David A. Riley's Blog, page 114
November 8, 2012
November 7, 2012
The Heaven Maker & Other Gruesome Tales by Craig Herbertson
The books arrived from the printers today and we are really pleased with how they have turned out. An impressive 9.5 by 6.5 inches in size, they are priced at £20.
It will be launched in Edinburgh on the 15th, though Lin and I intend to take a few copies with us to the Halifax Ghost Story Festival on the same date.
Now that Parallel Universe has published its first book, we'll be looking at other projects to take on in the New Year. We already have several under consideration.
The Lurkers in the Abyss & Other Tales of Terror
This 100-thousand word collection of my mainly earlier stories from the 70s, 80s and 90s will be launched at next year's World Fantasy Convention in Brighton. Published by Shadow Publishing, it's cover will be by one of my favourite artists, Paul Mudie. 
November 2, 2012
Horror Writers Association
At the beginning of this year I allowed my membership of the Horror Writers Association to lapse. I've now rectifed that and rejoined as an Active Member again.
The Heaven Maker & Other Gruesome Tales by Craig Herbertson
Some updates on Craig's book.
The book has a foreword by Janis Mackay and an introduction by Craig. The full list of contents is:
Timeless Love (originally published in Big Vault Advent Calendar 2011)
Synchronicity (originally published in Filthy Creations #2)
The Glowing Goblins (originally published in Auguries #16)
New Teacher (originally published in The Seventh Black Book of Horror)
The Janus Door
The Heaven Maker (originally published in The 29th Pan Book of Horror Stories)
The Waiting Game (originally published in Back from the Dead: The Legacy of the Pan Book of Horror Stories)
The Art of Confiscation
Gertrude
Not Waving
Spanish Suite (originally published in The Sixth Black Book of Horror)
The Anninglay Sundial
Soup (originally published in The Fourth Black Book of Horror)
A Game of Billiards (originally published in Tales from the Smoking Room)
The Navigator (originally published in Big Vault Advent Calendar 2011)
The Tasting
Steel Works
Liebniz's Last Puzzle (originally published in The Fifth Black Book of Horror)
Big Cup, Wee Cup
Gifts (originally published in Big Vault Advent Calendar 2011)
Copies will become available shortly through rileybooks.co.uk
Queries about buying copiers of the book should be sent either to rileybooks@ntlworld.com or to Riley Books, 130 Union Road, Oswaldtwistle, Accrington, Lancashire, BB5 3DR, UK.
November 1, 2012
The Heaven Maker & Other Gruesome Tales by Craig Herbertson
This is the cover of the dust jacket for the first book published by Parallel Universe Publications, Craig Herbertson's collection of short stories, The Heaven Maker & Other Gruesome Tales. This hard bound volume will be launched on the 15th November in Edinburgh. 254 pages long, the book is priced £20, and includes Craig's first published story from the inconic Pan Books of Horror.
October 30, 2012
The Lurkers in the Abyss & Other Tales of Terror
I can now reveal that a collection of my stories will be launched at the World Fantasy Convention in Brighton next year. Titled The Lurkers in the Abyss & Other Tales of Terror, the book will include most of my stories that were professionally published prior to 2000, including the title story, which originally appeared in The Eleventh Pan Book of Horror and was reprinted earlier this year in The Century's Best Horror Fiction, edited by John Pelan for Cemetery Dance.
More information soon.
More information soon.
October 28, 2012
Print copies of His Own Mad Demons now available
Paperback copies of my collection from Hazardous Press, His Own Mad Demons, are now available via Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk. In the US it's $9.99 (with free shipping available) and £6.23 in the UK.
October 25, 2012
His Own Mad Demons available on kindle
Copies of my collection of four long stories and a novelette, His Own Mad Demons, published by Hazardous Press are now available as kindle ebooks via Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk.
Print versions should be available shortly.
Product DescriptionDavid A. Riley’s first professionally published story was in the 11th Pan Book of Horror in 1970. Since then, he has been published in numerous anthologies from ROC Books, DAW Books, Robinson Books, Corgi Books, Doubleday, Playboy Paperbacks, and Sphere. Two recent notable anthologies in which he has appeared are The Century’s Best Horror Fiction, from Cemetery Dance, and Otto Penzler’s Zombies! Zombies! Zombies!, from Vintage Books.
In 1995, David and his wife Linden edited and published Beyond, a fantasy/SF magazine. His stories have been published in magazines such as Aboriginal Science Fiction, Dark Discoveries, Fear, Fantasy Tales, Whispers and World of Horror.
His Own Mad Demons contains his stories "Lock-In", "The Worst of All Possible Places", "The Fragile Mask on His Face", "Their Own Mad Demons", and "The True Spirit".
October 19, 2012
PARTY PIECES - The Horror Fiction of Mary Danby
Received my copy of Noose & Gibbet's Mary Danby collection, Party Pieces, in the post today - so that's my weekend reading sorted!
A lovely looking book, 386 pages long, with a great cover by Jon Dixon.
Mary Danby is such a familiar name for those of us who were buying books in the 70s and 80s that it's hard to believe this is the first time a collection of her stories has been published.
A lovely looking book, 386 pages long, with a great cover by Jon Dixon.
Mary Danby is such a familiar name for those of us who were buying books in the 70s and 80s that it's hard to believe this is the first time a collection of her stories has been published.
