Tuesday, 26 August 2025

The Ever More Fantastical Art of Jim Pitts and The Fantastical Art of Jim Pitts

 


Since we brought out The Fantastical Art of Jim Pitts in 2017 Jim has been constantly busy, including interior artwork for Elak: King of Atlantis and After Nightfall & Other Weird Tales, covers for Phantasmagoria magazine, and a host of other projects, with new techniques and fresh designs. 

The Ever More Fantastical Art of Jim Pitts is a fitting sequel to the first volume, published in hardcover and packed with black and white and full-colour illustrations.

These are just a few of the pages from this book:





All copies ordered direct from PUP will be signed by Jim Pitts and include some great extras.
To order direct from PUP click on this link

 Amazon.co.uk £25.00

 
 

 
Celebrating over 40 years of work in the fantasy/horror genres, The Fantastical Art of Jim Pitts is a large-size 212-page hardcover book containing hundreds of black and white and colour illustrations created by one of the finest fantasy artists in the UK. Included are articles by people who have worked with and known Jim for many years: Brian Lumley, David A. Sutton, Ramsey Campbell, Stephen Jones, Jon M. Harvey, Peter Coleborn, Nick Caffrey, and David A. Riley. 
The Fantastical Art of Jim Pitts is a numbered, limited edition of 250 copies, each of which is signed by Jim Pitts. As such it is only available direct from us. It cannot be ordered from Amazon or anywhere else.

To order the hardcover version of The Fantastical Art of Jim Pitts click onto this link.
To order the softcover versions direct from us click onto this link.

Also available in soft cover in two volumes:



Swords & Sorceries: Tales of Heroic Fantasy Volume 10 reviewed in Phantasmagoria magazine

There's an excellent review of Swords & Sorceries: Tales of Heroic Fantasy Volume 10 in the current issue of Phantasmagoria magazine, issue 27, by ex-editor of Fear magazine, John Gilbert. 


 

Friday, 22 August 2025

Future covers for Swords & Sorceries: Tales of Heroic Fantasy

 Not only have I now got the cover sorted for Swords & Sorceries: Tales of Heroic Fantasy Volume 11 but those for volumes 12 and 13 too. All are the work of Jim Pitts.



 

Proposed covers for the Collected Horror Stories of David A. Riley

These collections will include all of David A. Riley's horror and occasional science fiction stories. They do not include any of his fantasy or swords and sorcery stories, most of which were written over the last five years and number thirty-five at the moment.

 












Thursday, 21 August 2025

Cover Reveal for Swords & Sorceries: Tales of Heroic Fantasy Volume 11




With just over five weeks to go before submissions open for Swords & Sorceries: Tales of Heroic Fantasy Volume 11 on the 1st October, here is a glimpse of what will almost certainly be the cover, though there might be a few minor modifications. Plus, of course, the back cover will eventually be filled with the names of all the authors.

Friday, 8 August 2025

The Fantastical Art of Jim Pitts and The Ever More Fantastical Art of Jim Pitts

For those of you who love the art of Jim Pitts in the Swords & Sorceries: Tales of Heroic Fantasy volumes as well as the Elak of Atlantis Trilogy by Adrian Cole, we have books dedicated to Jim's artwork: The Fantastical Art of Jim Pitts and The Ever More Fantastical Art of Jim Pitts, available as paperbacks and in hardcover.

 

Sunday, 3 August 2025

Amazon Page Now Set Up for Parallel Universe Publications Short Story Collections


 

We have now set up an Amazon Page for all our short story collections, which will give easy access for anyone wanting to see what we have available.

short story collections for those available in the UK

short story collections for those available in the US