BOOK LAUNCHES/SIGNINGS/PARTIES
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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27:
MEET AND GREET PARTY
7:00 pm onwards (Regency Lounge)
Once registered at the table in the Hotel Lobby, early arrivals can mix and meet the organisers, some of our esteemed Guests, and fellow attendees of FantasyCon 2012 at this informal ice-breaker.
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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28:
FANTASY BITES: CUPCAKES FOR LITERACY
2:00 – 3:00 pm (Bar Rogue)
Dark-edged indulgence with the feel-good factor! All proceeds go to the National Literacy Trust which helps people across all ages improve their reading and writing skills. Cash bar.
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3:00 – 4:00 pm (Bar Rogue)
It’s baaaaaaack! Anticipating the Hallowe’en re-launch of the British Fantasy Award-winning Fear magazine on page and screen, join Managing Editor John Gilbert for an exclusive preview and complimentary glass of wine.
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AWEN PUBLICATIONS
4:00 – 5:00 pm (Bar Rogue)
Help to wet the quintuplets’ heads with a glass of wine or juice (with every sale) – celebrating the launch of this five-volume fantasy series by the Cotswold-based independent press.
The Windsmith Elegy by Kevan Manwaring – Fantasy, steampunk and history combine in this metaphysical epic, which follows the adventures of Isambard Kerne, Observer, Royal Flying Corps, and Edwardian antiquarian, as he explores the Realms of the Four Winds and beyond. Only by mastering the Way of the Windsmith will he finally find release from Shadow World – a parallel Earth he becomes trapped in after falling through a mysterious vortex in the First World War.
The Long Woman – The Windsmith Elegy Volume I
An antiquarian’s widow discovers her husband’s lost journals and sets out on a journey of remembrance across 1920s England and France, retracing his steps in search of healing and independence. Along alignments of place and memory she meets mystic Dion Fortune, leyline-pioneer Alfred Watkins and a Sir Arthur Conan Doyle obsessed with the Cottingley Fairies.
Special price: £7.00
Windsmith – The Windsmith Elegy Volume II
A man of peace in a time of war, Isambard Kerne must choose between the power of words or swords. The fate of both Earth and its Shadow hangs in the balance. Will he be able to master the Way of the Windsmith in time to save the valley of his ancestors? Or will the terror of war change Kerne into what he fears the most?
Special price: £7.00
The Well Under the Sea – The Windsmith Elegy Volume III
With the help of a mysterious boatman called Barinthus, Isambard Kerne finally makes it to the fabled Island of the Blessed, Ashalantë, a city in the sea crafted by dreams, where the vision of Plato, Da Vinci, Brunel and others have come to life. Here he meets Amelia Earhart, legendary American aviatrix of the 1930s, who is assigned to him as his angel to instruct him in the art of flying. As they climb higher they find themselves falling in love, but Priestesses of the Spiral are forbidden to do so. If Earhart breaks her vows, it could shatter the fellowship of the Nine Sisters, and cause the downfall of Ashalantë.
Special price: £7.00
The Burning Path – The Windsmith Elegy Volume IV
Three strangers meet in a nameless desert and must come to terms with their past before they can escape it: a First World War airman; an American aviatrix of the 1930s; and a French poet of the skies from World War II. They are the lost of history and must go into the desert to find themselves. To find peace they must walk the burning path. Each is forced to confront the question: What are you prepared to sacrifice for the one you love?
Special price: £7.00
The Windsmith Elegy Volume V will be launched later in 2012.
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PS PUBLISHING
5:00 – 6:00 pm (Bar Rogue)
Join Britain’s premier independent genre publisher for a free glass of wine or juice with every book sold, including a new collection by our Master of Ceremonies.
The Curse of the Fleers by Basil Copper (Introduction by Stephen Jones)
(Special FantasyCon Early Release!) When Captain Guy Hammond is approached by his old friend, Cedric Fleer, he finds himself plunged into a treacherous web of deadly intrigue and unimaginable horror. Published for the first time anywhere in the version the author originally intended, The Curse of the Fleers is a “lost” Victorian Gothic novel by one of Britain’s acknowledged masters of the macabre.
Special price: £35.00 (signed by Basil Copper and Stephen Jones)
Forests of Eden by Elizabeth Counihan
(Special FantasyCon Early Release!) In this novella, Earth is fog-shrouded, the Amazon rainforest a desert. Sir Barrington Monroe III is the richest man in the inhabited worlds. Not surprising, as from its base in the Alpha system, the Monroe Corporation has total control of tachyferite, the only substance to emit faster-than-light signals. But Monroe is hiding a deadly secret, a secret that has ruined another man’s life and it’s up to a young journalist to uncover the truth.
Special price: £10.00
The Pit of Despair by Simon R. Green
(Special FantasyCon Early Release!) Unable to find a crew willing to ship out with him, Captain Varles, of the pirate ship Revenge, persuades a voodoo witch called “Mother Macabre” to conjure up a crew of ghosts and dead men, to sail in search of the greatest treasure of all: Captain Firebeard’s legendary hoard in the great and terrible pit he dug in Shaft Island . . . now surrounded by terrible protections. It’ll all end in tears . . .
Special price: £10.00
Where Furnaces Burn by Joel Lane
(Special FantasyCon Early Release!) The stories in Where Furnaces Burn were written over thirteen years. One of them, ‘My Stone Desire’, won the British Fantasy Award for best short story in 2008. Blurring the occult detective story with urban noir fiction, Where Furnaces Burn offers a glimpse of the myths and terrors buried within the industrial landscape.
Special price: £18.00
Nothing As It Seems by Tim Lebbon
(Special FantasyCon Early Release!) Tim Lebbon’s short stories and novellas have won several major awards and been included in many Year’s Best anthologies. So come meet an old woman mourning her dead husband and watch as she builds something in the woods . . . where the rain gives it life. This is just one of the stories in Nothing As It Seems, his most accomplished collection to date.
Leave Your Sleep by R.B. Russell
(Special FantasyCon Early Release!) If only we would take the time to look a little closer, delve a little deeper, when ordinary life goes awry, we might find the world more strange and unexpected than we ever could have imagined. Following on from Literary Remains, R.B. Russell’s previous collection for PS, the twelve stories of Leave Your Sleep concern sex and death, love and loss.
Special price: £18.00
Born with Teeth by Conrad Williams
Special FantasyCon Early Release!) In these forbidding tales, award-winning writer Conrad Williams grabs you by the throat and forces you to gaze upon the threats, shocks and diseases that make up the dark matter of human existence. Born with Teeth is a coruscating collection of stories about fathers, friends, faces; books, brain damage and blood. Read it very carefully . . . it might leave you with scars.
Special price: £18.00
***FREE GLASS OF WINE with every book purchased.
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MASS SIGNING
8:00 – 09:30 pm (Jenny’s Restaurant, next to the Regency Lounge)
This is your opportunity to get all those books signed by some of our Guests of Honour and many of the authors, artists and editors attending FantasyCon 2012, including Joe Abercrombie, Guy Adams, Ben Baldwin, James Barclay, Simon Bestwick, Anne Billson, Ramsey Campbell, Mike Carey, Simon Clark, Jon Courtenay-Grimwood, Peter Crowther, Les Edwards, Paul Finch, Stephen Gallagher, Muriel Gray, Simon R. Green, Kate Griffin, Will Hill, Benedict Jacka, Graham Joyce, Jasper Kent, Garry Kilworth, M.D. Lachlan, Joel Lane, Joe R. Lansdale, Tim Lebbon, Alison Littlewood, Johnny Mains, Juliet E. McKenna, Suzanne McLeod, Gary McMahon, Steve Mosby, Mark Morris, Kim Newman, Adam Nevill, Reggie Oliver, Philip Palmer, Sarah Pinborough, Tom Pollock, John L. Probert, Tony Richards, Robert Shearman, Adrian Tchaikovsky, Simon Kurt Unsworth, Conrad Williams and Rio Youers. Cash bar.
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PENDRAGON PRESS8:00 – 9:00 pm (Bar Rogue)
Join the seasoned small press for a drink and the launch of a new short story collection and a debut short novel.
To Usher, the Dead by Gary McMahon
A new collection from Gary McMahon that features the character Thomas Usher from the books Pretty Dead Things and Dead Bad Things. Limited numbered hardcover of 200 copies, of which only the first 100 will be signed.
Price: £15.00
Fade-Out by Gavin Salisbury
Jane Matthews lives at home with her family and she is also the only person who leaves their house, for she is the only one who can speak, read and write; one by one, the family has lost the ability to communicate. What has caused this “word silence”? Jane has no answers . . . then she meets Sean, who is full of stories of his own family, and soon everything is about to change for him too . . .”
Price: £8.00
***Buy both Pendragon Press titles during the launch for £20.00
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SPECTRAL PRESS
9:00 – 10:00 pm (Bar Rogue)
Join UK imprint Spectral Press for a glass of wine as they launch the paperback edition of a new novella.
The Nine Deaths of Dr. Valentine by John Llewellyn Probert
(Special FantasyCon Early Release!) Someone is killing doctors in the style of the murders in Vincent Price movies, leaving the Bristol police baffled. The only man who could possibly be responsible died years ago . . . or did he . . .? The limited hardcover sold out before publication, so the publisher will be offering a paperback edition especially for FantasyCon attendees . . .
Price: £6.00
***FREE SIGNED POSTER given away with every copy purchased!
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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 29:
ROBIN HARDY
10:00 – 11:00 am (Regency Lounge)
The director of The Wicker Man will be signing copies of his novel Cowboys for Christ(Luath Press, £14.99) and the Anchor Bay Blu-ray and DVD release of his film The Wicker Tree, based on the book.
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THE ALCHEMY PRESS
10:00 – 11:00 am (Bar Rogue)
Clear those cobwebs with a glass of juice and a fresh croissant as the British small press launches two new anthologies.
The Alchemy Press Book of Pulp Heroes edited by Mike Chinn
Stories that celebrate the heroes and villains of the great days of Pulp Fiction – stories that pay homage to the likes of The Shadow, The Bat, Doc Savage, The Spider, Dashiell Hammett’s Continental Detective Agency, Dusty Ayers & His Battle Birds, Sheena and Ka-Zar . . . hard-boiled detectives, sinister vigilantes, bizarre villains – the staple of the Pulp tradition. http://alchemypress.blogspot.co.uk/p/pulp-heroes.html
Special Price: £8.00
The Alchemy Press Book of Ancient Wonders edited by Jan Edwards and Jenny Barber
Standing stones, burial mounds, ruined castles, sunken settlements . . . the ancient sites that litter our landscapes have a mysterious appeal which cannot be denied. Myths come to life, old folktales updated, tomb raiding, hidden guardians and secret civilisations – from archaeology to tourism, mysticism and myth, folklore to the fantastical. http://alchemypress.blogspot.co.uk/p/ancient-wonders.html
Special Price: £8.00
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TITAN BOOKS11:00 – Noon (Regency Lounge)
Get your morning off to a sedate start with tea, coffee, cupcakes and a cornucopia of new titles courtesy of Titan Books.
Sherlock Holmes: The Army of Doctor Moreau by Guy Adams
From the co-author of The Case Notes of Sherlock Holmes and acclaimed novel Sherlock Holmes: The Breath of God, The Army of Doctor Moreau details an original new case from Sherlock Holmes. Holmes and Watson stumble upon the experiments of Doctor Moreau. Determined to prove Darwin’s evolutionary theories, through vivisection and crude genetic engineering, Moreau is creating an army of “beast men” in order to gain control of the government . . .
Price: £7.99
Turbulence by Samit Basu
From talented young writer, Samit Basu, Turbulence is the helter-skelter superhero adventure full of playful post-modern references to superhero fiction and a plethora of captivating characters with extraordinary abilities. Turbulence showcases the 21st century Indian subcontinent in all its insane glory – F-16s, Bollywood, radical religious parties, nuclear plants, cricket, terrorists, luxury resorts, crazy TV shows – but its essentially about a very universal question with perennial relevance; what would you do if you actually do if you could change the world?
Price: £7.99
Dracula Cha Cha Cha by Kim Newman
(Special FantasyCon Early Release!) Written by award-winning novelist and movie critic Kim Newman, this is a brand-new edition, with additional never-before-seen novella, of the popular third instalment of the Anno Dracula series. Rome 1959 and Count Dracula is about to marry the Moldavian Princess Asa Vajda. Journalist Kate Reed flies into the city to visit the ailing Charles Beauregard and his vampire companion Geneviève. She finds herself caught up in the mystery of the Crimson Executioner who is bloodily dispatching vampire elders in the city. She is on his trail, as is the undead British secret agent, Bond.
Price: £7.99
Lo’Life Romeo Spikes by Joanne Reay
(Special FantasyCon Early Release!) The first novel in an exciting new supernatural fantasy trilogy, by respected screenwriter and producer Joanne Reay. Working the Homicide squad, Alexis Bianco thinks she’s seen every way a life can be taken. Then she meets the mysterious Lola. More weapon than woman, Lola pursues a predator with a method of murder like no other. The Tormenta. We call it a suicide. Tormenta call it a score, their demonic powers allowing them to siphon off the unspent life-span of their victims. Nobody is safe.
Price: £7.99
Ecko: Rising by Danie Ware
From the publicist and event organiser for cult entertainment retailer Forbidden Planet, Ecko: Rising is a unique genre-bending fantasy-SF epic following a savage, gleefully cynical anti-hero. After awakening in a dimension-jumping inn to find himself immersed in his own sardonic fantasy world, Ecko strives to conquer his deepest fears and save the world from extinction.
Price: £7.99
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CHÔMU PRESS
11:00 am – Noon (Bar Rogue)
Time to start drinking again (if you haven’t already), as the British independent publisher launches a new collection and reintroduces a recent novel.
All God’s Angels, Beware! by Quentin S. Crisp (Introduction by Reggie Oliver)
(Special FantasyCon Early Release!) This is the fourth collection of shorter fiction from Quentin S. Crisp, available in paperback for the first time. In these ten stories, the author takes us from the spectral purlieus of a suicide’s ghost, searching for a mortal confidante (‘Troubled Joe’), to the future melancholy of a world in the early stages of human immortality (‘Karakasa’), and through a variety of intimately portrayed settings, to the final cri de coeur of ‘Suicide Watch’, in which, against the background of the doomed present age, one suicidal loser attempts to save another.
Special price: £10.00
The Dracula Papers by Reggie OliverBram Stoker’s immortal Dracula told us about Count Dracula as an undead vampire. But how did this come to be? Who was Dracula in real life? There has always been speculation, but The Dracula Papers now offers the ultimate answer. It takes us back to the year 1576, to the wild land of Transylvania and to the early life of Prince Vladimir who came to be the horror known as Dracula. Reggie Oliver brings us, in this first volume, a thrilling narrative that nevertheless plunges deep into the mystery of Evil.
Special price: £10.00
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JAMES HERBERTNoon – 1:00 pm (Regency Lounge)
James Herbert will be signing his latest novel, Ash (Macmillan, £18.99), the eagerly awaited third volume in the trilogy featuring psychic investigator David Ash, which began with Haunted and The Ghosts of Sleath.
Please note: James Herbert will be happy to personalise his other books for readers and collectors. However, if you are not buying a copy of Ash or have more than three other items for him to sign, we respectfully ask that you wait at the end of the line until everybody else is done. Also, if you want a photograph, please do this while he is signing so as not to hold up the proceedings. Thank you.
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REBELLION/SOLARIS/ABADDON
1:00 – 2:00 pm (Regency Lounge)
The Big Solaris Book Give-Away
Join the fine folk of Solaris for refreshments and a whole bevy of their authors as they give you the opportunity to receive free copies of some of their hottest titles. A selection of books is available on a first-come, first-served basis, and our authors will only be too happy to personalise any of their books that you choose. Come along and discover why Solaris is one of the most exciting genre imprints around. Titles available include: The End of the Line, House of Fear, Redlaw, Age of Aztec, The Concrete Grove, Silent Voices, The Hadrumal Crisis: Dangerous Waters, Solaris Rising, Babylon Steel, Hell Train, The Faceless, Engineman, The Noise Within, Greatshadow and Besieged, while amongst those authors and editors on hand to sign copies of their books are Simon Bestwick, Guy Haley, James Lovegrove, Juliet McKenna, Gary McMahon, Jonathan Oliver, Andy Remic, Gaie Seabold and Ian Whates.
(Please note that Solaris reserve the right to change available title at any time).
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BAD MOON BOOKS1:00 pm – 2:00pm (Bar Rogue)
America’s Bad Moon Books launch a new short novel by Paul Kane. Free wine at this event.
Lunar by Paul Kane (Introduction by Ramsey Campbell)
Waking one night in a terrifying world populated by the feral, white-eyed “loons”, blue-collar worker Nick Skinner must fight just to stay alive. But he also has questions. What’s happened to his girlfriend, Dawn? Why do some things work in this world while others don’t? And what connection do the loons have to that big moon above? The answers will be more shocking than even he can imagine.
Price: £19.00 (Hardback)
Price: £12.00 (Paperback)
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MARY DANBY / FONTANA BOOKS
2:00 – 3:00 pm (Regency Lounge)
A rare opportunity to get your old Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories(FGH), Armada Ghost Book (AGB) and other anthologies signed by various contributors (including Nyki Blatchley (FGH#13), Ramsey Campbell (FGH#17), Roger Clarke (FGH#14 and #16), Bryn Fortey (FGH#12 and #15 and Frightners 2), Garry Kilworth (FGH#15), Harry E. Turner (FGH#10), Tony Richards (FGH#14, AGB#12, #13 and #15, Nightmares, Realms of Darkness and The Green Ghost), Marion Pitman (FGH#11) and cover artist Les Edwards (reprints only of FGH#5 and #10) and Editor Guest of Honour Mary Danby, who will also be launching her first-ever collection of short stories, Party Pieces: The Horror Fiction of Mary Danby edited by Johnnny Mains, published by Noose & Gibbet Publishing/Airgedlámh in hardcover for £20.00.
Cash bar.
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REBELLION/SOLARIS/ABADDON
2:00 – 3:00 pm (Bar Rogue)
The British publisher launches a new anthology and magics up some refreshments as well.
Magic edited by Jonathan Oliver
(Special FantasyCon Early Release!) They gather in darkness, sharing ancient and arcane knowledge as they manipulate the very matter of reality itself. Spells and conjuration; legerdemain and prestidigitation – these are the mistresses and masters of the esoteric arts. Renowned, British Fantasy Award-nominated editor Jonathan Oliver brings you an exciting new anthology featuring some of the hottest writers in genre and beyond. Amongst those signing are Will Hill, Alison Littlewood, Lou Morgan, Thana Niveau and Robert Shearman.
Special price: £7.00
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ROBINSON PUBLISHING3:00 – 4:00 pm (Regency Lounge)
As usual, Robinson Publishing is offering a free glass of wine with every book purchased at this mass-signing for two “Mammoth” anthologies.
The Mammoth Book of Body Horror edited by Paul Kane and Marie O’Regan
The term “body horror” has long been used to describe films such as The Thing, based on John W. Campbell’s ‘Who Goes There?’, which is reprinted here, and most recently District 9, but the sub-genre did not begin with film. Here you will find profoundly unsettling stories spanning the entire history of the sub-genre by the very best writers of horror. Amongst those signing are Ramsey Campbell, Simon Clark, Barbie Wilde and Conrad Williams.
Price: £7.99
The Mammoth Book of Ghost Stories by Women edited by Marie O’Regan
(Special FantasyCon Early Release!) Women have always written exceptional stories of horror and the supernatural. This anthology aims to showcase the very best of these. From tales of ghostly children to visitations by departed loved ones, and from heart-rending stories to the profoundly unsettling depiction of extreme malevolence, what each of these stories has in common is the effect of a slight chilling of the skin, a feeling of something not quite present, but nevertheless there. If anything, this showcase anthology proves that sometimes the female of the species can also be the most terrifying . . . Amongst those signing are Nina Allan, Muriel Gray, Kim Lakin-Smith, Alison Littlewood, Sarah Pinborough and Gaie Sebold.
Price: £7.99
***FREE GLASS OF WINE with every book purchased.
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MORTBURY PRESS
3:00 – 4:00 pm (Bar Rogue)
The UK publisher launches the latest in its horror anthology series with a glass of wine.
The Ninth Black Book of Horror edited by Charles BlackHorrible people, horrible places, horrible things and horrible fates all await you in The Ninth Black Book of Horror. The new anthology from Mortbury Press is truly horrible. Check in at a horror hospital, witness grisly acts, observe dreadful family reunions, meet a man who hates waste, the things that are not there, and find out what’s behind you in The Ninth Black Book of Horror. Dare you buy a copy? Dare you get a copy signed by some of the fiends responsible for the horrors contained within? They include Simon Bestwick, Kate Farrell, Paul Finch , John Forth, Tom Johnstone, Thana Niveau, Marion Pitman, John Llewellyn Probert, David A. Riley, Anna Taborska and David Williamson.
Special price: £5.00
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ROBINSON PUBLISHING
4:00 – 5:00 pm (Regency Lounge)
Robinson Publishing is once again offering a free glass of wine with every book you purchase at this mega mass-signing for the latest volumes in two successful series.
The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror Volume #23 edited by Stephen Jones
(Special FantasyCon Early Release!) The latest volume of the world’s longest-running annual showcase of horror and dark fantasy fiction presents a selection of some of the very best, and most chilling, short stories and novellas of horror and the supernatural, by both contemporary masters of horror and exciting newcomers. Amongst those signing are David Buchan, Ramsey Campbell, Paul Kane, Joe R. Lansdale, Tim Lebbon, Alison Littlewood, Kim Newman, Thana Niveau, Reggie Oliver, Simon Kurt Unsworth and Conrad Williams.
Price: £7.99
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Zombie Apocalypse! Fightback created by Stephen Jones
(Special FantasyCon Early Release!) Following the outbreak of Human Reanimation Virus, which turns its victims into flesh-eating zombies, the surviving members of the human race begin their fightback against the legions of the walking dead, as the Infected themselves begin mutating into something . . . different. Amongst those signing are Guy Adams, Anne Billson, Peter Crowther, Les Edwards, Paul Finch, Amanda Foubister, Reggie Oliver, Sarah Pinborough, John L. Probert and Robert Shearman.
Price: £8.99
***FREE GLASS OF WINE with every book purchased.
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ANGRY ROBOT
4:00 – 5:00 pm (Bar Rogue)
Join the publisher for some refreshments and buy a bucketload of fantasy novels by some of the genre’s brightest new names.
Seven Wonders by Adam Christopher
Tony Prosdocimi lives in the bustling Metropolis of San Ventura – a city gripped in fear, a city under siege by the hooded supervillain, The Cowl. When Tony develops super-powers and acts to take down The Cowl, however, he finds that the local superhero team Seven Wonders aren’t as grateful as he assumed they’d be . . .
Adam will also be signing Empire State(£7.99).
Price: £7.99
Sixty-One Nails by Mike Shevdon
There is a secret war raging beneath the streets of London. A dark magic will be unleashed by the Untained . . . Unless a new hero can be found. The immense Sixty-One Nails follows Niall Petersen, from a suspected heart attack on the London Underground, into the hidden world of the Feyre, an uncanny place of legend that lurks just beyond the surface of everyday life. The Untainted, the darkest of the Seven Courts, have made their play for power, and unless Niall can recreate the ritual of the Sixty-One Nails, their dark dominion will enslave all of the Feyre, and all of humankind too.
Mike will also be signing the sequels, The Road to Bedlam(£7.99) and Strangeness & Charm(£8.99)
Crown Thief by David Tallerman
(Special FantasyCon Early Release!) Meet Easie Damasco: Thief, swindler and lately, reluctant hero. But whatever good intentions Damasco may have are about to be tested to their limits, as the most valuable – and dangerous – object in the land comes within his light-fingered grasp. Add in some suicidally stubborn giants, an old enemy with dreams of empire and the deadliest killers in two kingdoms on his heels, and Damasco’s chances of staying honest – or even just surviving – are getting slimmer by the hour.
David will also be signing Giant Thief (£7.99)
Price: £7.99
The Crown of the Blood Trilogy – The Crown of the Blood, The Crown of the Conqueror and The Crown of the Usurper by Gav Thorpe (£7.99 each)
He had brought his master’s Empire to the furthest reaches of the world. All had fallen before him. Now he longs for home. But home isn’t what it was. Could it be that everything he’s fought for all those years has been a lie? A sweeping fantasy of immense battles, demonic magic and dark politics.
Price: £7.99 each
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PS PUBLISHING
5:00 – 6:00 pm (Regency Lounge)
Get a free glass of wine or juice with every book sold from Britain’s award-winning independent publisher, including a new collection by one of our Guests of Honour.
The Kind Folk by Ramsey Campbell
(Special FantasyCon Early Release!) Luke Arnold is a successful stage comedian whose partner, Sophie Drew, is about to have their baby. Their life seems ideal, until Luke begins to learn how much that he has taken for granted about his upbringing is wrong. How serious was his Uncle Terence about the magic in his tales? Why did he travel so widely by himself after Luke was born, and what was he looking for? Soon Luke will have to follow that route too, and confront forces that may be older than the world . . .
Trapped in a Saturday Matinee Joe R. Lansdale
(Special FantasyCon Early Release!) This collection gathers together some early work by our Author GoH, which he likes, but may at times seem a little uncertain in its path. It also contains stories that he thinks, for one reason or another, missed their audience. There is also newer material within that he treasures, some that has never before been gathered under one roof, and there are others written specifically for this collection.
Special price: £18.00
A Carnivàle of Horror: Dark Tales from the Fairground edited by Marie O’Regan and Paul Kane
The circus and fairground have long been associated as much with menace as they have with fun. Now, gathered together in one impressive volume are some of the best examples of weird and horrific fiction from the big top. Amongst those signing are Peter Crowther & James Lovegrove, Paul Finch, Muriel Gray, Alison Littlewood, Lou Morgan, Robert Shearman, Rio Youers and cover artist Ben Baldwin.
Special price: £18.00
***FREE GLASS OF WINE with every book purchased.
_____________________________________________________________________DEL REY/RANDOM HOUSE
5:00 – 6:00 pm (Bar Rogue)
Come along and celebrate the launch of the new Del Rey SF and fantasy imprint in the UK with rising stars Mark Hodder, 2011 Philip K. Dick Award-winner for his novel The Strange Affair of Spring-Heeled Jack, E.J. Swift, author of the dystopian thriller Osiris, and Steampunk author Liesel Schwarz, both of whose latest books will be published early in 2013.
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CHIZINE
08:00 – 09:00 pm (Bar Rogue)
Join cutting-edge Canadian imprint ChiZine for a glass of wine as they launch four new trade paperback titles along with a recent award-nominated volume by our Master of Ceremonies.
The Steel Seraglio by Mike, Linda and Louise Carey
When the sultan Bokhari al-Bokhari is deposed in a violent coup, the religious zealot Hakkim Mehdad condemns his 365 concubines to exile and death. The Steel Seraglio tells their tale: a thrilling epic fantasy in the vein of the Arabian Nights – full of sex, passion, violence, and magic.
Special Price: £10.00
Thief of Broken Toys by Tim Lebbon
Finalist for the British Fantasy Society Award and the World Fantasy Award! When a father loses his son and his wife leaves him, he cannot tear himself away from the small fishing village where the boy’s memories reside. Not until he encounters the thief of broken toys and everything begins to change. A beautiful and moving novella.
Special Price: £5.00
Hair Side, Flesh Side by Helen Marshall. (Introduction by Robert Shearman)
(Special FantasyCon Early Release!) Lyrical and tender, quirky and cutting. Helen Marshall’s debut collection is a book about books, with fifteen original stories that weave the fantastic and the horrific alongside the touchingly human – like English Lit 101 taught by Neil Gaiman and Jorge Luis Borges.
Remember Why You Fear Me by Robert Shearman. (Introduction by Stephen Jones)
(Special FantasyCon Early Release!) Deliciously frightening, darkly satirical, and always unexpected. Remember Why You Fear Me gathers together the best dark fiction of Robert Shearman, the most celebrated stories from his acclaimed books, and ten new tales that have never been collected before.
Special Price: £10.00
Westlake Soul by Rio Youers
After wiping out in a surfing accident in Tofino, Westlake Soul wakes up with the most powerful mind on the planet, but a body like a wet paper bag. Half superhero adventure, half wry and heartbreaking fantasy.
Book Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PiT87qUzuhc&feature=player_embedded
***All five ChiZine Publications titles will be available as e-books on USB for the amazing low price of £25.00.
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JO FLETCHER BOOKS
9:00 – 10:00 pm (Bar Rogue)
Come along for a glass of wine and the chance to get your books signed by the authors and contributors, and help us celebrate the first year of Jo Fletcher Books!
A Book of Horrors edited by Stephen Jones
(Special FantasyCon Early Release!) Within the pages of this new trade paperback edition you will discover the most successful and exciting writers of horror and dark fantasy today, with a spine-chilling selection of stories displaying the full diversity of the genre. A Book of Horrors is an original anthology of all-new horror and dark fantasy fiction, in all its many and magnificent guises. Amongst those signing are Ramsey Campbell, Peter Crowther, Reggie Oliver, Robert Shearman and cover artist Les Edwards.
Price: £9.99
The City’s Son by Tom Pollock
Hidden under the surface of everyday London is a city of monsters and miracles, where wild train spirits stampede over the tracks and glass-skinned dancers with glowing veins light the streets. When a devastating betrayal drives her from her home, graffiti artist Beth Bradley stumbles into the secret city, where she finds Filius Viae, London’s ragged crown prince, just when he needs someone most. An ancient enemy has returned to the darkness under St Paul’s Cathedral, bent on re-igniting a centuries-old war, and Beth and Fil find themselves in a desperate race through a bizarre urban wonderland, searching for a way to save the city they both love.
Price: £12.99
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GOLLANCZ PRESENTS THE FANTASYCON DISCO
10:30 pm onwards (Bar Rogue)
Have a drink on British publisher Gollancz and boogie on down into the early hours with the sounds of Trans-Atlantic deejays Guy Adams and Rio Youers.
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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 30:
GREYHART PRESS
10:30 am – 11:30 pm (Bar Rogue)
The independent British publisher invites you to join them for a mid-morning hair-of-the-dog and light snacks for the launch of a new novel and a collection.
Badger’s Waddle by Nigel Edwards
Life in the quaint English hampton of Badger’s Waddle is never quite the same as elsewhere in the country . . . or any other country for that matter. The first sign of impending chaos was when giant rabbits breached the defences along the indeterminate length of the vegetable garden of Little Twee cottage. When tourists start exploding at the village fete, fecundity bank deposits build up a critical pressure, and the church’s resident saint finds a loophole in his contract of supra-ecclesiastical employment, the whole hampton must unite to restore some semblance of normality. Only Goode Nurture – the nice old lady in the tall, pointy black hat – has been preparing for this moment, shaving her gibbons in readiness for the looming crisis.
Price: £7.00
Skyfire Chronicles: Unauthorized Contact by Paul Melhuish
“I imagine mankind has left Earth and gone into the darkness by now. How foolish. Nothing out here but evil . . .” Face dark terrors and compelling adventures with a sly grin on your face, in these two novelettes and three short stories from the same Skyfire universe as space opera-horror novel, Terminus.
*** Buy both books at the launch for £10.00
*** 3-for-2 special offer on all paperbacks
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NEWCON PRESS11:30 am – 12:30 pm (Bar Rogue)
The award-winning British small press invites you to join them for a pre-Awards Banquet glass of wine and the launch of a spooky new anthology.
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Hauntings edited by Ian Whates. (Introduction by Adele Wearing)
Have you ever felt watched by unseen eyes or imagined a caress when there is no one near to touch you . . .? The realm of spirits lurks just beyond our perception; some are lost, some are lonely, but others are angry, malicious, and hell-bent on vengeance against the living. A new anthology of fifteen original ghost stories – some very traditional in style, others highly contemporary. Lock the doors, settle into a comfortable armchair, and prepare to be chilled . . . Amongst those signing are Paul Kane, Alison Littlewood, Mark Morris, Marie O’Regan, Marion Pitman, Robert Shearman, Adrian Tchaikovsky, Mark West, Ian Whates and cover artist Ben Baldwin.
Price: £9.99 (trade paperback)
Price: £19.99 (signed limited edition hardcover)
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WORLD FANTASY CONVENTION 2013 PRESENTS THE DEAD DOG PARTY
04:00 pm onwards (Bar Rogue)
World Fantasy Convention 2013 will be hosting the Dead Dog Party following the British Fantasy Awards Banquet and Ceremony. Come along and meet the organisers, join up (if you haven’t done so already!) and get ready to party again in Brighton next Hallowe’en!
