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Post by Dr Strange on Feb 24, 2016 19:39:53 GMT
In that case, we should campaign for .... paperback editions of the three books of Shadows with the original cover artwork! Where do I sign?
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Post by ropardoe on Feb 24, 2016 19:44:50 GMT
In that case, we should campaign for .... paperback editions of the three books of Shadows with the original cover artwork! I'm not averse to the idea, by any means - well, not once the third volume is out of print. But has anyone any suggestions for paperback publishers who might be interested?
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Post by dem bones on Feb 24, 2016 20:16:32 GMT
I'm not averse to the idea, by any means - well, not once the third volume is out of print. But has anyone any suggestions for paperback publishers who might be interested? 'Might' being the operative word here, I'd approach any one from David A. Sutton's Shadow Publications, the Rileys' Parallel Universe, and Gary Fry's Gray Friar Press to begin with. Would also suggest Valancourt, but think they are more interested in reprinting older material (am trying to get them interested in Frederick Cowles). And, of course, Charlie Black's Mortbury Press made a beautiful job of Anna Taborska's For Those Who Dream Monsters ...
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Post by ropardoe on Feb 26, 2016 15:39:53 GMT
I'm not averse to the idea, by any means - well, not once the third volume is out of print. But has anyone any suggestions for paperback publishers who might be interested? 'Might' being the operative word here, I'd approach any one from David A. Sutton's Shadow Publications, the Rileys' Parallel Universe, and Gary Fry's Gray Friar Press to begin with. Would also suggest Valancourt, but think they are more interested in reprinting older material (am trying to get them interested in Frederick Cowles). And, of course, Charlie Black's Mortbury Press made a beautiful job of Anna Taborska's For Those Who Dream Monsters ... Good thoughts. Thanks.
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Post by Michael Connolly on Feb 27, 2016 13:32:50 GMT
Look what I've started! I was only joking when I said I wanted to see a Book of Shadows annual. As it is, because I can't think of any theme, I'm very curious to see your idea for another Ghosts and Scholars volume.
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Post by ropardoe on Feb 27, 2016 13:59:58 GMT
Look what I've started! I was only joking when I said I wanted to see a Book of Shadows annual. As it is, because I can't think of any theme, I'm very curious to see your idea for another Ghosts and Scholars volume. I don't really want to go public with the idea just yet; not until I've got it all sorted in my head at least, and until I know whether small publishers are likely to be interested. Having said that, a couple of people here know about it already. as do members of the Everlasting Club, so it might get around anyway. All I'll say at this point is that it would be a combination of reprints from G&S (hopefully lesser known ones) and new fiction.
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Post by Michael Connolly on Feb 27, 2016 14:13:43 GMT
Thanks for the information. In the meantime, I am looking forward to the next Ghosts and Scholars Newsletter.
Over and out.
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Post by ropardoe on Mar 20, 2016 11:22:20 GMT
The contents of the third Ghosts & Scholars Book of Shadows were announced in the latest G&S Newsletter, David Longhorn has put them up on his blog, and Rob Morgan is going to be posting them on the Sarob blog this week, so I think it's time to put them here too:
"Twenty Years Afterwards" by C.E. Ward
"A Gap in Society" by John Howard
"Tempus Edax Rerum" by John Llewellyn Probert
"The Man in the Rose Bushes" by Steve Rasnic Tem
"Another Episode of Cathedral History" by Peter Holman
"Holywood" by Tom Johnstone
"Bone Matter" by David A. Sutton
"The Second Crown" by Katherine Haynes "The Brooch" by John Ward
"We Don't Want for Company" by D.P. Watt
"Blackberry Time" by Peter Bell and "The Mask of the Dead Mamilius" by Mark Valentine
The MRJ stories covered are: "Lost Hearts" (2), "Number 13", "The Rose Garden", "The Stalls of Barchester Cathedral" (2), "A View from a Hill", "A Warning to the Curious" (2), "An Evening's Entertainment" (2), and "There Was a Man Dwelt by a Churchyard". It's nice mix of authors who have been in one or both of the previous books, and authors new to the series. Two of the latter are folk I've never published anywhere before. I'm really pleased with the way it's turned out, I must admit. Rob tells me that publication should, all being well, be around the end of August.
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Post by dem bones on Mar 20, 2016 11:56:17 GMT
It's nice mix of authors who have been in one or both of the previous books, and authors new to the series. Two of the latter are folk I've never published anywhere before. Would one of them be Tom Johnstone? Tom has written some excellent stories for the Black Books of Horror, and I'm a huge fan of Horror Uncut, the anthology he co-edited with the late Joel Lane. Was very proud to feature his 'Zero Hours' on our most recent calendar abomination. Not the first name I'd associate with Jamesian ghost stories, but shows what Dem knows. As to the second: D. P. Watt? Looks like a tasty line-up, regardless.
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Post by ropardoe on Mar 20, 2016 12:59:18 GMT
It's nice mix of authors who have been in one or both of the previous books, and authors new to the series. Two of the latter are folk I've never published anywhere before. Would one of them be Tom Johnstone? Tom has written some excellent stories for the Black Books of Horror, and I'm a huge fan of Horror Uncut, the anthology he co-edited with the late Joel Lane. Was very proud to feature his 'Zero Hours' on our most recent calendar abomination. Not the first name I'd associate with Jamesian ghost stories, but shows what Dem knows. As to the second: D. P. Watt? Looks like a tasty line-up, regardless. Yes, one of the newcomers to my publications is indeed Tom Johnstone. The other is Peter Holman. D.P. Watt I first published in a G&S Newsletter in 2014 - his brilliant story there was the one that, quite rightly, won the Ghost Story Award for 2014.
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Post by ropardoe on Jul 12, 2016 14:42:31 GMT
Sarob Press is now taking orders for the third Ghosts & Scholars Book of Shadows. The announcement and ordering details are here:http://sarobpress.blogspot.co.uk/
Publication is still on schedule for September. It's looking good, I think.
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Post by Michael Connolly on Jul 15, 2016 11:58:54 GMT
I've just ordered my copy of The Ghosts & Scholars Book of Shadows Volume 3. As the next Ghosts & Scholars Newsletter should be published around the same time, I'm looking forward to reading both of them. If I'm spared.
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Post by ropardoe on Jul 16, 2016 11:26:41 GMT
I've just ordered my copy of The Ghosts & Scholars Book of Shadows Volume 3. As the next Ghosts & Scholars Newsletter should be published around the same time, I'm looking forward to reading both of them. If I'm spared. Yes, they should be roughly concurrent. I'm still finalising the contents of the next G&S Newsletter, but I'll announce them here as soon as I know.
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Post by ropardoe on Jul 21, 2016 8:51:19 GMT
There are only three M.R. James stories not covered in any of the three Ghosts & Scholars Books of Shadows (or in recent issues of G&S): "Martin's Close", "The Ash-Tree" and "The Fenstanton Witch". In the next issue of G&S (October-ish), there'll be a prequel to "Martin's Close" by Carole Tyrrell and a sequel to "The Ash-Tree" by Daniel McGachey, which also ingeniously manages to be a sequel to "The Fenstanton Witch". So that's all done. Since the whole project was suggested by Dan, it's fitting that he should be in at its conclusion. (I'll post the full contents of the next G&S on the appropriate thread once they're finalised.)
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Post by dem bones on Jul 21, 2016 11:07:10 GMT
Well done, Lurkio. It must have been amazing starting the project from scratch and watching the stories ticked off one by one.
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