The Rack (preorder)

(preorder—to be published in August)

Illustrated by Ben Baldwin and Glenn Chadboure.

Published by Lividian Publications.

The Rack
edited by Tom Deady

Featuring stories by Stephen King, Richard Chizmar, Philip Fracassi, Gwendolyn Kiste, Cynthia Pelayo, Mercedes Yardley, Johnny Compton, Ronald Malfi, Laurel Hightower, Jeff Strand, Rebecca Rowland, Max Booth III, Candace Nola, and many others!

Includes 20 interior illustrations by Glenn Chadbourne and an artwork gallery with 20 full-color 1980s style paperback covers by Ben Baldwin!

Lividian Publications is pleased to announce our signed and slipcased Limited Edition of The Rack edited by Tom Deady with an introduction by Will Errickson. Featuring a stunning full-color dust jacket by Ben Baldwin, twenty interior illustrations by Glenn Chadbourne, and a special gallery of Baldwin’s full-color “1980s-style paperback covers,” each inspired by one of the stories. This elegantly crafted hardcover edition is housed in a custom-made slipcase stamped with metallic hot foil artwork and featuring a unique die-cut window.

About the Book:

It's 1980 and you have three crisp dollar bills in your pocket. You run to the drugstore, or maybe the supermarket, because you know THE RACK will be there, waiting... that black wire rack, tempting you with the latest and best horror paperbacks and their lurid covers.

You spin it slowly, ignoring the grating squeaks that try to warn you of the dangers THE RACK holds. You shiver as you take in the glossy covers: gothic mansions cloaked in fog, bulging eyes on blood-soaked faces, and all the creepy dolls you could ever wish for.

You weigh the possibilities, pondering which nightmare to select, the vengeful vampire, the werewolf, demonic children, or perhaps parasitic insects?

It doesn't matter because THE RACK will beckon to you long after the last page is turned. THE RACK always contains new tales of terror by today's masters of horror. And THE RACK is never done with you...

Special Features:

• Full-color wrap-around artwork by Ben Baldwin
• Twenty interior illustrations by Glenn Chadbourne
• Twenty full-color “1980s-style paperback covers” by Ben Baldwin
• Includes a collectible bookmark

Deluxe Production Features:

• Offset printed on an acid-free archival quality paper stock
• A fine cloth binding
• Hot foil stamping on the front cover and spine
• Smyth-sewn to create a more durable binding
• Twine head and tail bands
• High-quality endpapers
• Sewn-in satin ribbon page marker
• Custom-made slipcase stamped with hot foil and featuring a unique die-cut window
• Signed by Tom Deady, Glenn Chadbourne, and Ben Baldwin
• Limited to 600 signed copies

Table of Contents:

• “Introduction” by Will Errickson
• "Black Pages" by Cynthia Pelayo
• "Other Things Have Happened" by Ronald Malfi
• "Fuzzy Slippers" by Jeff Strand
• "The Raft" by Stephen King
• "That Chemical Glow" by Larry Hinkle
• "I Am a House Demanding to Be Haunted" by Mercedes M. Yardley
• "Ursa Diruo" by Kristin Dearborn
• "A Devil We Used to Know" by Johnny Compton
• "Irish Eyes" by Brigett Nelson
• "They Look Back" by Candace Nola
• "Blood of My Blood" by Christa Carmen
• "The Keeper of Taswomet" by Errick Nunnally
• "The Last Call of the Cicada" by Gwendolyn Kiste
• "Mightier than Bullets" by Laurel Hightower
• "Loud and Clear" by Max Booth III
• "Better by You, Better than Me" by Rebecca Rowland
• "A Nightmare on Elm Lane" by Richard Chizmar
• "The Visitor" by Philip Fracassi
• "Lips Like a Scythe" by Steve Van Samson
• "White Pages" by Clay McLeod Chapman
• “Afterword” by Tom Deady
• Art Gallery by Ben Baldwin

About the Editor:

Tom Deady is a Bram Stoker Award winner for Superior Achievement in a First Novel and has since published several novels and novellas inspired by his love of horror. Tom was born and raised in Massachusetts, not far from the historic town of Salem. He resides in Arizona, where he's working on his next novel.