Bloodwork: Twelve Tales from the Dark Side of Britain

Twelve men. Twelve nights. Twelve choices that destroy everything.

A fishing trip in Scottish waters turns into a nightmare when something impossible comes up in the nets. A construction foreman discovers bones that should have stayed buried. Six mates on a stag do in Prague watch their friend vanish-then wish he'd stayed gone.

From the claustrophobic corridors of a 24-hour gym to the dead frequencies of pirate radio, from the suffocating darkness of storage units to the blood-soaked pitch of Sunday league football, these are stories of ordinary men pushed past their breaking point.

A repo agent finds cargo worth killing for. Night cleaners discover what pharmaceutical companies bury in abandoned hospitals. A lorry driver hears banging from inside his sealed trailer and faces an impossible choice: deliver the cargo or save lives.

No one walks away clean. No one gets out undamaged.

These are tales of masculine pride twisted into obsession, working-class survival turned toxic, and the violence men inflict when cornered by circumstance or consumed by guilt. Of soldiers who never truly leave the desert. Of fathers who fail their families. Of brothers who betray each other.

From the docks of Dover to the dying mining villages of Lancashire, from council estates to storage facilities, Bloodwork exposes the rot beneath Britain's surface-the crimes committed in desperation, the secrets buried for profit, and the terrible weight of choices made in darkness.

Some debts can never be repaid. Some cargo can never be unloaded. Some violence, once started, never stops.

Welcome to the sharp end. Welcome to Bloodwork.