All That Will Be Lost: Fiction 2011 - 2017

A collection of the best fiction from Steve Roach from 2011 to 2017. Contains 22 short stories and 4 novellas in the horror, sci-fi and contemporary fiction genres, including: The Whaler Something terrible lurks in the ocean, even more formidable than Grice, the most insane of whaling captains. Ruiner An old man makes a private Eden in the middle of a vast desert. All goes well until, one day, the Ruiner comes to destroy everything the old man has created. Twins Two brothers, bound by blood and a terrible hatred for each other. How many times can they kill each other? How many times can each come back even more powerful than before? The Superhero of Small Things Disgusted by what she reads in the news one day, a woman decides to fight back against the people who make life miserable for all of us. People of the Sun A team of men head into the Amazon jungle, searching for Inca gold that was smuggled out of Peru centuries before. They must survive the horrors they find in the jungle and, even worse, the horror they find within each other. Down in New Orleans A man finds himself out of work after giving his best years to his employer. Struggling with the idea of being redundant, he sinks into a depression. One terrible day, a tragic accident befalls his young daughter, and when he thought things couldn't get any worse he suddenly finds himself entertaining suicidal thoughts. The Way Out Is Through Schwarzesloch remains in the city as Katrina strikes, holed up in his house as the world seems to collapse around it. Once the storm is over, he is forced to abandon his property and take to the flooded streets. As he makes his way towards the perceived safety of the Superdome, he meets an unlikely travelling companion and, during the next few days, they do whatever they can to escape the city. The authorities seem to have abandoned New Orleans. Nowhere is safe. There is no law. Society has broken down and only the strongest will survive. Mr X Every time he wakes up, the man has no idea where he is. Or who he is. All he knows is that he must find the killer of his family. Experiments With Humans An experiment to define the true nature of humanity, where children are raised with no contact with the outside world. In a government owned facility, scientists observe a number of test subjects and file daily reports, all stamped with a blue butterfly symbol before being archived. As the years go by, strange things begin to happen and our very nature is called into question - are there dormant powers buried deep within us, forgotten in the modern world? The Seagull A miserable old man finds a seagull chick in his front garden one day. He can't help but think of what this chick will become, a vicious predator that would soon join the ranks of the airborne monsters that terrorise his part of the city. Dark thought swirl through his mind, culminating in an atrocious act that brings on a nightmare from which he will never recover. The Haemorrhoid For fifty years, Wilf Butterby has been at the mercy of a monster hanging from his arse. Desperate and lonely, Wilf decides one day that enough is enough. But the pile isn't going down without a fight. About the author: Steve is an independent writer based in the UK with a healthy back catalogue of work encompassing travel writing, fiction and illustrated books for children. A number of Steve's ebooks have reached the #1 position in their respective Amazon charts and more than 50,000 people have downloaded his work. Steve is currently working on a novel, the first of a trilogy, which should be completed by the end of 2018. For further information and updates please visit: www.steveroach.co.uk www.facebook.com/writerroach

About the Author :
Steve is an independent writer based in the Midlands with a healthy back catalogue of work encompassing travel writing, fiction and illustrated books for children. A number of Steve's ebooks have reached the #1 position in their respective Amazon charts and more than 50,000 people have downloaded his work. Steve is currently working on a novel, the first of a trilogy, which should be completed by the end of 2018. For further information and updates please visit: www.steveroach.co.uk www.facebook.com/writerroach