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Post by wordswortheditions on Nov 11, 2008 15:05:12 GMT
The selection that we're going for is: THE SLAVE MARKET by Cecil Hayter (1907). A FOOTBALL MYSTERY by W. J. Lomax (1907). THE MAN FROM SCOTLAND YARD by Ernest Sempill/Michael Storm (1908). THE LAW OF THE SEA by William Murray Graydon (1912). THE BROTHERHOOD OF THE YELLOW BEETLE by G. H. Teed (1913). A CASE OF ARSON by Robert Murray Graydon (1917). THE BLACK EAGLE by G. H. Teed (1923).
Although we've got permission from IPC to use the name, we're still limited to works that are out of copyright at this stage, although if the first collection is a success, then we may be able to look at a wider range. I've passed the message on to Mark Hodder as requested. Cheers, Derek@Wordsworth
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Post by wordswortheditions on Oct 29, 2008 15:40:45 GMT
I hope you'll forgive a bit of advertising, but members may be interested to know that we will be bringing out a collection of Sexton Blakes stories in March 2009. With something in the region of 200 authors having written the stories, and the rights to the character being held by IPC, it's been rather complicated, but we've now got the go ahead.
David Stuart Davies and Mark Hodder of the Blakiana website are currently working on the title selection, and we may look at further collections if all goes well - Derek, Wordsworth Editions
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Post by wordswortheditions on Oct 28, 2008 9:33:40 GMT
The covers really are exceptional. Please keep the covers uniform as well as I now have 30 of the series and they do look very nice on a bookshelf. Thanks. Thanks - the cover design works well, so certainly no plans to change it. Helen chooses the cover pictures, and spends literally hours finding to right one - a quick name check for Des Knock, who has done some great ones for us lately.
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Post by wordswortheditions on Oct 28, 2008 9:30:24 GMT
Loving all you produce! Just keep on doing it We certainly will - the titles for 2009 are just being finalised, and we're starting to put together a provisional list for 2010
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Post by wordswortheditions on Oct 28, 2008 9:28:25 GMT
As I understand it, the 'Mystery & The Supernatural' department is staffed by just three people, which makes their achievements all the more laudable. Should point out that there isn't a 'Mystery & Supernatural' department - there's just three of us that run the entire Wordsworth operation, although technically 3 1/2 as my daughter Emma is spending some time here while she looks for gainful employment! Thanks, everyone, for your interest.
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Post by wordswortheditions on Oct 28, 2008 9:16:24 GMT
A few titles that might interest you (though I suspect you know of them already) are Vathek by William Beckford, which is a short but enjoyably insane book, and The Monk by Matthew Gregory Lewis, which is just as insane but longer, of course. William Harrison Ainsworth is another writer I would love to see reprinted. His Lancashire Witches and The Elixer of Life would be great additions to any list. I recently came across a very old, much battered copy of his Tower of London, which has some brilliant illustrations in it. I'm sorry now I didn't know you also published a copy of The Beetle, having just bought the over-priced and not particularly attractive Penguin version. It's a pity you need to stick to the seventy years after the author's death stitpulation, though I appreciate the important cost savings this means - and at £2.99 per volume that's obviously an essential - as there are a number of excellent present day writers whose stories only ever appear in collections brought out by the small press. Most of them are used to earning virtually nothing for these collections, though, and some would possibly not be bothered about whatever remuneration they got, however tiny, if there was the possibility of reaching a wider public than the miniscule numbers the small press can normally reach. Beggars can't be choosers these days, when most mainstream publishers have such a complete lack interest in bringing out short story collections from anyone other than Stephen King. In the meantime, keep up the good work. It's much appreciated! David Funny you should say that... The Monk is penciled in for publishing in August 2009, as is Vahtek! I'll pass on your other suggestions, thanks for the input!
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Post by wordswortheditions on Oct 27, 2008 15:59:03 GMT
With an Introduction by Antony Lejeune The Devil Rides Out is the most famous work of a master storyteller, a classic of weird fiction which has been described as 'the best thing of its kind since Dracula' a genuinely frightening tale of devil-worship and sorcery in modern Britain. A group of old friends discover that one of them has been lured into a coven of Satanists. They determine to rescue him - and a beautiful girl employed as a medium. The head of the coven proves to be no charlatan but an Adept of the Dark Arts, able to infiltrate dreams and conjure up fearsome entities. De Richleau fights back with his own knowledge of occultism and ancient lore. A duel ensues between White and Black Magic, Good and Evil used as weapons. Whenever, subsequentley, Dennis Wheatley was asked what he really believed about the supernatural, he would just reply 'Don't meddle!' Few readers will need that warning repeated.
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Post by wordswortheditions on Oct 27, 2008 15:57:08 GMT
With an Introduction by Anthony LejeuneNight after night, out there in the moonlight, Something was trying to get in at the bedroom window. A huge malevolent Something. Something not of this world. Inside, Toby Jugg, a wounded Battle of Britain pilot, thought first that he was hallucinating, then that he must be going mad, finally that this evil Something was real and striving to reach him. So begins what is probably Dennis Wheatley’s most terrifying story of the supernatural. The struggle which ensues brought Toby unexpected help but also ungues treachery as it moves inexorably towards an appalling confrontation and seemingly inevitable catastrophe. No wonder Dennis Wheatley was called “The Prince of Thriller Writers”.
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Post by wordswortheditions on Oct 27, 2008 15:55:20 GMT
With An Introduction by Anthony LejeuneWhy did the solitary girl leave her rented house on the French Riviera only for short walks at night? Why was she so frightened? Why did animals shrink away from her? The girl herself didn’t know, and was certainly not aware of the terrible appointment which had been made for her long ago and was now drawing close. Molly Fountain, the tough-minded Englishwoman living next door, was determined to find the answer. She sent for a wartime secret service colleague to come and help. What they discovered was horrifying beyond anything they could have imagined. Dennis Wheatley returned in this book to his black magic theme which he had made so much his own with his famous best seller The Devil Rides Out. In the cumulative shock of its revelations, the use of arcane knowledge, the mounting suspense and acceleration to a fearful climax, he out-does even that earlier achievement. This is, by any standards, a terrific story.
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Post by wordswortheditions on Oct 27, 2008 15:50:37 GMT
That's just the best set ever isn't it. I could happily buy the lot and it would nearly see me to the grave. The vault should send them some sort of good guy accolade - pint of Guinness each maybe? A pint of Guinness would be most acceptable for Derek, with large white wines for the Ladies, please!
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Post by wordswortheditions on Oct 27, 2008 15:45:34 GMT
With an Introduction by David Stuart Davies 'I saw him take a different shape before my eyes. His loose draperies fell about him...and there issued out of them a monstrous creature of the beetle tribe...' From out of the dark and mystic Egypt come The Beetle, a creature of horror, 'born of neither God nor man', which can change its form at will. It is bent on revenge for a crime committed against the devotees of an ancient religion. At large in London, it pursues its victims without mercy and no one, it seems, is safe from its gruesome clutches. Richard Marsh's weird, compelling and highly original novel, which once outsold Dracula, is both a horror masterpiece and a fin de siecle melodrama embracing the fears and concerns of late Victorian society. Long out of print, The Beetle is now available in this Wordsworth edition, ready to chill you to the marrow and give you nightmares.
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Post by wordswortheditions on Oct 27, 2008 15:44:38 GMT
The Wordsworth cover is quite attractive too, if we do say so ourselves Apologies for the largeness of the image, I'm a bit new to this image uploading lark...
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Post by wordswortheditions on Oct 27, 2008 14:59:17 GMT
Amazon stock all of our titles, most of them for less than the RRP and you only need to spend £5 to get free delivery now. They re-order from us regularly so they normally have everything in stock too
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Post by wordswortheditions on Oct 27, 2008 13:48:20 GMT
The Power of Darkness is one of quite a number of really cracking collections issued by Wordsworth at very low prices. Others include: May Sinclair: Uncanny StoriesWilkie Collins: The Haunted Hotel & other storiesHenry James: Ghost Stories of Henry JamesCharles Dickens: Best Ghost StoriesRudyard Kipling: Strange StoriesMarjorie Bowen: The Bishop of Hell & other storiesI also saw one of the stories of R H & A C Benson, but (when I saw it) was in too much of a rush to buy it. Must look out for that You can find the Wordsworth Mystery & Supernatural series on Amazon. We've currently got over 50 titles in the series, with another 10 being published in the new year, including The Ghost Stories of Edith Wharton. You can check out our upcoming titles on our website: www.wordsworth-editions.com/We welcome suggestions for new titles, the only requirement is that the books have to be out of copyright (70 years from the author’s death), as we would struggle to make them available for £2.99 if we have to pay royalties. Please feel free to email us with any suggestions
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Post by wordswortheditions on Oct 27, 2008 13:33:25 GMT
David Stuart Davis (ed.) - Return From The Dead (Wordsworth Editions, 2006) I don't think any other book company does value for money like Wordsworth. Most of them sell at £2.50 a time unless you buy yours from some unscrupulous money-grabbing fiend on eBay or Abe's in which case they're probably about 100 times the cover price. Return From The Dead looks like as good a place as any to pick up a copy of Stoker's The Jewel Of The Seven Stars, provided it's not a condensed version which, knowing Wordsworth's excellent track record to date, it most likely isn't. As with Children Of The Night, I don't have a copy so confirmation of the stories would be most welcome. Thanks for the kind words, we really appreciate input from our customers I can confirm that the content list is indeed correct, and that The Jewel of the Seven Stars is included in its entirety. All of our books are listed on Amazon, so you can usually pick up the Mystery & Supernatural range on there at RRP (£2.99) or slightly less.
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