The Tricky Genre Press
Storytelling you can believe in
The Tricky Genre Press is the website of storyteller jjhudsson.
Discover genere-defying stories about eighteenth-century sleuths, witchcraft, giants, creatures from other planets, viking raiders, dragons, early rockets, interstellar travel and lots more.
There is only one rule: it’s got to be believable.
Collections
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A collection of four Professor Hortholary sleuthing stories. Each is a ‘long’ short story or novella: Dii Nixi; The Nephilum; Nemestrinus; and the Angel of Pessane.
Novels
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If you could live your life again, what would it look like? A philosophical parable on the cycle of life and death set in a future space-time.
Coming soon
Novellas & Storter Stories
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A stranger is found dead in the snow. There are no footprints. The Bishop of Pessane is convinced the crime is the work of gypsies. Horthólary, however, suspects the man’s death is related to his curious passion: a flying machine.
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Two feuding families battling for dominance high up in the forests of Maladie. When one of their daughters becomes pregnant and a son dies of an unusual sickness there are calls for revenge. It is the young Horthólary who traces the disturbances to the secrets of an isolated pool.
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Horthólary is on the trail of an unusual set of fossils found near an isolated priory. Scientific evidence is pitted against impassioned beliefs and the repercussions are profound for the professor.
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A powerful religious mystic has been captured and awaits the stake. It should be the Bishop’s ultimate triumph, but Horthólary is intrigued by the shocking fortunes of the militia that entrapped the warlock and wonders whether the price the Bishop paid was too high.
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Coming in June 2026.
Poetry
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A collection of ten poems about life, death and coffee machines.