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Post by dem bones on Aug 20, 2012 17:02:46 GMT
Vault: Tomorrow's Stars Today Yesterday! Stephen Bacon and Thana Niveau (the celestial being also known to man as Lady Probert), both of whom kindly contributed splendid stories to inaugeral Vault advent calendar, are set to unleash their debut collections via the Gray Friar Press 'New Blood' showcase. Stephen's 21 story collection, Peel Back The Sky, is available now and includes the Sixth Black Book of Horror show-stopper, Room Above The Shop and his advent calendar contribution (via Benedict J. and V. C. Jones (ed's) Tales from the Smoking Room (Hand of Danjou Press, 2009), The Strangled Garden. The shop mannequins that appear to have a life of their own . . .the monstrous insect that consumes men's thoughts . . . the shadowy organisation that wreaks terror to the public . . . the overgrown garden blighted by a centuries-old curse . . . These tales map the darkest recesses of our minds. They document the madness and cruelty that exists in the places we do not wish to visit TOC, orders, etc, at Gray Friar Press. Not much info as yet of Thana's collection, save that it will be New Blood 02, we'll not have very long to wait for it, and the book takes its title from Thana's first published work, the Whitechapel Society 1988 short story award winning From Hell To Eternity. Further details as and when we receive 'em. Meanwhile, Johnny Mains' second collection, the twelve story Frightfully Cosy and Mild Stories for Nervous Types is available from David A. Sutton's recently revived Shadow Publications, and includes the author's contribution to Vault's second Advent Calendar, Head Soup, if you fancy a sneaky peak. On a slightly grumpier note, we've missed out on the llimited hardcover edition of John Llewellyn Probert's novella, The Nine Deaths of Dr. Valentine ( Spectral Press, 2012) 'cause it's sold out pre-publication, which is a big swiz and mouldy chiz, but we don't mind too much because we prefer paperbacks anyhow.
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asenath
Crab On The Rampage
The Thing on the Doorstep
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Post by asenath on Oct 17, 2012 15:54:19 GMT
Yes, I was grumpy about the sell out of Mr. Probert's book too. I just discovered Spectral Press and his book and damn it was gone. I lamented this unfortunate turn of events on my blog when Simon of Spectral Press came to my rescue. They had a handful of paperback copies left, would I want one? Hell yes! Soon it will be in my hands...! Bwahahahahahaha!  |
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Post by Johnlprobert on Oct 17, 2012 16:34:40 GMT
Yes, I was grumpy about the sell out of Mr. Probert's book too. I just discovered Spectral Press and his book and damn it was gone. I lamented this unfortunate turn of events on my blog when Simon of Spectral Press came to my rescue. They had a handful of paperback copies left, would I want one? Hell yes! Soon it will be in my hands...! Bwahahahahahaha! Thank you very much for chasing a copy - I very much hope you enjoy it!  |
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Post by dem bones on Jan 23, 2013 6:31:54 GMT
If you've been thinking about sampling Gray Friar's excellent back catalogue - it includes books by such contemporary talents as John Llewellyn Probert, Paul Finch, Thana Niveau, Stephen Volk, Stephen Bacon, Tony Richards - but have yet to get around to it, now is the time to pounce as Whitby's finest has just announced this latest special offer: BUY ANY BOOK FROM THE GRAY FRIAR PRESS CATALOGUE AND GET A COPY OF GARY FRY'S CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED NOVELLA THE RESPECTABLE FACE OF TYRANNY (Spectral Press) ABSOLUTELY FREE. (Just buy the book, and we will do the rest.)
Like a jam session between Billy Bragg and H P Lovecraft or a mash-up of Rage Against the Machine and Algernon Blackwood, Gary Fry's The Respectable Face of Tyranny is a radical – and remarkably successful – marriage of socio-economic outrage and Cosmic Horror. - Peter Atkins
This is the finest work I’ve seen from Gary Fry, a story in which he blends numerous concerns about the plight of our world and dresses them all up in reinvented horror tropes, with the world’s financial systems personified as Cthulhuesque entities, a splendidly effective and apt metaphor . . . Fry’s melding of these disparate aspects . . . is masterly. - Peter Tennant
. . . a very striking use of the supernatural as a political metaphor, wittily and inventively sustained. - Ramsey Campbell
Very relevant, ambitious, and with a killer of an ending . . . a heartbreaker . . . the setting [is] sketched superbly. - Gary McMahon
Gary Fry's ironic novella offers a recession-era take on the Jamesian theme of an intellectual protagonist using reason to keep fear at bay. Realistic worldly concerns distort into visions of metaphysical ruin, delivering a dark blend of supernatural horror and uneasy satire. - Joel Lane
. . . a bleak tale of personal hell set against a canvas of cosmic horror.In revealing the machinery that powers modern civilization, Fry's gaze is pitiless. Almost as pitiless as the dark forces that feed upon hapless humankind. - Laird Barron
In other news, we'll soon be announcing several new books for 2013, including two new entries in our Gray Matter novella series, number 3 in our New Blood series, a new entry in our Terror Tales series, and a new standalone anthology edited by one of the genre's finest new talents. So stay tuned! |
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Post by dem bones on Jul 29, 2014 14:41:47 GMT
This recently in from Gary Fry, the darkk maestro behind the continually impressive Gray Friar Press ********************** We are pleased to announce the third entry in our series of short story collections celebrating newer writers in the field. New Blood #3 is... ... CAROLE JOHNSTONE's THE BRIGHT DAY IS DONEsuperb stories (including one original novella) Between a Rock and a Hard Place
Machine
Stamping Ground
Sanctuary
For The Attention of the Occupier
God of the Gaps
The Morning After
Victoria Sponge
Electric Dreams
The Monster of Venice
Departures
Despair
Scent
The Black Veil
Bury The Truth
Gettin’ High
Story NotesBlurb “We are all of us afraid of death; it is the human condition.”
*Take a journey through our world of uncertainty and fear, where thieves and opportunists lurk; where urban landscapes are the hunting grounds of gods and monsters; where tourist attractions hide horror under their skin, the sea dredges up a terrible past, and a concrete jungle sprouts deadly new life of its own. A world where our search for purpose and joy never ends, whether we choose the sunny path or shade. A world from which there can be no escape . . . not even in death.*
Available and shipping now in paperback: *£8.99 / £16 11 Euros.*
Order now from: Gray Friar Press
Carole Johnstone blogspot
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