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RYLAN JOHN CAVELL

WORDS

Rylan wrote several successful stage plays for Manchester's Fringe Festival from 2013-2016, 'Would You Change?' being nominated for Best New Writing. He worked for Starburst Magazine as their Original Fiction Editor, working with unknown authors, helping them to refine their work for publication.

He now focuses on novels and short stories; world-building a spooky, queer, and magical reality-adjacent universe in which anything is possible!

If you want dogs with space ships, gay ghosts, possessed toys, secret government agencies with incompetent agents, or twisted fairy tales - you've come to the right place!

Rylan is a part of Fambles, a gay men's writing group based in south Manchester, which features Paul Magrs and David Richards amongst its members.

'Darkly comic grotesquery'

Sam Irvin, Director of ELVIRA'S HAUNTED HILLS

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JOURNEY INTO TIME

collection from Obverse Books

Continuing the stories of Dr. Who as played by Peter Cushing...

paperback

£6.95

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VWORP VWORP MAGAZINE

issue 4 Aug 2021

Rylan contributed to the long-awaited 4th issue.

magazine

£9.99

A TARGET FOR ANTONI

collection from Obverse Books

This is a charity release Rylan had the honour of contributing to. For lovers of Doctor Who and Iris Wildthyme, this is a collection by a varied and notable gaggle of authors and names, doing something for a very good cause.

paperback

£12.95

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SPOKE new queer voices

Anthology from Inpress Books

United yet multiple, together but disparate, the writers herein encompass a range of genres and styles. Inside you’ll find essays, poems, plays, a song, a map and a comic. Themes include love, dance, drag, social justice, family and social media.

paperback

£14.99

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VIOLENCE AND LAVENDER

1st in the phantasmagorical series

For lovers of the roaring 20's, queer culture, and murder mysteries!

paperback

£7.99

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PROFESSOR CALAMITY

book 1 / 3

The novelisation of a 70's science-fiction TV show that never-was!

paperback

£8.99

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THE SCARECROW'S LAMENT

AND OTHER STORIES vol 2

Original spooky tales inspired by donated photographs.

paperback

£6.99

PITY THE DEAD

2nd in the phantasmagorical series

For lovers of the Addams Family, the Munsters, and Tim Burton. A follow-up (ish) to Violence & Lavender.

paperback

£9.99

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PROFESSOR CALAMITY

book 2 / 3

The continuing novelisation of a 70's science-fiction TV show that never-was!

paperback

£8.99

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THE VENUSIAN FLY TRAP

AND OTHER STORIES vol 3

Original spooky tales inspired by 1950's science fiction.

paperback

£6.99

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THE TOY HOSPITAL

NEW

3rd in the phantasmagorical series

Xmas will never be the same again, as a toy hospital is beset by ghostly and demonic manifestations.

Perfect fireside reading.

paperback

£9.99

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THE BLOOD MOON

AND OTHER STORIES vol 1

Reworked fairy tales, inspired by the camp gothic of 'Hammer Horror'.

paperback

£6.99

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AS THE CIRCUS PASSED BY

spooky & otherworldly

A monstrous circus-master takes his menagerie of performers on a strange journey.

paperback

£9.99

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GOOD FOR NIBBLES?

Fambles 2019 anthology

Works in progress, short stories, extracts and social commentary from the first year of the Fambles gay men's writing group.

paperback

£6.99

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THE NOVELTY HAS WORN OFF

Fambles 2021 anthology

Works in progress, short stories, extracts and social commentary from the third year of the Fambles gay men's writing group, most of which took place under Covid lockdown restrictions.

paperback

£6.99

DID I EVER TELL YOU...?

Fambles 2024 anthology

The 6th yearly Fambles anthology. A candid volume of memoir, art, politics, poetry, smut, silliness, & 0ride.

paperback

£12.00

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THE ANALOGUE ARCHIVE

a novella

For lovers of Mystery Science Theatre, Star Wars, and disco music!

paperback

£5.50

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UTTERLY BEWILDERED

a decade of early writing

Works in progress, poetry, and stage plays created over a decade, up to 2018

paperback

£13.50

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YEAR OF THE ZOOM!

Fambles 2020 anthology

Works in progress, short stories, extracts and social commentary from the Fambles gay men's writing group.

paperback

£6.99

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MENSWEAR

Fambles 2022 anthology

Deeply personal writing, silliness, and smut - from the fourth year of the Fambles gay men's writing group.

paperback

£6.99

OUR GAY VILLAGE

Fambles SCRIPT book

coming soon

paperback

£6.99

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THE DEPARTMENT OF LOST THINGS

a novella

For lovers of Are You Being Served, Hitchiker's Guide To The Galaxy, and absurd storytelling!

paperback

£10

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ONCE UPON A LOCKDOWN

Fambles anthology

Fairy tales retold by the Fambles gay men's writing group, to mirror the modern world of pandemics and lockdowns.

paperback

£6.99

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ONLYFLANS

Fambles 2023 anthology

The 5th yearly Fambles anthology. A bumper volume of Food, Memoir, Art, Politics, Poetry,

Smut, Silliness, & Pride.

paperback

£8.99

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THE POLGNOMES AND THE VILE GRUMBLE

a novella

illustrated by Paul Magrs

For lovers of the Moomins, The Hobbit, and other far-away tales of adventure!

paperback

£5.50

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THE MAGIC EGG CUP

an illustrated children's book

A farmyard adventure about acceptance, kindness, and courage!

paperback

£4.25

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