We’re thrilled to share that in April 2026, HQ Stories will publish an independent bookshop edition of The Ending Writes Itself by Evelyn Clarke, pen name for writing duo V.E. Schwab and Cat Clarke. The independent bookshop edition will be signed by both authors (as Evelyn Clarke) and features sprayed edges!
It’s the perfect plot. All it needs is a killer ending.
Six authors.
One private island.
Seventy-two hours to write the ending.
HB | 9780008739263 | 07 Apr 2026 | £16.99
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World-famous author Arthur Fletch is dead. His final novel, the most anticipated book in history, remains unfinished. But the ending won’t write itself.
When six struggling authors are invited to Fletch’s private Scottish island and presented with the opportunity of a lifetime, the plot thickens: whoever writes a worthy ending will receive a game-changing book deal and two million dollars.
Why have they been chosen to attend? Who is behind the invitation? And just how far would they go to secure a place on the bestseller list?
They have just seventy-two hours, a typewriter and a blank page. All they have to do is write…
Starting is often the hardest part. But getting to the end could be murder.
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