David A. Riley's Blog, page 75
May 22, 2015
News from Parallel Universe Publications
News from Parallel Universe Publications:
Our next book will be Kitchen Sink Gothic in June.
Although the final date for submissions is the end of May, the TOC so far is:
1964 by Franklin Marsh
Derek and the Sun-Spots by Andrew Darlington
Daddy Giggles by Stephen Bacon
Black Sheep by Gary Fry
Jamal Comes Home by Benedict J. Jones
Waiting by Kate Farrell
Lilly Finds a Place to Stay by Charles Black
The Mutant's Cry by David A. Sutton
The Sanitation Solution by Walter Gascoigne
Up and Out of Here by Mark Patrick Lynch
Late Shift by Adrian Cole
After this we have lined up a great collection of short stories by Kate Farrell, with an introduction by Reggie Oliver, And Nobody Lived Happily Ever After.
We are also working with Jim Pitts on a book dedicated to British fantasy artists, hopefully including Jim himself, Dave Carson, and John Stewart. We'll probably cover three artists per book, with articles, photos, bibliographies, biographies, and, of course, as much art as we can cram in. This will be a larger size than our fiction books, possibly 8.5 in x 11 in, with full colour covers. As yet we haven't decided on a title for the series, but we hope to have the first book out before the end of the year. This will be a major item.
May 20, 2015
May 19, 2015
Contest re Johnny Mains' collection Will Anyone Figure Out that this is a Repackaged First Collection?
In a brilliant satire of some aspects of modern horror fiction, in The Duel Johnny Mains has created one of the strangest characters he has ever written about: The Duke.Can anyone guess who the Duke is meant to be?
A free copy of any book published by Parallel Universe Publications for the first correct answer.
trade paperback:
Amazon.co.uk (£6.72)
Amazon.com ($9.99)
ebook:
Amazon.co.uk (£2.05)
Amazon.com ($3.00)
Moloch's Children
Originally titled Sendings, this was being serialised in Rog Pile's magazine
Filthy Creations
.Unfortunately, the magazine ceased to appear after only two installments of Sendings had been published, so I have now decided to publish it under the Parallel Universe Publications imprint, renamed Moloch's Children.
The book will be published as a trade paperback and an ebook, available on kindle.
Further details soon.
May 18, 2015
Paperback version of Classic Weird available in the States
A paperback version of Classic Weird is now available in the States for $11.50. A UK version will be available shortly.amazon.com $11.50 trade paperback 298 pages
The Monster-Maker by W. C. Morrow The Man Who Went Too Far by E. F. Benson
The Interval by Vincent O'Sullivan
The Doll's Ghost by F. Marion Crawford
The Dead Smile by F. Marion Crawford
The Ghost-Ship by Richard Middleton
The New Catacomb by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The Lost Stradivarius by John Meade Falkner
The House of the Dead Hand by Edith Wharton
A Wicked Voice by Vernon Lee
Phantas by Oliver Onions
May 11, 2015
The Duel - Will Anyone Figure Out that this is a Repackaged First Collection? by Johnny Mains
In a brilliant satire of some aspects of modern horror fiction, in The Duel Johnny Mains has created one of the strangest characters he has ever written about: The Duke. "The midnight people decided we were to duel to the death.
The fact that I and The Duke were thousands of miles apart,
both broke and apt to commit suicide before we met was
neither here nor there to them. They were the midnight
people. I use the term people loosely, of course.
I emailed The Duke several times to see if there was a way
we could get over it, talk out our problems, but rather than
take the solution, he let the sickness bloom, like ink dropped
in water.
Mr Arroyo,
I believe that you are only emailing me because you are afraid to
die. I myself am not. I’m sitting here in my logpile cabin, deep in the
wilderness of X, looking at the bottle of Jim Davidson and gun on
my table. I might take it out and squat a Hunter S. Thompson pose
and maybe shoot a rabbit if one happens to pass by. Or I might send
this email to you and then swallow this barrel and blow the roof of
my head off and dapple the ceiling with my brain. Why would I do
that? Because I’m not afraid to die. But I know that you’re talking to
all of your friends about me. And the midnight people don’t think
you should be doing that as you well know. They’ve been telling me
things. Secret things. Things about you and how you act, go about
your business, try to bring everyone down with your insidious
slurs. I’m going to shut you down. I bet you’re reading this email in
awe. I know I’m the better writer. You do too. You won’t be able to
answer this with poise, elegance, mother-fudging pizzazz. You got
nothing. You got no box to pull from. You are a hack writer, full of
self-importance, sitting there in your little bookbarn, your crusty
seed-hardened pants the only thing you can call comforting.
Yours in hell, you sack of British brown stuff,
The Duke Gerent"
Will Anyone Figure Out that this is a Repackaged First Collection? by Johnny Mains
trade paperback:
Amazon.co.uk (£6.72)
Amazon.com ($9.99)
ebook:
Amazon.co.uk (£2.05)
Amazon.com ($3.00)
May 7, 2015
Kitchen Sink Gothic - update
Anybody who has submitted to Kitchen Sink Gothic but hasn't heard back from us yet, now that Classic Weird is in print we are concentrating on reading through the manuscripts we have on hand and will be making decisions during the next week, though the deadline for submissions is still the end of May. We are aiming to publish the anthology in June.
Proof Copy received for Classic Weird
Just received a proof copy of the eighth book published by Parallel Universe Publications, Classic Weird - and I am absolutely delighted with it. I gave it approval straight away! The cover looks as stunning as I hoped it would.The next task is to finish reading submissions for Kitchen Sink Gothic. The cut off date for submissions, though, isn't till the end of this month, so final selection won't be made till June. We're hoping to be able to publish this anthology sometime next month, definitely by July.
The paperback version of Classic Weird should be available via amazon later today.
May 6, 2015
Price reduced for kindle version of Goblin Mire
The price to download kindle copies of my fantasy novel Goblin Mire have been reduced from £2.97 to £1.99 and from $4.50 to $3.01.trade paperback:
Amazon.co.uk £8.99
Amazon.com $12.00
ebook:
Amazon.co.uk £1.99
Amazon.com $3.01
