Nathan Carson’s STARR CREEK available at Witch Mountain shows

Nathan Carson’s STARR CREEK available at Witch Mountain shows

September 23, 2016 The Librarian 0

Nathan Carson, drummer of the Portland-based band Witch Mountain, has been making some serious in-roads in the world of horror fiction of late, with stories appearing in anthologies such as the upcoming Eternal Frankenstein anthology (from Word Horde). On November 15, his first full-length novel, Starr Creek, will debut from Lazy Fascist Press (with cover art by David Coyne and design by Matthew Revert). Starr Creek is “set in 1986 rural Oregon” and “features Heavy Metal teens, [READ MORE]

Classic NEIL GAIMAN novels reissued with pulp covers

September 23, 2016 The Librarian 0

Neil Gaiman has revealed the three pulp-fiction-inspired covers that will grace the upcoming mass-market paperback reissues of Stardust, Anansi Boys and Neverwhere (in an “Author’s Preferred Text” edition, which includes the Neverwhere short story “How the Marquis Got His Coat Back”). All three illustrations were done by 90-year-old artist Robert McGinnis. Of the Neverwhere cover, Gaiman wrote: “I loved his initial sketch, but I asked Robert McGinnis to add the rats when he painted it. [READ MORE]

Jack Ketchum’s OFF SEASON gets 35th Anniversary Edition

September 21, 2016 The Librarian 0

On October 18, Dark Regions Press will be opening up pre-orders for its 35th Anniversary Edition of Jack Ketchum’s 1980 debut novel Off Season (with delivery in early 2017). It’s a book, the official press release reminds us, that “became so controversial that the original publisher withdrew their support of the novel.” The 35th anniversary edition of Off Season will include: the author’s originally intended version of the novel (uncensored) a new short story based in [READ MORE]