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Category Archive: Acquisitions & Acceptances
Out Now: ‘The Luminous Depths’ by David Herter, plus PS acquires ‘One Who Disappeared’
Posted by Darren on March 18th, 2008 at 14:59
David Herter's new novella - The Luminous Depths, sequel to his 2006 PS debut On the Overgrown Path is now available and shipping to pre-order customers in two editions:
- Hardcover, £10.00 ($20.00 approx.)
- Signed, Jacketed Hardcover, £25.00 ($50.00 approx.)
The novella features as one of its main characters the Czech writer and 1936 Nobel Prize Nominee Karel Čapek. In a recent blog post, David has compiled a sampling of Čapek's work, and he also presents extracts from the selected pieces in further posts.
We're also delighted to announce that PS Publishing has acquired the final book in this superb trilogy. One Who Disappeared will be a novel rather than a novella and will be published in 2010. Full details will be added to the catalogue in due course.
PS Publishing acquires new steampunk novella ‘The Baby Killers’ by Jay Lake
Posted by Darren on March 18th, 2008 at 14:25
PS Publishing is delighted to announce our first acquisition of 2008: The Baby Killers by US author Jay Lake, a brand new novella that we've scheduled for publication in 2010.
PS commissioning editor Nick Gevers said of the book: "With The Baby Killers, Jay Lake puts the 'punk' back in steampunk (never fear, there's quite a bit of steam as well...)
"Written in a style which recalls the Victoriana-that-never-was spirit of the steampunk movement, this novella offers a wild ride through the streets of Philadelphia in 1907, when that city serves as the seat of the British Dominion of the Americas.
"Villains and heroes, for the most part indistinguishable from one another, battle over a restaging of the Fall of Innocence. The strangest parts of this story are straight from the history books – only Lake could combine Doukhobors and Le Pétomane, fartiste extraordinaire of the French stage, into one raging, rampaging explosion of technology, morality and clanking good fun."
We'll be adding details to the catalogue in due course.
Announcing a brand new Ramsey Campbell novel: ‘Thieving Fear’
Posted by Darren on October 27th, 2007 at 8:28
PS Publishing is proud and pleased to announce that we will be publishing limited slipcased (£50 / $100 approx.) and signed hardcover (£20 / $40 approx.) editions of the brand new Ramsey Campbell novel Thieving Fear in Spring 2008.
We had hoped to include this title as part of our Major Schedule Update back in September, but were still finalising one or two details at the time. We will also be announcing the introducer and cover artist in the near future.
Thieving Fear can be pre-ordered right away, and pages for each edition have been added to the PS catalogue, as follows:
- Thieving Fear by Ramsey Campbell, Limited Slipcased edition
- Thieving Fear by Ramsey Campbell, signed Hardcover edition
Novella Acquisition: ‘The Fiery Angels’ by David Herter
Posted by Darren on September 4th, 2007 at 13:10
PS Publishing is delighted to announce that towards the end of August we acquired a brand new David Herter novella. Entitled The Fiery Angels, it's a stand-alone story, unrelated to his currently ongoing sequence of novellas which starts with On the Overgrown Path and will continue with a sequel, The Luminous Depths, which we'll be adding to our forthcoming titles page in the near future and plan to publish towards the end of the year.
The Fiery Angels us currently slated for publication in the summer of 2009; full details will be posted to the main website in due course.
Acquisitions round-up: nine new titles, publication dates to be confirmed
Posted by Darren on August 21st, 2007 at 15:45
Pete and Nick have recently made a number of new title acquisitions, some of which we've reported on separately already, but which we thought we should round-up and post here, just to make sure that we've covered absolutely everything.
PS Publishing is therefore both pleased and proud to announce that we will be publishing the following new titles over the course of the next couple of years:
- Just Behind You - a brand new collection by Ramsey Campbell (The Darkest Part of the Woods, Told by the Dead, The Overnight, Secret Stories, The Grin of the Dark)
- Insinuations - The autobiography of Jack Dann (Promised Land)
- The Alice Encounter - a new novella by John Gribbin
- Reunion - a new novella by Rick Hautala
- Cast a Cold Eye - a new novella by Derryl Murphy and William Shunn
- Cloud Permutations - a new novella by Lavie Tidhar (Michael Marshall Smith: The Annotated Bibliography)
- The Situation - a new novelette chapbook by Jeff VanderMeer
- The Painting and the City - a new novel by Robert Freeman Wexler (In Springdale Town)
- The Last Book - a new novel by Zoran Živković (Impossible Stories, Twelve Collections and the Teashop)
Full publication dates and format details will be announced and posted to the main website as and when they're finalised.
Collection acquisition: Ramsey Campbell’s ‘Just Behind You’
Posted by Peter Crowther on August 20th, 2007 at 17:45
We have today bought a new 110-000-word story collection from Ramsey Campbell, Britain's most celebrated horror writer.
Entitled Just Behind You, the new collection will appear in the latter half of 2009 as a triptych first edition: a 300-copy trade, a 100-copy slipcase, and a lettered 26-copy, mock leather traycase containing an extra story and other additional material.
We're very excited about this one. When it comes to spooky short stories, there's nobody better than Ramsey.
Full details will be posted to the website in due course, once they're finalised.
Postscripts: new short story acceptances, August ‘07
Posted by Darren on August 13th, 2007 at 11:06
Pete and Nick have accepted three new short stories for publication in future issues of Postscripts:
- A new Ray Bradbury tale called 'Juggernaut'. Pete says: "It's a joy!"
- Jack Dann's 'Under the Shadow of Jonah', which Nick describes as: "an extraordinary alternative history story about an alien invasion of Renaissance Italy."
- 'The Eye of Vann' by Matthew Hughes, which Nick tells us is Hughes' "latest Luff Imbry caper, set in the far-future Archonate, picaresque venue supreme."
We'll post more information on which issues of Postscripts these will be appearing in once we've confirmed and finalised the relevant line-ups.
Novella Acquisition: ‘Reunion’ by Rick Hautala
Posted by Darren on August 13th, 2007 at 8:33
We're delighted to announce that we've agreed the purchase of a brand new novella by Rick Hautala: Reunion. It'll be a late 2009 publication... possibly even our first one for 2010.
Reunion is a time-travel paradox, semi 'rights of passage' cum 'coming of age' yarn, very gentle smalltown Americana, very traditional, and very Finney-esque... something that could have appeared in the old comicbooks put out in the 1950s and '60s by the American Comics Group (you youngsters'll have to take my word for that).
Full details will be posted to the main website as soon as we've confirmed them all.
New chapbook acquisition: ‘The Situation’ by Jeff Vandermeer
Posted by Darren on August 3rd, 2007 at 11:46
As announced by Jeff Vandermeer last week, we will indeed be publishing his 10,000 word (approx.) novelette, The Situation, with cover art by one of Jeff's very favourite artists: Scott Eagle.
I checked with Pete to see if there was any additional info we can release at this stage and he told me: "It's going to be a standalone chapbook à la the Christmas chapbooks we send to all Postscripts subscribers.
"We're not yet sure of prices but they'll probably be in the region of £7.50 / $15 for the standard, un-jacketed Hardcover (300 copies) and £15 / $30 for the jacketed hardcover (100 copies only)."
So, there you have it, all the provisional info we know of at this early stage. We'll post full details here in the News Room and on the main website as and when we've confirmed and finalised them.
In the meantime Jeff has posted an excerpt from the tale to whet your appetite, over on his Ecstatic Days blog.
Zoran’s floating book launch
Posted by Darren on July 16th, 2007 at 10:33
Award-winning Serbian author Zoran Živković wrote to tell us about the publication of his new novel: "The official launch of my first 'metathriller' - The Last Book - was held in the exclusive boat-restaurant "Ada" on the Danube river, Belgrade on Friday, July 13th, 2007."
And we're delighted to be able to announce that we'll be publishing The Last Book in PPC semi-Hardcover and Slipcased Hardcover editions later in the year. More information on this exciting new title soon!
[Edit 21.07.07] - Plus, as Jonathan from Concatenation points out in the comments, Zoran will also be one of the Guests at this year's Eurocon in Copenhagen, September 21st to 23rd.
Postscripts: new short story acceptances, June ‘07
Posted by Nick Gevers on July 3rd, 2007 at 13:19
We've recently acquired some fine, exciting stories for Postscripts magazine:
- M.K. Hobson's 'The Warlock and the Man of the Word', a superb, epic blend of Western and fantasy.
- 'Variant' by Steven Utley, a tale of alternate universes to chill the spine.
- The brilliant, intense 'Shad's Mess' by Alex Irvine.
- 'Shem-El-Nessim' by new writer Chris Bell, a dark literary take on the mysteries of Egypt.
For inclusion in Postscripts #16 onwards...
New novella acquisition: ‘Ars Memoriae’ by Beth Bernobich
Posted by Nick Gevers on July 3rd, 2007 at 13:17
We've recently purchased new novella Ars Memoriae by the acclaimed new writer Beth Bernobich: imagine if an Irish kingdom had co-existed with the British Empire in a world of incessant Great Power rivalries...
Currently scheduled for publication in late 2008 / early 2009.
Novella Acquisition: ‘The Language of Dying’ by Sarah Pinborough
Posted by Darren on June 22nd, 2007 at 11:45
PS publishing is thrilled to announce that we've bought the rights to publish British author Sarah Pinborough's brand new novella, The Language of Dying.
Sarah was represented by her UK agent, John Jarrold, who had the following to say in his press release announcing the deal: "Sarah has had four novels published by Leisure Books in the US to-date and is now writing new fiction in the crime and horror fields. The Language of Dying tells the story of five adult siblings dealing with the death of their father, from the point of view of one of his daughters. A fantastical element is present, very much in the background.
"I was knocked out by this one. The writing is extremely powerful and involving – it's Sarah's best work so far."
We'll announce a publication date, cover artist and so on as soon as we've worked out the details and slotted everything into the schedule.