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The thirty-nine steps books

 

Alchemy: other books

Besides anthologies and collections The Alchemy Press has been honoured to publish the following titles. Click on the images for further information on each title.

   

• Touchstones: Essays on the Fantastic by John Howard
• Doors to Elsewhere by Mike Barrett

Alchemy’s 2014 titles

Last weekend at FantasyCon in Nottingham the winners of the British Fantasy Society awards were announced. Although we didn’t win the Best Independent Press category, we are delighted to have been short listed. The winner was Fox Spirit Books — many congratulations go to them!

The above photo shows our output from 2014. From the top left clockwise: Merry-Go-Round, Kneeling in the Silver Light, The Alchemy Press Book of Urban Mythic 2, Touchstones, Nick Nightmare Investigates (which did win for Best Collection!), The Alchemy Press Book of Pulp heroes 3, Tell No Lies and again (the hardcover this time) Merry-Go-Round. 

 

Buying Alchemy books

Alchemy Press titles are available online from Amazon and other dealers. But if you are keen to avoid Amazon and its associated companies take a look at Wordery, a UK book seller. As you can see via this link, they have a nice array of our titles all ready to purchase. (Note, the site muddles up Alchemy Press titles along with similarly named imprints.)

 

July Newsletter

Here we are, coming up to the end of July and as always it is all systems go here at Alchemy Manor. First up is the short list for the British Fantasy Society Awards, which were announced this week. We are tickled pink to see the Alchemy Press nominated in no less than four categories, namely:

• Best Anthology: The Alchemy Press Book of Urban Mythic 2, edited by Jan Edwards and Jenny Barber
• Best Collection: Nick Nightmare Investigates, by Adrian Cole (co-published with Airgedlámh Publications)
• Best Non-Fiction: Touchstones: Essays on the Fantastic, by John Howard
• And Best Independent Press: The Alchemy Press itself

Also, Alchemy editors Jan Edwards and Jenny Barber are pleased so see short-listed for Best Short Story ‘A Change of Heart’ by Gaie Sebold, from their Wicked Women anthology, edited for Fox Spirit.

Touchstones

Touchstones: Essays on the Fantastic by John Howard is essential reading if you want to learn more about the genre’s roots. Click on the link to discover more.

“In all there are twenty-two essays, every one of ‘em readable and informative thanks to Howard’s winning combination of clarity, enthusiasm, and erudition” and Touchstones has something for everyone who is interested in the highways and byways of weird fiction.” – Supernatural Tales

 

January/February Newsletter

It’s already February in a cold and snowy Staffordshire Moorlands, but are we hibernating? We are not!

First and foremost, a reminder for those of you have may have missed it in the Christmas rush: we have for your delectation and delight a collection of short fiction from a master of the form. Tell No Lies by John Grant is a fabulous volume of twelve stories to thrill you and chill you and to take you on journeys of the fantastic!

• It is an easy enough mistake to make – the most natural mistake in the world.
• Cello is hooked up to the machine, but whose dreams does she experience?
• The house is suddenly infested, but with … what?
• At the Edinburgh Fringe he meets Kristie. She seems to be exactly what he needs.
• The books Philip buys contain a signature that has no right to be there.
• In a West Country village petrol is ridiculously cheap. Where does it come from?
• Caught in a blizzard he finds himself in Memoryville … where he meets an old acquaintance…
• Ginfalcio Beeswax and Truculence Fish are all that stand between the monsters from the blackness of outer space and the end of mankind. But are issues closer to home more frightening than multi-tentacled aliens?
• Christopher – their miracle child.
• Nick’s lives are … haunted, but by whom?
• The artist is dead but her art lives on.
• It’s Benjy’s birthday – and he wants his own universe.

Review copies are still available in the e-format of choice.

2014 publications

Here’s a reminder of last year’s output from The Alchemy Press. Click on the titles for further details:

Kneeling in the Silver Light edited by Dean M Drinkel

Merry-Go-Round and Other Words by Bryn Fortey

Nick Nightmare Investigates by Adrian Cole

Tell No Lies by John Grant

The Alchemy Press Book of Pulp Heroes 3 edited by Mike Chinn

The Alchemy Press Book of Urban Mythic 2 edited by Jan Edwards and Jenny Barber

Touchstones by John Howard

And keep an eye peeled for this year’s titles.

 

Alchemy Press Newsletter: Xmas 2014

Good morning/ afternoon /evening (delete as applicable). It’s Christmas Eve and the time of year to look back on our achievements and, of course, to anticipate the things to come. We know you are all very busy at this moment, making mince pies, wrapping presents, decorating the tree, buying last-minute gifts, so we’re keeping this Newsletter brief.

Firstly our big news for the day! We have a brand new collection just off the press from the talented Mr John Grant — Tell No Lies:

Meanwhile…

…she just can’t stop touching.