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2 New Books Shipping

Two New Books Now Shipping!

Hi All,

Happy October! What better time to introduce our latest offerings?

2 new books are now available and shipping in trade and hardcover. (eBook coming soon)

They are “I Will Surround You,” by Conrad Williams and “Year’s Best Weird Fiction, Vol. 4,” edited by Helen Marshall & Michael Kelly.

The books are available on all the major online retail sites, and also direct from me. Subscriber copies will be going out soon.

You can save $10 by ordering both books from me. For the 2 hardcovers, PayPal $60 (U.S.) to undertowbooks@gmail.com. For the trades, it is $40 for both. For even more savings, do not forget about our subscription–you can get all 4 fantastic hardcover books for just $110, and the trades for $75. (All shipping included!) This represents a full 25% discount off regular rates. It’s four books for the price of three. All four books will ship immediately.

Forthcoming 2018 Titles

Our 2018 line-up is now finalized.

Fabulous Beasts by Priya Sharma, March 2018

The Silent Garden, curated by the Silent Garden Collective, June 2018

Year’s Best Weird Fiction, Vol. 5, edited by Robert Shearman, October 2018

Nothing is Everything by Simon Strantzas, October 2018

I hope you’ll stick around for these great titles

Thank you all for your support!

http://www.undertowbooks.com/shop/

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Free Hardcover book

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Free Hardcover book

Welcome to the 2017 Hardback Subscription Offer from Undertow Publications.

This year we’ll be publishing 4 terrific volumes of short stories:

“Shadows & Tall Trees, Vol. 7,” edited by Michael Kelly (April 2017)

“The Dream Operator,” by Mike O’Driscoll (July 2017)

“I Will Surround You,” by Conrad Williams (October 2017)

“Year’s Best Weird Fiction, Vol. 4,” edited by Helen Marshall & Michael Kelly (October 2017)

You can get all 4 fantastic hardcover books for just $110. (All shipping included!) This represents a full 25% discount off regular rates. It’s four books for the price of three. A free book. Who doesn’t like a free book? The first two books are shipping already, and the next two will ship in a few weeks.

These are truly beautiful hardcovers, with a consistent and excellent design aesthetic from Vince Haig, our art director. Elegant and classy stuff, if I do so say myself. Imagine them on your bookshelf! Nice.

Thank you all for your support!

2017 Hardback Subscription

Review of The Dream Operator

Mike O’Driscoll’s ‘The Dream Operator’ is very favourably reviewed by Peter Tennant in issue #60 of Black Static. Here are some snippets:


 


” …O’Driscoll building up the picture one step at a time and merging influences from all over the literary and genre shop, so that you think of work like Dick’s A Scanner Darkly and the film V for Vendetta, can see those influences at play, but appreciate that O’Driscoll has delivered something uniquely his own.”


 


” …a strong collection from one of the finest writers in the field.”


 


I do hope that you will consider picking up a copy of this book.


 


http://amzn.to/2xxHveO

I Will Surround You

[image error][image error]So, Vince Haig has done it again! Behold the glorious illustration and design for the hardback edition of ‘I Will Surround You,’ by Conrad Williams. Available in about 6 weeks, I hope.

Necronomicon schedule

Hey, all, here’s our Necronomicon schedule. I’ll be busy, but I hope to meet as many of you as I can. Of course, I’ll have a table in the vendor’s hall, where you’ll find me and Carolyn most of the convention. So, really, there’s no excuse.

Review and overview of Shadows, New Weird, Post Horror

Over at the LA Review of Books, reviewer and critic Paul StJohn Mackintosh takes a critical, detailed look at Shadows and Tall Trees 7; the series as a whole; the New Weird/New Wave; and Post Horror. Well worth a read.

https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/f...

Cover reveal

I am very pleased to present the cover for the trade edition of “I Will Surround You,” the forthcoming collection by Conrad Williams. Artwork by Mikio Murakami. Design by Vince Haig. The hardcover will have a different cover. Please feel free to, you know … purchase a 2017 Undertow subscription to get all our 2017 titles.

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Summer reads at Tor

I am delighted to see Shadows and Tall Trees Vol. 7 listed among some terrific company here. http://www.tor.com/2017/07/19/5-horro...

Great review

Incredible review of Sunny Moraine’s “Singing With All My Skin and Bone,” in the latest Black Static, courtesy the inimitable Peter Tennant.


 


“Straddling the speculative genres with consummate artistry and a seemingly effortless panache, Singing With All My Skin and Bone is one of the best collections I’ve read in recent years. The stories are haunting and lyrical, written with compassion and the fire of righteous anger, the work of a writer with a unique voice and important things to tell us.”


 


This is a book I continue to think of as a classic, and is continuously, imo, undersold. I hope you’ll pick up a copy. It’s well-worth it, I believe.


http://amzn.to/2u4tcdP

future titles

Hey, I know some of you aren’t that familiar with the work of Mike O’Driscoll. He’s featured in a number of anthologies edited by the great Ellen Datlow, and his story ‘Sounds Like’ was adapted and filmed by Brad Anderson as part of the Masters of Horror TV series. He’s a great storyteller. His new collection is terrific. And I am very, very pleased with the way both the Trade and Hardcover editions turned out. Please consider supporting a small press and picking up a copy. I need your support. We’ve got some great books coming down the pike: ‘I Will Surround You,’ by Conrad Williams; Year’s Best Weird Fiction Vol. 4, guest-edited by Helen Marshall; and Priya Sharma’s debut collection ‘Fabulous Beasts.’ Plus an exciting project that has fallen into my lap which should see fruition this time next year. All-in-all, it’s going to be a great line-up for Undertow. But, of course, we need your help. So … buy a book, or leave a review, or help spread the word. Thanks!