Michael Kelly's Blog, page 28
December 22, 2013
The Best British Horror 2014
Pleased to report that D. P. Watt’s story Laudate Dominum (for many voices), from Shadows & Tall Trees 5 has been chosen for inclusion in The Best British Horror 2014.
December 18, 2013
Cover for Shadows & Tall Trees 6
Here is the cover for volume 6 of Shadows & Tall Trees. Cover art is by Santiago Caruso, and design by John Oakey.
December 17, 2013
Summerside
Very pleased to announce I’ve taken Alison Moore’s ‘Summerside’ for volume 6 of Shadows & Tall Trees.
December 16, 2013
Undertow Publications becomes an imprint of ChiZine
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
ChiZine Publications Welcomes New Imprint
Undertow Publications and ChiZine enter co-operative agreement
TORONTO, Canada (December 16, 2013)
ChiZine Publications (CZP) and Undertow Publications (UP) are pleased to announce a co-operative venture. UP is now an imprint of CZP, an internationally acclaimed press.
Undertow Publications is best known for publishing Shadows & Tall Trees, a semi-annual journal of dark fiction that has been twice nominated for the British Fantasy Society Award for Best Periodical. UP was founded in 2009 by Michael Kelly, a Toronto-based author and editor. By becoming an imprint of ChiZine Publications, UP’s titles—including Shadows & Tall Tree and the upcoming Year’s Best Weird Fiction—will be available through CZP’s distribution channels: Harper Collins in Canada and Diamond Book Distributors internationally. As well, Undertow’s titles will be featured in the CZP catalogue.
Under the terms of the agreement, Kelly will remain as publisher of Undertow Publications and retain editorial authority over its contents.
“We’re extremely pleased to welcome Undertow Publications into the ChiZine family,” says Sandra Kasturi, co-publisher of ChiZine Publications. “Undertow is a small but distinguished press, publishing exciting material.”
“ChiZine and Undertow share similar sensibilities,” adds Brett Savory, co-publisher of ChiZine Publications. “We’re both publishing weird and dark writing.”
Michael Kelly, publisher of Undertow Publications says, “I’m thrilled to be part of ChiZine. Brett and Sandra, like me, are aficionados of the strange and the surreal. I couldn’t think of a better fit for Undertow.”
About ChiZine Publications
ChiZine Publications (CZP) is a World Fantasy Award-nominated and British Fantasy Award-winning independent publisher of surreal, subtle, and disturbing dark literary fiction hand-picked by Brett Alexander Savory and Sandra Kasturi, Bram Stoker Award-winning editors of ChiZine: Treatments of Light and Shade in Words.
About Undertow Publications
Undertow Publications (UP) is an independent publisher of strange stories and weird fiction. Its flagship publications are Shadows & Tall Trees, and the Year’s Best Weird Fiction. Editor Michael Kelly has been a finalist for the Shirley Jackson Award, and the British Fantasy Award.
Contacts
Brett Savory, Co-Publisher
ChiZine Publications
Michael Kelly, Publisher
Undertow Publications
December 15, 2013
Year’s Best Weird Fiction
Firm deadline January 7.
Call For Submissions: Year’s Best Weird Fiction
This is a reprint fiction anthology. Editor Laird Barron is only seeking material that was first published in 2013.
Publishers only are encouraged to send PDF’s to: bestweirdfiction@gmail.com
Deadline for all material is January 7, 2014, but sooner (much sooner) is better. Late submissions may not receive proper consideration, especially if we receive a majority of the material at deadline.
Writers: Please do not send unsolicited material. Urge your publisher to send in any relevant work. Feel free to query with any questions or recommendations.
Please note: Only writers whose work is selected for the volume will be contacted.
December 12, 2013
Death’s Door Cafe
Delighted to announce I’ve bought Kaaron Warren’s story ‘Death’s Door Cafe’ for volume 6 of Shadows & Tall Trees.
December 11, 2013
Interviewed at Nine Day Wonder
Short interview with me over at Nine Day Wonder.
December 8, 2013
The Space Between
And I’ve acquired another tale for Shadows & Tall Trees. Delighted to announce I’ve taken ‘The Space Between,’ by Ralph Robert Moore and Ray Cluley.
December 7, 2013
To Assume the Writer’s Crown: Notes on the Craft
Very pleased to say I’ve bought Eric Schaller’s story ‘To Assume the Writer’s Crown: Notes on the Craft,” for volume 6 of Shadows & Tall Trees.
