Rough Music out of Strange Aeons
This morning, we present to you a review of Simon Kurt Unsworth’s Rough Music, which appeared in issue nine of Strange Aeons magazine and which was written by Brandi Jording (© 2012 Brandi Jording/Strange Aeons): “The elders of convention teach us that there are five fundamental stages of sin, and while I’m a big fan of all five, the … Read more
The Respectable Face of Tyranny: the BFS verdict
Here, for your enlightenment, is notice of the latest review of Gary Fry’s Spectral Visions novella, The Respectable Face of Tyranny. It’s been posted to the British Fantasy Society’s website and written by Katy O’Dowd. You can pop over here to see what she thought about it. EDIT: paperbacks are still available direct from us at … Read more
The Eyes of Water: first review and some news…
It is with great delight that we present to you the first review of bestselling author Alison Littlewood’s chapbook, The Eyes of Water. This one is by Walt Hicks and has been posted on his Hellbound Times book blog – the review can be accessed here. NEWS It is our great pleasure to announce that Mr. Peter … Read more
A Respectably Eloquent review
The following review, kindly put together by pablocheesecake of The Eloquent Page book blog, has just come in, less than five minutes before we wrote this blog entry. It’s a nice little review, and we particularly like this bit: “Spectral Press has a knack for publishing short stories and novellas that challenge reader perceptions and … Read more
Spectral news 21:05:2012
To start the week off on some positive notes we thought we’d talk about some things going on in the world of Spectral. First, Alison Littlewood’s chapbook The Eyes of Water will be available within the next two to three weeks. It’s a fantastic little tale, inspired by a trip to Mexico and a visit to the … Read more
Competition reminder…
This time last month, we launched a small competition whereby anyone who purchased a paperback copy of Gary Fry’s Spectral Visions novella, The Respectable Face of Tyranny, could win themselves a signed proof-sheet of the cover (which is infinitely suitable for framing), for which the deadline was today. But we have decided, in our infinite wisdom, … Read more
The Eyes of Water by Alison Littlewood: promo video
Once again, Mark West of Rude Dude Films has put together a short promo video for the next chapbook, Alison Littlewood’s sold out The Eyes of Water, to give you an idea of what it’s all about. It captures perfectly the stunning beauty of the Mexican cenotes in which the story is set – but … Read more
Amazonian wonders
Over the weekend, Spectral had its Amazon review cherry popped, not once, but twice. The first of those reviews was posted by Riju Ganguly on the Amazon UK site and can be found here. The second review is by Ann Giardina Magee from all the way over in New Orleans and was posted on the … Read more
The Respectable Face of Tyranny: a quotable quote and a mini-review
So, to return to a semblance of normality after the euphoria of being nominated for some awards, here are a couple of nice things people have said about Gary Fry’s Spectral Visions novella. First a quote: “An excellent novella from Gary Fry. The Respectable Face of Tyranny is set on the North Yorkshire coast, and … Read more
