Black Infinity “Creatures,” Bala Worm At Last in Print

According to Amazon the publishing date was supposedly September 24, but apparently there was some kind of delay. In any event the announcement came today, October 9, from Editor Tom English via Facebook. BLACK INFINITY: Creature Features is NOW available for sale in the US. (Sigh, finally!) Availability in the UK, Canada, Italy, Germany, France, etc., etc. coming in a few days or less. This is probably the best, most attractive volume yet. Its was a labor of love, and it’s packed with cool stuff, some of which is listed on the cover.

The cover, also, can be shown here and, yes, it is a great one. Also, in the author listing on the cover, the name right at the top is Ray Bradbury — anyone want to guess which story of his is inside? (In fairness, of course, maybe there could be two. To really make sure, check it out/order it on Amazon via the link below.)

My part in the party is a saga of dragons and, at something over 7,000 words, long for stories I’ve published in BLACK INFINITY thus far. The story’s title: “The Bala Worm,” the tale of a dragon hunt in present day Wales (well, first published in BLACK DRAGON, WHITE DRAGON by Ricasso Press in 2008, as well as reprinted in my collection THE TEARS OF ISIS, and with an ambience probably more in the 1990s). But also with a gold hoard (of course!) and more lore about dragons — in Britain, at least, they seem to appear at only about 500-year intervals. Also, that vampires may have a connection.

And other stories, more creatures, are in the issue as well, more on which can be found in Amazon’s listing, for which press here.