Best British Horror

 

We at Alchemy Academy are delighted that editor Johnny Mains has selected three stories from The Alchemy Press Book of Horrors for next year’s Best British Horror. Here’s the full line up:

CAVE VENUS ET STELLA – Anna Vaught
WORMCASTS – Thana Niveau
THEY TELL ME – Carly Holmes
DISAGREEABLY HITCHED – Gary Fry
PACK YOUR COAT – Aliya Whiteley
VOICES IN THE NIGHT – Lisa Tuttle
THE FULLNESS OF HER BELLY – Cate Gardner
MAW – Priya Sharma
TEUFELSBERG – Madhvi Ramani
THE OTHER TIGER – Helen Marshall
SENTINEL – Catriona Ward
THE WORM – Samantha Lee
THE ADJOINING ROOM – AK Benedict
THE GOLDEN HOUR – Rosanne Rabinowitz
THE PERFECT DAY TO BE AT SEA – Kayleigh Marie Edwards
THE HARDER IT GETS THE SOFTER WE SING – Steven Dines
THE DEMON L – Carly Holmes
BY SEVERN’S FLOOD – Jane Jakeman
FISH HOOKS – Kit Power
OLD TRASH – Jenn Ashworth
BOBBO – Robert Shearman

We’ve highlighted the stories from Horrors.

The Alchemy Press Book of Horrors is available in print form and for a variety of eBook platforms. And while you wait for the next volume of Best British Horror we suggest you read this year’s book (published by the excellent Newcon Press). The cover for BBH 2018 is by the extremely talented  Daniele Serra.

 

 

 

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Sale of the Season

The ideal gift!

In the run up to Christmas, we are selling some of our books at super knockdown prices. Many of these titles are in low supply so this offer applies while in-house stocks last. The following paperbacks are on offer at £5.00 each plus p&p (£2.00 per book or £3.00 for two or more books up to 2 Kg in weight. UK orders; for overseas queries please email (see end of this post).

First up are anthologies, a fantastic place to discover new stories by a variety of authors.

 

• The Alchemy Press Book of Ancient Wonders ed. Jan Edwards and Jenny Barber
• The Alchemy Press Book of Pulp Heroes ed. Mike Chinn
• The Alchemy Press Book of Pulp Heroes 2 ed. Mike Chinn
• The Alchemy Press Book of Pulp Heroes 3 ed. Mike Chinn
• The Alchemy Press Book of Urban Mythic ed. Jan Edwards & Jenny Barber
• The Alchemy Press Book of Urban Mythic 2 ed. Jan Edwards & Jenny Barber
• Astrologica: Stories of the Zodiac ed. Allen Ashley
• Kneeling in the Silver Light ed. Dean M Drinkel
• Swords Against the Millennium ed Mike Chinn

Next, single-author collections. Here you can learn more about the writer you perhaps came across recently.

• Dead Water and Other Weird Tales by David A Sutton
• Tell No Lies by John Grant
• Evocations by James Brogden
• Music in the Bone by Marion Pitman
• Give Me These Moments Back by Mike Chinn
• Music from the Fifth Planet by Anne Nicholls
• The Complete Weird Epistles of Penelope Pettiweather, Ghost Hunter  by Jessica Amanda Salmonson (note: postage on this title is £1.00)
• Merry-Go-Round and Other Words by Bryn Fortey

Two non-fiction books and a couple of novels next:.

• Doors to Elsewhere by Mike Barrett
• Touchstones: Essays on the Fantastic by John Howard
• Sex, Lies and Family Ties by Sarah J Graham
• Invent-10n by Rod Rees

Most of the above paperbacks will still be available to buy from Amazon and other online booksellers at the normal prices. Many Alchemy Press titles are also available for the Kindle eBook reader.

And now a few hardcover/limited edition books. These are £10.00 each plus £2.00 p&p in the UK. Overseas, please email.

 

 

• Rumours of the Marvellous by Peter Atkins
• Nick Nightmare Investigates by Adrian Cole
• Merry-Go-Round and Other Words by Bryn Fortey
• Invent-10n by Rod Rees
• Where the Bodies are Buried by Kim Newman

Finally, also available directly from us while in-house stocks last. Prices are as listed plus £2.00 p&p in the UK

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• The Alchemy Press Book of Horrors ed. Peter Coleborn & Jan Edwards (£10.00)
• Something Remains ed. Peter Coleborn & Pauline E Dungate (£10.00)
• Monsters by Paul Kane (£8.00)
• The Private Life of Elder Things by  Adrian Tchaikovsky, Adam Gauntlett & Keris McDonald (£8.00)
• Compromising the Truth by Bryn Fortey (£8.00)

Contact us, the Alchemy Press, using this form (or alchemypress@gmail.com) and we’ll confirm availability and price. Payment only via PayPal.Remember, in-house supplies are limited.

 

 

Kindle editions now available

We’re pleased to say that The Alchemy Press Book of Horrors, edited by Peter Coleborn and Jan Edwards, and Compromising the Truth by Bryn Fortey are now available as Kindle eBooks. We aim to release other eBook versions, too.

Both are also available as print paperbacks.

Horrors on Amazon UK (Kindle)

Compromising the Truth on Amazon UK (Kindle)

 

Horrors — mini review

Belated Hallowe’en wishes from The Alchemy Press. Hope things went with a satisfying bump last night.

John Llewellyn Probert  purchased a copy of The Alchemy Press Book of Horrors, read it, and says this on his Facebook page:

I love horror anthologies and FantasyCon has provided me with a delicious surfeit of them. First up is this, a truly impressive achievement by Peter Coleborn and Jan Edwards. I’m not going to cite individual stories, suffice to say there’s not a bad one in here, and a few are amongst the best horror stories I’ve read in ages. Full marks for that lovely cover as well, which is reminiscent of the old 1950s Four Square horror anthologies. A terrific book, highly recommended, and I would definitely buy a volume 2. Well done, guys.

Horrors is now available via Amazon and other online booksellers. A Kindle version will be available soon, followed by other eBook formats

 

 

Horrors – pre-order now

The Alchemy Press Book of Horrors is now available to pre-order. The book will be launched at this year’s FantasyCon and then will be on general sale on 1st November. Available from Amazon and other online booksellers.

Twenty-five tales of horror and the weird, stories that encapsulate the dark, the desolate and the downright creepy. Stories that will send that quiver of anticipation and dread down your spine and stay with you long after the lights have gone out.

Who is Len Binn, a comedian or…? What secrets are locked away in Le Trénébreuse? The deadline for what? Who are the little people, the garbage men, the peelers? What lies behind the masks? And what horrors are found down along the backroads?

Check out the book’s page to see who are the 25 writers.

 

Fables and Fabrications

Regular Alchemy Press editor Jan Edwards’ collection, Fables and Fabrications, has received a rather splendid review by Andrew Darlington. He describes the book thus:

You’ll be drawn to this book – in her words, like a hungry she-bear scenting tethered sheep. Announced as ‘fourteen tales of mystery, mirth and the macabre’ this is not the grind-core slasher-horror of gut-wrenching torture-porn, more the luring strangeness of some lost golden age.

Pop over to the Our Fantasy Realm website to read more.

 

Compromising the Truth

Now available!

Compromising the Truth by Bryn Fortey

Back in 2014 The Alchemy Press published Bryn’s first collection, Merry-Go-Round and Other Words. Now, four years on, we have his second book — full of equally stunning stories and poems.

In Compromising the Truth we have eighteen stories plus two dozen poems of the weird and wonderful: a touch of science fiction, a tidbit of horror, a sprinkling of the strange.

From Adrian Cole’s introduction:

“His stories reflect a clear understanding of the human condition and he imbues his characters with knowing insights. The tales vary from stark, unnerving urban horror, to blackly humorous, almost preposterous fantasy, although even these hugely entertaining yarns are seated in reality. “

Cover by Peter Coleborn