"This is an entertaining anthology of new sword and sorcery with a diverse range of unique tales." The Spiral Tower reviews Swords & Sorceries: Tales of Heroic Fantasy

Thrilled to see yet another favourable review of Swords & Sorceries:

"This is an entertaining anthology of new sword and sorcery with a diverse range of unique tales." 

The Spiral Tower reviews Swords & Sorceries: Tales of Heroic Fantasy.

To read the full review click on this link. 

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2020 - new stories published and old ones reprinted

Despite or, maybe, because of lockdown 2020 has been a productive year for me, with two anthologies (Swords & Sorceries: Tales of Heroic Fantasy Volume 1 and Kitchen Sink Gothic 2) published, along with two collections of short stories: Craig Herbertson's Christmas in the Workhouse & Other Gruesome Tales (illustrated by Chrissie Demant), in harcover, paperback and kindle, plus my own After Nightfall & Other Weird Tales, illustrated by Jim Pitts. The latter has so far only been published in hardcover, but paperback and kindle versions will be available in the first week of the New Year. 

On the writing front, new stories have appeared in the following publications:

Hanuman in Phantasmagoria #16

 Grudge End Cloggers in Scare Me published by Esskaye Books

Three Eyed Jack is due to appear in Gruesome Grotesques, which was originally to have been published in November but has been delayed till January 2021. It is also included in After Nightfall & Other Weird Tales.

Reprints:

Lurkers appeared in Phantasmagoria Special Edition #2 and Lovecraftiana Walpurgis Issue

Scrap appeared in Phantasmagoria #17

Old Grudge Ender appeared in The Vault of Evil Advent Calendar 2020

 The Fragile Mask on His Face appeared in Phantasmagoria #15

The Shadow by the Altar appeared in Lovecraftiana Halloween Issue

 Terror on the Moors appeared in Phantasmagoria #14

Help-Plants appeared in The Martian Wave March 2020 issue

 Corpse-Maker appeared in Jester of Hearts, Terror Tracts Publishing

I also had a new poem, He Thought He Was Dying in Phantasmagoria #16 and a reprint, As Silver Dusk Suffuses Red, in Phantasmagoria #15. 

I managed to write a number of brand new stories this year, some of which still need a bit of polishing, while others are out at various markets awaiting a decision. I also have another story due for publication any time now under a pseudonym. More about that when it is published. 

Already for 2021 I have several stories due to be reprinted in magazines. And, going off sales so far, it is looking increasingly likely that a follow-up collection of Swords & Sorceries: Tales of Heroic Fantasy Volume 2 will be published by Parallel Universe Publications in 2021, possibly as early as May or June. 

 

After Nightfall & Other Weird Tales by David A. Riley, Illustrated by Jim Pitts to be published as paperback and ebook January 1st

My collection After Nightfall & Other Weird Tales, illustrated by Jim Pitts, will be published in paperback and as an ebook (kindle) on the 1st January next year.  The paperback will cost £11.99, the kindle £2.99. 

The paperback will be available through most online retailers and direct from PUP.

Like the hardcover version published recently, the book contains the following stories:
Three Eyed Jack
The Fragile Mask on his Face
Terror on the Moors
The Shade of Apollyon
Writer's Cramp
Fish Eye
Boat Trip
Prickly
After Nightfall

Here are just a couple of the illustrations, many of which are full page.

I will announce immediately this book is available to order online.

 

Old Grudge Ender published in the Vault of Evil's Christmas Bedside Companion

Artwork by Chrissie Demant

Today's story on the Vault of Evil's Christmas Bedside Companion is my tale Old Grudge Ender, illustrated by Chrissie Demant. This was previously published in the Screaming Book of Horror edited by Johnny Mains.

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Scrap reprinted in Phantasmagoria 17

My short story Scrap has been reprinted in the current issue of Phantasmagoria (No 17). Scrap was first published in Dark Visions 1 edited by Anthony Rivera and Sharon Lawson for Grey Matter Press in 2013.

Eccentric, Impractical Devils: The Letters of August Derleth and Clark Ashton Smith

Many thanks to Jim Pitts who, while we were signing pre-ordered copies of After Nightfall & Other Weird Tales yesterday gave me a copy of this fabulous book from Hippocampus Press: Eccentric, Impractical Devils: The Letters of August Derleth and Clark Ashton Smith. I have already started delving into it and it is utterly fascinating.

Pre-orders signed and ready to post of After Nightfall & Other Weird Tales

Met up with Jim Pitts (carefully social distanced!) to sign all the pre-orders for After Nightfall & Other Weird Tales, which will be posted today when the book is officially published. 

A big Thank You to everyone who pre-ordered this book. There are still a small handful of signed copies left which can be ordered at the discounted price of £18, inclusive of postage and packing within the UK. First come first served. After that it will have to be ordered either through amazon or through Parallel Universe Publications at the full price of £20, inclusive of postage and packing anywhere in the world.

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