The Tolworth Beacon

By Huw Langridge

Deal Ends: 2025-09-12

"It really captures that contrast of the mysterious/ethereal with suburban British ordinariness that somehow just really pops in sci-fi.” - Talking Till Dawn Podcast "Excellent. A very British combo of supermarkets, minor royalty, radio signals and creeping dread. Felt like a brilliant 1970s BBC horror/ghost story." - David Arrowsmith, author of NEVADA NOIR Have you ever listened to a numbers station on shortwave radio late at night? During a British summer heatwave, a much-loved supermarket prepares to celebrate a historic milestone, and Store Manager Chris Powell is coming to terms with his fractured marriage while planning the Royal visit. But what is the significance of the attempted burglary at the house across the street from where he lives, and the nocturnal dog walker who doesn't seem to have a dog? Chris Powell is about to discover that some things are best left well alone.