The Sub [Bed] Verison

"An absolute must-read for anyone who enjoys correcting grammar." Andrew Timm - Director, Producer, Cardigan wearer "Paul's stories are fresh and surprising, but not as surprising as his punctuation choices or lack thereof... Why did I agree to do this?" Tanya Gardiner - Sub-editor, masochist "Paul's stories are fresh and surprising, but not as surprising as his punctuation choices or lack thereof... Why did I agree to do this?" Tanya Gardiner - Sub-editor, masochist Want to lose 10kg in just two weeks? Be the envy of your friends and relatives? Buy this book NOW! A desperate connection on a high-speed train. An immortal warrior stuck in an infinite carnage loop. An SAS team storming the gates of actual hell. A magical war fought with the most dangerous weapon of all - words. And that's just page one. Brace yourself for a literary rollercoaster that veers between the mind-blowingly epic, the gloriously absurd and the spectacularly ill-advised. Witness a poker game inside a burning building (because why not?), a has-been rock legend tuning up for one last shot at glory (because who wouldn't?) and a serial killer whose grievances are very specific (and, frankly, quite unreasonable). Sub[bed]version is what happens when a jobbing screenwriter finally breaks free from network notes, studio execs and well-meaning producers who say things like, "Does the immortal warrior really have to be quite so... uhm... immortal?" and "Can we make the SAS team less… you know... SAS-y?" No. No, we cannot. Paul S Rowlston has suffered for his art. Now it's our turn. In this wilfully self-indulgent and dangerously overblown collection, this veteran of film and TV writing delivers a collection of subversive short stories that are thrilling, hilarious, occasionally deranged and always surprising. If you don't find something to love in this book - something to make you gasp, snort, or (at the very least) re-evaluate your life choices - then maybe try The Infinite Book of Mindfulness. We hear it has lovely pastel colours and very soothing fonts.