So far, so good…

We thought it would be fun to create a mosaic of Alchemy Press books.

 

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Elder Things reviewed

The Private Life of Elder Things — by Adrian Tchaikovsky, Keris McDonald and Adam Gauntlett gets a great review on SF Crowsnest:

Although the stories in this volume are inspired by Lovecraft’s work, it isn’t necessary to be familiar with his work but, in the case of Tchaikovsky’s tales, it helps to know where he is coming from. Those unfamiliar with Lovecraft may be inspired to seek out the originals. The volume, though, is a selection of stories worth perusing, regardless of your reading history.

Read the full review here.

Discover more about the book here.

 

Evocations reviewed

Evocations by James Brogden has been reviewed on the SF Crowsnest website:

These and the other stories in this book give a taste of what Brogden can achieve. He is at his best when the story has a horrific element but for those wondering what else he can do, the last piece here is an extract from his novel Tourmaline.

You can read the fall review here or visit the book’s page here.

 

 

Horrors 2. Sub guidelines now posted

2019 sees the second volume of the Alchemy Press Book of Horrors to be edited by Peter Coleborn and Jan Edwards.

We are looking for horror stories … but not just horror. We want tales that can be described as “weird”, “strange”, “amazing” and “peculiar”: stories that would have found a home in Weird Tales, Unknown Worlds, Fantastic and Fantasy Tales among other illustrious publications.

The full guidelines can be found here.

 

Horrors volume 2

We’ll be posting submission details for second volume of The Alchemy Press Book of Horrors shortly. Keep and eye out for the details — here and on Facebook.

What’s in Horrors?

There was an avalanche of stories submitted to The Alchemy Press Book of Horrors – especially in the final month of the submission’s window. To be honest, we didn’t expect to receive around 310 manuscripts seeking a home in this anthology. We were worried that we’d have too few submissions.

We read the stories as soon as possible after receiving them (but as indicated, January was a particularly busy month), maintaining a database of comments in order to narrow down to a shortlist.

Yet we managed it quickly – and then the shortlist itself needed to be pruned, and even so we couldn’t cut back to the original idea: an anthology containing a dozen stories. So we succumbed and settled on 25 stories. Without further ado, in alphabetical order (alphabetically by first name that is!), here’s what you’ll be reading in the latter part of 2018.

• Adrian Cole: Broken Billy
• Cate Gardner: The Fullness of Her Belly
• Debbie Bennett: The Fairest of them all
• Gail-Nina Anderson: An Eye for a Plastic Eye
• Gary McMahon: Guising
• James Brogden: The Trade-Up
• Jenny Barber: Down Along the Backroads
• John Grant: Too Late
• Keris McDonald: Remember, Remember
• Madhvi Ramani: Teufelsberg
• Marie O’Regan: Pretty Things
• Marion Pitman: The Apple Tree
• Mike Chinn: Her Favourite Place
• Peter Sutton: Masks
• Phil Sloman: The Girl with Three Eyes
• Ralph Robert Moore: Peelers
• Ramsey Campbell: Some Kind of a Laugh
• Ray Cluley: Bluey
• Samantha Lee: The Worm
• Stan Nicholls: Deadline
• Stephen Laws: Get Worse Soon
• Storm Constantine: La Tenebreuse
• Suzanne Barbieri: In the Rough
• Tina Rath: Little People
• Tony Richards: The Garbage Men

In addition, the book will be garnished with a range of Jim Pitt illustrations. We aim to make this book one you’ll treasure.

 

Sub window closes

No, not that type of sub.

The submission window for The Alchemy Press Book of Horrors is now closed. We have received 297 submissions to wade through (sorry, to read), make shortlists, and then finalised the table of contents. We hope to start contacting folk in a few weeks. Please be patient.