Rhys Hughes is Wales's best kept literary secret. Championed by the likes of Michael Moorcock his unique fantastical fictions have already achieved the level of cult-status. Influenced by Borges, Calvino and Stanislaw Lem, Hughes's fiction is both intellectual and hilarious with plenty of jokes, puns and satirical side-swipes to keep the reader constantly amused.
Genres: Fantasy, Horror
Series
Dabbler in Drabbles
1. Dabbler in Drabbles, Volume One (2023)
2. Dabbler in Drabbles, Volume Two (2024)
3. Dabbler in Drabbles, Volume Three (2024)
1. Dabbler in Drabbles, Volume One (2023)
2. Dabbler in Drabbles, Volume Two (2024)
3. Dabbler in Drabbles, Volume Three (2024)
Novels
The Percolated Stars (2003)
Engelbrecht, Again (2008)
Twisthorn Bellow (2010)
The Young Dictator (2013)
Captains Stupendous (2014)
The Abnormalities of Stringent Strange (2015)
Elusive Plato (2016)
Cloud Farming in Wales (2017)
The Honeymoon Gorillas (2018)
The Nostalgia That Never Was (2019)
The Wistful Wanderings of Perceval Pitthelm (2023)
Growl at the Moon (2024)
Engelbrecht, Again (2008)
Twisthorn Bellow (2010)
The Young Dictator (2013)
Captains Stupendous (2014)
The Abnormalities of Stringent Strange (2015)
Elusive Plato (2016)
Cloud Farming in Wales (2017)
The Honeymoon Gorillas (2018)
The Nostalgia That Never Was (2019)
The Wistful Wanderings of Perceval Pitthelm (2023)
Growl at the Moon (2024)
Collections
Nowhere Near Milk Wood (1987)
Romance with Capsicum (1987)
Eyelidiad (1988)
Worming the Harpy (1988)
The Smell of Telescopes (1993)
Rawhead and Bloody Bones And Elusive Plato (1998)
Stories from a Lost Anthology (2002)
Journeys Beyond Advice (2002)
A New Universal History of Infamy (2004)
At the Molehills of Madness (2006)
Less Lonely Planet (2008)
The Postmodern Mariner (2008)
Mister Gum (2009)
The Brothel Creeper (2011)
Link Arms with Toads! (2011)
Flash in the Pantheon (2012)
Rhysop's Fables (2012)
Tellmenow Isitsoornot (2012)
The Truth Spinner (2012)
Tallest Stories (2013)
The Just Not So Stories (2013)
Better the Devil (2013)
More Than a Feline (2013)
Strange Tales IV (2014) (with Christopher Harman and Rebecca Lloyd)
The Gloomy Seahorse (poems) (2014)
The Lunar Tickle (2014)
Bone Idle in the Charnel House (2014)
Orpheus on the Underground (2015)
Thirty Tributes to Calvino (2015)
Mirrors in the Deluge (2015)
The Million Word Storybook: Female Edition (2015)
The Million Word Storybook: Male Edition (2015)
Existence is Elsewhen (2016) (with others)
Sangria in the Sangraal (2016)
The Seashell Contract (2017)
Salty Kiss Island (2017)
World Muses (2017)
Yule Do Nicely (2017)
How Many Times? (2018)
The Early Bird Catches the Worm but the Wise Worm Stays in Bed (2018)
Mombasa Madrigal (2019)
Slap-on-the-Wrist Stories (2019)
Arms Against a Sea (2019)
Facets of Faraway (2020)
Crepuscularks and Phantomimes (2020)
The Meandering Knight (poems) (2020)
Corybantic Fulgours (poems) (2020)
A Rhys Hughes Sampler (2020)
The Pilgrim's Regress (2021)
Weirdly Out West (2021)
Bunny Queue and Others (2021)
Cthulhu Wants You (2021)
My Little Halloween Book (2021)
The Seven Deadly Sinbads (2021)
Ynch Short of the Yard (2021)
Get a Room! (poems) (2022)
Mathematical Ghost Stories (2022)
Pluto in Furs 2 (2022) (with others)
Three Novellas (2022)
Robot Poems (poems) (2022)
Comfy Rascals (2022)
Five Hundred Mini-Sagas (2022)
Yee-Haw (poems) (2022)
Tiny Arrows (2022)
The Rhys Hughes Fantastic MEGAPACK (2022)
Taller Stories (2023)
The Knight of Whatever (poems) (2023)
Pastel Whimsies (2023)
The Pinworm Factory (2023) (with others)
The Jazz Hands Pterodactyl (poems) (2023)
Lovecraft's Chin (poems) (2023)
Starfish Wish (2023)
Unthinkable Tales Anthology Volume Five (2023) (with others)
Aardvarks: earth pig poetry (poems) (2023)
The Coffee Rubaiyat (poems) (2023)
Adventures with Immortality (2023)
Odd Socks (poems) (2023)
100 Short Stories (2023)
The Golden Fleas: and other stories (2023)
My Big Glib Book of Flippant Fairy Tales (2023)
My Little Glib Book of Flippant Fairy Tales (2023)
Triple Obscura #1 (2023) (with Boris Glikman and Jason E Rolfe)
The Graphologist: and Other Stories (2023)
The Sunset Suite (2024)
Around the World in Eighty Ways (2024)
In This Poem (poems) (2024)
Utopia in Trouble (2024)
Second Hand Hands (2024)
Romance with Capsicum (1987)
Eyelidiad (1988)
Worming the Harpy (1988)
The Smell of Telescopes (1993)
Rawhead and Bloody Bones And Elusive Plato (1998)
Stories from a Lost Anthology (2002)
Journeys Beyond Advice (2002)
A New Universal History of Infamy (2004)
At the Molehills of Madness (2006)
Less Lonely Planet (2008)
The Postmodern Mariner (2008)
Mister Gum (2009)
The Brothel Creeper (2011)
Link Arms with Toads! (2011)
Flash in the Pantheon (2012)
Rhysop's Fables (2012)
Tellmenow Isitsoornot (2012)
The Truth Spinner (2012)
Tallest Stories (2013)
The Just Not So Stories (2013)
Better the Devil (2013)
More Than a Feline (2013)
Strange Tales IV (2014) (with Christopher Harman and Rebecca Lloyd)
The Gloomy Seahorse (poems) (2014)
The Lunar Tickle (2014)
Bone Idle in the Charnel House (2014)
Orpheus on the Underground (2015)
Thirty Tributes to Calvino (2015)
Mirrors in the Deluge (2015)
The Million Word Storybook: Female Edition (2015)
The Million Word Storybook: Male Edition (2015)
Existence is Elsewhen (2016) (with others)
Sangria in the Sangraal (2016)
The Seashell Contract (2017)
Salty Kiss Island (2017)
World Muses (2017)
Yule Do Nicely (2017)
How Many Times? (2018)
The Early Bird Catches the Worm but the Wise Worm Stays in Bed (2018)
Mombasa Madrigal (2019)
Slap-on-the-Wrist Stories (2019)
Arms Against a Sea (2019)
Facets of Faraway (2020)
Crepuscularks and Phantomimes (2020)
The Meandering Knight (poems) (2020)
Corybantic Fulgours (poems) (2020)
A Rhys Hughes Sampler (2020)
The Pilgrim's Regress (2021)
Weirdly Out West (2021)
Bunny Queue and Others (2021)
Cthulhu Wants You (2021)
My Little Halloween Book (2021)
The Seven Deadly Sinbads (2021)
Ynch Short of the Yard (2021)
Get a Room! (poems) (2022)
Mathematical Ghost Stories (2022)
Pluto in Furs 2 (2022) (with others)
Three Novellas (2022)
Robot Poems (poems) (2022)
Comfy Rascals (2022)
Five Hundred Mini-Sagas (2022)
Yee-Haw (poems) (2022)
Tiny Arrows (2022)
The Rhys Hughes Fantastic MEGAPACK (2022)
Taller Stories (2023)
The Knight of Whatever (poems) (2023)
Pastel Whimsies (2023)
The Pinworm Factory (2023) (with others)
The Jazz Hands Pterodactyl (poems) (2023)
Lovecraft's Chin (poems) (2023)
Starfish Wish (2023)
Unthinkable Tales Anthology Volume Five (2023) (with others)
Aardvarks: earth pig poetry (poems) (2023)
The Coffee Rubaiyat (poems) (2023)
Adventures with Immortality (2023)
Odd Socks (poems) (2023)
100 Short Stories (2023)
The Golden Fleas: and other stories (2023)
My Big Glib Book of Flippant Fairy Tales (2023)
My Little Glib Book of Flippant Fairy Tales (2023)
Triple Obscura #1 (2023) (with Boris Glikman and Jason E Rolfe)
The Graphologist: and Other Stories (2023)
The Sunset Suite (2024)
Around the World in Eighty Ways (2024)
In This Poem (poems) (2024)
Utopia in Trouble (2024)
Second Hand Hands (2024)
Novellas and Short Stories
The Crystal Cosmos (2007)
The Mermaid Variations (2012)
The Sticky Situations of Zwicky Fingers (2012)
Bottled Love Story (2014)
My Rabbit's Shadow Looks Like a Hand (2020)
Beyond the Valley of the Doyles (2020)
The Long Chin of the Law (2021)
Students of Myself (2021)
The Ghost Loser (2022)
The World Beyond the Stairwell (2022)
Martyr to Music (2023)
The Mermaid Variations (2012)
The Sticky Situations of Zwicky Fingers (2012)
Bottled Love Story (2014)
My Rabbit's Shadow Looks Like a Hand (2020)
Beyond the Valley of the Doyles (2020)
The Long Chin of the Law (2021)
Students of Myself (2021)
The Ghost Loser (2022)
The World Beyond the Stairwell (2022)
Martyr to Music (2023)
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