20th Mar 2023
Announcing The Best of Michael Swanwick Volume Two
We’re thrilled to announce The Best of Michael Swanwick, Volume Two, a huge collection by one of our favorite (and best) short story writers that includes 80,000 words of previously uncollected stories.
Recently, the Wall Street Journal called Michael Swanwick “the finest world-builder since Tolkien.” His first two published stories in 1980 were both Nebula Award finalists. In the decades since, he
13th Mar 2023
Announcing The Ghost in Bone by Mike Carey
Felix Castor, exorcist extraordinaire, makes his return in a long new novella by Mike Carey, The Ghost in Bone, his first appearance in a decade and a half.About the Book:“London’s exorcists! I have a reward for all of you, a job for one of you. Come to Brierley House, 20th April, 9.00am.”The newspaper ad is a baited hook and it smells like a three-day old corpse. But hey, it’s a grand in hand just for turn
6th Mar 2023
Announcing The Dead Man and Other Horror Stories by Gene Wolfe
We’re pleased to announce The Dead Man and Other Horror Stories, which gathers Gene Wolfe’s forays into dark spaces, including six never-before-collected tales.
About the Book:
Although best known for his world-building Book of the New Sun science-fantasy saga, Gene Wolfe wrote brilliant fiction that resisted encapsulation within rigid genre categories. This volume collects twenty-eight tales span
5th Mar 2023
A Starred Review for The Best of Catherynne M. Valente, Volume One
At 800 pages, The Best of Catherynne M. Valente, Volume One is one of the largest collections we've ever published.We're happy to note that the length of Cat's collection is exceeded by its excellence, as Publishers Weekly noted in a starred review:“Valente (Space Opera) shows off her versatility in this mind-blowing collection of 45 stories. The standouts are an irreverent take on the Cthulhu Mythos and a
5th Mar 2023
Publishers Weekly on Under My Skin by K. J. Parker
Before we get to Publishers Weekly's glowing review of K. J. Parker's Under My Skin, we wanted to highlight that this huge collection—nearly 700 pages—includes a full length original novel, Relics.Now, to that Publishers Weekly Review:“Placing these pieces side by side creates a fascinating exercise in worldbuilding: the mythology feels vast and Parker’s characteristically unreliable narrators are even
13th Feb 2023
Announcing H'ard Starts by Howard Waldrop
We’re pleased to announce H’ard Starts: The Early Waldrop which, as you’ll read, George R. R. Martin and Bradley Denton have edited.
An important note:
In order to properly celebrate the writer we all know as “Mr. National Treasure,” the editors, book designer, and publisher have produced H’ard Starts as a true labor of love—and all proceeds from the sale of the book (minus shipping and
13th Feb 2023
Joe R. Lansdale's The Events Concerning Shipping!
In Stock and Shipping!We’re thrilled to announce The Events Concerning, a two-novella collection by Joe R. Lansdale. Chuck Pyle’s dust jacket (and the design) are meant to evoke the 1950s Hardy Boys covers, as Lansdale’s misbegotten duo involve themselves in tricky, sometime scatological adventures. The clowns don’t cost extra.As Publishers Weekly noted, “…these casually violent and absurdly amusing ad
5th Feb 2023
Announcing Under the Hollywood Sign by Tom Reamy
George R. R. Martin once wrote of Tom Reamy that he “brought to his first efforts such a store of talent, keen observation, and knowledge of humanity that he seemed to spring into being as a major writer full-bloom.” For his sensitively rendered yet darkly gnawing fiction Reamy has been compared to Ray Bradbury, Theodore Sturgeon, Richard Matheson and Jack Finney. Gathered here for the first time in Un