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Wednesday, 15 May 2013
Tuesday, 21 February 2012
More Eldritch
The tentacles have spoken - here's more on Eldritch Chrome, in which our Sam will soon be found...
Edited by Glynn Owen Barrass and Brian M. Sammons, published by Chaosium, full of stories of Cthulu~meets~cyberpunk from the following:
Playgrounds of Angolaland – David Conyers
The Blowfly Manifesto – Tim Curran
SymbiOS – William Meikle
Obsolete, Absolute - Robert M. Price
Open Minded – Jeffrey Thomas
The Battle of Arkham – Peter Rawlik
The Wurms In the Grid – Nickolas Cook
Of Fractals, Fantomes, Frederic and Filrodj – John Shirley
The Gauntlet – Glynn Barrass and Brian M. Sammons
Indifference – CJ Henderson
Dreams of Death – Lois Gresh
Inlibration – Michael Tice
Immune – Terrie Leigh Relf
Hope Abandoned – Tom Lynch
Sonar City – Sam Stone
The Place that Cannot Be – D.L. Snell
Flesh & Scales – Ran Cartwright
Real Gone - David Dunwoody
CL3ANS3 - Carrie Cuinn
News on when it's available as soon as we get it!
Edited by Glynn Owen Barrass and Brian M. Sammons, published by Chaosium, full of stories of Cthulu~meets~cyberpunk from the following:
Playgrounds of Angolaland – David Conyers
The Blowfly Manifesto – Tim Curran
SymbiOS – William Meikle
Obsolete, Absolute - Robert M. Price
Open Minded – Jeffrey Thomas
The Battle of Arkham – Peter Rawlik
The Wurms In the Grid – Nickolas Cook
Of Fractals, Fantomes, Frederic and Filrodj – John Shirley
The Gauntlet – Glynn Barrass and Brian M. Sammons
Indifference – CJ Henderson
Dreams of Death – Lois Gresh
Inlibration – Michael Tice
Immune – Terrie Leigh Relf
Hope Abandoned – Tom Lynch
Sonar City – Sam Stone
The Place that Cannot Be – D.L. Snell
Flesh & Scales – Ran Cartwright
Real Gone - David Dunwoody
CL3ANS3 - Carrie Cuinn
News on when it's available as soon as we get it!
Monday, 20 February 2012
Sam's Cthulupunk!
Congratulations to Alchemy member Sam Stone whose Cthulupunk story Sonar City has been accepted to the anthology Eldritch Chrome.
The anthology will be published by Chaosium and more information will be forthcoming as soon as we wrench it from the tentacles of those with the secret knowledge of the universe...
The anthology will be published by Chaosium and more information will be forthcoming as soon as we wrench it from the tentacles of those with the secret knowledge of the universe...
Sunday, 5 February 2012
Alchemy Round Table
A new year brings a lot of excitement about new projects so we asked our Alchemy Writers what they were looking forward to in 2012 and what they liked about 2011...
What three novels did you enjoy most in 2011?
Debbie: Blimey. I can't remember what I read last week, never mind 12 months ago. Books I can actually remember (so they must have been good) are Guillermo Del Toro's vampire trilogy - I liked the new spin on vampires. And while we are on vampires, I guess I have to mention Justin Cronin's The Passage, since it's sort-of vampire based. I had serious issues with this novel (see my Goodreads review) but it was a good read. And I read all of the Stephenie Meyer vampire books for the first time too. Shit. It looks like I only read vampire stuff and I don't. I hate vampire books normally - really I do. I've read a lot of indie stuff too, but to be honest I haven't read as much as I'd like as I've been concentrating on writing throughout most of 2011 and I don't tend to read when I'm writing.
Jan: Last year I seemed to start so many and finish so few. Probably being BFS reviews editor gave me a touch of 'sweetshop syndrome’. So many books and so little time. I could write a list as long as Peter's arm (mine would not stretch) to include all the books I've read and enjoyed in 2011, but among them (and leaving aside any novels by members of this group) are these:
Downpour by Kat Richardson and Ghost Story by Jim Butcher. I mention both together because in addition to being cracking books are both parts of a long running series; both used a similar trope of pressing a re-set button, whereby the main protagonist, who has spent the previous X books building strength and ability, is killed and ‘resurrected’. The characters are whipped back to almost newbie status where they have to survive with only a fraction of their previous power. An excellent way to breathe new life into their respective heroes.
Bloodshot and Hellbent: books 1&2 of the Red Cheshire series by Cherie Priest (which must count as one choice surely?) A fun vampire. What can I say?
Bryant & May and the Memory of Blood by Chris Fowler is a great read. Again this is part of a series featuring a pair of elderly detectives who, though undoubtedly eccentric, are free of the usual clichés of the current crop of 'damaged detectives' gracing our TVs and bookshelves. It is so good to have detectives who actively get on with the job of detecting without wallowing in page after page of the tedious angst and self-pity that seems to be considered necessary of late! :-)
I am going to cheat and have a fourth choice - Rivers of London and Moon over Soho by Ben Aaronovitch. Yes, I know, two books again. These are the first two books in a series about an apprentice wizard Police Constable attached to the Met Police. There is a lot of fantasy and humour - but without diving into humorous fantasy! Great reading.
Jenny: Gosh, only three? I read so much last year it's difficult to pick (and I'm legendary in my inability to make decisions...) Ok then, first up - God's War by Kameron Hurley. Kick-ass female protagonist working in a fabulous backdrop with all kinds of nifty tech and beasties and aliens wandering around. It's action-packed, full of conspiracies and just fantastically jaw-dropping in places, and one where you want to read more after you finished it.
Next up will be Seanan McGuire's One Salt Sea - the latest in her Toby Daye urban fantasy series and the best one yet. It's another one with a kick-ass female protagonist, set in a US where the fae are living, if not side by side with the human populous, then at least, close enough in the shadows to be a major influence on those who know about them. OSS has all the fun of resolving old mysteries while setting up new ones and for bonus points there's the excellent undersea kingdom of Saltmist. Very much cool bananas!
Third will most definitely have to be Traitor's Gate by Kate Elliott. It concludes her Crossroads trilogy and is an absolutely marvellous piece of epic fantasy. It throws some sharp and quite unexpected twists into the story, there's the mucky results of war, break ups and make ups, conspiracies, rebuilding of wartorn settlements, honking great eagles carting people around and after all the build up, the ending is just perfect.
Peter: I can't remember reading any novels in 2011 -- I recall starting several and giving up in despair.
Sam: I didn't get much chance to read last year however I really enjoyed Angel Of Brooklyn by Janette Jenkins, Hamelin's Child by Debbie Bennett and Cyrus Darian and the Technomicron by Raven Dane.
What three novels are you looking forward to in 2012?
Debbie: I've got a stack of indie stuff on my kindle I'm waiting to get stuck into.
Jan: I really don’t know. There will be more titles to add to the various lists I am sure, but apart from that? I shall wait and see.
Jenny: Only three? Again? Who wrote these questions? (Oh, wait, that was me...) Okay then, first and foremost, the most anticipated novel of 2012 has to be: Blood and Feathers by Louise Morgan. It's Alice in Wonderland goes to Hell and peeps, let me tell you, it is unbelievably awesome. Lou is a fabulous writer and the book is pure perfection. (I can say this with authority because I got a sneak peek of it last year... Best. Thing. Eva!)
Next up, I think, will have to be The City's Son by Tom Pollock. I read an extract of it in the Jo Fletcher Books sampler given out at Fantasycon and like both his style and the very cool story it's introducing. Plus it's set in a hidden London, which is always a fun thing
Third is Kate Griffin's The Minority Council - it's the next one in her Matthew Swift series of books which I adore as they combine all the fun of urban fantasy in an alternate London with a glorious turn of phrase when it comes to the storytelling.
Peter: I'm not sure what's due out in 2012. To be honest, I much prefer short stories and novellas. Yet again, I can't recall any that really, really grabbed me.
Sam: I bought Kronos by Guy Adams for David for Christmas and have dipped into it. I now want to finish it because it is beautifully written. I also have Cyber Circus By Kim Lakin-Smith lined-up for that elusive spare minute and I have John Lindqvist's Handling the Undead.
Are there any other works of fiction (eg. short stories/collections/anthologies/comics/films etc.) that you particularly enjoyed in 2011?
Debbie: Um, not that stand out in my mind. Am I really that shallow and boring? Although I did see The Sixth Sense on tv for the first time and thought it was one of the cleverest film twists ever!
Jan: There were so many anthologies published in the horror field (some of which I was in) that it would be impossible to pick any one above the rest.
Welcome to Bordertown edited by Holly Black and Ellen Kushner was an excellent anthology (which sadly I was not in). It did contain some truly great shorts from the likes of Holly Black, Charles de Lint, Emma Bull, Neil Gaiman etc. Both Sam and Debbie put collections of their own work out there this year, both of which I read and enjoyed, and of course I must talk about Rumours of the Marvellous - a collection of fiction by Peter Atkins, not just because it is published by Alchemy Press, but because I genuinely think it contains some of the best short fiction I have ever read! Pete Atkins really is one of Britain’s greats.
Jenny: Get comfy, because I could be here all day... luckily I already did a list of fictiony goodness on my own blog here. However, top picks -
Short Stories: Card Sharp by Rajan Khanna (Way of the Wizard) and The Thief of Precious Things by A.C. Wise (Bewere the Night). Funnily enough both are stories about trickster types - one a classic fox-shifter, the other a gambler with a special set of cards. Both excellent.
Collections: Sourdough and Other Stories by Angela Slatter & Somewhere Beneath Those Waves by Sarah Monette. Both recent author discoveries and both books collecting some wonderful stories.
Anthologies: Way of the Wizard ed. John Joseph Adams - it's rare I find an anthology where I wasn't bored by some of the stories... this bucked the trend and served up all kinds of ace tales.
Film: Thor. Wasn't expecting to like it, turned out it was heaps of fun.
Peter: OK, yes, I read tons for Dark Horizons and for the Alchemy Press book, Rumours of the Marvellous. Those by Peter Atkins are outstanding stories (I would say that, wouldn't I?) but only one was originally published in 2011. I recall enjoying some stories -- such as the first two in The Book of Horrors and some in Carol Emshwiller's collection (PS Publishing) -- but I can't remember the details. Not seen enough new films. The only one that I really rate isn't fantasy: The King's Speech.
Sam: Rhys Hughes The Brothel Creeper was a really fun collection. Macabre and disturbing and extremly humorous.
What one event in 2011 was your favourite?
Debbie: Well I can't say Fantasycon, as I wasn't there. So it would have to be the launch of my thriller novel Hamelin's Child on kindle in February. It started the ball rolling and it's still gathering speed!
Jan: I don’t go to enough events in 2011 to compare and contrast – but I did get to the Annual Writers’ Conference at Winchester, where I pitched a novel with some success; so that has to be my high point!
Jenny: Oh definitely Fantasycon. There was such a fab vibe to it, helped, I think, by the fact that despite it being the end of September, the weather was glorious and the hotel was on the beach so I got to see my fave peeps and wander by the sea too. What's not to love?
Sam: The Asylum Steampunk Convention wins it in the UK. But Gallifrey was fabulous as always! Both of these conventions really know how to treat their guests well.
What one event in 2012 are you most looking forward to?
Debbie: More writing. More book launches. I'd like to get to a Con but realistically I can't see it happening in the current economic climate.
Jenny: Toughie, since I can only afford to do two this year... Fantasycon is in Brighton again so if the weather is anywhere near as nice as last year there'll be some more beach fun. Eastercon, particularly Eastercon when it's at Heathrow, does have a history of interesting programming - such as the fight workshops. There is nothing that isn't good about learning how to beat up people with drain pipes.
Sam: That's a tough one because I have some really exciting and new events I'm attending. The first this year is SFX Weekender and I'm looking forward to seeing all of the friends that are going to be there. But equally I'm very excited about GalaxyFest in Colorado Springs, because it's new and I'll be International Author Guest of Honour there.
Which of your writing/publishing stuff in 2011 are you particularly proud of?
Debbie: Getting an email from a complete stranger who loved my book so much she wrote to tell me! Awesome. And selling over 300 books in 24 hours in late October. Oh and being invited to join Katherine Roberts and a group of mostly traditionally-published authors with a regular blog spot on www.authorselectric.co.uk - I was chuffed that they thought me good enough.
Jan: I had a good year publishing wise with a list of 10 (?) short stories published in various places. Which one am I most proud of? I am probably not the best person to judge – I shall leave that choice to the Alchemy Writers Blog-Meister, Ms Barber! Ms B says - Grey Magic for Cat Lovers was fab, as was The Ballad of Lucy Lightfoot.
Jenny: My stuff on the Girls' Guide to Surviving the Apocalypse blog - because we have so much fun anticipating all the different post-apocalyptic scenarios.
Peter: Getting Rumours of the Marvellous published.
Sam: My Collection, Zombies in New York and Other Bloody Jottings, because it allowed me to try different things.
What have you got coming up/out in 2012 that you want to shout about?
Debbie: Watch my blog on www.debbiebennett.co.uk !
Jan: Three stories due out this year that I want to shout about are Jack Out of the Box : appearing in the Father Grim’s Storybook by Wicked East Press edited by Jessica Weiss; Orbyting: The Hammer Out Book of Ghosts (in aid of the Hammer Out brain tumour awareness charity), edited by the Fantom Films director Dexter O’Neill; and lastly Damnation Seize My Soul which will be appearing in an as yet unnamed anthology edited by the inimitable Ian Whates with Newcon Press.
Jenny: Shiny Shorts! A funky new review blog specifically for all things short fiction.
Peter: I'm planning new Alchemy Press projects for 2012 ... Nothing definite yet.
Sam: Currently working on the fifth Vampire Gene Novel Silent Sand and the second book in my new fantasy series - more about that soon!
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Thank you ladies and gentle-beings of Alchemy! Can't wait to see how 2012 develops...
What three novels did you enjoy most in 2011?
Debbie: Blimey. I can't remember what I read last week, never mind 12 months ago. Books I can actually remember (so they must have been good) are Guillermo Del Toro's vampire trilogy - I liked the new spin on vampires. And while we are on vampires, I guess I have to mention Justin Cronin's The Passage, since it's sort-of vampire based. I had serious issues with this novel (see my Goodreads review) but it was a good read. And I read all of the Stephenie Meyer vampire books for the first time too. Shit. It looks like I only read vampire stuff and I don't. I hate vampire books normally - really I do. I've read a lot of indie stuff too, but to be honest I haven't read as much as I'd like as I've been concentrating on writing throughout most of 2011 and I don't tend to read when I'm writing.
Jan: Last year I seemed to start so many and finish so few. Probably being BFS reviews editor gave me a touch of 'sweetshop syndrome’. So many books and so little time. I could write a list as long as Peter's arm (mine would not stretch) to include all the books I've read and enjoyed in 2011, but among them (and leaving aside any novels by members of this group) are these:
Downpour by Kat Richardson and Ghost Story by Jim Butcher. I mention both together because in addition to being cracking books are both parts of a long running series; both used a similar trope of pressing a re-set button, whereby the main protagonist, who has spent the previous X books building strength and ability, is killed and ‘resurrected’. The characters are whipped back to almost newbie status where they have to survive with only a fraction of their previous power. An excellent way to breathe new life into their respective heroes.
Bloodshot and Hellbent: books 1&2 of the Red Cheshire series by Cherie Priest (which must count as one choice surely?) A fun vampire. What can I say?
Bryant & May and the Memory of Blood by Chris Fowler is a great read. Again this is part of a series featuring a pair of elderly detectives who, though undoubtedly eccentric, are free of the usual clichés of the current crop of 'damaged detectives' gracing our TVs and bookshelves. It is so good to have detectives who actively get on with the job of detecting without wallowing in page after page of the tedious angst and self-pity that seems to be considered necessary of late! :-)
I am going to cheat and have a fourth choice - Rivers of London and Moon over Soho by Ben Aaronovitch. Yes, I know, two books again. These are the first two books in a series about an apprentice wizard Police Constable attached to the Met Police. There is a lot of fantasy and humour - but without diving into humorous fantasy! Great reading.
Jenny: Gosh, only three? I read so much last year it's difficult to pick (and I'm legendary in my inability to make decisions...) Ok then, first up - God's War by Kameron Hurley. Kick-ass female protagonist working in a fabulous backdrop with all kinds of nifty tech and beasties and aliens wandering around. It's action-packed, full of conspiracies and just fantastically jaw-dropping in places, and one where you want to read more after you finished it.
Next up will be Seanan McGuire's One Salt Sea - the latest in her Toby Daye urban fantasy series and the best one yet. It's another one with a kick-ass female protagonist, set in a US where the fae are living, if not side by side with the human populous, then at least, close enough in the shadows to be a major influence on those who know about them. OSS has all the fun of resolving old mysteries while setting up new ones and for bonus points there's the excellent undersea kingdom of Saltmist. Very much cool bananas!
Third will most definitely have to be Traitor's Gate by Kate Elliott. It concludes her Crossroads trilogy and is an absolutely marvellous piece of epic fantasy. It throws some sharp and quite unexpected twists into the story, there's the mucky results of war, break ups and make ups, conspiracies, rebuilding of wartorn settlements, honking great eagles carting people around and after all the build up, the ending is just perfect.
Peter: I can't remember reading any novels in 2011 -- I recall starting several and giving up in despair.
Sam: I didn't get much chance to read last year however I really enjoyed Angel Of Brooklyn by Janette Jenkins, Hamelin's Child by Debbie Bennett and Cyrus Darian and the Technomicron by Raven Dane.
What three novels are you looking forward to in 2012?
Debbie: I've got a stack of indie stuff on my kindle I'm waiting to get stuck into.
Jan: I really don’t know. There will be more titles to add to the various lists I am sure, but apart from that? I shall wait and see.
Jenny: Only three? Again? Who wrote these questions? (Oh, wait, that was me...) Okay then, first and foremost, the most anticipated novel of 2012 has to be: Blood and Feathers by Louise Morgan. It's Alice in Wonderland goes to Hell and peeps, let me tell you, it is unbelievably awesome. Lou is a fabulous writer and the book is pure perfection. (I can say this with authority because I got a sneak peek of it last year... Best. Thing. Eva!)
Next up, I think, will have to be The City's Son by Tom Pollock. I read an extract of it in the Jo Fletcher Books sampler given out at Fantasycon and like both his style and the very cool story it's introducing. Plus it's set in a hidden London, which is always a fun thing
Third is Kate Griffin's The Minority Council - it's the next one in her Matthew Swift series of books which I adore as they combine all the fun of urban fantasy in an alternate London with a glorious turn of phrase when it comes to the storytelling.
Peter: I'm not sure what's due out in 2012. To be honest, I much prefer short stories and novellas. Yet again, I can't recall any that really, really grabbed me.
Sam: I bought Kronos by Guy Adams for David for Christmas and have dipped into it. I now want to finish it because it is beautifully written. I also have Cyber Circus By Kim Lakin-Smith lined-up for that elusive spare minute and I have John Lindqvist's Handling the Undead.
Are there any other works of fiction (eg. short stories/collections/anthologies/comics/films etc.) that you particularly enjoyed in 2011?
Debbie: Um, not that stand out in my mind. Am I really that shallow and boring? Although I did see The Sixth Sense on tv for the first time and thought it was one of the cleverest film twists ever!
Jan: There were so many anthologies published in the horror field (some of which I was in) that it would be impossible to pick any one above the rest.
Welcome to Bordertown edited by Holly Black and Ellen Kushner was an excellent anthology (which sadly I was not in). It did contain some truly great shorts from the likes of Holly Black, Charles de Lint, Emma Bull, Neil Gaiman etc. Both Sam and Debbie put collections of their own work out there this year, both of which I read and enjoyed, and of course I must talk about Rumours of the Marvellous - a collection of fiction by Peter Atkins, not just because it is published by Alchemy Press, but because I genuinely think it contains some of the best short fiction I have ever read! Pete Atkins really is one of Britain’s greats.
Jenny: Get comfy, because I could be here all day... luckily I already did a list of fictiony goodness on my own blog here. However, top picks -
Short Stories: Card Sharp by Rajan Khanna (Way of the Wizard) and The Thief of Precious Things by A.C. Wise (Bewere the Night). Funnily enough both are stories about trickster types - one a classic fox-shifter, the other a gambler with a special set of cards. Both excellent.
Collections: Sourdough and Other Stories by Angela Slatter & Somewhere Beneath Those Waves by Sarah Monette. Both recent author discoveries and both books collecting some wonderful stories.
Anthologies: Way of the Wizard ed. John Joseph Adams - it's rare I find an anthology where I wasn't bored by some of the stories... this bucked the trend and served up all kinds of ace tales.
Film: Thor. Wasn't expecting to like it, turned out it was heaps of fun.
Peter: OK, yes, I read tons for Dark Horizons and for the Alchemy Press book, Rumours of the Marvellous. Those by Peter Atkins are outstanding stories (I would say that, wouldn't I?) but only one was originally published in 2011. I recall enjoying some stories -- such as the first two in The Book of Horrors and some in Carol Emshwiller's collection (PS Publishing) -- but I can't remember the details. Not seen enough new films. The only one that I really rate isn't fantasy: The King's Speech.
Sam: Rhys Hughes The Brothel Creeper was a really fun collection. Macabre and disturbing and extremly humorous.
What one event in 2011 was your favourite?
Debbie: Well I can't say Fantasycon, as I wasn't there. So it would have to be the launch of my thriller novel Hamelin's Child on kindle in February. It started the ball rolling and it's still gathering speed!
Jan: I don’t go to enough events in 2011 to compare and contrast – but I did get to the Annual Writers’ Conference at Winchester, where I pitched a novel with some success; so that has to be my high point!
Jenny: Oh definitely Fantasycon. There was such a fab vibe to it, helped, I think, by the fact that despite it being the end of September, the weather was glorious and the hotel was on the beach so I got to see my fave peeps and wander by the sea too. What's not to love?
Sam: The Asylum Steampunk Convention wins it in the UK. But Gallifrey was fabulous as always! Both of these conventions really know how to treat their guests well.
What one event in 2012 are you most looking forward to?
Debbie: More writing. More book launches. I'd like to get to a Con but realistically I can't see it happening in the current economic climate.
Jenny: Toughie, since I can only afford to do two this year... Fantasycon is in Brighton again so if the weather is anywhere near as nice as last year there'll be some more beach fun. Eastercon, particularly Eastercon when it's at Heathrow, does have a history of interesting programming - such as the fight workshops. There is nothing that isn't good about learning how to beat up people with drain pipes.
Sam: That's a tough one because I have some really exciting and new events I'm attending. The first this year is SFX Weekender and I'm looking forward to seeing all of the friends that are going to be there. But equally I'm very excited about GalaxyFest in Colorado Springs, because it's new and I'll be International Author Guest of Honour there.
Which of your writing/publishing stuff in 2011 are you particularly proud of?
Debbie: Getting an email from a complete stranger who loved my book so much she wrote to tell me! Awesome. And selling over 300 books in 24 hours in late October. Oh and being invited to join Katherine Roberts and a group of mostly traditionally-published authors with a regular blog spot on www.authorselectric.co.uk - I was chuffed that they thought me good enough.
Jan: I had a good year publishing wise with a list of 10 (?) short stories published in various places. Which one am I most proud of? I am probably not the best person to judge – I shall leave that choice to the Alchemy Writers Blog-Meister, Ms Barber! Ms B says - Grey Magic for Cat Lovers was fab, as was The Ballad of Lucy Lightfoot.
Jenny: My stuff on the Girls' Guide to Surviving the Apocalypse blog - because we have so much fun anticipating all the different post-apocalyptic scenarios.
Peter: Getting Rumours of the Marvellous published.
Sam: My Collection, Zombies in New York and Other Bloody Jottings, because it allowed me to try different things.
What have you got coming up/out in 2012 that you want to shout about?
Debbie: Watch my blog on www.debbiebennett.co.uk !
Jan: Three stories due out this year that I want to shout about are Jack Out of the Box : appearing in the Father Grim’s Storybook by Wicked East Press edited by Jessica Weiss; Orbyting: The Hammer Out Book of Ghosts (in aid of the Hammer Out brain tumour awareness charity), edited by the Fantom Films director Dexter O’Neill; and lastly Damnation Seize My Soul which will be appearing in an as yet unnamed anthology edited by the inimitable Ian Whates with Newcon Press.
Jenny: Shiny Shorts! A funky new review blog specifically for all things short fiction.
Peter: I'm planning new Alchemy Press projects for 2012 ... Nothing definite yet.
Sam: Currently working on the fifth Vampire Gene Novel Silent Sand and the second book in my new fantasy series - more about that soon!
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Thank you ladies and gentle-beings of Alchemy! Can't wait to see how 2012 develops...
Thursday, 19 January 2012
Jan and Sam are Hammered!
It being January means that the Hammer Out Book of Ghosts is now officially out! In it you can find stories from Alchemy Members Jan Edwards and Sam Stone so don't delay, get your copy now!
Published by Fantom Films, all money raised from the anthology will go to the charity Hammer Out which helps fund research, raise awareness and provide support for people suffering from brain tumours.
Published by Fantom Films, all money raised from the anthology will go to the charity Hammer Out which helps fund research, raise awareness and provide support for people suffering from brain tumours.
The hardback edition can be had for £10.99 here.
Contents:
Foreword by Tracey Childs
Immortal Monster by Sam Stone
The Widow and the Deserter by Alex Barrett
Sleeping Lions by Niall Boyce
Orbyting by Jan Edwards
The Noise from the Flat Upstairs by S.E. Branson
Tower Song by Richard Howard
Deadline by Paul W.T. Ballard
The Attic Nursery by Raven Dane
Chillers and Breathers by Sam Stone
We Attract that which we Fear the Most by Louise Jameson
Last Rites by Simon Guerrier
Foreword by Tracey Childs
Immortal Monster by Sam Stone
The Widow and the Deserter by Alex Barrett
Sleeping Lions by Niall Boyce
Orbyting by Jan Edwards
The Noise from the Flat Upstairs by S.E. Branson
Tower Song by Richard Howard
Deadline by Paul W.T. Ballard
The Attic Nursery by Raven Dane
Chillers and Breathers by Sam Stone
We Attract that which we Fear the Most by Louise Jameson
Last Rites by Simon Guerrier
Saturday, 31 December 2011
Alchemy 2011
It has, it must be said, been quite a funky year for Alchemy members in 2011.
Debbie ventured into e-publishing and saw the release of her short story collection Maniac and Other Stories, and her novels Hamelin's Child (adult thriller) and Edge of Dreams (YA fantasy). She also saw the publication of her stories On the Edge of Forever in the Kindle Coffee-Break Collection anthology (edited by Saffina Desforges) and Moira on the Everyday Fiction site.
Not only that, Debbie has also guest blogged on Steve Lockley's Confessions of a Technophobe blog with When Too Much is Not Enough, had several posts on the You're Booked crime writers blog and regularly blogs at Authors Electric.
Jan was especially prolific this year - she saw the publication of Grey Magic for Cat Lovers in New Horizons/ BFS Journal (Summer 2011); Mayday Springs Askew in Tales from the Greenmantle (July 2011); The Clinic in the Alt-Dead anthology; Ballad of Lucy Lightfoot in Full Fathom Forty:40th Anniversary of the BFS; Roberta in Ethereal Tales #12; Redhill Residential in True Personal Ghost Stories; Valkenswaard in Unspoken Water #2; Wade's Run in Ghost Stories; Oblation in Andromeda's Offspring #3 and she finished off the year with the publication of Thirteenth Day in the Estronomicon Chrismas edition.
She's also had acceptances for several stories due out in 2012, guest blogged on Steve Lockley's Confessions of a Technophobe blog with Do We Dare To Comment?, and looks set to take over the world sometime soon!
Jenny has been mostly slush reading for Fantasy Magazine and judging the BFS Best Newcomer award, but has also guest blogged on Floor to Ceiling Books with Alice in Zombieland, and regularly posts over at the Girls' Guide to Surviving the Apocalypse blog.
Mike has seen the release of his e-novella Sailors of the Skies (available from Amazon), has had his story Cold Rain published in the Morpheus Tales Urban Horror Special, his story Only the Lonely appeared in Dark Valentine Issue #4/Spring 2011 and his story Sons of the Dragons appeared in Kzine Issue 1. Not only that but his story Saving Prince Romero is about to come out in the next PS Publishing antho - Postscripts #26/27 - Unfit For Eden and he was also interviewed by Stuart Young in Redeye Extra.
Peter edited and published the excellent Peter Atkins collection Rumours of the Marvellous and also had his story Who Wanders in the Mire published in the Christmas edition of Estronomicon. He was interviewed on the Red Moon Chronicle site and edited four fantastic issues of Dark Horizons - the British Fantasy Society's fiction magazine.
Sam saw the publication of the next volume in her Vampire Gene series - Hateful Heart by Murky Depths and her collection Zombies in New York and Other Bloody Jottings was published by Telos Publishing. She also had her short stories Walking the Dead published in the BFS Journal/Spring 2011 and The Toymaker's House in Full Fathom Forty:40th Anniversary of the BFS.
She edited talespinning by David J. Howe for Telos Publishing, conducted an extensive signing tour, won the BFS Best Novel and Short Story awards and guest blogged on Steve Lockley's Confessions of a Technophobe blog with The Changing Face of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Series.
Here's hoping next year will be even more successful!
Debbie ventured into e-publishing and saw the release of her short story collection Maniac and Other Stories, and her novels Hamelin's Child (adult thriller) and Edge of Dreams (YA fantasy). She also saw the publication of her stories On the Edge of Forever in the Kindle Coffee-Break Collection anthology (edited by Saffina Desforges) and Moira on the Everyday Fiction site.Not only that, Debbie has also guest blogged on Steve Lockley's Confessions of a Technophobe blog with When Too Much is Not Enough, had several posts on the You're Booked crime writers blog and regularly blogs at Authors Electric.
Jan was especially prolific this year - she saw the publication of Grey Magic for Cat Lovers in New Horizons/ BFS Journal (Summer 2011); Mayday Springs Askew in Tales from the Greenmantle (July 2011); The Clinic in the Alt-Dead anthology; Ballad of Lucy Lightfoot in Full Fathom Forty:40th Anniversary of the BFS; Roberta in Ethereal Tales #12; Redhill Residential in True Personal Ghost Stories; Valkenswaard in Unspoken Water #2; Wade's Run in Ghost Stories; Oblation in Andromeda's Offspring #3 and she finished off the year with the publication of Thirteenth Day in the Estronomicon Chrismas edition.She's also had acceptances for several stories due out in 2012, guest blogged on Steve Lockley's Confessions of a Technophobe blog with Do We Dare To Comment?, and looks set to take over the world sometime soon!
Jenny has been mostly slush reading for Fantasy Magazine and judging the BFS Best Newcomer award, but has also guest blogged on Floor to Ceiling Books with Alice in Zombieland, and regularly posts over at the Girls' Guide to Surviving the Apocalypse blog.
Mike has seen the release of his e-novella Sailors of the Skies (available from Amazon), has had his story Cold Rain published in the Morpheus Tales Urban Horror Special, his story Only the Lonely appeared in Dark Valentine Issue #4/Spring 2011 and his story Sons of the Dragons appeared in Kzine Issue 1. Not only that but his story Saving Prince Romero is about to come out in the next PS Publishing antho - Postscripts #26/27 - Unfit For Eden and he was also interviewed by Stuart Young in Redeye Extra.
Peter edited and published the excellent Peter Atkins collection Rumours of the Marvellous and also had his story Who Wanders in the Mire published in the Christmas edition of Estronomicon. He was interviewed on the Red Moon Chronicle site and edited four fantastic issues of Dark Horizons - the British Fantasy Society's fiction magazine.
Sam saw the publication of the next volume in her Vampire Gene series - Hateful Heart by Murky Depths and her collection Zombies in New York and Other Bloody Jottings was published by Telos Publishing. She also had her short stories Walking the Dead published in the BFS Journal/Spring 2011 and The Toymaker's House in Full Fathom Forty:40th Anniversary of the BFS.She edited talespinning by David J. Howe for Telos Publishing, conducted an extensive signing tour, won the BFS Best Novel and Short Story awards and guest blogged on Steve Lockley's Confessions of a Technophobe blog with The Changing Face of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Series.
Here's hoping next year will be even more successful!
Saturday, 24 December 2011
Jan and Sam Hammered Out
Alchemy Members Jan Edwards and Sam Stone both have fiction due out in the Hammer Out Book of Ghosts in January 2012.
Published by Fantom Films, all money raised from the anthology will go to the charity Hammer Out which helps fund research, raise awareness and provide support for people suffering from brain tumours.
Published by Fantom Films, all money raised from the anthology will go to the charity Hammer Out which helps fund research, raise awareness and provide support for people suffering from brain tumours.
The hardback edition can be had for £10.99 here.
Contents:
Foreword by Tracey Childs
Immortal Monster by Sam Stone
The Widow and the Deserter by Alex Barrett
Sleeping Lions by Niall Boyce
Orbyting by Jan Edwards
The Noise from the Flat Upstairs by S.E. Branson
Tower Song by Richard Howard
Deadline by Paul W.T. Ballard
The Attic Nursery by Raven Dane
Chillers and Breathers by Sam Stone
We Attract that which we Fear the Most by Louise Jameson
Last Rites by Simon Guerrier
Foreword by Tracey Childs
Immortal Monster by Sam Stone
The Widow and the Deserter by Alex Barrett
Sleeping Lions by Niall Boyce
Orbyting by Jan Edwards
The Noise from the Flat Upstairs by S.E. Branson
Tower Song by Richard Howard
Deadline by Paul W.T. Ballard
The Attic Nursery by Raven Dane
Chillers and Breathers by Sam Stone
We Attract that which we Fear the Most by Louise Jameson
Last Rites by Simon Guerrier
Sunday, 2 October 2011
Alchemy for the Win!
Double lots of congratulations are due to Alchemy writer Sam Stone who won not one, but two (!) British Fantasy Awards this weekend. Her story Fool's Gold, published in The Bitten Word, won Best Short Story; and her novel Demon Dance won Best Novel.
Saturday, 3 September 2011
Sam Stone's Coffee Morning!
Alchemy member Sam Stone will also be launching lovely things at Fantasycon 2011...
On Saturday 1st October, you can find her from 11:00am to 12:00pm in the Bar Rogue of the Royal Albion Hotel, Brighton launching both her new vampire novel Hateful Heart and her anthology Zombies in New York and Other Bloody Jottings.
Published by The House of Murky Depths, Hateful Heart is the fourth in Sam's acclaimed and award winning Vampire Gene series of novels. In this, Lilly, Gabriele and Caesare encounter a terrifying threat from the past, one which seems intent in wiping vampires from the face of the Earth.
Published by Telos Publishing, Zombies in New York and Other Bloody Jottings features thirteen stories of horror and passion, and six mythological and erotic poems from the pen of the new Queen of Vampire fiction. The stories have already received film interest from America, and Sam's work is shortlisted for the British Fantasy Award this year in both the Best Novel and Best Short Fiction categories.
On Saturday 1st October, you can find her from 11:00am to 12:00pm in the Bar Rogue of the Royal Albion Hotel, Brighton launching both her new vampire novel Hateful Heart and her anthology Zombies in New York and Other Bloody Jottings.
Published by The House of Murky Depths, Hateful Heart is the fourth in Sam's acclaimed and award winning Vampire Gene series of novels. In this, Lilly, Gabriele and Caesare encounter a terrifying threat from the past, one which seems intent in wiping vampires from the face of the Earth.
Published by Telos Publishing, Zombies in New York and Other Bloody Jottings features thirteen stories of horror and passion, and six mythological and erotic poems from the pen of the new Queen of Vampire fiction. The stories have already received film interest from America, and Sam's work is shortlisted for the British Fantasy Award this year in both the Best Novel and Best Short Fiction categories.
Friday, 29 July 2011
Sam goes Full Fathom Forty
We have just heard that Alchemy member Sam Stone will also be appearing in the British Fantasy Society's 40th Anniversary anthology! Go Sam!
Full Fathom Forty will be launched at Fantasycon in October but is available for preorder here.
Press Release Blurb!
Full author list for the anthology:
Nina Allan
Suzanne Barbieri
Carl Barker
Mike Barrett
Ramsey Campbell
Jonathan Carroll
Adrian Chamberlin
Simon Clark
Raven Dane
Jan Edwards
Murray Ewing
Paul Finch
Christopher Fowler
Matthew Fryer
Stephen Gallagher
Cate Gardner
R B Harkess
Ian Hunter
Wilf Kelleher Jones
Jasper Kent
Joel Lane
Stephen Laws
Mark Lewis
Alison J Littlewood
Steve Lockley
Graham Masterton
Peter Mark May
Geoff Nelder
Kim Newman
Stan Nicholls
Martin Owton
Cas Peace
John Llewellyn Probert
Tina Rath
Steven Savile
Robert Shearman
Jim Steel
Sam Stone
Deborah Walker
Conrad Williams
Full Fathom Forty will be launched at Fantasycon in October but is available for preorder here.
Press Release Blurb!
For forty years the British Fantasy Society has been promoting and appreciating fantastic fiction in all its guises. Now, to celebrate the many worlds of wonder and terror, the BFS presents an anthology of works by members and friends of the Society past and present. Here you will find angels and vampires, werewolves and killers, magicians and gentlemen, alien worlds and urban nightmares. Let the British Fantasy Society be your guide through a selection of the best fiction to be found on this world ... or beyond!
Full author list for the anthology:
Nina Allan
Suzanne Barbieri
Carl Barker
Mike Barrett
Ramsey Campbell
Jonathan Carroll
Adrian Chamberlin
Simon Clark
Raven Dane
Jan Edwards
Murray Ewing
Paul Finch
Christopher Fowler
Matthew Fryer
Stephen Gallagher
Cate Gardner
R B Harkess
Ian Hunter
Wilf Kelleher Jones
Jasper Kent
Joel Lane
Stephen Laws
Mark Lewis
Alison J Littlewood
Steve Lockley
Graham Masterton
Peter Mark May
Geoff Nelder
Kim Newman
Stan Nicholls
Martin Owton
Cas Peace
John Llewellyn Probert
Tina Rath
Steven Savile
Robert Shearman
Jim Steel
Sam Stone
Deborah Walker
Conrad Williams
Bloggin' all over the world!
The Alchemy Writers have been putting themselves about a bit online lately -
First up - Open House month on Steve Lockley's Confessions of a Technophobe blog, where you can find Jan Edwards asking Do We Dare To Comment?, Debbie Bennett talking about When Too Much is Not Enough, and Sam Stone discussing The Changing Face of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Series.
Debbie can also be found over on the You're Booked crime writers blog where she's talked about The Nature of Violence, the importance of a good cover, Self Publishing and E-Books, why she decided to publish her novels as Kindle editions and The Struggle of Getting Published.
Debbie also regularly blogs on the Kindle Authors UK blog too.
First up - Open House month on Steve Lockley's Confessions of a Technophobe blog, where you can find Jan Edwards asking Do We Dare To Comment?, Debbie Bennett talking about When Too Much is Not Enough, and Sam Stone discussing The Changing Face of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Series.
Debbie can also be found over on the You're Booked crime writers blog where she's talked about The Nature of Violence, the importance of a good cover, Self Publishing and E-Books, why she decided to publish her novels as Kindle editions and The Struggle of Getting Published.
Debbie also regularly blogs on the Kindle Authors UK blog too.
Thursday, 30 June 2011
Award Nominated Alchemy!
The British Fantasy Society Awards shortlist is now out and Alchemy members Jan Edwards and Sam Stone have both made the finals!
Jan is nominated for the Best Short Story category for her story Otterburn, which appeared in the Christmas edition of Estronomicon here.
Sam is nominated for both the Best Novel category, for Demon Dance; and Best Short Story for Fool's Gold which appeared in the Newcon Press anthology The Bitten Word and can be read here.
Huge congrats to both. (Alchemy for the win!)
Jan is nominated for the Best Short Story category for her story Otterburn, which appeared in the Christmas edition of Estronomicon here.
Sam is nominated for both the Best Novel category, for Demon Dance; and Best Short Story for Fool's Gold which appeared in the Newcon Press anthology The Bitten Word and can be read here.
Huge congrats to both. (Alchemy for the win!)
Monday, 23 May 2011
Sam on Tour!
New Alchemy member Sam Stone is out and about promoting her Zombie and Vampire books - for more info on everything, check out her blog here!
For Zombies in New York and Other Bloody Jottings - Sam's short fiction and poetry collection - you can find her at the following places:
Preston Waterstones, 4th June. 12-4pm
Wigan Waterstones, 11th June 12-4pm
Cambridge Waterstones, 23rd July 2-5pm
Manchester Deansgate Waterstones, 30th July 2-5pm
Claudia Con Uk, 13th August - ALL DAY
London Date 27th August TBA
After that, the almighty Vampire Gene Tour starts, celebrating the launch of Hateful Heart, the next book in Sam's fabulous series...
You can catch Sam at:
The Asylum Steampunk Weekend, Lincoln. 9th-11th Sept - ALL WEEKEND
LLandudno Waterstones, 17th Sept, 12-4pm
Warrington Waterstones, 24th Sept, 12-4pm Sci-Fi/Fantasy Day.
FantasyCon, 30th Sept - 2nd Oct, ALL WEEKEND
For Zombies in New York and Other Bloody Jottings - Sam's short fiction and poetry collection - you can find her at the following places:
Preston Waterstones, 4th June. 12-4pm
Wigan Waterstones, 11th June 12-4pm
Cambridge Waterstones, 23rd July 2-5pm
Manchester Deansgate Waterstones, 30th July 2-5pm
Claudia Con Uk, 13th August - ALL DAY
London Date 27th August TBA
After that, the almighty Vampire Gene Tour starts, celebrating the launch of Hateful Heart, the next book in Sam's fabulous series...
You can catch Sam at:
The Asylum Steampunk Weekend, Lincoln. 9th-11th Sept - ALL WEEKEND
LLandudno Waterstones, 17th Sept, 12-4pm
Warrington Waterstones, 24th Sept, 12-4pm Sci-Fi/Fantasy Day.
FantasyCon, 30th Sept - 2nd Oct, ALL WEEKEND
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