David A. Riley's Blog, page 115
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
October 6, 2012
An Exciting New Project
A big new project unexpectedly presented itself this week, which has involved a quick learning curve on an aspect of writing which I haven't touched on for nearly twenty years and has changed in all aspects since I last delved in it. More later, but it is something I find extremely exciting to have a go at. Fingers crossed that everything works out, as I have had a very tight schedule forced on me.
More within the next few weeks.
More within the next few weeks.
October 4, 2012
Horror: Under the Tombstone
Just learned that Dave Sutton has decided to merge all the stories from volumes 1 and 2 of New Writings in Horror& the Supernatural into one bumper edition, titled Horror: Under the Tombstone, published by Shadow Publishing.
I'll have two stories in this: The Farmhouse and A Bottle of Spirits.
The full list of contents will be:
Under the Tombstone by Ken Bulmer
The Inglorious Rise of the Catsmeat Man by Robin Smyth
The Farmhouse by David A. Riley
The People Down Below by Julia Birley
Phantasmagoria by W. T. Webb
Goat by David Campton
Prison by Bryn Fortey
The Winner by E. C. Tubb
The Time of Waiting by Richard Davis
The Hollow Where by Michael G. Coney
Mr. Nobody by R. W. Mackleworth
Charley's Chair by David Rome
Broadcast by Ramsey Campbell
A Bottle of Spirits by David A. Riley
Television Wife by W. T. Webb
The Darkness by Robert P. Holdstock
Grooley by James Wade
Shrewhampton North-East by Bryn Fortey
Demoniacal by David A. Sutton
Infra-Man by Roger Parkes
The Ghosts in the Garden by Rosemary Timperley
Marianne's Boy by Elizabeth Fancett
The Other House by Ramsey Campbell
October 3, 2012
The Ninth Black Book of Horror
The Ninth Black Book of Horror edited by Charles Black is now available from Amazon and will soon be available to purchase direct from the Mortbury Press website.
About the book:
“Horrible people, horrible places, horrible things and horrible fates all await you in The Ninth Black Book of Horror. The new anthology from Mortbury Press is truly horrible. Check in at a horror hospital, witness grisly acts, observe dreadful family reunions, meet a man who hates waste, the things that are not there, and find out what’s behind you in The Ninth Black Book of Horror.”
Sixteen stories by John Llewellyn Probert, Craig Herbertson, Simon Bestwick, Gary Fry, David Williamson, Anna Taborska, Sam Dawson, Paul Finch, Gary Power, Thana Niveau, Tom Johnstone, Marion Pitman, Kate Farrell, John Forth, Marc Lyth and David A. Riley. Cover art is by Paul Mudie.
