages 18+

Slow-burn dreadPsychological

A House Pick
Horror

Yours Truly, Mary Burton

by Karl Farrell


2027
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We started S&F to make the books we would want to read — written and drawn by people who still care how they sit on the shelf.The founders, S & F
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