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January 18, 2015
January 16, 2015
Goblin Mire published by Parallel Universe Publications
Cover Art: Joe YoungGoblin Mire was originally published by Renaissance E-books. I was not very happy with how the book was promoted nor with the appalling cover the publisher gave it, which resulted with me ending my contract with them as soon as I could.
Goblin Mire is now available in trade paperback, published by Parallel Universe Publications. 318 pages long, it is £9.50 in the UK and $13.30 in the US. European copes are 12. Euros. There is also be a kindle version.
Amazon.co.uk £9.50
Amazon.com $13.30
Reviewers can receive copies of this book either by contacting Parallel Universe Publications on Facebook or emailing rileybooks@ntlworld.com.
"Many years have passed since Elves defeated and killed the last Goblin king. Now the Goblins are growing stronger in their mire, and Mickle Gorestab, one of the few remaining veterans of that war, is determined they will fight once more, this time aided by a renegade Elf who has delved into forbidden sorcery and hates his kind even more than his Goblin allies. Murder, treachery and the darkest of all magics follow in a maelstrom of blood, violence and unexpected alliances. Facing up to the cold cruelty of the Elves, Mickle Gorestab stands out as the epitome of grim, barbaric heroism, determined to see the wrongs of his race avenged and a restoration of the Goblin King."
January 15, 2015
Vault of Evil reviews Charles Black's Black Ceremonies
There's a detailed review of Charles Black's short story collection, Black Ceremonies, on the Vault of Evil website:
Charles Black - Black Ceremonies (Parallel Universe Publications, Jan. 2015)
Paul Mudie
The Obsession of Percival Cairstairs
Call of the Damned
The Revelations of Dr Maitland
Tourist Trap
Face to Face
The Coughing Coffin
The Madness Out of the Sea
Death on the Line
The Necronomicon
A Bit Tasty
A Fistful of Vengeance
Blurb:
Those that participate in the thirteen strange dark rites that comprise Black Ceremonies find themselves at the mercy of sinister forces.
Make an invocation to evil.
Witness the horrors of war.
Hear the sound of death.
Feel the hand of vengeance as it reaches out from the grave.
Are you ready to join the doomed and the damned?
“When it comes to dark and twisted tales, they don’t come much darker and more twisted than this. If you have a taste for the macabre, you really will be biting off as much as you can chew with this exciting debut collection from renowned editor and creator of the Black Books of Horror, Charles Black.” - Anna Taborska, author of For Those Who Dream Monsters
‘Charlie’s yarns are very entertaining.” Johnny Mains, editor of Best British Horror
Was going to wait a few weeks until I've a hard copy to read from, but could no longer resist a rematch with some old friends. Charles' stories are peopled by book-collectors, sadists, loners, frequenters of gentlemen's clubs and the most breathtakingly ill-equipped dabblers in the Black Arts. As gadfly-about-town turned cadaverous tramp Percival Carstairs confesses on his way to the madhouse. “I have meddled with things I do not understand and done things that no sane man would contemplate doing.”
The Revelations of Dr. Maitland: Begins like it means Lovecraftian business (it even references M. Pickman), but we are a very long way from the Cthulhu Mythos. It is 1972, and Dr. Andrew Maitland is experimenting with the powerful drug, Liao. Maitland is quick to reassure an outraged business associate that he's not dropped out, nor has he any intention of leaving Barbara for a hippy chick. Liao is no hallucinogenic, but a portal offering access to one's past and future lives. Maitland has recently witnessed the horrors of the trenches via the eyes of a young conscript, Private George Prendergast, and must share his knowledge or lose his sanity!
The Coughing Coffin: A curious episode in the life of Major Guthrie who interrupts his hunting and shooting vacation to pay a visit a detested old regimental colleague, Hadingly-Scott, at Morstan House. Sadly, the old rotter passed away the previous year following an ill-starred African jaunt, during the course of which he upset a powerful witchdoctor. When Guthrie hears a coughing in the vault, he suspects either foul play on the part of Hadingly-Scott's heir, or worse, premature burial ....
Tourist Trap: Amiable American tourist Joe Buchowski is getting on just fine with the friendly country folk of Hexhill village - until he innocently lets slip to the Reverend Dobson that his ancestors are reputedly buried in the local churchyard ....
Read more: http://vaultofevil.proboards.com/thread/5915/charles-black-ceremonies#ixzz3OwNXRKPh
Charles Black - Black Ceremonies (Parallel Universe Publications, Jan. 2015)
Paul Mudie
The Obsession of Percival Cairstairs
Call of the Damned
The Revelations of Dr Maitland
Tourist Trap
Face to Face
The Coughing Coffin
The Madness Out of the Sea
Death on the Line
The Necronomicon
A Bit Tasty
A Fistful of Vengeance
Blurb:
Those that participate in the thirteen strange dark rites that comprise Black Ceremonies find themselves at the mercy of sinister forces.
Make an invocation to evil.
Witness the horrors of war.
Hear the sound of death.
Feel the hand of vengeance as it reaches out from the grave.
Are you ready to join the doomed and the damned?
“When it comes to dark and twisted tales, they don’t come much darker and more twisted than this. If you have a taste for the macabre, you really will be biting off as much as you can chew with this exciting debut collection from renowned editor and creator of the Black Books of Horror, Charles Black.” - Anna Taborska, author of For Those Who Dream Monsters
‘Charlie’s yarns are very entertaining.” Johnny Mains, editor of Best British Horror
Was going to wait a few weeks until I've a hard copy to read from, but could no longer resist a rematch with some old friends. Charles' stories are peopled by book-collectors, sadists, loners, frequenters of gentlemen's clubs and the most breathtakingly ill-equipped dabblers in the Black Arts. As gadfly-about-town turned cadaverous tramp Percival Carstairs confesses on his way to the madhouse. “I have meddled with things I do not understand and done things that no sane man would contemplate doing.”
The Revelations of Dr. Maitland: Begins like it means Lovecraftian business (it even references M. Pickman), but we are a very long way from the Cthulhu Mythos. It is 1972, and Dr. Andrew Maitland is experimenting with the powerful drug, Liao. Maitland is quick to reassure an outraged business associate that he's not dropped out, nor has he any intention of leaving Barbara for a hippy chick. Liao is no hallucinogenic, but a portal offering access to one's past and future lives. Maitland has recently witnessed the horrors of the trenches via the eyes of a young conscript, Private George Prendergast, and must share his knowledge or lose his sanity!
The Coughing Coffin: A curious episode in the life of Major Guthrie who interrupts his hunting and shooting vacation to pay a visit a detested old regimental colleague, Hadingly-Scott, at Morstan House. Sadly, the old rotter passed away the previous year following an ill-starred African jaunt, during the course of which he upset a powerful witchdoctor. When Guthrie hears a coughing in the vault, he suspects either foul play on the part of Hadingly-Scott's heir, or worse, premature burial ....
Tourist Trap: Amiable American tourist Joe Buchowski is getting on just fine with the friendly country folk of Hexhill village - until he innocently lets slip to the Reverend Dobson that his ancestors are reputedly buried in the local churchyard ....
Read more: http://vaultofevil.proboards.com/thread/5915/charles-black-ceremonies#ixzz3OwNXRKPh
January 11, 2015
A Great Family Night Out at the Oyster and Otter
A great family night out at the Oyster and Otter.
January 9, 2015
Black Ceremonies by Charles Black now available
Charles Black's short story collection from Parallel Universe Publications, Black Ceremonies, is now available on Amazon.co.uk (price £6.99) and on Amazon.com (price $10.45).January 7, 2015
Two new titles to be available from Parallel Universe Publications this month
Two new titles will be available in paperback this month from Parallel Universe Publications: Charles Black's short story collection, Black Ceremonies, and David A. Riley's fantasy novel, Goblin Mire, which was originally published several years ago by Renaissance eBooks.
Cover by Paul Mudie
Cover by Joe Young
Black Ceremonies is168 pages and will cost £6.99 / $11.00 in the US / €9.00 in Europe
Goblin Mire is 318 pages and will cost £9.99 / $15.00 in the US / €12.50 in Europe
Cover by Paul Mudie
Cover by Joe YoungBlack Ceremonies is168 pages and will cost £6.99 / $11.00 in the US / €9.00 in Europe
Goblin Mire is 318 pages and will cost £9.99 / $15.00 in the US / €12.50 in Europe
January 6, 2015
Three of my hellnotes reviews reprinted in Dark Discoveries magazine in 2014
Having just found out about the latest, I now realise three of my hellnotes book reviews in 2014 were reprinted in Dark Discoveries Magazine, which is a personal record.
These are:
Queen of the Dead: Zombie Ascension II by Vincenzo Bilof
Herbert Manning's Psychic Circus and Other Dark Tales by David Williamson
McFall by Scott Nicholson
These are:
Queen of the Dead: Zombie Ascension II by Vincenzo Bilof
Herbert Manning's Psychic Circus and Other Dark Tales by David Williamson
McFall by Scott Nicholson
December 31, 2014
Craig Herbertson's The Heaven Maker and Other Gruesome Tales now available as a trade paperback from Parallel Universe Publications
Craig Herbertson's collection, The Heaven Maker and Other Gruesome Tales is now available to order. The 274 trade paperback is available for £11.99 including UK postage from Parallel Universe Publications (email me at rileybooks@ntlworld.com for a paypal invoice) Overseas orders Europe add £3. Outside Europe add £4.
