David A. Riley's Blog, page 114
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.
October 17, 2012
The Ninth Black Book of Horror - Vault of Evil review
There's a fascinating, in-depth review of the stories in The Ninth Black Book of Horror on the Vault of Evil website by the incomparable Demonik. 
October 16, 2012
Parallel Universe Publications Reborn
It's seventeen years since our company, Parallel Universe Publications, published the last issue of Beyond. It's lain dormant since then.
Now it has been revived.
We will be bringing out our first publication - a hardbacked book - within the next few weeks. Already we have a second book in mind, though more about both publications later, save to say that the second book, a collection of short stories, is by one of the masters of the genre whose collection has not seen print for over a decade and can only be bought for three figure sums on the second hand collector's market.
The aim of our revived imprint will be to bring out a series of top quality books over the next few years. Along with hardback limited editions, we will also bring out easily affordable softcover editions for the reader's market.
Now it has been revived.
We will be bringing out our first publication - a hardbacked book - within the next few weeks. Already we have a second book in mind, though more about both publications later, save to say that the second book, a collection of short stories, is by one of the masters of the genre whose collection has not seen print for over a decade and can only be bought for three figure sums on the second hand collector's market.
The aim of our revived imprint will be to bring out a series of top quality books over the next few years. Along with hardback limited editions, we will also bring out easily affordable softcover editions for the reader's market.
October 12, 2012
Winter on Aubarch 6
Originally published in 1989 in Fear magazine, Winter on Aubarch 6 has just been accepted by Kevin G. Bufton for Under the Knife, an anthology of stories from Cruenti Libri Press.
October 11, 2012
His Own Mad Demons
This is the cover for my forthcoming collection from Hazardous Press. His Own Mad Demons will include:
The Worst of All Possible Places
Lock In
Their Own Mad Demons
The Fragile Mask on his Face
The True Spirit
These were previously published in Houses on the Borderland edited by David A. Sutton for the BFS, The Black Book of Horror and the Fifth Black Book of Horror edited by Charles Black, Dark Discoveries #15 edited by James Beach, and Back from the Dead edited by Johnny Mains.
His Own Mad Demons will be published on the 26th October and be available as a Kindle ebook and as a printed book from Amazon and other online booksellers. Further details later.
His Own Mad Demons
Things are moving along with my collection of long stories from Hazardous Press, His Own Mad Demons.
I today received an email with three different front covers to consider. One, I thought, stood out from the rest, even though it was the only one in monochrome, but it has just the right element of grotesque menace that appeals to me for the cover, so I'll be emailing back later today, suggesting that this should be it. I'll post a copy of it when things have been decided.
No idea yet when the book will be published but I suspect this will be sooner rather than later.
I today received an email with three different front covers to consider. One, I thought, stood out from the rest, even though it was the only one in monochrome, but it has just the right element of grotesque menace that appeals to me for the cover, so I'll be emailing back later today, suggesting that this should be it. I'll post a copy of it when things have been decided.
No idea yet when the book will be published but I suspect this will be sooner rather than later.
October 10, 2012
October 8, 2012
His Own Mad Demons, Dark Tales from David A. Riley
There have been some further developments on my collection of stories from Hazardous Press. The proposed title will be His Own Mad Demons, Dark Tales from David A. Riley. It will now not only be an ebook, a print version will be available too.
The collection will include four long stories and a novelette:
The Fragile Mask on his Face
The Worst of All Possible Places
Lock In
Their Own Mad Demons
The True Spirit
The collection will include four long stories and a novelette:
The Fragile Mask on his Face
The Worst of All Possible Places
Lock In
Their Own Mad Demons
The True Spirit
