The Nine Deaths competition: the winners
Some time ago we announced a competition to celebrate the launch of John Llewellyn Probert’s Spectral Visions novella The Nine Deaths of Dr. Valentine. We have now picked a winner, much later than originally planned due to pressure of work and events but, before we announce who that winner is, here’s a reminder of what was up … Read more
Reviews and news 19th October 2012
First off, we received notice this morning of a new review of John L. Probert’s Spectral Visions novella, The Nine Deaths of Dr. Valentine, posted to the Dread Central website and written by Pestilence. It contains this rather fine quote: “…Probert’s tale remains a total delight from start to finish – aiming somewhere between the thrilling, the … Read more
The Nine Deaths of Dr. Valentine: an Eloquent review
Just a week until the official launch of the second Spectral Visions novella, The Nine Deaths of Dr. Valentine by John L. Probert, at this year’s gathering of writers, editors and publishers in Brighton at FantasyCon 2012. The reviews are now coming in regularly, and it is with great pleasure that we can announce the latest … Read more
The Nine Deaths of Dr. Valentine: the competition
We were thinking the other day that we hadn’t run a competition for a while so, in order to rectify this obviously heinous situation, we’ve decided that, since John L. Probert’s affectionately gruesome homage to the films of the late actor and horror icon Vincent Price, The Nine Deaths of Dr. Valentine, is due to be launched … Read more
Friday’s winner!
Yes, today we announce the winner of the recent competition for purchasers of the paperback edition to win a signed proof-sheet of the cover to Gary Fry’s The Respectable Face of Tyranny . And that winner is…. STEPHEN BACON Congratulations to Stephen – we’ll get your prize out to you very soon! NEWS Alison Littlewood’s chapbook The … Read more
The BFS dive into The Eyes of Water
And so, here we have yet another new review of Spectral’s latest chapbook, The Eyes of Water by bestselling author Alison Littlewood (A Cold Season). This one’s from the British Fantasy Society website, and written by Glen Mehn – you can read what he thought of it here. NEWS The competition to win a signed proof-sheet … 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
COMPETITION TIIIIIIIIIME!!
Yes, we here at Spectral have decided that it’s been far too long since we held a competition, and so here’s one that we think you’ll like. Anyone who buys a copy of the paperback of Gary Fry’s The Respectable Face of Tyranny from us will have their name put into a prize draw hat, and … Read more
Simon Kurt Unsworth’s Rough Music: the trailer
Once again, Mark West has produced a lovely video book-trailer to go with the latest Spectral chapbook, Simon Kurt Unsworth’s Rough Music, which is due to be launched upon the world at the end of February/beginning of March 2012. This one has, unfortunately, sold out already, but you can still get yourself a subscription (for … Read more
