The Weerde: Book 1

In the Library of the Conspiracy, many theories are pursued in rare books and documents supplied by a caste of white-gloved librarians. Many wild-eyed researchers piece together their elaborate nonsense of Templars, vampires, and Illuminati.But one theory weaves like a constant thread of darkness through human history. The rumour of an ancient race, more powerful than we are: elusive, terrifying, offering sexual frenzy but bringing madness and early death.These are the tales of the Weerde. They gather at the edges of our settlements, they appear nightly on TV. They are not werewolves. But they are the shape-shifting predators of which occult legend speaks. They are plausible, charming, different... and very, very dangerous.The Weerde contains eleven chilling stories that expose the terrifying truth behind the conspiracy. Their authors are:Prologue: The Lady and/or the Tiger: I, by Neil Gaiman and Roz Kaveney.A Wolf to Man, by Roz Kaveney.Sunflower Pump, by Paul Cornell.Rain, by Christopher Amies.What God Abandoned, by Mary Gentle.To the Bad, by Brian Stableford.A Strange Sort of Friend, by Josephine Saxton.Railway Mania, by Michael Fearn.Blind Fate, by Liz Holliday.A Change of Season, by Storm Constantine.Going to the Black Bear, by Colin Greenland.Ancient of Days, by Charles Stross.Epilogue: The Lady and/or the Tiger: II, by Neil Gaiman and Roz Kaveney.