Robert Shearman

The adventure of Jesus Christ's favourite mime artist--a very talented performer, to be sure, but without doubt also a very annoying prick. From Remember Why You Fear Me, this story is one of a set of deliciously frightening and darkly satirical tales by Robert Shearman, winner of the World Fantasy Award, the British Fantasy Award, the Shirley J...

A man trapped in his car finds himself the prey of carnivorous angels - both on the outside of the vehicle, and the inside... From Remember Why You Fear Me, this story is one of a set of deliciously frightening and darkly satirical tales by Robert Shearman, winner of the World Fantasy Award, the British Fantasy Award, the Shirley Jackson Award, ...

A doting mother and father are so delighted to find that their two year old daughter is pregnant, and do everything they can to help her. From Remember Why You Fear Me, this story is one of a set of deliciously frightening and darkly satirical tales by Robert Shearman, winner of the World Fantasy Award, the British Fantasy Award, the Shirley Jac...

In a world where people die at different moments for each other, a girl copes with being the last of her siblings to have living parents. From Remember Why You Fear Me, this story is one of a set of deliciously frightening and darkly satirical tales by Robert Shearman, winner of the World Fantasy Award, the British Fantasy Award, the Shirley Jac...

On a long night's train journey into the darkness, a traveller becomes convinced that a mother has resorted to extreme measures to silence her noisy child. From Remember Why You Fear Me, this story is one of a set of deliciously frightening and darkly satirical tales by Robert Shearman, winner of the World Fantasy Award, the British Fantasy Awar...

A wife rejects her husband's heart--and gives it back to him, still beating, in a plastic box. From Remember Why You Fear Me, this story is one of a set of deliciously frightening and darkly satirical tales by Robert Shearman, winner of the World Fantasy Award, the British Fantasy Award, the Shirley Jackson Award, and the Edge Hill Reader's Priz...

A little boy betrays his recently divorced father to the harsh mercies of Santa Claus, and realises just how much those presents under the Christmas tree can cost. From Remember Why You Fear Me, this story is one of a set of deliciously frightening and darkly satirical tales by Robert Shearman, winner of the World Fantasy Award, the British Fant...

What to do when you wake up in the night and find that a spider half the size of the bedroom ceiling is hanging down above you. From Remember Why You Fear Me, this story is one of a set of deliciously frightening and darkly satirical tales by Robert Shearman, winner of the World Fantasy Award, the British Fantasy Award, the Shirley Jackson Award...

A grieving widower comes to suspect that his dead wife's face is growing back over his own. From Remember Why You Fear Me, this story is one of a set of deliciously frightening and darkly satirical tales by Robert Shearman, winner of the World Fantasy Award, the British Fantasy Award, the Shirley Jackson Award, and the Edge Hill Reader's Prize.C...

An examination of why it is impossible to capture the image of a cat on photographic film - and the macabre story of the one man who managed to overcome the problem. From Remember Why You Fear Me, this story is one of a set of deliciously frightening and darkly satirical tales by Robert Shearman, winner of the World Fantasy Award, the British Fa...