Michael Kelly's Blog, page 18
August 25, 2015
Skein and Bone bundle – shipping update
To those who pre-ordered the Skein and Bone bundle — thank you! Your book should be there any day now. The print and bookmark will arrive separately in a week or so. They weren’t quite ready, but I wanted to get the books out as soon as I could. Thanks for grabbing a copy and thanks for your patience. I do apologize.
August 9, 2015
Skein and Bone now available
V.H. Leslie’s stunning debut collection ‘Skein and Bone’ is now available online at Amazon, and Barnes and Noble. You can also get it direct from me. I have copies of the special bundle still available, or you can just purchase the standalone book.
“An absorbing and gorgeously unsettling collection,” – Alison Moore, Author of ‘The Lighthouse,’ (Short-Listed for the Man Booker Prize.
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August 1, 2015
More collections from Undertow
More collections from Undertow
Michael Kelly
Publisher
Undertow Publications
undertowbooks@gmail.com
www.undertowbooks.com
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Story collections from Watt and Moraine for 2016
Press release
Toronto, Canada, August 1, 2015 — Undertow Publications has acquired short story collections from D.P. Watt and Sunny Moraine to round out their 2016 fiction list. ‘Almost Insentient, Almost Divine,’ is the third collection of weird fiction from D.P. Watt, while ‘Singing With All My Skin and Bone’ is the much-anticipated debut collection from Sunny Moraine.
“I am delighted to be working with Michael at Undertow on this collection. Undertow have rapidly established themselves as one of the most interesting publishers of ‘the weird’,” Watt said. “Almost Insentient, Almost Divine, collects some more recent tales from between 2013 and 2015 alongside some new ones written for the collection. The subject matter is varied, from puppeteers and pornographers, scarecrows and Mummers, to lace-makers and newlyweds, thespians and falconers.’
“Daniel Watt is truly one of the top practitioner’s of weird fiction,” Kelly said. “He employs a precise, literate style that draws you in, like a Venus Flytrap. Daniel is still largely flying under the radar in North America, but that is about to change.”
Watt’s fiction has been collected in ‘An Emporium of Automata,’ and ‘The Phantasmagorical Imperative and Other Fabrications,’ and appeared in A Soliloquy for Pan, Aickman’s Heirs, Delicate Toxins, Shadows Edge, Shadows & Tall Trees, and others.
“It’s long been a goal of mine to finally amass enough material for a collection I’m proud of,” Moraine said. “It’s very important to me to have my first one released by someone I know will do right by it, and I’m thrilled to be working with a publisher who produces such wonderful books with so much care. Singing With All My Skin and Bone will feature stories that run the gamut from the horrific to the dreamlike, with all manner of strangeness in between.”
“Sunny Moraine is fearless,” Kelly said. “Their stories are honest and true and thrum with an emotional intensity. A Moraine tale can leave one quite shaken. And that’s what fiction should do.”
Established in 2009 by writer Michael Kelly, Undertow Publications (UP) is home to the acclaimed weird journal Shadows & Tall Trees, as well as the Year’s Best Weird Fiction. Publisher and editor Kelly has been nominated for the World Fantasy Awards, Shirley Jackson Awards, and the British Fantasy Society Awards.
Forthcoming from Undertow Publications:
‘Skein and Bone,’ by V.H. Leslie, August 2015.
‘Year’s Best Weird Fiction, Vol. 2,’ edited by Kathe Koja and Michael Kelly, October 2015.
‘Meet Me in the Middle of the Air,’ by Eric Schaller, March 2016.
‘Almost Insentient, Almost Divine,’ by D.P. Watt, May 2016.
‘Singing With All My Skin and Bone,’ by Sunny Moraine, August 2016.
‘Year’s Best Weird Fiction, Vol. 3,’ edited by Simon Strantzas and Michael Kelly, October 2016.
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July 29, 2015
Skein and Bone half gone
Just a quick update to say there are only 24 copies left of the special ‘Skein and Bone’ bundle.
You’ll receive:
Trade-paperback copy of ‘Skein and Bone.’
One-of-a-kind hand-printed linocut illustration by author V.H. Leslie, signed, numbered, and limited to 50.
Specialty ‘red ribbon’ bookmark, limited to 50.
eBook of ‘Skein and Bone.’
July 19, 2015
Cover wrap for ‘Skein and Bone’
Oh, look at the pretty cover wrap for Victoria Leslie’s ‘Skein and Bone.’ Not quite final, but I couldn’t wait to show it to you. Cover design and artwork by Vince Haig.
Trust me, you are going to want this book. The interior is as good as the exterior.
If you wanted one of the special pre-order bundles, I have less than 30 left. It consists of:
Trade-paperback copy of ‘Skein and Bone.’
One-of-a-kind hand-printed linocut illustration by author V.H. Leslie, signed, numbered, and limited to 50. (A truly unique item).
Specialty ‘red ribbon’ bookmark, limited to 50.
eBook of ‘Skein and Bone.’
July 15, 2015
Skein and Bone Bundle up for pre-order
The ‘Skein and Bone’ Bundle is now up for pre-order. Strictly limited to 50.
Trade-paperback copy of ‘Skein and Bone.’
One-of-a-kind hand-printed linocut illustration by author V.H. Leslie, signed, numbered, and limited to 50.
Specialty ‘red ribbon’ bookmark, limited to 50.
eBook of ‘Skein and Bone.’
http://www.undertowbooks.com/skein-and-bone-bundle/
July 14, 2015
World Fantasy Award nomination
Shadows & Tall Trees 2014 is a finalist in the Anthology category of the World Fantasy Awards. And Kaaron Warren’s story, ‘Death’s Door Cafe,’ is also nominated. To say I am Gobsmacked is an understatement. I was equally verklempt when it received a Shirley Jackson Award nod. (It didn’t win, but, as always, these short-lists are exceptionally good and it’s an honour to be in such esteemed company. Any anthology’s success is dependent upon the work included in it. These nominations are a true reflection of the outstanding talent that shared their work with me. Thank you to all the writers. Congratulations to you all, and to Kaaron!
July 2, 2015
July 1, 2015
Book Announcement
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Meet Me in the Middle of the Air
Debut collection from Eric Schaller
Press release
Toronto, Canada, July 1, 2015 — ‘Meet Me in the Middle of the Air,’ Eric Schaller’s debut collection, is forthcoming from Undertow Publications, March 2016.
“I’m thrilled to be working with Michael at Undertow,” Schaller said. “Undertow has become a true destination for lovers of the short story. Michael produces some of the most beautiful books around and I can’t imagine a better home for ‘Meet Me in the Middle of the Air.’
Schaller’s fiction has appeared in The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror, Fantasy: Best of the Year, SciFiction, Postscripts, Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet, Polyphony, New Genre, Shadows & Tall Trees, and others.
“I’m truly delighted to be able to publish Eric’s debut collection,” Kelly said. “Eric has been on my radar ever since I read his brilliant story ‘The Assistant to Doctor Jacob.’ I’m very pleased I’ll be able to share these outstanding stories with readers.”
Established in 2009 by writer Michael Kelly, Undertow Publications (UP) is home to the acclaimed weird journal Shadows & Tall Trees, as well as the Year’s Best Weird Fiction. (UP) and publisher/editor Kelly have been nominated multiple times for the Shirley Jackson Awards, and the British Fantasy Society Awards.
Eric Schaller teaches at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire, where he lives in a peach-colored house with his wife Paulette and a cairn terrier named Z. Schaller’s stories are influenced in part by his studies in the biological sciences, in their inspiration as well as the unease that originates in a world populated by many organisms—including humans—dependent on but also working at cross-purposes to each other. Schaller’s illustrations have appeared widely, and he is an editor, with Matthew Cheney, of the on-line magazine The Revelator.
Praise for Eric Schaller:
“Eric Schaller is a writer and illustrator possessing a unique, precise, and decidedly weird aesthetic.”
-Weird Fiction Review
“Rod Serling collaborating with Thomas Ligotti…”
-Distance Swimmer
“Eric Schaller is definitely a writer to watch…”
-Sf&F Reading Experience
Forthcoming from Undertow Publications:
‘Skein and Bone,’ by V.H. Leslie, August 2015.
‘Year’s Best Weird Fiction, Vol. 2,’ edited by Kathe Koja and Michael Kelly, October 2015.
‘Meet Me in the Middle of the Air,’ by Eric Schaller, March 2016.
‘Year’s Best Weird Fiction, Vol. 3,’ edited by Simon Strantzas and Michael Kelly, October 2016.
Michael Kelly, Publisher/Editor
Undertow Publications
undertowbooks@gmail.com
www.undertowbooks.com
June 23, 2015
Unique ‘Skein and Bone’ bundle
Undertow Publications will be offering a very unique ‘Skein and Bone’ bundle. Limited to 50. A trade paperback of Victoria Leslie’s ‘Skein and Bone,’ a one-of-a-kind linocut illustration, and a special bookmark with a skein of red thread.
The linocut prints (or bookplates) will be quite unique. It’s a hand-drawn design by Victoria that she cut into a sheet of linoleum using a small chisel. This ‘plate’ is inked up and run through a 1892 Albion printing press. Victoria repeated this process 50 times, so though printmakers strive for uniformity, there are tiny, slight differences in each one. The uniqueness is that each image has been individually printed, which is why the process is so time consuming. Here is a picture of the prints drying. These will be signed and numbered. Will have ordering info soon.
The whalebone petticoat, the spindle, and the book, are all references from the collection.
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