Neon: 17 books

In this edition of Neon we visit the quaint yet dystopian English town of Scarfolk, observe mysterious goings on in a grand hotel, meet a rather more respectable imaginary version of the president of the United States of America in a dream prison, sit in on a number of brutal executions (one historical,...

Strange goings on abound on every page of this issue of Neon: urban wildlife becomes oddly violent, the devil appears in a familiar-looking toy car, and a woman throws the last party she’ll ever need to organise. Esteban Rodriguez takes us on a visit to an abandoned theme park, while Caroline Hardaker...

In this issue we meet monsters and their mothers. A teenage girl contemplates the burgeoning horror of her family genes, while a werewolf – desperately lonely – struggles to make it in the big city. We visit the beach at night and examine the aftermath of a fire. We wake to find a horse in our...

From a brief biography of a man raised as a chicken, to a mortuary romance, to a tale that teeters on the edge of a precariously-assembled tower, issue forty-two of Neon is packed with excellent poetry and fiction. There’s even a grotesquely surreal comic by Swedish artist Janne Karlsson, and a...

In Neon‘s forty-first edition we have a story told backward in time, as well as tales of unsettling dystopian funerals, meat obsessions, and odd encounters on the London Underground. There’s also a selection of poetry, including a piece about birds’ feet and another about an unusual autopsy....

This issue of Neon has everything, from Faye Moorhouse’s beautiful graphic short story “The Cat Ladies Of Czechoslovakia” to Lynn Hoffman’s poetic investigation into the post-literary lives of various fictional characters (just what did happen to that Potter kid after the magic dried up, anyway?)....

In 1972 I was waiting patiently in Los Angeles airport for my plane. I sat gazing out at the northern sky then turned my attention to the other passengers as they fidgeted with their tickets and baggage. Now and again some would glance out at the aircraft on the tarmac. A young boy with long black...

This little book should get the old gray matter working overtime. The cryptic clues are not easy but the whole family can enjoy giving their brain a workout. Children will more than likely beat the adults...See how your brain cells are working?

How to Draw a Dragon: "Cautiously approach the dragon, offer it a piece of candy or a little sister, and draw while it happily munches away." From the artist behind the wildly popular NeonDragonArt.com, DragonArt will help you create mythical beasts that awe, delight, and disturb...

A dragon artist's guide to better drawing Magnificent and powerful creatures, these dragons be, with bone-crushing jaws and razor-sharp teeth, it's difficult to tell whether you're dealing with a hotheaded nature or a wise and benevolent beast. Therein lies the trouble with drawing them from life....

Karn is from another planet very similar to Earth which is about to be destroyed by an Asteroid colliding with it. He along with 2000 others travel millions of miles to Aqua, a planet very much like theirs but...

Maria’s Revenge is about a London policeman who becomes a fugitive from the law because his wife (Maria) and son are blown up and burnt to death by an IRA bombing. After the two culprits are caught and disposed of by Kane in a not too pleasant way...

A writer goes undercover as a prison officer to find the truth of how the system works. He finds that being an officer changes one's total outlook on life. 60o/o of the story is factual. Life is sometimes stranger than fiction?

All the narrations in this book are based on true stories. The stories of ordinary people with extra ordinary faith and belief in God. You don’t have to baffle on the thought of being misguided. This book will help you realize that there are thousands of people in the world facing the same problems...