6th Mar 2022
Some Love from Locus for K. J. Parker's The Long Game
You can add Locus magazine to those praising K. J. Parker's new novella, The Long Game, which is filled with barbs (verbal) and trap doors (plot):“K.J. Parker may not have invented the idea of using an exasperated, put-upon narrator to undercut the implicit pretensions of a classic fantasy setting, but he’s certainly become its reigning virtuoso… As is often the case, the narrator’s various digressions an
6th Mar 2022
A Starred Review for John Kessel's The Dark Ride
John Kessel's huge (over 580 pages) short story collection, The Dark Ride, has just landed a starred review from Publishers Weekly:“It takes a brilliant author to pull off a Jane Austen–Mary Shelley mash-up, but Kessel does so with aplomb in the moving and suspenseful ‘Pride and Prometheus,’ which introduces Mary, the most bookish Bennett sister, to Victor Frankenstein… Across the board, these exceptional t
6th Mar 2022
Gail Carriger's Delightfully Deady Shipping
Now Shipping!We’re pleased to present the signed limited edition, Delightfully Deadly, which contains three standalone novels set in New York Times bestselling author Gail Carriger's steampunk Parasolverse. The novels feature the exploits of graduates of Mademoiselle Geraldine's Finishing Academy, filled with manners, tricky lady spies, and supernatural creatures taking tea. Spinning off from the Finishing
27th Feb 2022
The Limited Edition of The Best of Lucius Shepard Volume Two Available
All preorders for the limited edition of The Best of Lucius Shepard, Volume Two have gone out the door, and we have a handful of copies remaining.As some of you know, this edition ran into serious production problems, so we were not able to fill the complete print run.The main volume runs just shy of 850 pages, and is accompanied by a 400 page bonus hardcover, Youthful Folly and Other Lost Stories, which co
20th Feb 2022
Holy Terror by Cherie Priest Shipping!
Cherie Priest's huge collection, Holy Terror, which clocks in at over 500 pages, is in stock and shipping!Holy Terror contains two major novellas, a long new novelette, and a ton of spooky wonder spread across more than 160,000 words.About the Book:Since Cherie Priest burst onto the speculative fiction scene, she’s built a huge following through novels that have earned her accolades and the titles “The Quee
20th Feb 2022
Announcing The Assassins of Thasalon by Lois McMaster Bujold
We're thrilled to announce Lois McMaster Bujold's The Assassins of Thasalon, which, at over 450 pages, is by far the longest Penric and Desdemona tale.Note: We will not be making The Assassins of Thasalon available via large online retailers.About the Book:We’re pleased to announce The Assassins of Thasaon, the first novel-length adventure featuring Penric and Desdemona.An unholy attack upon his brother-in-
13th Feb 2022
Caitlin R. Kiernan's From Weird and Distant Shores Sent to the Printer
From Weird and Distant Shores, the collection that gathers some terrific rare tales by Caitlin R. Kiernan (including collaborations with Poppy Z. Brite and Christa Faust) has safely made its way to the printer.The collection includes fourteen original illustrations by John Kenn Mortensen, and is oversized, printed in two colors throughout.Here's the full promo copy for the book:Nearly twenty years after its
13th Feb 2022
Announcing The Dark Ride by John Kessel
We’re delighted to announce The Dark Ride, a huge (over 580 pages) gathering of John Kessel’s short fiction, with an introduction by Kim Stanley Robinson.“Completely strange and idiosyncratic. His stories are singular experiences... They burst out of their texts with news that is strange, mysterious, beyond reason or parsing—beyond Kessel himself, it seems, who must have been as startled as anyone to see su