This’ll be really short ’cause I’m busy. The publisher I wrote about yesterday came through and negotiated or clarified all the issues I had with the contract, so Darkscapes is a go. It’ll be out within 12 months from Fine Tooth Press, a Connecticut-based micropress with just a few titles out so far. Here’s the table of contents for the new version:
Foreword
Monsters – They’re coming to get you
Lulu
Barney the Boa
Dining at Sea
Elijah
Nocturnal Caress
New Blood
Summer Offspring
Aliens – Look to the skies … and the earth
A Drink from the Springs
The Pollination
Grandpa Frost
Phaethon Alive
Wandering John
Particles
Ghosts – Get your soul in motion
The Interrupted Journey
Aces over Eights
Soul Trap
Warren Pepper’s Victory Choir
Souls in Motion
Ghosts
A Change of Clothes
The Real World – Horror and agony, sans supernatural
Bridges
Like Dying
Digging up the Past
Success
Reunion
Halloween – Tricks and treats to make your skin crawl
Unholy Womb
The Halloween Feast
SKN-3
Vomitorium – Polite dinner conversation
Governing
Chip
Oh God! – Dark deities of delight
The House beside Soldred Quarry
The Night Cloak
The New Disciples
When the Lady of Byblos Calls
The old version had three different stories — “Dawn’s New Coat,” “Last Trick” and “Going Places” — but those sucked. They’ve been replaced by “Lulu,” “Wandering John” and “When the Lady of Byblos Calls.” “Wandering John” was published a few years ago in Whispers from the Shattered Forum magazine. “When the Lady of Byblos Calls” first appeared in Double Dragon Publishing’s Atrocitas Aqua anthology that very few people have heard of, and “Lulu” was in the double CD ROM anthology Carnival/Circus, which happened to be the final release from Lone Wolf Publishing. LWP quit doing any kind of marketing and just folded up right after that release, so the story pretty much died right there. Frankly, I think “When the Lady of Byblos Calls” is one of the best short stories I’ve done.
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Congrats!
Thanks. It ain’t a big deal, but it gets the book back in print with a publisher that won’t be screwing me. The publisher at Fine Tooth was very easy going on the contract issues. They didn’t come up to HWA standards, of course, but it’s a decent deal for this book with its PA stain.
Congrats!
Thanks. It ain’t a big deal, but it gets the book back in print with a publisher that won’t be screwing me. The publisher at Fine Tooth was very easy going on the contract issues. They didn’t come up to HWA standards, of course, but it’s a decent deal for this book with its PA stain.
Great News!I’m glad to hear it all worked out.
Great News!I’m glad to hear it all worked out.
Looks great, Steve. I’m glad that worked out for you.
You probably don’t want to use the chariot of fire that was on the cover of the other edition, but the artist would definitely be cool if you wanted to. It was a great cover, but a complete overhaul of the book (aside from the writing, of course) is probably in order.
To be honest, I didn’t give it much thought because I figured Barry might still be upset about the alterations made to his work. I do love that horse and chariot. I asked about covers because a graphic designer at work wants to design a book cover for his portfolio, but Fine Tooth has their own artists they work with.
Tell Barry I appreciate his willingness to let me use his work, though.
Looks great, Steve. I’m glad that worked out for you.
You probably don’t want to use the chariot of fire that was on the cover of the other edition, but the artist would definitely be cool if you wanted to. It was a great cover, but a complete overhaul of the book (aside from the writing, of course) is probably in order.
To be honest, I didn’t give it much thought because I figured Barry might still be upset about the alterations made to his work. I do love that horse and chariot. I asked about covers because a graphic designer at work wants to design a book cover for his portfolio, but Fine Tooth has their own artists they work with.
Tell Barry I appreciate his willingness to let me use his work, though.