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“The Christmas Ghost Stories of Lawrence Gordon Clark”, Cover image © 1971 – 2013 Graham Morris. Design by John Oakey.
EDITION CONTENTS
DELUXE EDITION (50 only- 14 left) (available late May/early June):
Foreword by MARK GATISS
Introduction by TONY EARNSHAW
Seven short stories by M. R. JAMES: The Stalls of Barchester Cathedral, The Treasure of Abbot Thomas, A Warning to the Curious, The Ash Tree, Lost Hearts, Casting the Runes, Count Magnus, The Signalman.
Exclusive new introductions to each story by LAWRENCE GORDON CLARK
Count Magnus teleplay by BASIL COPPER
Lost Hearts short stage play by LAWRENCE GORDON CLARK
Q&A with LAWRENCE GORDON CLARK by TONY EARNSHAW
Filmography, awards, of LAWRENCE GORDON CLARK by TONY EARNSHAW
Illustrated with unseen behind the scenes photographs, chapter heading vignettes by Nick Gucker, as well as examples of storyboards by Lawrence Gordon Clark.
SIGNED, SLIPCASED DELUXE EDITION:
£85 UK
£87 EU
$145 US
UNSIGNED HARDBACK (100 only) (available February):
Foreword by MARK GATISS
Introduction by TONY EARNSHAW
Seven short stories by M. R. JAMES: The Stalls of Barchester Cathedral, The Treasure of Abbot Thomas, A Warning to the Curious, The Ash Tree, Lost Hearts, Casting the Runes, Count Magnus
Exclusive new introductions to each story by LAWRENCE GORDON CLARK
Q&A with LAWRENCE GORDON CLARK by TONY EARNSHAW
Illustrated with photographs as well as chapter heading vignettes (by Nick Gucker)
UNSIGNED HARDBACK EDITION
£45 UK
£47 EU
$80 US
PAPERBACK (Unlimited) (available now):
Foreword by MARK GATISS
Introduction by TONY EARNSHAW
Seven short stories by M. R. JAMES: The Stalls of Barchester Cathedral, The Treasure of Abbot Thomas, A Warning to the Curious, The Ash Tree, Lost Hearts, Casting the Runes, Count Magnus
Exclusive new introductions to each story by LAWRENCE GORDON CLARK
Filmography, awards, of LAWRENCE GORDON CLARK by TONY EARNSHAW
Basic edition – text only plus chapter heading vignettes by Nick Gucker.
PAPERBACK EDITION (unlimited – available now):
£17.50 UK
£19.50 EU
$30 US
STILL LIFE by Tim Lebbon.
“Still Life” © Tim Lebbon/Spectral Press 2013. Artwork © Jim Burns 2013
PLEASE NOTE! Due to contractual reasons, the paperback edition of Still Life is limited to 100 only!!
Jenni’s husband was part of the Road of Souls––his flesh swarmed by ants and pecked by rooks, bones crushed to powder by wheels of dread––and yet she still saw him in the pool.
The incursion has been and gone, the war is over, and the enemy is in the land, remote and ambiguous. The village outskirts are guarded by vicious beasts, making escape impossible. The village itself is controlled by the Finks, human servants to the enemy––brutal, callous, almost untouchable.
Everything is less than it was before… time seems to move slower, the population is much denuded, and life itself seems to hold little purpose. This is not living, it’s existing.
But in a subjugated population, there is always resistance.
For Jenni, the happiest part of this new life is visiting the pool in the woods, seeing her dead husband within, and sharing memories of happier times. It calms her and makes her feel alive.
But the resistance comes to her for help.
And when her dead husband tells her it is time to fight, Jenni’s life is destined for a shattering change.
“Tim Lebbon conjures up the horror of a world distorted by fear, distrust, and something unspeakable. With respectful nods to H.P Lovecraft Still Life rubs reality up against nightmares in this compact, engrossing treat.” Muriel Gray
STILL LIFE by Tim Lebbon
UK £21
EU £23.50
US & RoW $42
PAPERBACK
UK £12.50
EU £15
US & RoW $25
GHOSTS by Paul Kane
“Ghosts” © Paul Kane/Spectral Press 2013. Artwork © Edward Miller 2007 – 2013.
They are all around us all the time. But only a few make contact, and only certain people are destined to see the Ghosts. Here, you’ll read a lonely shade’s tale… a deceased old man’s house being invaded… how one person discovers the true meaning of the Christmas spirit, while a parent struggles to come to terms with the sad loss of a child… and what happens when the ghosts of war go on the rampage, or when a monstrous wraith stalks the streets looking for revenge. Gathering together all of award-winning and bestselling author Paul Kane’s supernatural fiction, including three brand new stories–one a sequel to Charles Dickens’ ‘The Signal-Man’–and featuring an introduction from bestselling horror author Nancy Kilpatrick (Power of the Blood World series), the script of Wind Chimes introduced by its director Brad Watson (7th Dimension), plus suitably atmospheric cover art from Edward Miller, this is one collection that will haunt you forever.
GHOSTS by Paul Kane
UK £21
EU £23.50
US & RoW $42
PAPERBACK
UK £12.50
EU £15
US & RoW $25
WHITSTABLE by Stephen Volk
1971. A middle-aged man, wracked with grief, walks along the beach at Whitstable in Kent.
A boy walks approaches him and, taking him for the famous vampire-hunter Doctor Van Helsing from the Hammer movies, asks for his help. Because he believes his stepfather really is a vampire…
So begins the moving and evocative new novella by Stephen Volk, published by the British Fantasy Award-nominated Spectral Press in May 2013 to coincide with the centenary of the most celebrated and beloved of Hammer’s stars, Peter Cushing.
In Whitstable—which deftly mixes fact with fiction—the actor, devastated after the recent death of his wife and soul mate Helen, is an inconsolable recluse. In that vulnerable state he is forced to face an evil far more real and terrifying than any of the make-believe monsters he tackled on the big screen. And here he is not a crusader or expert with crucifixes to hand—merely a man. A man who in some ways craves death himself, but cannot ignore the pleas of an innocent child.
PAPERBACK EDITION:
£15 UK
£17.50 EU
$29 USA
$29 RoW
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