Fiction

Blue Midden - Anon

A seaside town, strange rituals and a pungent crater plague the unnamed protagonist of this most eldritch of tales. For what purpose does the midden exist? What is the townsfolk's connection to it? Why does the town remain untouched by the sea? At least one of these questions will be answered in the seminal, Blue Midden - an anonymous contribution to Concrete Octopus.

If Silence is Compliance - I P Simptrap

The first of many literary contributions from the writer's writer, I P Simptrap. An auditorium sits silently, awaiting the wise words of The Speaker. What revelations will unfurl from behind the impenetrable bastion of his inflatable podium?

The Command - G P Westmarch

An alien visitor known only as ‘Seventh’ converses with foul-mouthed gumshoe, DCI Grub. The statuesque being will carry out any command given to it - what could possibly go wrong?

The Weight of Progress - I P Simptrap

Is one man truly responsible for all the aircraft in the world remaining airborne? Ivan Person Simptrap certainly seems to think so.

Serials:

West of the Hollow Sands - E Roseveare

A post-apocalyptic biopunk adventure in eight parts. An unnamed protagonist and nineteen other survivors must rebuild society in the aftermath of a mysterious conflict known only as THAT WAR.

X Y Z - Sebastian Xenophontos

Sebastian Xenophontos' celebrated non-linear novelette in two parts, reproduced here from an original manuscript recovered from a stone-age lake-dwelling in rural Sweden. Enigmatic, uncompromising and relentlessly bizarre, XYZ is one of the foundational stories on which Concrete Octopus Publishing was first built. Read at your peril.

Tales From The Grey Void - E Roseveare

The latest literary outing from Edgar Roseveare. Set in an alternative present in which bath-tubs and sinks of all shapes and sizes roam the skies, the enigmatic Bartleby and his protégé, Claude Le Jacques, embark on a voyage of adventure and discovery to hunt down the world's missing amenities.