Luke Smitherd Books in Order

Two dead men trapped within a city try to understand the rules of an afterlife that offers neither rest nor escape. Hunted by a terrifying presence, they investigate strange lights and living people before isolation destroys what remains of their minds.

A waitress listens when a guarded older customer finally shares a secret he has concealed for fifty years. His extraordinary account of psychic powers and sacrifice transforms an apparently ordinary encounter into a burden she can no longer ignore.

Martin believes everyone and everything is watching him, including animals gathering outside his home. As unexplained attacks spread, he discovers that his fears are justified and that the future of humanity depends on a connection he cannot yet understand.

A stone figure appears in a city center and begins walking through buildings, killing everyone in its path. Reporter Andy senses a connection through headaches and visions, but pursuing the story may deepen a catastrophe that no authority can stop.

Two unsettling stories explore threats that cannot easily be escaped. One follows an inescapable presence, while the other turns a family camping trip and a broken-down car into a mother’s desperate effort to keep her children alive.

Tom wakes with lost memories, encounters mysterious old men and finds a warning telling him not to trust someone. Piecing together the previous night draws him toward a terrible answer about love, loss and the consequences of refusing to let go.

After a night of drinking, Charlie wakes inside a shifting black chamber that appears to exist within a stranger’s mind. His only view of the world comes through Minnie’s eyes, forcing them to uncover their connection and search for an escape.

Overwhelmed by grief, Jerry hears about a mysterious man who may offer immediate relief from suffering. His friend’s extraordinary account presents a tempting alternative to enduring pain, but accepting that possibility requires confronting questions about the price of escape.

Two stories follow people confronted by impossible choices. A man must respond when his double abducts his wife, while a boy discovers a mysterious book of names and numbers that reveals a darker reality beneath ordinary life.

An eighteen-year-old supermarket worker decides to become a vigilante in late-1990s Derbyshire and records his preparations in a diary. Limited resources, social difficulties and unexplained blackouts turn his imagined heroic mission into an increasingly disturbing descent.

A stranger gives directionless call-center worker Chris twelve days to murder someone of his choosing or condemn five kidnapped siblings to death. Forced to weigh strangers’ lives against the hostages, he confronts decisions that dismantle his comfortable assumptions about himself.

Five years after the Stone Man’s arrival, deadly pale figures emerge around Britain’s coast while a man investigates the abandoned disaster site in Coventry. Separate struggles for survival draw them toward a concealed truth connecting the new threat to the old.

A seemingly perfect companion understands another person’s wishes before they are spoken, but his extraordinary insight conceals a terrible cost. Revealing the origins of his gift means confronting dead friends and the consequences of knowing far more than anyone should.

A writer pursuing an irresistible story discovers links between an unlucky man, an urban cult and a horrifying death. Working with a former policeman, he enters a world of old monsters and modern curses before the force behind them targets him.

Another powerful arrival traps survivors inside Coventry while others race toward the Isle of Skye for answers. Their connections to the Stone Men, a mysterious device and a secret research project may determine whether humanity can resist the expanding catastrophe.

Five survivors reach the Isle of Skye and learn they must destroy a barrier trapping the country while an army of Stone Men grows. A journey across Britain tests their fragile unity as they struggle to wield their strongest weapon together.

An ordinary shopping trip collapses when Bruce suddenly falls through an immense, glowing chasm where the supermarket floor should be. With no clear explanation or rescue, he must confront unfamiliar patterns, a distant light and choices he can no longer postpone.