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Mark Valentine
Mark Valentine is an English short story author, editor and essayist on book-collecting. Short stories Valentine's short stories have been published in a number of collections and in anthologies. ''The Collected Connoisseur'' (Tartarus Press, 2010) is about the mystical encounters of an aesthete whose real name is never revealed, some written jointly with John Howard. ‘The Descent of the Fire’, a story in this series by Valentine & Howard, was included in the 2004 World Fantasy Award winning anthology ''Strange Tales'' edited by Rosalie Parker. ''Herald of the Hidden'' (Tartarus Press, 2013) collects stories about Ralph Tyler, a Northamptonshire folklorist. Other short story collections include ''Selected Stories'' (2012) and ''Seventeen Stories'' (2013). His story ‘Vain Shadows Flee’ was chosen for ''Best British Short Stories 2016'' edited by Nicholas Royle (Salt Publishing). ''Secret Europe'' (2012) and ''Inner Europe'' (2018) are shared collections with John Howard o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Howard (author)
John Howard is an English author, born in London in 1961. His fiction has appeared in anthologies, magazines, and the collections ''The Silver Voices'', ''Written by Daylight'', ''Cities and Thrones and Powers'', and ''Buried Shadows''. The majority of Howard's stories have central and eastern European settings; many are set in the fictional Romanian town of Steaua de Munte. ''The Defeat of Grief'' is a novella set in Steaua de Munte and the real Black Sea resort of Balcic; the novellas "The Fatal Vision" (in ''Cities and Thrones and Powers'') and ''The Lustre of Time'' form part of an ongoing series with Steaua de Munte architect and academic Cristian Luca as protagonist. ''Numbered as Sand or the Stars'' attempts a 'secret history' of Hungary between the World Wars. John Howard has published three collections jointly written with Mark Valentine. ''Secret Europe'' comprises 25 short stories set in a variety of real and fictional European locations. Ten of the stories are by Howa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Discogs
Discogs (short for discographies) is a database of information about audio recordings, including commercial releases, promotional releases, and bootleg or off-label releases. While the site was originally created with a goal of becoming the largest online database of electronic music, the site now includes releases in all genres on all formats. After the database was opened to contributions from the public, rock music began to become the most prevalent genre listed. , Discogs contains over 15.7 million releases, by over 8.3 million artists, across over 1.9 million labels, contributed from over 644,000 contributor user accounts – with these figures constantly growing as users continually add previously unlisted releases to the site over time. The Discogs servers, currently hosted under the domain name discogs.com, are owned by Zink Media, Inc. and located in Portland, Oregon, United States. History The discogs.com domain name was registered in August 2000, and Discogs itself ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English Horror Writers
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English Short Story Writers
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English Biographers
English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England ** English national identity, an identity and common culture ** English language in England, a variant of the English language spoken in England * English languages (other) * English studies, the study of English language and literature * ''English'', an Amish term for non-Amish, regardless of ethnicity Individuals * English (surname), a list of notable people with the surname ''English'' * People with the given name ** English McConnell (1882–1928), Irish footballer ** English Fisher (1928–2011), American boxing coach ** English Gardner (b. 1992), American track and field sprinter Places United States * English, Indiana, a town * English, Kentucky, an unincorporated community * English, Brazoria County, Texas, an unincorporated community * Engli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Hippocampus Press
Hippocampus Press is an American publisher that specializes in, "the works of H. P. Lovecraft and his literary circle." Founded in 1999, and based in New York City, Hippocampus is operated by founder Derrick Hussey. As of 2017, it has issued over 200 publications, including editions of the complete fiction, essays, and poetry of Lovecraft, and thirteen volumes in the ongoing series of Lovecraft's ''Collected Letters''. In 2014, ''Publishers Weekly'' said Hippocampus Press is, "the world’s leading publisher of books related to horror writer H. P. Lovecraft." Output Hippocampus has also published previously unavailable weird fiction by Lord Dunsany (''The Pleasures of a Futuroscope'', ''The Ghost in the Corner and Other Stories''), as well as the "Lovecraft's Library" series, which collects works by authors who influenced Lovecraft but have since fallen out of fashion, such as Algernon Blackwood and M. P. Shiel. Hippocampus Press also publishes the periodicals ''Dead Reckoni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seren Books
Seren Books is the trading name of Poetry Wales Press, a small independent publisher based in Bridgend, Wales, specialising in English-language writing from WalesFelicity Wood (23 August 2013). Rhyme and reason: The poetry market is a notoriously difficult one, but Felicity Wood meets some independent presses that are bucking the trend. ''The Bookseller'' (5589): 16 and also publishing other literary fiction, poetry and non-fiction. Seren's aim is to bring Welsh literature and culture to a wider audience. The press takes its name from the Welsh word for "star". History The press was founded in 1981 by Cary Archard, a teacher who was then the editor of the quarterly magazine ''Poetry Wales''. He decided to branch into publishing poetry collections and gained funding from the Arts Council of Wales, initially on an ''ad hoc'' basis. At first known as Poetry Wales Press, it was published from Archard's home in Bridgend.Sheppard 2019, p. 596 An early office was in Dannie Abse's house in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swan River Press
Swan River Press is an independent Irish publishing company dedicated to gothic, supernatural, and fantastic literature. It was founded in Rathmines, Dublin in October 2003 by Brian J. Showers. Swan River publishes contemporary fiction from around the world with an emphasis on Ireland's past and present contributions to the genre. They also issue the non-fiction journal ''The Green Book: Writings on Irish Gothic, Supernatural and Fantastic Literature'', and sporadically organise the Dublin Ghost Story Festival. History Swan River Press was founded in 2003, originally to print hand-sewn chapbooks and booklets for private distribution. In 2010 Swan River published their first hardback title ''The Old Knowledge & Other Strange Stories'' by Rosalie Parker. The company name comes from the subterranean waterway which flows through the neighbourhood of Rathmines in Dublin and the logo was created by Duane Spurlock from the image of the keystone on the entrance of the Rathmines town hall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tartarus Press
Tartarus Press is an independent book publisher based near Leyburn, Yorkshire, UK."Discover the darker side of the Dales" '''', 1 May 2009. Retrieved 5 February 2014. Background Tartarus Press is run by and . It publishes classic and contemporary works of supernatural and strange fiction. Tartarus classic authors include |
Black Static
''Black Static'', formerly ''The 3rd Alternative'', is a British horror magazine edited by Andy Cox. The magazine has won the British Fantasy Award for "Best Magazine" while individual stories have won other awards. In addition, numerous stories published in ''Black Static''/''The 3rd Alternative'' have been reprinted in collections of the year's best fiction. ''Black Static'' is published by TTA Press alongside sister publications ''Crimewave'', which takes a similarly idiosyncratic approach to crime fiction, and the long-running science fiction magazine '' Interzone''. The 3rd Alternative Founded in 1994 as ''The 3rd Alternative'', the magazine originally focused on a larger range of dark stories, often publishing science fiction, fantasy, and slipstream alongside horror. ''The 3rd Alternative'' ran for 42 issues before going on a short hiatus in 2005 after the acquisition of Interzone magazine by TTA Press. Black Static In 2007 ''The 3rd Alternative'' was relaunched. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rosalie Parker
Rosalie Parker is an author, scriptwriter and editor who runs the Tartarus Press with R. B. Russell. Parker jointly won the World Fantasy Award "Special Award: Non-Professional" for publishing in 2002, 2004 and 2012. The Horror Writers Association gave Parker and Russell the "Excellence in Speciality Press Publishing" award for 2009. Her anthology, ''Strange Tales'', won the 2004 World Fantasy Award for Best Anthology. Parker's first collection of short stories, ''The Old Knowledge'', was published in 2010. Her short story "In the Garden" was selected by Stephen Jones for ''The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 21'' (Robinson Publishing, 2010). "Random Flight" was included in Best British Horror 2015. Her second collection, ''Damage'' was longlisted for the 2016 Edge Hill Short Story Prize. Parker is co-director/producer of ''Robert Aickman: Author of Strange Tales'', released May 2015, and ''Coverdale: A Year in the Life'', released February 2016. Literary work Short Story Col ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
