2012 in Retrospect: Publishing
Rather than doing a single post about what I thought of the past year, I’m going to break things up into some smaller posts. There will be on short fiction and one on titles I especially enjoyed. But...
View ArticleNight Shade Books is Being Bought
Editor Jeremy Lassen is reporting via Twitter that Night Shade Books is being bought by a larger publisher. Authors with Night Shade are being contacted. Lassen’s words were “being bought” not “being...
View ArticleFurther Details About Night Shade Books
Additional information about Night Shade Books has become available. First, Night Shade co-owner Jeremy Lassen has posted an open letter at Locus Online. In it he explains his reasons for making the...
View ArticleNew Acquisitions
Today a friend and I took my son hiking in Palo Duro Canyon while our wives stayed home doing whatever wives do when husbands are away. (I don’t want to know; that it involves spending money is...
View ArticleA Look at Zachary Jernigan’s No Return
No ReturnZachary JerniganNight Shade Bookshardcover $26.99ebook $12.99 Kindle $14.84 Nook It was a Friday night in early April, and I was up late reading when I got a beep from my phone indicating an...
View ArticleWhat to Read While Waiting for Abercrombie’s Next Book
Scourge of the Betrayer Jeff Salyards Night Shade Books hardcover $24.99 trade paper $14.99 ebook $24.99 Kindle ($12.99 at this writing) Nook ($13.99 at this writing) Baen ($6.00 at this writing) If...
View ArticleWhen October Goes
Now that Halloween is over, I’m going to shift gears a bit. Time to return to more sword and sorcery here at Adventures Fantastic. Or at least solid adventure fantasy. I’ve already started reading...
View ArticleThe Raksura Return
Stories of the Raksura, Volume 1 Martha Wells Night Shade Books trade paper, $15.99 ebook Kindle $9.99 Nook $7.49 Have you ever had one of those books that took you forever to read? Not because the...
View Article“The Golgotha Dancers” by Manly Wade Wellman
“The Golgotha Dancers” Manly Wade Wellman ebook $0.99 This story was originally published in the October 1937 issue of Weird Tales. It’s now available as a short story in electronic format. This is an...
View Article“Arimetta” by Manley Wade Wellman
“Arimetta” was originally published in Kadath #4 in July of 1981, something that isn’t listed in the ISFDB. It was reprinted once in Sin’s Doorway and Other Ominous Entrances, The Selected Stories of...
View ArticleVeil of the Deserters
Veil of the Deserters Jeff Salyards Night Shade Books Trade Paper $15.99 ebook $13.99 Jeff Salyards emailed me late last year asking if I would be willing to review his new novel, Chains of the...
View ArticleBloodsounder’s Arc Concludes
Chains of the Heretic Jeff Salyards Nightshade Books Hardcover $25.99 Trade Paper $15.99 ebook $14.99 And so it comes to an end. I finished this book over a week ago, and I’ve found myself reluctant to...
View ArticleA New “Year’s Best” Debuts
The Best Science Fiction of the Year: Volume One Neil Clarke Night Shade Books Trade Paper $17.99 Ebook $12.99 So, you may ask, what am I doing reviewing a science fiction anthology on a fantasy blog,...
View ArticleA Review of Datlow’s The Best Horror of the Year Volume Eight
The Best Horror of the Year, Volume Eight Ellen Datlow, ed. Night Shade Books Trade paper $15.99 ebook $14.99 Since this is a review of a horror anthology, I’m going to run with that theme and say...
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