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Post by noose on Aug 30, 2010 19:41:08 GMT
Obverse Books( Sept 2010)
Cover TBA
CONTENTS
A Return to the Judge’s House
With Deepest Sympathy
Gun Money
Jesus Wept
The Bag Lady
Falling in Love with a Dead Boy
Losing the Plot
Bloody Conventions
The Spoon
The Trapper
Life through a Lense
The Family Business
Stour Bridge
Final Draft
So yeah, first collection, brilliant that it's happening - probably won't make Fcon, but will make and piggyback on the Norwich launch of the Pan Horror book at the beginning of October. Will be a hardback and priced at £10. Will post the cover when I get it.
Obverse have been going great guns with THE PANDA BOOK OF HORROR and THE OBVERSE BOOK OF GHOSTS, so hopefully WDS will feel right at home.
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Post by marksamuels on Aug 30, 2010 21:38:47 GMT
Good news about the release, Johnny, hope it does well!
Mark S.
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Post by David A. Riley on Aug 31, 2010 5:36:28 GMT
Excellent news.
I look forward to seeing the cover art.
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Post by dem on Aug 31, 2010 8:36:43 GMT
yeah, good luck with it, Mr. M.
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Post by cw67q on Aug 31, 2010 11:08:19 GMT
congratulations - chris
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Post by Craig Herbertson on Aug 31, 2010 11:20:16 GMT
Well done Johnny.  |
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Post by David A. Riley on Sept 6, 2010 20:27:46 GMT
Johnny Mains's first collection of short stories is due out later this year from Obverse Books, hardback and a mere £10 per copy!   CONTENTS A Return to the Judge's House With Deepest Sympathy Gun Money Jesus Wept The Bag Lady Falling in Love with a Dead Boy Losing the Plot Bloody Conventions The Spoon The Trapper Life through a Lense The Family Business Stour Bridge Final Draft |
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Post by hellishnel on Sept 7, 2010 2:55:26 GMT
Ah that's got to be the worst cover design out - just hope it gets changed before publication.
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Post by Craig Herbertson on Sept 7, 2010 6:49:22 GMT
Is that a sympathy card with blood on it? Not good Johnny. The concept is fine but it looks far too photoshop and dolphin has got to go. Bring back the old Fontana Agatha Christie cover model I say.
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Post by David A. Riley on Sept 7, 2010 8:41:48 GMT
Is that a sympathy card with blood on it? Not good Johnny. The concept is fine but it looks far too photoshop and dolphin has got to go. Bring back the old Fontana Agatha Christie cover model I say. I must admit I agree with you, Craig. Perhaps a bit obvious, but I would have gone for a more old fashioned sympathy card, perhaps Victorian in style, on a hall table, with a few other items, and perhaps something sinister, like a bloodied knife or a small bottle with poison on it, or just a few drops of blood. That dolphin definitely isn't right. David |
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Post by noose on Sept 7, 2010 9:33:52 GMT
Poor Duke the Dolphin is ready to kill himself... |
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Post by Craig Herbertson on Sept 7, 2010 9:37:29 GMT
Poor Duke the Dolphin is ready to kill himself... I'm sure you can kill him with horrific panache |
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Post by David A. Riley on Sept 7, 2010 11:04:42 GMT
I love this cover that Obverse have for one of their new books, so they do have some very good artists available to them.  (Note some of the place names on the bus - that's one to catch if you fancy an interesting trip!) |
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Post by David A. Riley on Sept 7, 2010 11:35:26 GMT
I've had a chat - and they are re-designing it - told them exactly what I was after... Well done, Johnny. |
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Post by Craig Herbertson on Sept 7, 2010 12:20:40 GMT
I've had a chat - and they are re-designing it - told them exactly what I was after... Well done, Johnny. Good for you Johnny. |
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