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Our titles
Satan's Blood
by William Jackson
ISBN 9781912622603
A wealthy socialite dabbles in black magic to bring her beloved gay son back to life – with deadly consequences. Jackson's dark and unnerving sequel to
Satan's Lamp.


First Edition Paperback
111 x 178mm | 208 pages
The Periodic Table
by Barry Stewart Hunter
ISBN 9781912622665
When young Burton Taylor entered into a Faustian pact, he should have known better than to expect the affair to turn out well…

Cambridge Queer Press / Shorts
111 x 178mm | 88 pages
Living Tuesday 17th
by C. Farr
ISBN 9781912622573
The first volume of a vast multi-part work,
Living.
The extant manuscript consists of more than a million words intended to evoke the chaotic and unstructured narrative of a whole life, as lived.

First Edition Paperback
129 x 198mm | 118 pages
Cub and Bear Go to the Moon
by Jack Martin & Lisa Hearne
ISBN 9781912622597
When Cub and Bear's friend Piggy Hagan builds a rocket to fly to the moon, the bears ask if they can tag along. On the way they meet big hairy biker dudes, hunky sailors and a dirty little pig boy! Based on TV's
The Cub and Bear Saturday Morning Show.


First Edition Paperback
No. 1 in the
Cub and Bear
series
216 x 216mm | 26 pages
Let the London Sewers Overflow
(Jane Anger)
ISBN 9781912622207
An alternative edition of
Protection For Women
by Jane Anger, rendered into accessible modern English. This volume also includes the original 16th Century Text and exhaustive notes.

First Edition Paperback
127 x 178mm | 100 pages
Protection for Women
by Jane Anger
ISBN 9781912622191
Jane Anger is the first feminist writer in English. Her pamphlet provides insight into the relationship between the sexes, regarded, for the first time, solely from a woman's perspective.

First Edition Paperback
127 x 203mm | 106 pages
Socialism Is a Moral Idea
with Clare Short
ISBN 9781912622078
Short reflects on the different ways women and men regard power, the dangers of radicalism and violence, and what might constitute more equitable social and economic organisation.

First Edition Pamphlet
127 x 178mm | 146 pages
Aden
by Barry Stewart Hunter
ISBN 9780993178665
'History is what hurts.'

A ravishing story of love, loss, ambition and betrayal set against the backdrop of revolution, Aden is the first fictional account of this landmark event in British colonial era history.

50th Anniversary Edition Paperback
133 x 203mm | 358 pages
Spirit of Garbo
by Moon Laramie
ISBN 9781912622023 / 9780993178672
Born in 1905 in the slums of Stockholm, Greta Garbo became the first ever global film star.
Spirit of Garbo
is a biographical exploration of the spiritual and independent woman behind the iconic Swedish film actor.

First Edition
140 x 215mm | 194 pages
Theosophy & Esoteric Christianity
by Isis Resende
ISBN 9781912622092 / 9781912622108
How modern theosophy can offer insight into the hidden significance of Christianity. Isis Resende is President of the Inter-American Theosophical Federation.

First Edition
127 x 203mm | 92 pages
Satan's Lamp
by William Jackson
ISBN 9781912622399
Devil’s Rock is the bleakest of all Cornish lighthouses, a lonely rock locals call ‘Satan’s Lamp’. In the midst of the great storm of 1987, rookie keeper Jabe Walker is forced to confront the vengeful spirit of his abusive father.

First Edition Paperback
111 x 178mm | 202 pages
150 Years of Gertrude Stein
by Gertrude Stein
ISBN 9781912622528
Gertrude Stein was a masculine, openly lesbian woman who lived her whole life on her own terms; good-natured, idiosyncratic, brilliant. Her influence on 20th-century modernism is almost impossible to over-estimate.

Publisher's Choice
No 4.
127 x 178mm | 44 pages
When Men Hold Power They Abuse It
with Annie Rickard
ISBN 9781912622139
Rickard reflects on male entitlement, the connection between sex and corruption, and the different ways women and men regard, hold and use power.

First Edition Paperback
127 x 178mm | 130 pages
The Swimming of the Deer
by Barry Stewart Hunter
ISBN 9781912622283 / 9781912622276
England, 1956. In a small rural community on the brink of change, a schoolboy is at war with his own body.
A strange, yet strangely believable world.
~ TIM PEARS

First Edition
133 x 203mm | 186 pages
Theosophy and the Search for Happiness
by Moon Laramie
ISBN 9781912622054 / 9781912622047
The Search for Happiness
by social campaigner, Annie Besant, first published in 1908, is presented alongside the writing of contemporary theosophist, Moon Laramie.

First Edition
127 x 203mm | 70 pages
Gender Is a Myth
Afterword by Peter Tatchell
ISBN 9780993178658
A Gender Think-In at the Lloyd's building, London. 200 senior leaders considered the future of gender. Here are the findings of that thought experiment.
Provocative and timely
~ Peter Tatchell

First Edition Pamphlet
127 x 203mm | 66 pages
The Sugar Pit
by William Jackson
ISBN 9781912622498
London in the 1980s. Closeted family man, Jack, and hot-blooded student, Billy, begin an affair. When Jack wants out, Billy becomes volatile and violent.
A gay Fatal Attraction
~ Britt Ekland

First Edition Paperback
111 x 178mm | 238 pages
The Miracle of Pont-l'Abbé
by Barry Stewart Hunter
ISBN 9781912622481
Paul-Antoine - ’Toine - is a special boy, given a special job at the
biscuiterie
of Pont-l’Abbé, The boy has a stuttering cortex, and a destiny involving fish, and the uncanny salvation of the local economy.

Publisher's Choice
No 1.
127 x 178mm | 48 pages
The Purpose of Theosophy
by Petra Meyer
ISBN 9781912622221 / 9781912622238
Exploring the origins of the theosophical movement and its continuing relevance in the modern world.

First Edition
127 x 97 x 203 mm | 132 pages
The Zombie Inside
by Moon Laramie
ISBN 9780993178627
The Law of Attraction is activated by adventurousness of spirit. Your inner zombie is the voice that undermines your confidence.
A salutary reminder that we really do have a choice about how we live
~ Hilary Boyd

First Edition Paperback
129 x 198mm | 146 pages
Republic of North London: Three Novellas
by Barry Stewart Hunter
ISBN 9781912622412 / 9781912622405
In three loosely linked and fiercely honest novellas, Barry Stewart Hunter returns to his signature themes of desire, regret, death, and the possibility of love.

First Edition
133 x 203mm | 218 pages
Ugly Sweaty Men
with Dame Inga Beale
ISBN 9781912622122
Inga Beale, CEO Lloyd's of London (2014-2019) reflects on the different ways women and men are judged, the relationship between gender and power, and the continuing challenge of inequality in the work place.

First Edition Pamphlet
127 x 178mm | 94 pages
Blavatsky Unveiled
by Moon Laramie
ISBN 9780993178696
Renders Blavatsky's Victorian prose into accessible modern English with detailed notes and a comprehensive 'Who's Who' section. All references have been meticulously researched and, where possible, verified from their primary source material.

First Edition Paperback
156 x 234mm | 458 pages
Who's Afraid of Shirley Jackson?
ISBN 9781912622580
Cambridge, England. Present Day. Every week, the Shirley Jackson Club meets to discuss a classic horror novel. Now the group’s members are perishing, one by one, like the characters in the books they read. Something unspeakable is escaping from these wicked works of horror.

First Edition Paperback
111 x 178mm | 244 pages
How To Write Like Mrs Woolf
by C. Farr
ISBN 9781912622559
In this short story, insurance broker Riffle's wife has left him for an Italian merchant seasman. In telling Riffle's story, Farr explores key aspects of Woolf's revolutionary approach to writing fiction. Fittingly, aspects of Farr's tale echo Woolf's own early tour de force
The Mark on the Wall.


Publisher's Choice
No 6.
127 x 178mm | 34 pages
Stories for Boys
by Barry Stewart Hunter
ISBN 9781912622474
First published almost two decades ago, the ten short stories revisited here introduce several of the author’s key motifs, including what it means to be a man, what it takes to be good, and what it costs to be human.

Original Paperback
133 x 203mm | 184 pages
Shapes in the Dark
by William Jackson
ISBN 9781912622443
Jackson's queer horror stories strike at the heart of the reader's deepest fears, then he twists his pen. With their deserted lanes and isolated cottages, wolfish men and vampire vixens, his wicked tales have been described as 'Hammer horror for the 21st Century'.

Pocket Paperback Edition
111 x 178mm | 172 pages
The Simple Idea
with Alex Mahon
ISBN 9781912622115
Alex Mahon as CEO, Channel 4, reflects on the different ways women and men regard and use power, the persistence of inequality and the risks of assuming that, simply because some women become CEOs, opportunity is available to all women.

First Edition Pamphlet
127 x 178mm | 92 pages
Out of Water
by William Jackson
ISBN 9781912622511
Matt has rented a beach house for the summer on a remote and unpopulated coastline. He walks and swims and relishes his own aloneness. Then one day everything changes: what he took to be a seal turns out to be a strange and beautiful castaway with no name.

Publisher's Choice
No 3.
127 x 178mm | 36 pages
Theosophy & Social Justice
by Dr. Barbara B. Hebert
ISBN 9781912622160 / 9781912622177
Barbara Hebert explores the insight modern theosophy can offer into social activism and the struggle for greater social justice.

First Edition
127 x 203mm | 90 pages
Two Summers of Billy Morton
by Barry Stewart Hunter
ISBN 9781912622016
Billy Morton swaps London for Paris on the eve of the May '68 riots. When he falls disastrously for handsome Lafcadio, Billy is forced to make a choice that threatens to curse him forever.

First Edition Paperback
133 x 203mm | 294 pages
50% of the Time
with Liv Garfield
ISBN 9781912622184
CEO of Severn Trent Water, Liv Garfield, reflects on the different ways women and men hold power, and considers the idea, which still persists, that women are temperamentally unsuited to big business.

First Edition Pamphlet
127 x 46 x 178 mm | 90 pages
Something You Once Told Me
by Barry Stewart Hunter
ISBN 9780993178641
Discover ten highly original and deeply human stories from a writer who knows what it means to love and lose. Intelligent, brave and funny, this stylish collection has classic written all over it.

First Edition Paperback
133 x 203mm | 172 pages
Applied Theosophy
by Anne Kelly
ISBN 9781912622344
Anne Kelly has been an on-air radio and television presenter for 30 years. In this volume she explores the ways in which theosophy can be practically applied to modern life.

First Edition
127 x 203mm | 92 pages
The First Manifesto of Surrealism
by Yvan Goll
ISBN 9781912622504
On 15th October 1924, André Breton published his now-famous
Manifeste du surréalisme.
Less widely known is Yvan Goll’s manifesto of surrealism, the movement’s very first document, published 14 days earlier on 1st October 1924.

Publisher's Choice
No 2.
127 x 178mm | 42 pages
Art & Theosophy
by Martin Firrell
ISBN 9781912622061 / 9781912622085
Art and Theosophy
re-examines the ideas of Russian theosophist, Aleksandra Loginovna Pogosskaia, first published in
The International Union of Arts and Crafts (Parts 1 and 2),
1917. Her ideas are compared with those of prominent contemporary artists.

First Edition
127 x 203mm | 94 pages
All the Beautiful Boys
by William Jackson
ISBN 9781912622535
Joe is an ordinary guy who has spent hours at the gym. His reward is Bastien, a fabulously wealthy
bon viveur
devoted to
luxe, calme et volupté.
Indulge all your appetites with this uncanny tale of high living, fine food and wine, and fine men.

Publisher's Choice
No 5.
127 x 178mm | 52 pages
Theosophy and the Conscious Mind
by Pablo Sender
ISBN 9781912622245 / 9781912622252
Pablo Sender, a doctor of biosciences, explores the nature of consciousness through the theosophical principles of
atma, buddhi
and
manas.


First Edition
127 x 64 x 203 mm | 90 pages
Theosophy & Yoga
by Jenny Baker
ISBN 9781912622146 / 9781912622153
This volume explores the ways in which both theosophy and yoga base spiritual progress on the deepest possible understanding of the nature of life - that it exists as a single unity.

First Edition
127 x 203mm | 102 pages
The Sugar Pit
by William Jackson
ISBN 9781912622566
London in the 1980s. Closeted family man, Jack, and hot-blooded student, Billy, begin an affair. When Jack wants out, Billy becomes volatile and violent.
A gay Fatal Attraction
~ Britt Ekland

SPECIAL EDITION PAPERBACK
111 x 178mm | 232 pages
Our latest releases
Satan's Blood
by William Jackson
ISBN 9781912622603
“His skin is no longer the colour of bruise-blood but sheened with gold. The dead eyes are bright blue, penetrating, full of possibility. The body flushes with warmth.”

Matthias was the adored son of wealthy divorcée, Ella Tremayne. Such a beautiful boy, he could have any man he wanted. But fate stepped in and cut short his charmed life.

Ella longs to bring her son back from oblivion and possess him totally. Even if it means making a pact with the Devil himself.

But Matthias is not the perfect Adonis he seems. And his wicked secret will rain down chaos and destruction on an unsuspecting world.

Jackson's dark and unnerving sequel to
Satan's Lamp.


First Edition | Original Paperback
Published 16 May 2026
ISBN 9781912622603
RRP £13.99
111 x 178mm | 208 pages
The Periodic Table
by Barry Stewart Hunter
ISBN 9781912622665
"People say it all the time – there is no such thing as a free lunch. When young Burton Taylor entered into a Faustian pact he should have known better than to expect the affair to turn out well…"

Set against the excessive backdrop of advertising in London and New York, this
concise history of regret
by novelist Barry Stewart Hunter is the first in the series Cambridge Queer Press Shorts.

Complete, unabridged texts. Under 20,000 words. Portable, compelling. Little books. Big ideas.

First Edition | Original paperback
Cambridge Queer Press / Shorts
Published 16 May 2026
ISBN 9781912622665
RRP £10.99
111 x 178mm | 88 pages
Bookstore Partnerships
Book launch with our friends at Treadwell's London:
Who's Afraid of Shirley Jackson?
by William Jackson

Barry Stewart Hunter (with publisher) launches
Two Summers of Billy Morton
with our friends at
Housmans London, radical booksellers since 1945.


Cambridge Queer Press at
GinGin Taipei, South-East Asia's first LGBT+ bookstore
Modern queer fiction
"Barry Stewart Hunter is never parochial. His work explores the whole big cosmic mess we are all in - together - called life."
Barry Stewart Hunter reads from his novel
Aden
at the
Academy Club, Soho London.
Queer horror
"William Jackson conjures a homonormative world in which your darkest fears are also the queerest. He writes queer Hammer horror for the 21st Century."
~ Caroline Munro
Shapes in the Dark
by William Jackson, introduced by
Caroline Munro.


Limited Editions
The Brutal Kiss: Two Stories
by William Jackson
ISBN 9781912622436
PEEPER

London, the seventies: in the blistering heatwave of 1976, teenager Robert aches to be taken savagely by Lightning Jack, the neighbourhood peeping tom.

LITTLE HORNED GOD

Norfolk, present day: up-and-coming playwright, Ethan, wants to get naked with laddish Danny. But Danny's hard body and boyish charms disguise a rotten secret.

Be careful what you wish for.

'The two stories that comprise this volume embody the Hammer promise (or threat) but in a homonormative rather than heteronormative idiom.' ~ Dr. Helena Bayne

First Limited Edition | Original Paperback
ISBN 9781912622436
111 x 178mm | 64 pages
Kill Johnny
by William Jackson
ISBN 9781912622375
An illustrated, limited edition volume about fame, vanity, sex, and the killing of Johnny.

Noah Bell is a small-time writer with big ambitions.

Now he thinks he’s discovered an easy route to the fame and recognition he craves. There’s just one thing standing in his way.

Johnny.

'William jackson’s writing is immensely visual. he delves under the surface of the every day to explore what really lies beneath.' ~ Caroline Munro.

First Limited Edition | Original Paperback
9781912622375
111 x 178mm | 36 pages
Modern feminism
"All equality movements stand on the shoulders of the women's movement."
Spirit of Garbo
by Moon Laramie at
Watkins Books, London's oldest esoteric bookstore.
Dame Inga Beale interviewed by our publisher at
Inspirational Women, Management Today.
Modern gender studies
"In the 1960s and 70s, both the Women's movement and the Gay Liberation Front held that gender roles were the principal instruments of oppression."
Protection for Women
by Jane Anger at
legendary feminist bookstore, BookWoman Austin Texas, USA.