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Best Horror of the Year
Every year sees a new volume in the Ellen Datlow-edited Best Horror of the Year series. The 2019 edition (volume 11), with a terrific cover by Audrey Benjaminsen, features work first published in 2018.
There are over 20 stories in this volume including “Masks” by Peter Sutton, from the pages of The Alchemy Press Book of Horrors. In her introduction, this is what Ellen says of Horrors:
In addition, Ellen lists the full recommended reading list on her blog (it’s in four parts). It includes nine stories from Horrors!
Compromising the Truth reviewed
Sam Smith has reviewed Compromising the Truth by Bryn Fortey. He says: “The sign of a good writer: Bryn had me both laughing and in tears, and a couple of times grimacing as I compulsively read on…”
Read Sam’s full review on his blog. Or here.
Horrors 2: cover reveal
Here’s an early peek at the cover for The Alchemy Press Book of Horrors 2, due spring 2020:
Cover art and design by Peter Coleborn. And a reminder of the ToC:
- Gail-Nina Anderson Henrietta Street
- Sarah Ash I Left My Fair Homeland
- Debbie Bennett I Remember Everything
- Mike Chinn Digging in the Dirt
- Paul Finch What Did You See
- Sharon Gosling Every Bad Thing
- John Grant The Loneliest Place
- John Howard The Primordial Light
- Tim Jeffreys Black Nore
- Eyglo Karlsdottir Footprints in the Snow
- Nancy Kilpatrick Promises
- Garry Kilworth Lirpaloof Island
- Samantha Lee The Secret Place
- Pauline Morgan Beneath Namibian Sands
- Thana Niveau The Hate Whisperer
- John Llewellyn Probert Hydrophobia
- Peter Sutton We Do Like to Be Beside
Once again internal artwork by Jim Pitts.
Horrors 2 — table of contents
We are delighted to announce the contents for the forthcoming Alchemy Press Book of Horrors 2, the follow up to last year’s acclaimed anthology. Alphabetically:
- Gail-Nina Anderson Henrietta Street
- Sarah Ash I Left My Fair Homeland
- Debbie Bennett I Remember Everything
- Mike Chinn Digging in the Dirt
- Paul Finch What Did You See
- Sharon Gosling Every Bad Thing
- John Grant The Loneliest Place
- John Howard The Primordial Light
- Tim Jeffreys Black Nore
- Eyglo Karlsdottir Footprints in the Snow
- Nancy Kilpatrick Promises
- Gary Kilworth Lirpaloof Island
- Samantha Lee The Secret Place
- Pauline Morgan Beneath Namibian Sands
- Thana Niveau The Hate Whisperer
- John Llewellyn Probert Hydrophobia
- Peter Sutton We Do Like to Be Beside
Once again internal artwork by Jim Pitts.
The Alchemy Press Book of Horrors 2, edited by Peter Coleborn and Jan Edwards, is scheduled for a spring 2020 publication.
Horrors on offer
The Alchemy Press Book of Horrors is available from Amazon for the remarkably low price of £6.42. Not sure how long it will stay at this level — so get over there quick by clicking here.
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 something worse? 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?
With stories by Ramsey Campbell, Storm Constantine, Stephen Laws, Samantha Lee, Stan Nicholls, Tony Richards and many, many others.
New Year wishes
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.
