Sunday, 28 January 2024

Parallel Universe Publications Projects for the Future


2024 will already be quite busy for PUP, with the publication of a trilogy of linked sword and sorcery stories on top of our usual anthologies in May and November. 

Even so we are nevertheless interested in expanding our scope. And with this in mind there are two new anthology series we are thinking about embarking on. One will be a sister anthology to our existing sword and sorcery series, covering the genre of Sword and Planet, possibly titled Swords & Planets: Tales of Science Fantasy. 

The second is self explanatory from its title: The Parallel Universe Publications Book of Horror & The Supernatural.

A final decision on these anthology series has not been made, but there is every possibility either one or both will be published either later this year or in 2025. 

In the meantime, keep a watch out for announcements on Swords & Sorceries: Tales of Heroic Fantasy Volumes 8 and 9, and the forthcoming trilogy, the first volume of which should be out in the coming months.

Friday, 29 December 2023

Parallel Universe Publications Book of Horror & The Supernatural

 

After having published 7 very successful swords and sorcery anthologies, (Swords & Sorceries: Tales of Heroic Fantasy) I am now considering a second series: The Parallel Universe Publicatons Book of Horror & The Supernatural.
This is something I'll be looking into during 2024. This would be a paying market and submissions details would be similiar to those for Swords & Sorceries: Tales of Heroic Fantasy.
Would anyone be interested in buying such a publication and, just as important, submitting stories to it?
Below is a mock up of the cover without, at the moment, any artwork.
 
 

Saturday, 16 December 2023

The Writers in Swords & Sorceries: Tales of Heroic Fantasy volume 7

There are eleven writers whose stories appear in Swords & Sorceries: Tales of Heroic Fantasy Volume 7: Stephen Frame, Paul Batteiger, Andrew Graham, Phil Emery, Gavin Chappell, Jason M Waltz, Jalyn Renae Fiske, Craig Comer, Eric Ian Steele, Jon Zaremba, and Harry Elliott. Here are the pages from the Introduction which tells you a little bit about them.



Saturday, 2 December 2023

Blog entries: Swords & Sorceries: Tales of Heroic Fantasy Volume 7

It's always gratifying when authors help to promote a book we've published by posting entries about it on their blogs. 

Published only a few weeks ago two of our authors from Volume 7 and a writer whose tales have previously appeared in the anthology series have posted the following blog entries:

Contributor Jon Zaremba has created a video about Swords & Sorceries: Tales of Heroic Fantasy Volume 7, with some insights into his amazing story Prohairesis.

 
Editor and publisher of Lovecraftiana Magazine and Schlock! Ezine, Gavin Chappell, whose story The Crossroads in the Forest is also in Volume 7, published this: Gavin Chappell, Author.
 
 


Previous contributor to the anthology series Craig Herbertson has written a detailed review of the volume: Review. This review has also been sent to Trevor Kennedy who, as well as publishing and editing Phantasmagoria Magazine, has a weekly two-hour show each Sunday on Big Hits Radio UK from 12 noon till 2 pm. He will be reading out this review on his show on the 10th December.
 
 
If anyone else has published a blog entry, etc about Swords & Sorceries: Tales of Heroic Fantasy Volume 7, please let us know. 

Friday, 1 December 2023

Video by Jon Zaremba about Swords & Sorceries: Tales of Heroic Fantasy Volume 7

Contributor Jon Zaremba has created a video about Swords & Sorceries: Tales of Heroic Fantasy Volume 7, with some insights into his amazing story Prohairesis.

Here is an image of the album that Jon Zaremba made and on which his story was based. I've been listening to it on amazon prime music.