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Old Man Scratch, Ramsey Campbell special offer and Joe Hill pre-orders
Posted by Peter Crowther on October 6th, 2009 at 13:00
Autumn is really with us now… at least it is here on the Yorkshire coast. But, though the weather may be cooling a little, we’re still working up a lather here at PS.
We seem to have been out and about a fair bit recently, first at the ever-wonderful FantasyCon – where we launched eight titles and celebrated PS’s first ten years and managed to pick up the Award for Best Magazine into the bargain (with Steve Jones receiving the Best Non-Fiction Award for his Basil Copper: A Life in Books, a few copies of which are still available) – and then the big multiple-author PS signing at London’s Forbidden Planet store. But, as pleasant as it is, being away from the office takes its toll so we’re going to be tied to the office for a few weeks to try resurrect some semblance of order on the schedule.
Recommended read: Old Man Scratch by Rio Youers
One of our books that really seems to be kicking up a storm is Rio Youers‘s Old Man Scratch, a far-from-everyday tale of lawnmowers, grumpy neighbors and roadkill.
Following reactions to his delightful “This Is The Summer Of Love” in the first new-look Postscripts anthology (#18), we were already expecting big things from Mr. Youers… but the take-up of his new novella at FantasyCon and Forbidden Planet (yes, he flew over just to meet his fans) has surprised even me. Be advised – buy your copy now.
Special offer on new Ramsey Campbell titles
And while you’re in a buying mood, why not treat yourself to one of our two new Ramsey Campbell books – the new collection, Just Behind You, and his latest novel Creatures of the Pool… or even Spook City, for which – in addition to his own stories and tales by fellow scousers Peter Atkins and Clive Barker – the great man penned a brand-new 30-page piece recalling his move to the wonderful city of Liverpool.
In fact, as a very special October Offer, you can buy the trade editions of all three titles and receive 23% discount (that means you’ll have to pay just £50 plus postage instead of £65 plus postage) or order all three deluxe traycased editions and enjoy a 30% reduction (that’s £157.50 plus postage instead of £225 plus postage!). We’ve created a special ordering page to enable you to do just that – see how we’re always trying to make things easy for you?
Prepare to pre-order Joe Hill’s Horns on October 11th!
We’ve got lots more goodies coming up but we’ll fill you in on these as we move along. Dirk Berger is hard at it on the artwork (wraparound cover plus three full colour interiors) for Steve Erikson’s Crack’d Pot Trail (which is available for pre-order right now, by the way) while Vinny Chong is chained to his desk working on Joe Hill’s Horns (two wraparound covers and five interiors).
We’ll show you some progress as soon as we’re able – meanwhile, please note that the order page for Horns will go live on Sunday 11 October 2009 at 6 pm UK time. Remember – there’ll be two states: slipcased, signed by Joe, containing four interior colour plates, plus a deleted chapter, priced at £65 until the end of the year when it’ll go to £75; traycased, signed by Joe and Vinny Chong, containing five interior plates, the deleted chapter plus a little extra something from Joe, priced at £175 until the end of the year when it’ll go to £200.
World Horror by the sea, plus new poetry imprint
Of course, it’s now less than six months to the World Horror Convention, to be held this year in the delightful southern England coastal town of Brighton (for which, I’m sure, you have already booked, yes?!). Well, as usual, we’re going to be launching some great new books there and we’ll pass along progress updates as soon as we have them.
But the big news is that we’re aiming to add a poetry imprint to the PS stable, and we’ll be doing a second launch event specifically for those. The flagship book will be Jo Fletcher’s as yet untitled anthology, a baker’s dozen celebrating the dark side of the seaside.
This will be supported by a triptych of volumes compiled and edited by Steve Jones and containing the complete Weird Tales poetry of H. P. Lovecraft, Robert E. Howard and Clark Ashton Smith… and all of them priced at just £9.99 each. Watch this space!
Newsletter give-away: win Forever Twilight volumes 1 and 2!
Of our three randomly chosen email addresses from last month’s list, only David Tubby of Ilfracombe, Devon replied to our congratulatory message, netting himself a rare ARC copy of Spook City in the process. This month we’re going to shake down the roll-overs and start afresh: we’ll pick one winner only, and the owner of that email address will receive a copy of the first two volumes of my Forever Twilight series.
So keep an eye on your inbox – if you miss the email, you’ll miss out on the prize! We’ll do this month’s draw on Monday 19th October, so if you aren’t yet signed up to the PS newsletter, be sure to amend the situation pronto…
More next time. Until then, look after each other… and happy reading!
Pete