November 10, 2008 @ 7:59 pm
My new story, “Leaves Brown,” is now available in the latest Ash-Tree Press anthology Shades of Darkness. I’ve always wanted to have one of my stories in an Ash-Tree collection, and this one in particular features a number of authors whose work I greatly admire, including Simon Strantzas, Glen Hirshberg, and Gary McMahon.
The book is available in both hardcover and softcover, and features some excellent cover artwork by Jason Van Hollander.
Here’s the ToC:
“The Oram County Whoosit” by Steve Duffy
“Cold Reading” by Simon Bestwick
“Smugglers” by Guenther Primig
“The Old Traditions” by Paul Finch
“The Devil’s Funeral” by Reggie Oliver
“Leaves Brown” by Ian Rogers
“In Old Oaks” by Keris McDonald
“Thyxxolqu” by Mark Samuels
“Flames” by Lawrence C. Connolly
“Soft Little Fingers” by David A. Riley
“The King of Majorca” by Frances Oliver
“Monster” by Melanie Tem
“The Children” by Christopher Harman
“Cargo” by E. Michael Lewis
“A Bit of a Giggle” by Harvey Peter Sucksmith
“Archangel” by Peter Bell
“Brokenback Isle” by Gary McMahon
“Old Man’s Pantry” by Simon Kurt Unsworth
“A Mouth to Feed” by Joel Lane
“In Vitro” by Michael Cox
“Out of Season” by Marion Pitman
“Under the Overpass” by Simon Strantzas
“The Apartment of Bryony Hartwood” by Mark Patrick Lynch
“Grauer Hans” by Helen Grant
“Back Roads” by Barbara Roden
“Esmeralda” by Glen Hirshberg
“Leaves Brown” is the final story in my “East Coast Mythos,” a trio of tales set in the Canadian Maritimes. It’s also the first story where I was asked to write some notes on its creation, which may be of some interest to those of you curious about the development of a story.
Either way, it’s a very attractive book with a great line-up. I hope you’ll check it out.
Congrats! I can’t wait to read you tale.
Thanks, Simon. Same goes for yours. I don’t believe this one is in your collection. Or “The Other Village,” which I’m about to read in BNH.
Yes, you’re right. My collection collects almost all my Lovecraft/Leiber/Ligotti fiction. The stuff in the Ash Tree and Tartarus volumes tends to be skewed more towards Aickman and the eerie.
Congratulations. Will I be able to find it at Chapters, or is it just available online?
I’m not really sure about the availability of the Ash-Tree collections. They have ISBN numbers, so, in theory, you should be able to order them from any bookstore that will do ordering. Whether or not a specific store would have the book in stock is something I don’t really know. Might be available at Amazon. I’ll have to check into that.
Ian ,Congratulations! I just ordered the book”Shades of Darkness ” . I tried the ISBN # through Chapters with no success. I ordered directly through Ashtree and it’s in the mail!!!
WOW ! Getting something in the mail that’s not a bill or flyer….oh dear I feel lightheaded ,I think I’ll lie down now.
Thanks so much for ordering, CG. You realize now you’re going to have to actually tell me who you are. All I’ve got are a couple of initials and an IP address. :)
But seriously, I think you’re really going to enjoy this collection. This is the fourth or fifth horror anthology Ash-Tree has published, in addition to the many, MANY other books they’ve put out. They are, in my opinion, the best publisher of horror/supernatural fiction in Canada.
Drop me a line once you read my story and let me know what you think.