David A. Riley's Blog, page 50
November 14, 2018
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Published on November 14, 2018 13:49
October 26, 2018
Listen to After Nightfall being read on The Gallery of Curiosities

This story first appeared in David A. Sutton's fanzine Weird Window, and was reprinted the following year in Sphere Books' The Year's Best Horror Stories, edited by Richard Davis.
It was last reprinted in Otto Penzler's Zombies! Zombies! Zombies! (Vintage Books) in 2011.
Published on October 26, 2018 02:01
October 25, 2018
Romero's Children to be published in Russian webzine Darker.

Romero's Children will be in their zombie issue - link to advert .
Published on October 25, 2018 03:18
October 9, 2018
Great review for Moloch's Children on BFS website

"This is my kind of book, only 213 pages long with a prologue and epilogue and 36 chapters in between, evidence of how fast-paced a novel “Moloch’s Children” is; in a tale that reminded me of the works of Dennis Wheatley, Ramsay Campbell and Richard Matheson; although it’s not as “quiet” as these last two writers. In his short fiction, Riley has never been one to s
Published on October 09, 2018 09:00
August 16, 2018
Comics and books on Ebay
I have put a few horror comics on ebay.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/123311097952
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/123311104858
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/123311106943
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/123311109731
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/123311112153
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/123311114907
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/123311118011
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/123311120031
I also have three books on ebay:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/123299092181
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/123299093098
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/123299093427
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/123311097952
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/123311104858
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/123311106943
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/123311109731
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/123311112153
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/123311114907
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/123311118011
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/123311120031







I also have three books on ebay:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/123299092181

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/123299093098

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/123299093427

Published on August 16, 2018 03:56
Promotional price of 99p for Kindle version of Fractious Fairy Tales by Jessica Palmer

Ebook:
amazon.co.uk £0.99
amazon.com $1.26 The paperback version is, of course, still available, and an absolute steal at:
amazon.co.uk £9.99
amazon.com $12.99
What one reviewer thought of Fractious Fairy Tales :
"Terry Pratchett was renowned for taking familiar tales and converting them into comforting metaphors in the Discworld. That is not the way of Jessica Palmer.
Rather, she takes the crumbling skeletons of childhood fairy stories and fleshes them with satirical icons from the modern world to create a universe that is not Grimm but GRIM.
An author with many genres to her credit, from teen fantasy, through textbooks and cultural analysis. But this collection has more in common with her early horror work, twisted with a warped sense of humour that befits the daughter of a clown.
As with her other recent collection, "Other Visions of Heaven and Hell", you should leave your preconceptions on the coffee table. You will not, and could not, have anticipated this. But you will enjoy it, mostly!"

Jessica Palmer has had 28 books published, both fiction and nonfiction. Her novels – horror, fantasy and science fiction – were released by Pocket Books in the United States and Scholastic in the United Kingdom. She has written two textbooks about Native American history, which were published by McFarland, and an encyclopedia of natural history released by Harper Collins’ label Element Books and later by Thorson in the UK.
Jessica has also written ten science-and-technology manuals on the topics of explosives and radiation. These were distributed globally. It was this work that brought her to Great Britain in 1988.
The daughter of a professional clown, Jessica refers to her switch to writing fiction as an exercise in damage limitation. She taught classes and conducted workshops on creative writing and publishing at North Shropshire College in Whitchurch, Stanmore College and the Islington Arts Factory in London.
As a journalist, Jessica won awards in New Mexico and Texas for writing features, public service and breaking news – the most recent in 2013. Jessica has also written satirical columns for newspapers, including “A Slice of Life” and “How to Make Love to your Personal Computer.”
Her two loves are writing and animals. She started a nonprofit in Kansas for wildlife rescue and has held a wildlife rehabilitation permit since 2002.
Other Visions of Heaven and Hell are a series of sometimes inter-related stories about our ideas of Heaven and Hell, sometimes hilarious - sometimes horrific - but always entertaining.
Order Direct from us
trade paperback:
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Amazon.com $12.99 Barnes & Noble $12.99
ebook:
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Published on August 16, 2018 03:46
August 6, 2018
JIM PITTS PRINTS - ORDER ONLINE

Colour prints are £7.00 each plus p&p
Black & white prints £5.00 each plus p&p
To order please email paralleluniversepublications@gmx.co.uk, listing which prints you would like, plus your address. You will then be emailed a Paypal invoice.
Postage and packing is the total cost however many prints are ordered.
Postage and packing within the UK: £2.00
Postage and packing to Europe: £3.65
Postage and packing the rest of the world: £4.45
Jim Pitts is an award-winning artist (two-times winner of the prestigious British Fantasy Award, plus Science Fiction's Ken McIntyre Award), whose work has appeared in numerous magazines and books, both professional and small press.


Now you have the opportunity to own individually signed prints of some of Jim's best work, in black and white and in full-colour.
THE PRINTS











Published on August 06, 2018 03:39
July 24, 2018
The Fantastical Art of Jim Pitts - price reduction to £25.00 plus p&p







Parallel Universe Publications has reduced the price of The Fantastical Art of Jim Pitts from £30.00 to £25.00 per copy plus postage.
Our charges now, including shipping costs, are:
£28.90 for UK orders
£34.75 for European orders
£39.75 for airmail postage to the rest of the world
£34.80 for surface mail postage to the rest of the world (which can take up to 45 days)
This is a numbered, limited edition of 250 copies, each of which is signed by the artist.
Published on July 24, 2018 10:54
July 23, 2018
Edge-Lit, Derby July 14th - Parallel Universe Publications Stand
A great day out was had by David A. Riley and Jim Pitts manning the Parallel Universe Publications stand at Edge-Lit 7 in Derby on Saturday the 14trh July.
Photograph: C.C. ADAMS




Published on July 23, 2018 14:12
Writer's Cramp to be reprinted in Terror Tales of the North West, edited by Paul Finch
I am pleased to reveal that my story Writer's Cramp, which was first published in Fantasy Tales, edited by Steve Jones and David A. Sutton, will be reprinted in Paul Finch's Terror Tales of North West England later this year.


Published on July 23, 2018 09:13