My review of Casting the Runes: The Letters of M. R. James to be read on Trevor Kennedy's Broadcast this Sunday

My review of Casting the Runes: The Letters of M. R. James, edited by Jane Mainley-Piddock will be broadcast on Trevor Kennedy's radio show this Sunday on Big Hits Radio UK between 12 noon and 2 p.m. 

It will also be included in the next issue of Phantasmagoria, which will be available towards the end of next week.

Two great fantasy books from Parallel Universe Publications

Late last year Parallel Universe Publications issued two great fantasy books:

Samantha Lee's dystopian dark fantasy Childe Rolande

Swords & Sorceries: Tales of Heroic Fantasy Volume 5

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Originally published by Futura Books in 1989, our new edition includes an Introduction by the author and a brand-new cover by talented Scottish artist Paul Mudie, who will be familiar to many for the iconic covers he created for the Black Books of Horror. There is also the added bonus of interior chapter headings by award-winning artist Jim Pitts.

Childe Rolande has been optioned by Forlan Films for a proposed TV series and is currently in pre-production development. See image below from their website.

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The contents are: 

The Rotted Land by Charles Gramlich

Skulls for Silver by Harry Elliott

For the Light by Gustavo Bondoni

People of the Lake by Lorenzo D. Lopez

Free Diving for Leviathan Eggs by Tais Teng

The Black Well by Darin Hlavaz

Degg and the Undead by Susan Murrie Macdonald

The Mistress of the Marsh by David Dubrow

Silver and Gold by Earl W. Parrish

Bridge of Sorrows by Dev Agarwal 

Prisoners of Devil Dog City by Adrian Cole

Latest issue of Phantasmagoria magazine includes a Tribute to the late Charles Black

I am pleased to announce that the next issue of Phantasmagoria magazine includes a tribute to Charles Black close to the 4th anniversary of his death, with contributions collected by me from Stephen Bacon, Mike Chinn, Kevin Demant, Kate Farrell, Paul Finch, Craig Herbertson, Paul Mudie, Thana Niveau, Reggie Oliver, Marion Pitman, John Probert, David A. Sutton, Anna Taborska and David Williamson. 

It was while I was at Charles's funeral I was told by Kevin Demant that Charles had told him he had intended to start a regular anthology of swords and sorcery stories like the Black Books of Horror. Unfortunately ill health and his death prevented him from ever doing this - which is why I created Swords & Sorceries: Tales of Heroic Fantasy and why each volume is dedicated to him.

Childe Rolande by Samantha Lee

Parallel Universe Publications is proud to have published Samantha Lee's groundbreaking post-apocalyptic dark fantasy novel Childe Rolande as a paperback and kindle e-book.

amazon.co.uk

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Originally published by Futura Books in 1989, our new edition includes an Introduction by the author and a brand-new cover by talented Scottish artist Paul Mudie, who will be familiar to many for the iconic covers he created for the Black Books of Horror. There is also the added bonus of interior chapter headings by award-winning artist Jim Pitts.

Childe Rolande has been optioned by Forlan Films for a proposed TV series and is currently in pre-production development. See image below from their website.

Two more stories accepted for publication in 2023

Yesterday I found out two of my stories will see print later this year, one a reprint and the other new.

    The reprint is a story called Swan Song, which originally appeared in The Ninth Black Book of Horror. This will be reprinted in August in Schlock Webzine.

    The new story is a sword and sorcery tale called The Dark Priestdom, which will appear in the next issue of Savage Realms Monthly. This will mark my second story in that great magazine. It's also a prequel to Welgar the Cursed, which will be in Lyndon Perry's Swords & Heroes anthology in May.

New Monochrome Ad for Swords & Sorceries: Tales of Heroic Fantasy

A new monochrome ad for the Swords & Sorceries: Tales of Heroic Fantasy anthology series has been produced and will appear for the first time in the next issue of Phantasmagoria magazine, due soon.