Leinster Gardens review
A rather nice review for Leinster Gardens and Other Subtleties has just been posted on the Chat About Books blog!
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Happy New Year!
First day of 2017 and that traditional news round-up of the previous twelve months. First of all I wish you all a wonderful 2017 and thank you all for supporting my writing over 2016! 2016 was a strange year. A great deal of it felt as if life in the Edwards-Coleborn household was marking time. Health… Read More Happy New Year!
December 2016 Alchemy Newsletter & Quiz
Originally posted on The Alchemy Press:
? It’s almost the end of 2016, time for reflection. The Alchemy Press has had a relatively quiet year with just three titles under our belt: The Complete Epistles of Penelope Pettiweather, Ghost Hunter by Jessica Amanda Salmonson; The Private Life of Elder Things by Adrian Tchaikovsky, Keris McDonald…
Fcon report
Older Fantasycon goers amongst us will remember the annual Fcon report that appeared in the BFS Newsletter/Bulletin/Prism following Fantasycon each year.
Casting Stories Adrift
One of the oddest things about writing fiction, be that novels or short fiction, is that you never know where it will end up, or how it might return to you – if ever.
Threadbare – Real Time
Good words from Des Lewis for Threadbare – more reviews from Something Remains on Des’s review page
Real Time Review by Des Lewis
Des Lewis writing a real time review of Something Remains over at his Gestalt Real Time Review page! Keep up with the reviews story by story – day by day.
Going for a song…
Originally posted on The Alchemy Press:
Some of The Alchemy Press’s limited edition hardcovers are going for a song via Amazon. Okay, not a song, as such … but we are selling brand new copies at a heavy discount. Now is a good time to buy the book you’ve been intending to read! Rumours…
Something Remains launch
Something Remains & Private Lives of Elder things launch at Fantasycon-by-the-Sea 24th September 2016 https://www.facebook.com/events/1325216947502646/ Something Remains available for pre order Private Life of Elder Things
Something Remains
Originally posted on Peter Coleborn:
At the 2013 World Fantasy Convention, held in Brighton, Joel Lane’s Where Furnaces Burn won the World Fantasy Award for Best Collection. Due to personal problems Joel wasn’t able to collect the award in person. I had intended to visit Joel soon after, meet up for one of our irregular…
Alchemy anthologies
Originally posted on The Alchemy Press:
Alchemy Press anthologies are available in print and eBook (Kindle) formats. Click on the titles for the relevant links — and fill your eReader with excitement, wonder, myth, horror and pulp heroics. The Alchemy Press Book of Ancient Wonders (Amazon UK / Amazon US) The Alchemy Press Book…
o/t: Something Remains/Joel Lane
Originally posted on Noirish:
The hugely talented writer Joel Lane, best known for his dark fantasy, died far too young in 2013. He left behind him scattered notes for a myriad of stories that he’d never gotten around to writing, and it occurred to Pauline Dungate that a suitable memorial to him might be a…
Weird Epistles
Originally posted on The Alchemy Press:
Coming very soon from The Alchemy Press: The Complete Weird Epistles of Penelope Pettiweather, Ghost Hunter from Jessica Amanda Salmonson. Fourteen stories — or epistles, rather — detailing Penelope’s quest to understand the nature of ghosts. Full of the rich history and landscape of Salmonson’s northwest USA, these quiet…
Leominster Festival
This Monday (bank holiday) I shall be at the Grange at Leominster Festival along with fellow authors Misha Herwin and Jem Shaw for a day of readings, and with Peter Coleborn of Alchemy Press for some hard core bookselling!
Peter Coleborn Editorial/Publishing services
I am the editor/publisher of the award-winning Alchemy Press (check out the website to see our range of books). The press has won the British Fantasy Society (BFS) Award for Best Small/Independent … Source: Editorial/Publishing services
Ancient Wonders update
Discover standing stones, burial mounds, ruined castles or sunken cities: the ancient sites that litter our landscapes; the ancient wonders that possess a mysterious appeal that cannot be de… Source: Ancient Wonders update
Pulp Heroes 1 update
Originally posted on The Alchemy Press:
The first volume of The Alchemy Press Book of Pulp Heroes, edited by Mike Chinn, will become an eBook only from the end of March this year. If you want a print copy now is the time to get your hands on a copy! Stories in the tradition of…
The Smith of Hockley by James Brogden (taster)
The Midas Scorpion was an assassin’s tool of the Elder World, from a time long before there were distinctions between magic and machine, or life and art, or death and love. It was made of gold, fin… Source: The Smith of Hockley
Kami Ga Kikoemasu by Mike Chinn (taster)
Each wave reared higher than the Oji-Maru’s rails. Hooked fingers of white spume reaching for the whale-chaser before they collapsed back into the grey sea. Ishimaeru’s guts clenched every time, le… Source: Kami Ga Kikoemasu
Peter Talks to Peter on the TTA Site
Peter Coleborn talks to Peter Tennant on the TTA website HERE
December Newsletter from The Alchemy Press
Source: December Newsletter
Music From the Fifth Planet has lift off!
Today is launch day for the fabulous Anne Nicholls’ stunning new collection titled Music From the Fifth Planet which is published by The Alchemy Press! We shall be sharing the event with the equally fabulous Stan Nicholls’ latest book: Orcs: Tales of Maras-Dantia published by Ian Whate’s Newcon Press! Stan and Anne are Guests of Honour at Novacon,… Read More Music From the Fifth Planet has lift off!
Music From the Fifth Planet
Originally posted on The Alchemy Press:
Just a week away until Anne Nicholls’ new collection of her best short stories is published. The book — Music From the Fifth Planet — will be launched at Novacon in Nottingham, along with a collection from her husband and co-GOH Stan Nicholls (Orcs: Tales of Maras-Dantia published by NewCon…
Nick Nightmare wins BFS award!
Originally posted on The Alchemy Press:
We at The Alchemy Press are thrilled to announce that Adrian Cole’s collection Nick Nightmare Investigates was awarded the Best Collection Award presented by the British Fantasy Society. The news was announced over the FantasyCon 2015 weekend, and was presented to Adrian my Mistress of Ceremonies Juliet E McKenna.…
New Joel Lane collection
Originally posted on The Alchemy Press:
? Joel Lane died suddenly nearly two years ago. He left behind a legacy of stories, poems, articles and novels. In addition, he was always making notes for future projects, both stories and poems. His unfinished work takes the form mostly of hand-written notes. Some of these are extensive…
Leinster Gardens and Other Subtleties on Goodreads
A fabby 5* review for Leinster Gardens over in Goodreads from Tina Rath! “The title story, Concerning the Events in Leinster Gardens, based on the reality of the false façade of 24 Leinster Gardens … sets the tone. Does Archie get his come-uppance from whatever is waiting for him in that house which isn’t a house?… Read More Leinster Gardens and Other Subtleties on Goodreads
Leinster Gardens review
An in depth review of Leinster Gardens and Other Subtleties on SFCrowsnest site. “In this volume of fourteen ghost stories Jan Edwards explores the nature of the ghostly event and finds ways of reinterpreting it. Many of these stories have their roots in folklore and urban myth and many reportings of ghostly sightings have already… Read More Leinster Gardens review
Music from the Fifth Planet by Anne Nicholls
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Music in the Bone by Marion Pitman
Source: Music in the Bone
Interview with Jan Edwards with Jenny Barber
Originally posted on Jenny Barber:
Jan Edwards is a woman of many talents – writer, editor, publisher, bookseller, Reiki master, tarot reader, quilter, motorbike chick, Britain’s first female master locksmith, gardener, cook, potter and sculptor… So, first let’s talk about Jan the writer. When did you first start writing and what genres draw you. It…
