ALL OF OUR PAPERBACKS ARE NOW AVAILABLE DIRECT FROM US

We are pleased to announce that as from today all of our paperback, as well as our hardcover books, are available direct from us. 

Paperbacks

Hardcover

Johnny Mains - A Distasteful Horror Story

 

"A darkly humorous, satirical look at the tight-knit world of horror writers - and their fans. Contains no scenes of violence against actual books, only their authors”

Johnny Mains has been prominent in the horror genre ever since his 2010 debut anthology, Back from the Dead: The Legacy of the Pan Book of Horror Stories, which won the British Fantasy Award in 2011 for best anthology. Mains has been at the forefront of the UK’s new wave of horror, editing Best British Horror (Salt Publishing and NewCon Press), Dead Funny: Horror Stories by Comedians (edited with Robin Ince), and The Screaming Book of Horror.Mains has also written several collections of his own stories: With Deepest Sympathy (2010), Frightfully Cosy and Mild Stories for Nervous Types (2012) and A Little Light Screaming (2015).Mains has also written the introduction to Stephen King’s 30th anniversary edition of Thinner, and has discovered ‘lost’ works of fiction by Algernon Blackwood, Edith Nesbit and Daphne Du Maurier.

"Johnny Mains is the Herbert van Thal of our age" - The Independent

"Mains' knowledge of fantastical fiction is enormous" - Robin Ince

"Mains is the Minister For Horror" - Charlie Higson"

Reviewed on the British Fantasy Society website:

"Picking up this book, it’s clear to see that the author has set out to shock – the title, the cover art (a dismembered corpse in a blood-stained alleyway and bin) show the intentions from the start. But the big question is, does it shock? Written by Johnny Mains, who is clearly a big fan of the horror genre, it tells his story – how he became a horror fan at an early age thanks to a friendly librarian, how he met one of the world’s biggest horror authors (Carson Fisher), became his lover, murdered him and tells his story from his prison cell. Featuring murder, male rape, more murder and then some more murder, it is definitely gory, and will absolutely be distasteful to many – the final denouement in the closing pages adding to the distaste, but also expanding on the protagonist’s motives. I enjoyed the book, found it easy to read, and while I wasn’t particularly shocked by it all, the last chapter or so was somewhat of a surprise. Mains explores a man’s descent into depravity and borderline insanity, as well as the lengths to which someone will go for revenge with absolute skill and precision. His knowledge of and love for the horror genre and its authors shines through, and he also manages to make the reader feel some empathy and sympathy for the protagonist writing from his prison cell. All in all, a great read, and one for the shelves of (almost) any horror fan."

Carl Barker's Parlour Tricks in hardcover, paperback and kindle

Carl Barker's collection Parlour Tricks. was published by Parallel Universe Publications as a hardcover, paperback and ebook, with a great cover by Luke Spooner.

 

Devil worshippers stalk the ageing boards of Blackpool Pier, a scrap-yard automaton devours the souls of lost children, and a murderous priest hunts an ancient she-demon through the streets of New York.

 

A selection of horror stories to chill the blood, featuring revenant felines, garbage-eating clairvoyants, flesh-eating magpies and a severed head with murder in mind.

 

Unexploded Girlfriends (c) 2010 was first published in Dark Horizons, Issue 57, BFS Journal, Winter 2010.

From Chatterton Hill (c) 2011 was first published in Estronomicon, October 2011.

Old Loves Die Hard (c) 2012 was first published in Title Goes Here, Issue 12, July 2012.

Eater of Lost Causes (c) 2011 was first published in Full Fathom Forty, BFS, October 2011.

With The Band (c) 2013 was first published in Niteblade, Issue #25, September 2013.

Fish Out of Water (c) 2011 was first published in Midnight Movie Creature Feature, May December Publications, October 2011.

Kicks (c) 2013 was first published in Miseria's Chorale, Forgotten Tomb Press, November 2013.

Why the Wild Things Are (c) 2010 was first published in Zombie Zoology, Severed Press, May 2010.

The Man Who Came to Dinner (c) 2009 was first published in Midnight Street, Issue #12, April 2009.

Things Lost in Fire (c) 2011 was first published in Dark Gothic Resurrected, October 2011.

Junkyard Dog, The Certainty of Chance, The Cabinet of Ed Monroe, and Lemming Revolution (c) 2016 are all original to this collection.

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All of our hardcover books can be ordered direct from us

If you follow this link to Order Books Direct you can use our Paypal buttons to order any of our hardcover books direct from us. Apart from The Fantastical Art of Jim Pitts, the cover price now includes postage and packing.

 

Radix Omnium Malum by Mike Chinn

Mike Chinn lives in Birmingham, UK, with his wife Caroline and their tribe of guinea pigs. In 2012 he took early retirement so he can spend more time writing (and not housework). Over the years he has published over sixty short stories, as well as editing three volumes of THE ALCHEMY PRESS BOOK OF PULP HEROES, and SWORDS AGAINST THE MILLENNIUM, also for The Alchemy Press. His own contribution to the Pulp Adventure genre, THE PALADIN MANDATES garnered two nominations for the British Fantasy Award in 1999. A second Damian Paladin book, WALKERS IN SHADOW, is to be published by Pro Se Productions; as is a Western: REVENGE IS A COLD PISTOL. In 2015, his Sherlock Holmes steampunk mash-up, VALLIS TIMORIS (Fringeworks), sent the famous detective to the Moon.

Radix Omnium Malum and Other Incursions includes the following stories:
“Radix Omnium Malum” originally published in THE GRIMORIUM VERUM ©2015
“Two Weeks Saturday” originally published in DARK HORIZONS 23 ©2004
“Kittens” originally published in READ RAW ©2009
“Blood of Eden” originally published in THE MAMMOTH BOOK OF DRACULA ©1997
“Suffer a Witch” originally published in SALVO 7 ©2003
“Cheechee’s Out” originally published in SECOND CITY SCARES ©2013
“The Owl that Calls” originally published on WikiWorm ©2013
“The Pygmalion Conjuration” originally published in THE TENTH BLACK BOOK OF HORROR ©2013
“To Die For” originally published in BFS JOURNAL 10 ©2014
“Sons of the Dragon” originally published in kZINE 1 ©2011
“Only the Lonely” originally published in DARK VALENTINE 4 ©2011
“Rescheduled” originally published in FINAL SHADOWS ©1991
“Considering the Dead” originally published in DARK MUSES, SPOKEN SILENCES ©2013 “Wednesday Morning at Five O’Clock” originally published in PHOBOPHOBIAS ©2014
“The Streets of Crazy Cities” and “The Mercy Seat” are original to this collection. ©2017



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All Parallel Universe Publications Ebooks Reduced to £2.99 each

We have reduced all ebooks from Parallel Universe Publications to £2.99 each, effective from today.

After Nightfall and Other Weird Tales by David A. Riley, illustrated by Jim Pitts

Early version of the cover with artwork by Jim Pitts - still subject to change

Due out later this year is After Nightfall and Other Weird Tales by David A. Riley, which will be a hardback packed full of black and white illustrations by award-winning artist Jim Pitts. In fact there are 20 illustrations accompanying these tales.
The stories will include:
Three Eyed Jack
The Fragile Mask on his Face
Terror on the Moors
The Shade of Apollyon
Writer's Cramp
Fish Eye
Boat Trip
Prickly
After Nightfall

More details soon. 

Swords & Sorceries: Tales of Heroic Fantasy Facebook Group formed

We have formed a new closed group for the anthology Swords & Sorceries: Tales of Heroic Fantasy where developments of this anthology will be announced and all further details.

If anyone would like an invite to join please message Parallel Universe Publications. 

Poetry collection by Benjamin Blake: Standing on the Threshold of Madness

Parallel Universe Publications has only published one collection of poetry to date, Benjamin Blake's Standing on the Threshold of Madness.

Respected Lovecraftian scholar S. T. Joshi had this to say about it:
 "I was most impressed with Standing on the Threshold of Madness. These dark, brooding vignettes do far more than send a shudder up one's spine (although they do that again and again, with elegance and panache). Benjamin Blake has found a way to infuse into his horrific lyrics a keen sensitivity to human emotions, an understanding of the fragility of life, and a bleak portrayal of the evanescence of all existence. This is a volume that aficionados of weird poetry will want to read over and over."

Other comments about Benjamin Blake and his poetry:

“Benjamin Blake relishes funereal lyricism with a spice of surrealism.” - Ramsey Campbell 
 

"Language and imagery rule in this collection of dark visions. Blake has a distinctive voice, rich in surrealism, and he uses it to considerable effect." - Bruce Boston, SFPA Grandmaster Poet 
 

“A plethora of dark and haunting poems that could be likened to a bone chilling symphony overall! Mood enhancing language that will curdle the blood, and excellent, original imagery!” - Marge Simon, Bram Stoker Award winning poet.

 

Benjamin Blake was born in the July of 1985, and grew up in the small town of Eltham, New Zealand. He is the author of the poetry and prose collections A Prayer for Late October, Southpaw Nights, and Reciting Shakespeare with the Dead. His debut novel, The Devil's Children, was published in October of 2016. Find more of his work at www.benjaminblake.com

 

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Swords & Sorceries: Tales of Heroic Fantasy

Artwork: Jim Pitts

Parallel Universe Publications will be starting a new series of anthologies in the coming months called Swords & Sorceries: Tales of Heroic Fantasy. It is hoped we will be able to publish this either annually or half-yearly depending upon how well it sells.

We will be announcing further details shortly.