The Complete World of Horror Volume 3 - The Shade of Apollyon

I received my copy of the hardcover volume 3 of The Complete World of Horror today, which reprints facsimile copies of issues 7, 8 and 9 of this magazine from 1974. Contained is a reprint of my early horror story, "The Shade of Apollyon" illustrated by my friend Jim Pitts.

Elsewhere in the book is also a reprint of David A. Sutton's story "The Bestwick Papers", again illustrated by Jim. 

Possible front cover for Swords & Sorceries: Tales of Heroic Fantasy Volume 6

Jim Pitts has been busy in the past week working on colouring a previous black and white illustration for the front cover of the next swords and sorcery anthology in May 2023. Below is a copy of the original illustration together with the coloured version and a copy of what the cover will almost certainly look like.

 

Volume 6 will be open for submissions on the 1st April for the full month.

 

ChillerCon May 27th 2022

Jim Pitts and I had a great time yesterday attending Chillercon at the Royal Hotel in Scarborough, where we met up with some old and new friends. 

Trevor Kennedy held a launch and mass signing for the latest Phantasmagoria Special devoted to Brian Lumley. 

Jim Pitts, Steve Dilks and David A. Riley

 

 

Phantasmagoria 15 now out in print and ebook

The latest issue of Phantasmagoria magazine is now available to order from Amazon in print and an ebook and will shortly be available from certain shops.

The front cover by artist Jim Pitts is for my story The Fragile Mask on His Face, also included in this issue, along with a couple of my drawings and a poem, As Silver Dusk Suffuses Red, again with a Jim Pitts illustration.

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Phantasmagoria Magazine #15

Coming this weekend, the latest issue of Phantasmagoria. The brilliant cover artwork by Jim Pitts illustrates my story The Fragile Mask on his Face, which is published in this issue. I also have a poem and some artwork in it too.

Cover artwork for Phantasmagoria magazine for my story The Fragile Mask on his Face

I can now reveal the fantastic cover artwork by Jim Pitts for my story The Fragile Mask on his Face, which will be in the next issue of Phantasmagoria magazine, due next week.

New Jim Pitts prints and a great deal from Parallel Universe Publications

Parallel Universe Publications has added some exciting new illustrations to the list of Jim Pitts prints that are available from us, plus they are now post free.
 
Each print is on high quality A4 paper, approved and signed by the artist before being sealed for protection inside a plastic envelope.

Colour prints are £7.00 each including p&p

Black & white prints are £5.00 each including p&p

Any orders for 5 or more prints, whether black and white, colour, or mixed qualify for a 20% discount.

To order please email paralleluniversepublications@gmx.co.uk or davidariley@gmx.co.uk, listing which prints you would like, plus your address. You will then be emailed a Paypal invoice.


Jim Pitts is an award-winning artist (two-times winner of the prestigious British Fantasy Award, plus Science Fiction's Ken McIntyre Award), whose work has appeared in numerous magazines and books, both professional and small press.

Jim Pitts holding his two British Fantasy Awards

Jim Pitts holding a copy of his book, The Fantastical Art of Jim Pitts

Now you have the opportunity to own individually signed prints of some of Jim's best work, in black and white and in full-colour.

THE PRINTS

Print 01
Cover for Worlds of the Unknown #1
Spectre Press

Print 02
Cover of Dark Horizons #15, 1976 edited by Stephen Jones
British Fantasy Society

Print 03
"Mr October"

Print 04
Inspired by Clark Ashton Smith's Zothique stories

Print 05
Front cover of Cthulhu: Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos
Spectre Press 2018

Print 06
Tsathoggua - Clark Ashton Smith's
contribution to the Cthulhu Mythos

Print 07
Illustration for Adrian Cole's Steaming into Wonderland
published in Worlds of the Unknown #5, Spectre Press

Print 24    H. P. Lovecraft's The Moon Bog

Print 08
From The Tower of the Elephant by Robert E. Howard
The Hyborian Gazette #1

Print 09
Clark Ashton Smith, Robert E. Howard and H. P. Lovecraft

Print 10
Illustration for The Furies from Boras by Anders Fager
in Cthulhu #8 (front cover)

Print 11
Cover for Cthulhu #7, Spectre Press

Print 12 Illustration for Climbing Those Stairs by David Ieuan in Worlds of the Unknown #1, Spectre Press Print 13 Illustration for Baptism of  Fire by Andrew Darlington in Cthulhu #5 Print 14 Illustration for Game of Nine Pinns by Don Webb in Cthulhu #7 Print 15 Cthulhu Print 16 Illustration for Brian Lumley's The Changeling in Earth, Air, Fire & Water, Fedogan & Bremer Print 17 Illustration for Brian Lumley's The Gathering in Earth, Air, Fire & Water, Fedogan & Bremer Print 18 "Angel" inspired by the Charlie Parker novels of John Connolly Print 19 M. R. James' The Scrapbook of Canon Alberic Print 20 M. R. James' The Stalls of Barchester Cathedral Print 21 M. R. James' Count Magnus Print 22 M. R. James' Lost Hearts Print 23 Writer's Cramp by David A. Riley, Northern Chills

Print 25  Hans Bok's Beyond the Golden Stair

Print 26  Hans Bok's The Blue Flamingo

Print 27  The Benevolence of Yib by Lin Carter

Print 28  R. Chetwynd-Hayes Looking for Something to Suck

Print 29  R. Chetwynd-Hayes  Looking for Something to Suck

Print 30 Robert E. Howard's The Black Stone

Print 31  H. P. Lovecraft's The Colour Out of Space

Print 32  Halloween 2019

Print 33 A Trick, or a Treat?

Print 34  The Waking Dead

Print 35 H. P. Lovecraft's The Cats of Ulthar

Print 36  Bats

Print 37  Pumpkin Scarecrow

Print 38 Female Zombie

Print 39 Zombie Head

Print 40 Hi, Pardner. It's been awhile