In his annual roundup of the year’s best horror books, that fine writer Tom Johnstone mentions The Alchemy Press Book of Horrors. He says:
…this is a very strong example of that rare thing these days: a non-themed horror anthology, though the accent is very much on the weird and the strange rather than pure horror, but that’s no bad thing. There are some gems here…
Read Tom’s full round up on his blog, here.
The submission window for The Alchemy Press Book of Horrors 2 has now closed. We’ve received over 120 submissions which we will now start reading. Please bear with us. In the meantime, we have replied to all submissions acknowledging your story. If you haven’t heard from us please get in touch.
We’ve received many submissions to The Alchemy Press Book of Horrors 2 so far,and they continue to arrive everyday. We try to acknowledge these within a day or so. Unfortunately we are a bit behind schedule but hope to acknowledge all in due course. If you haven’t heard from us within a week of the submission window closing (at the end of this month) please email us.
The Alchemy Press wishes everyone a fantastic 2019. Let’s hope it’s a good one.
Meanwhile, please note that the current Alchemy Press book sale will end on 31st January 2019. See previous post.
Compromising the Truth by Bryn Fortey has received a tremendous review on Andrew Darlington’s website, Eight Miles Higher.
These are storyteller’s tales that both rip into your mind like fishhooks and soak into your consciousness like high-grade toxic bootleg hooch, then hang around like the earworm hook you can never get rid of, leaving aftertastes of joy. Bryn plays games that tie truth into conundrums, beguiling anecdotes, unreliable memory or alternate worlds of sly wonder.
Visit Andrew’s website (see above for link) to read the full review.
That fine connoisseur of horror fiction, James Everington, has selected five stories from The Alchemy Press Book of Horrors among his picks from 2018. You can see the selection on James’ Scattershot Writing website. The five stories he selects are those by Ramsey Campbell, Cate Gardner, Ralph Robert Moore, Marie O’Regan and Madhvi Ramani. Well done … but we at Alchemy wish to state, categorically, that we love all 25 tales in the anthology. Horrors is available in print and eBook (various formats) versions.
By the way, a quick reminder: the submission window for volume two of Horrors runs throughout January 2019. The above image is the possible/probable cover for the book.
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.
