David A. Riley's Blog, page 77

Classic Weird: Dark tales of the supernatural

A work in progress, this is the proposed cover of Parallel Universe Publication's anthology Classic Weird: Dark tales of the supernatural, which will include tales by W. C. Morrow, E. F. Benson, Vincent O'Sullivan, F. Marion Crawford, Richard Middleton, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, J. Sheridan LeFanu, and John Meade Falkner. Over 340 pages.
            

Free Kindle Download for one day - Their Cramped Dark World and Other Tales

Anyone can download for free a kindle version of my short story collection Their Cramped Dark World and Other Tales on the 16th April . This free offer will be for one day.

At the moment the kindle version is £2.05/$3.00.

The links to check when this offer starts are:

Amazon.co.uk
Amazon.com

Included in this collection are the following stories:

Hoody (first published in When Graveyards Yawn, Crowswing Books, 2006)
A Bottle of Spirits (first published in New Writings in Horror & the Supernatural 2, 1972)
No Sense in Being Hungry, She Thought (first published in Peeping Tom #20, 1996)
Now and Forever More (first published in The Second Black Book of Horror, 2008)
Romero's Children (first published in The Seventh Black Book of Horror, 2010)
Swan Song (first published in the Ninth Black Book of Horror, 2012)
The Farmhouse (first published in New Writings in Horror & the Supernatural 1, 1971)
The Last Coach Trip (first published in The Eighth Black Book of Horror, 2011)
The Satyr's Head (first published in The Satyr's Head & Other Tales of Terror, 1975)
Their Cramped Dark World (first published in The Sixth Black Book of Horror, 2010)

Three New Books from Parallel Universe Publications Now Available on Kindle

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)





Their Cramped Dark World and Other Tales by David A. Riley

trade paperback: 
 
Amazon.co.uk  (£6.00)
Amazon.com  ($8.99)

ebook:

Amazon.co.uk  (£2.05)
Amazon.com  ($3.00)






 
His Own Mad Demons: Dark Tales from David A. Riley


trade paperback: 

Amazon.co.uk  (£6.00)
Amazon.com   ($8.99)


ebook:

Amazon.co.uk (£2.05)
Amazon.com ($3.00)

Three New Books from Parallel Universe Publications

Three new books have been published in the last week by Parallel Universe Publications:

Will Anyone Figure Out that this is a Repackaged First Collection? by Johnny Mains

Amazon.co.uk  Amazon.com

Their Cramped Dark World and Other Tales by David A. Riley

Amazon.co.uk  Amazon.com

His Own Mad Demons: Dark Tales from David A. Riley

Amazon.co.uk  Amazon.com 

Gingernuts of Horror - Attacked for publishing honest reviews!

Oh bloody hell, this is terrible. When will people grow up? A review is one person's opinion - and they are entitled to it. How can anyone write honest reviews if this is the consequence?

Writers who send in their books to be reviewed can blame no one but themselves if what they have written and had published isn't up to standard. Either man-up and accept what someone's opinion of your book is or stop hawking it around in the wild hope of getting a sycophantic and probably unrealistic review. Everyone is entitled to their opinion. It's a disgrace that an author either encourages or fails to curb the activities of their so-called fans in having a vendetta against any reviewer.

New Weirdbook Flyer

Spent some time today designing a flyer to advertise Weirdbook.

My copies of Their Cramped Dark World Arrive

It was great yesterday to have a parcel delivered containing copies of my latest collection of short stories from Hazardous Press: Their Cramped Dark World and Other Tales, with a truly splendid cover by the very talented British artist, Luke Spooner.

Amazon.co.uk

Amazon.com


The stories included in this collection are:

Hoody (first published in When Graveyards Yawn, Crowswing Books, 2006)
A Bottle of Spirits (first published in New Writings in Horror & the Supernatural 2, 1972)
No Sense in Being Hungry, She Thought (first published in Peeping Tom #20, 1996)
Now and Forever More (first published in The Second Black Book of Horror, 2008)
Romero's Children (first published in The Seventh Black Book of Horror, 2010)
Swan Song (first published in the Ninth Black Book of Horror, 2012)
The Farmhouse (first published in New Writings in Horror & the Supernatural 1, 1971)
The Last Coach Trip (first published in The Eighth Black Book of Horror, 2011)
The Satyr's Head (first published in The Satyr's Head & Other Tales of Terror, 1975)
Their Cramped Dark World (first published in The Sixth Black Book of Horror, 2010)

Book Reviews - Weirdbook

We now have a team of experienced reviewers for Weirdbook - and offers of books for review are starting to come in.

Any publishers or writers who would like to submit books to us for review please contact me at rileybooks@ntlworld.com

To send in review copies write to Weirdbook, c/o 130 Union Road, Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire, BB5 3DR, United Kingdom. 

Book Reviewers Wanted for Weirdbook

We're interested in including book reviews in Weirdbook Magazine . For that end would anyone who either already does book reviews or would like to try their hand at it please contact me.

Also, publishers who would like to offer their books for review let me know what books you have recently issued or will be issuing in the near future, and contact me too:

David A. Riley, Senior Editor, Weirdbook on rileybooks@ntlworld.com or via facebook.

At the moment all we can offer reviewers is obviously a copy of the book they'll be reviewing, the satisfaction of seeing their review in print, and a contributor's copy of the magazine. 

Advert for Parallel Universe Publications

As part of my work with Weirdbook I have had to take a hand in designing an ad for one of our clients. This gave me the idea for doing one for Parallel Universe Publications. This is the colour version. Anyone interested in advertising in Weirdbook please follow this link. We have some very good, very low rates for anyone booking ads in the magazine early.