Help: RSS Feed?
Archive for January, 2008
Finished Cover: ‘Thieving Fear’ by Ramsey Campbell
Posted by Darren on January 23rd, 2008 at 15:36
British Fantasy Award-winning artist Vincent Chong has pulled out all the stops yet again to produce another stunning cover image for us, this time for British horror maestro Ramsey Campbell's brand new novel, Thieving Fear, which we'll be publishing later in the year.
Here's a quick taster from the novel:
As the papers arrived beside her Charlotte saw they were bordered in black. She was about to take them when the person whose bones were digging into her left side did, and she noticed that his hand was covered more with soil than flesh.
The lift was so crowded that she couldn't retreat even an inch. She could only watch as he transferred the papers to his other shrivelled hand so as to grasp her face and twist it towards him. When her eyes strained to look away he released her and gestured at the doors, scattering earth like black dandruff on the shoulders of the woman in front of him.
The lift shuddered to a halt and the doors staggered apart. Then earth piled in, flinging everyone helplessly together on its way to filling her eyes and nose and mouth. Her companion seemed quite at home in it, because his fingers wriggled wormlike through it to fasten on her hand and pull her deeper into the suffocating dark...
And here's that cover art in all its glory:
New Artwork by Edward Miller Ian R. MacLeod’s ‘Song of Time’
Posted by Darren on January 23rd, 2008 at 15:28
It's another beauty from the legendary Edward Miller, this time for the cover of our forthcoming Ian R. MacLeod novel Song of Time, in which he "tells the story of this century through the eyes of a great musician as she unravels the mysteries of her past, and contemplates making the ultimate leap into life beyond the body."
‘Dandelion Wine’ shipping update
Posted by Darren on January 23rd, 2008 at 15:16
Sincere apologies to any customers experiencing a delay in receiving a pre-ordered or recently ordered slipcased or deluxe two-volume set of our 50th Anniversary edition of Ray Brabdury's classic Dandelion Wine.
We now have the deluxe two-volume edition in stock, and orders are being shipped this week, but alas there was a problem with the slipcase for the slipcased edition, and we've had to ask the printers to re-run them, which means a delay of a week or so before we can start shipping them.
Again, we do apologise, and please rest assured we'll do our utmost to fulfil the outstanding orders as soon as we possibly can.
‘Basil Copper: A Life in Books’ launch event, London, February 23rd
Posted by Darren on January 18th, 2008 at 17:20
Hosted by the British Fantasy Society and PS Publishing, the bio/bibliography Basil Copper: A Life in Books, compiled and edited by Stephen Jones, will be launched on Saturday, February 23rd at The Upstairs Bar, Ye Olde Cock Tavern, 22 Fleet Street, London EC4Y 1AA from 6.00 p.m. onwards.
Among those signing copies will be Basil Copper, editor/co-designer Stephen Jones, artists Randy Broecker and Les Edwards, co-designer Michael Marshall Smith and publisher Peter Crowther. Special Guests (subject to commitment) include legendary anthology editors Hugh Lamb, Michel Parry and David A. Sutton.
About the Author:
Basil Copper became a full-time writer in 1970. His first story in the horror field, 'The Spider', was published in 1964 in The Fifth Pan Book of Horror Stories, since when his short fiction has appeared in numerous collections and anthologies, and been extensively adapted for radio and television.
Along with two non-fiction studies of the vampire and werewolf legends, his other books include the novels The Great White Space, The Curse of the Fleers, Necropolis, The Black Death and The House of the Wolf.
Copper has also written more than fifty hardboiled thrillers about Los Angeles private detective Mike Faraday, and has continued the adventures of August Derleth's Sherlock Holmes-like consulting detective Solar Pons in several volumes of short stories and the novel Solar Pons Versus the Devil's Claw.
About the Book:
Concluding three years' extensive research, multiple award-winning editor and writer Stephen Jones was given unprecedented and unrestricted access to the books and papers of renowned British macabre and crime writer Basil Copper.
The result is Basil Copper: A Life in Books, a unique and in-depth study of the author and his works. Not only does this volume contain the most comprehensive Working Bibliography ever compiled of Basil Copper's productive output – including Macabre and Supernatural Novels and Collections, the 'Solar Pons' series, the 'Mike Faraday' series, Short Fiction and Novellas, Media Adaptations, Unpublished Works and much more, enhanced with commentary by the author himself – but it also features several rare and obscure articles covering everything from Arkham House creator August Derleth to a brief history of Count Dracula.
There are also a number of short stories, most of them original to this volume, ranging from his very first published work back in 1938 to a brand-new “Mike Faraday” detective adventure, along with a complete television script based on M.R. James' classic horror story 'Count Magnus'.
With an in-depth look at the author's life and career by acclaimed ghost story editor Richard Dalby, and Basil Copper's inspirational Guest of Honour speech from the 1977 British Fantasy Convention, Basil Copper: A Life in Books is illustrated with numerous cover reproductions, artwork and unique personal photographs.
The book will be published in two editions:
- Jacketed Hardcover - £25.00 / $50.00 (approx.) signed by Basil Copper and Stephen Jones.
- Hardcover - £15.00 / $30.00 (approx.) unsigned
Special Offers:
If you cannot make it to the signing, but still want to pre-purchase a personally-signed copy (or copies) please contact us for details of how to place your order. Dealer's enquiries welcome – trade discounts available.
BFS BONUS!!! On the night, a number of specially-priced copies of the PS hardcover anthology Don't Turn Out the Light will be available on a first-come basis. Edited by Stephen Jones, this third volume in the acclaimed new 'Not at Night' series features work by Basil Copper, Paul McAuley, Mark Samuels, Jay Russell, Randy Broecker, Les Edwards and many others (including Ray Bradbury, Richard Matheson, Charles L. Grant and Hugh B. Cave...)
Finished Cover: ‘The Economy of Light’ by Jack Dann
Posted by Darren on January 16th, 2008 at 14:31
Another finished cover for you, and it's another gorgeously rich and textured piece by the one and only Vincent Chong, this time for The Economy of Light, Jack Dann's magnificent new novella: a journey into and beyond the heart of darkness...
We're publishing later in the year.
Announcing the next six PS Showcase Titles
Posted by Darren on January 7th, 2008 at 16:37
Our first PS Showcase mini-collection, Gary Fry's Sanity and Other Delusions has been a huge success so far, and we're delighted to be able to confirm initial details of the next six additions to the Showcase range:
- Showcase #2 - Mad Scientist Meets Cannibal by Robert Jeschonek. Intro by Mike Resnick. Due early 2008.
- Showcase #3 - Conscientious Inconsistencies by Nancy Jane Moore. Intro by L. Timmel Duchamp. Due mid 2008.
- Showcase #4 - Impossibilia by Douglas Smith. Intro tbc. Due mid 2008.
- Showcase #5 - Glyphotech by Mark Samuels. Intro by Ramsey Campbell. Due end 2008 (Launching at FantasyCon 2008).
- Showcase #6 - Glass Coffin Girls by Paul Jessup. Intro tbc. Due early 2009.
- Showcase #7 - A Web of Black Widows by Scott Carter. Intro tbc. Due mid 2009.
Full catalogue pages will be added to the webstore once we've finalised a few more details, such as ISBNs and, hopefully, cover artists for all six.