Michael Kelly's Blog, page 46

Creatures

Here's the great cover to CREATURES, featuring a bunch of great writers and me.

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Production update

Just a quick note to say that the printer has received the files for Shadows & Tall Trees 2. With luck, I'll have copies in a couple weeks. Much to my delight, several people have pre-ordered a copy.

Great review of issue 1

The Speculative Fiction Junkie has reviewed issue 1 of the journal.

http://www.speculativefictionjunkie.com/

I'm very grateful for the review. Honestly, I thought the paper quality was good. I was assured it was. It's a 55lb, natural cream. I wanted a rustic look and feel. Please do let me know if you also thought the paper quality was an issue.

And a  few points more about the lack of an electronic edition: It was always conceived as a print journal. No electronic version enhances the value of the print edition. The second issue will have a higher print run. It will always be reasonably priced, and if demand is high enough I will print more copies. For those interested, there will be no trouble getting a copy.

Chilling Tales reviewed: It get's a 'meh.'

Little Miss Zombie did not like Chilling Tales. Oh, well, you take the bad with the good.

http://littlemisszombie.blogspot.com/2011/07/book-review-chilling-tales-edited-by.html

BFS Summer Journal 2011

The latest BFS Journal (which incorporates Prism, New Horizons, and Dark Horizons magazines) is now available. It features my story "A Guttering of Flickers," plus, you know, some truly stellar stuff. Pick it up.

http://www.britishfantasysociety.org/index.php/membership

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S&TT makes BFS shortlist

Very pleased to learn that Shadows & Tall Trees has made the British Fantasy Society Awards shortlist in the Magazine/Periodical category. Thank you to all my contributors.

A tale accepted for issue 3

I've accepted Ray Cluley's fabulous story "Night Fishing" for inclusion in issue 3 of Shadows & Tall Trees. True, publication is a long way off, but Ray has graciously allowed me to keep the story until then.

Postscripts 24/25: The New and Perfect Man

The latest Postscripts anthology, The New and Perfect Man, is a bumper issue clocking in at almost 400 pages. 150,000 words! I've a new tale in this one, A Crack in the Ceiling of the World. It's available now. I know this because my gorgeous contributor copy arrived today. Lots of really good stuff in this one: Ramsey Campbell, Thomas Tessier, T. M. Wright, Rio Youers, Carol Emshwiller and many others.

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You can pick it up here:

 

http://www.pspublishing.co.uk/postscripts-2425—the-new-and-perfect-man-jhc-edited-by-peter-crowther–nick-gevers-722-p.asp

Ellen Datlow on issue 1

The estimable Ellen Datlow on Shadows & Tall Trees. "Shadows & Tall Trees edited by Michael Kelly debuted in the autumn with a simply elegant digest-sized format and consistently good supernatural, ghost, and weird fiction…This looks to be the perfect magazine for aficionados of low-key horror.  Bravo."

Cover wrap for issue 2 of Shadows & Tall Trees

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