It's all happening here. You wait for years to see a book with your name on the cover, and then two come along at once. Possibly three, in fact...
News has just arrived from Gary Fry of the wonderful Gray Friar Press that he's going to publish a collection of my short stories later this year. I'd submitted a proposal ages ago and damn near forgotten about it, so this is the nicest kind of surprise. Gray Friar do a fantastic job publishing some of the best writers in British horror- Gary McMahon, (Lord) John Llewellyn Probert, Paul Finch, Conrad Williams and Nick Royle to name but a few- so it's a huge buzz to get published by them.
Title and table of contents are to be confirmed, and a release date of April/May has been suggested. Jesus. Between that and rewrites on my novel, I don't think my feet are gonna be touching the ground in the first half of 2009. And then there's getting a second novel sorted out to consider!
Still pinching myself and feeling dizzy here. Watch this space for more details.
Tide of Souls is due out from Abaddon Books in November, and there's a novella being published in Pendragon Press's Triquorum series due out- also possibly in '09.
Apologies if I've gone a bit hyperlink-crazy in this post... couldn't resist it!
2 comments:
Congrats, chum. Well deserved. I've always thought it was criminal that there weren't more books with your name on them. One collection four or five years ago? You've got to do better than that if you want to stay in the "Simon Club".
Excellent news fella! Don't suppose you know any humour publishers ...
But all the very best. At the end of 2009, when you've got that all done, we must have a drink on it. We will both be deranged from overwork by then. As opposed to other things ...
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