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Post by David A. Riley on Aug 28, 2021 17:51:39 GMT
A video glimpse of The Ever More Fantastical Art of Jim Pitts, which will be published by Parallel Universe Publications later this year. Parallel Universe Publications
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Post by dem bones on Aug 29, 2021 9:05:26 GMT
Hi David. Did you ever find out if Jim was aware one his illustrations accompanied a Robert Bloch reprint in New Witchcraft?
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Post by David A. Riley on Aug 29, 2021 9:44:59 GMT
Hi David. Did you ever find out if Jim was aware one his illustrations accompanied a Robert Bloch reprint in New Witchcraft? I'll ask Jim now and get back to you about it.
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Post by helrunar on Aug 29, 2021 14:22:22 GMT
New Witchcraft sounds awesome. And hilarious. Of course I own a copy of Mrs St George's Casebook of a Working Occultist, and I think I've commented about it before. My theory is that the story about her magical rescue of a damaged spacecraft led to the founding of the Chaos Magick current at some nebulous point between 1974 and the early 80s... the tale has her invoking Mr Spock from Star Trek to astral travel to the troubled ship, where inevitable comments about "primitive solid-state circuitry" ensue amongst other things.
That book is fiction but does include some accurate details about specific magical practices, lightly or heavily interwoven with fantasy.
H.
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Post by Jojo Lapin X on Aug 29, 2021 19:21:07 GMT
Thank you for making this clear. What about the works of Lobsang Rampa? In particular the book written by his cat?
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Post by peedeel on Aug 30, 2021 6:32:19 GMT
Thank you for making this clear. What about the works of Lobsang Rampa? In particular the book written by his cat? Lobsang Rampa was once known as Cyril Henry Hoskin, a Plymouth plumber - until he fell from a tree; after which unfortunate event, he became possessed by the spirit of a Tibetan Buddhist monk. He wrote many wonderful books, including My Visit to Venus, The Thirteenth Candle, and of course, Living with the Lama – which was written by his pet Siamese cat, Mrs. Fifi Greywhiskers, who, using feline telepathy, dictated that fine work to Rampa. Here Fifi offers us her unique perspective on the world and its possibilities. ‘Her’ book is as real as life itself, but about three times as long – it’s also as honest as many of the claims of Nithyananda i.e. delaying the sunrise by forty minutes and teaching cattle to speak in Tamil and Sanskrit.
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Post by David A. Riley on Aug 30, 2021 9:52:09 GMT
So far all Jim can offer about that illustration is:
"One of my very first colour pieces! I don't remember it being published!"
So it looks as though it was used in that magazine without his permission or knowledge.
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Post by dem bones on Aug 30, 2021 10:45:12 GMT
So far all Jim can offer about that illustration is: "One of my very first colour pieces! I don't remember it being published!" So it looks as though it was used in that magazine without his permission or knowledge. Thanks for asking. I thought that might be the case and doubt Robert Bloch knew too much about them reprinting his story, either. Even the meticulous, sadly missed Graeme Flanagan overlooks it in Robert Bloch: A Biblio-Biography, and, as the author helped him with the biblio, it's almost certain that if Bloch knew of it, he'd have informed him. Incidentally, that issue of New Witchcraft, #4, proved to be the last, so I guess the editor figured he might as well publish and be damned.
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Post by David A. Riley on Aug 30, 2021 10:53:44 GMT
So far all Jim can offer about that illustration is: "One of my very first colour pieces! I don't remember it being published!" So it looks as though it was used in that magazine without his permission or knowledge. Thanks for asking. I thought that might be the case and doubt Robert Bloch knew too much about them reprinting his story, either. Even the meticulous, sadly missed Graeme Flanagan overlooks it in Robert Bloch: A Biblio-Biography, and, as the author helped him with the biblio, it's almost certain that if Bloch knew of it, he'd have informed him. Incidentally, that issue of New Witchcraft, #4, proved to be the last, so I guess the editor figured he might as well publish and be damned. I am sure things like this happen a lot. I know I have had at least half a dozen stories published in translation in countries like Germany and Russia without my knowledge. And once, coming back from Bulgaria, I spotted an anthology for sale in the airport shop with the cover from the first Black Book of Horror - except the contents were from another horror anthology altogether - I think it was probably a Steve Jones one. I know neither Paul Mudie nor Charles Black were aware of this - nor Steve. I just wish I had bought a copy, but we were in a bit of a hurry at the time.
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Post by David A. Riley on Oct 10, 2021 18:53:00 GMT
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Post by David A. Riley on Oct 22, 2021 9:27:15 GMT
To be published next month as a paperback and ebook, A Grim God's Revenge: Dark Tales of Fantasy & Horror is made up of fourteen previously published stories in the horror, fantasy and science fiction genres: Dead Ronnie and I was first published in Sanitarium issue 44, 2016 edited by Barry Skelhorn Corpse-Maker was first published in Weird Window issue 2, 1971 edited by David A. Sutton The Urn was first published in Whispers issue 1, 1972 edited by Stuart David Schiff Gwargens was first published in Beyond issue 3, 1995 Retribution was first published in Peeping Tom issue 3, 1991 edited by Stuart Hughes The Bequest was first published in Dark Horizons, 2008 edited by Peter Coleborn They Pissed on My Sofa was first published in Malicious Deviance, 2011 edited by Robert Essig Old Grudge Ender was first published in The Screaming Book of Horror, 2012 edited by Johnny Mains A Girl, a Toad and a Cask was first published in The Unspoken, 2013 edited by William Meikle Scrap was first published in Dark Visions 1, 2013 edited by Anthony Rivera and Sharon Lawson Lem was first published in The Eleventh Black Book of Horror, 2015 edited by Charles Black A Grim God’s Revenge was first published in Mythic issue 4, 2017 edited by Shaun Kilgore Grudge End Cloggers was first published in Scare Me, 2020 edited by M. Leon Smith Hanuman was first published in Phantasmagoria issue 16, 2020 edited by Trevor Kennedy The cover and back cover artwork is by Jim Pitts. Parallel Universe Publications Website
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Post by David A. Riley on Nov 4, 2021 17:10:41 GMT
We have just published our third swords and sorcery anthology: Swords & Sorceries: Tales of Heroic Fantasy Volume 3. amazon.co.ukamazon.comContents are: Sorcerous Vengeance by Lorenzo D. Lopez Seal Snatchers of Jorsaleem by Tais Teng When the Gods Send You Rats by Chadwick Ginther Mother's Bones by Carson Ray In the Lair of the Snake-Witch by Darin Hlavaz The Rains of Barofonn by Mike Chinn Wardark by Craig Herbertson The Foliage by Rab Foster In the Lair of the Moonmen by Jon Hansen Sailing on the Thieves' Tide by Adrian Cole The covers and interior artwork are again by Jim Pitts. The book is 270 pages and costs £11.99 for the paperback and £2.99 for the kindle. Parallel Universe Publications
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Post by Craig Herbertson on Nov 4, 2021 21:59:48 GMT
Can't say how pleased I am about making the cut for this. I have a few thousand words of a fantasy story that will never see the light because it just wasn't good enough. I felt for years that I need to pay back the years of pleasure I had, and still have, from this genre and here we are. Wow.
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Post by David A. Riley on Nov 5, 2021 10:22:22 GMT
Hot on the heels of Swords & Sorceries: Tales of Heroic Fantasy Volume 3 is A Grim God's Revenge: Dark Tales of Fantasy & Horror. A Grim God's Revenge: Dark Tales of Fantasy & Horror by David A. Riley is now available in paperback and kindle. amazon.co.ukamazon.comThe short story collection includes fourteen dark tales of fantasy and horror ranging from 1971 to 2020. Dead Ronnie and I was first published in Sanitarium issue 44, 2016 Corpse-Maker was first published in Weird Window issue 2, 1971 The Urn was first published in Whispers issue 1, 1972 Gwargens was first published in Beyond issue 3, 1995 Retribution was first published in Peeping Tom issue 3, 1991 The Bequest was first published in Dark Horizons, 2008 They Pissed on My Sofa was first published in Malicious Deviance, 2011 Old Grudge Ender was first published in The Screaming Book of Horror, 2012 A Girl, a Toad and a Cask was first published in The Unspoken, 2013 Scrap was first published in Dark Visions 1, 2013 Lem was first published in The Eleventh Black Book of Horror, 2015 A Grim God’s Revenge was first published in Mythic issue 4, 2017 Grudge End Cloggers was first published in Scare Me, 2020 Hanuman was first published in Phantasmagoria issue 16, 2020
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Post by David A. Riley on Dec 16, 2021 11:18:01 GMT
A Grim God's Revenge: Dark Tales of Fantasy & Horror by David A. Riley has been reduced in price from £11.99 to £6.00/$7.94 for the paperback till the 1st January 2022. amazon.co.ukamazon.comArtwork: Jim Pitts The short story collection includes fourteen dark tales of fantasy and horror ranging from 1971 to 2020. Dead Ronnie and I was first published in Sanitarium issue 44, 2016 Corpse-Maker was first published in Weird Window issue 2, 1971 The Urn was first published in Whispers issue 1, 1972 Gwargens was first published in Beyond issue 3, 1995 Retribution was first published in Peeping Tom issue 3, 1991 The Bequest was first published in Dark Horizons, 2008 They Pissed on My Sofa was first published in Malicious Deviance, 2011 Old Grudge Ender was first published in The Screaming Book of Horror, 2012 A Girl, a Toad and a Cask was first published in The Unspoken, 2013 Scrap was first published in Dark Visions 1, 2013 Lem was first published in The Eleventh Black Book of Horror, 2015 A Grim God’s Revenge was first published in Mythic issue 4, 2017 Grudge End Cloggers was first published in Scare Me, 2020 Hanuman was first published in Phantasmagoria issue 16, 2020
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