---Word from Gauntlet:
Solicitation for Masques V from Gauntlet Press---I’m sure I will get an order out to Gauntlet eventually. This certainly looks like a book worth having.
Gauntlet is pleased to offer the final volume of the Masques series to be edited by the late-Jerry Williamson, MASQUES V. Before he fell ill, Jerry assembled 90% of the stories in this 465-page anthology. When he was unable to continue with the project co-editor Gary Braunbeck contacted a number of authors who were either contemporaries of Jerry or those he had mentored. As a result we were able to add stories by Ray Bradbury, Richard Matheson, Jack Ketchum, Poppy Z. Brite and Ray Garton to the anthology. Clive Barker also agreed to provide the cover art (this can be found on the Gauntlet Press website @ www.gauntletpress.com). The complete Table of Contents is as follows:
Table of Contents for Masques V
Introduction - J.N. Williamson
"Wandering the Borderlands" -- Poppy Z. Brite
"Haircut" -- Richard Matheson
"Recall" -- Ray Garton
"Ghosts in Autumn" -- Christopher Conlon
"The Black Wench" -- Ray Russell
"FYI" -- Mort Castle
"Phantom of the Rainbow" -- Thomas Sullivan
"Just A Little, Just Enough" -- Sharon Cullers
"The Net' -- Jack Ketchum and P.D. Cacek
"Disappearing Act" -- Barry Hoffman
"Stirrings" -- Kealan Patrick Burke
"The Sheets Were Clean and Dry" -- Lucy A. Snyder
"Saintkiller" -- Joe Nassise
In A Hand Or Face -- Gary A. Braunbeck
"Moths in Damp Grass" -- Tracy Knight
"A Thousand Words" -- Judi Rohrig
"Making Faces" -- Tom Piccirilli
"For Whom We Mourn" -- Geoff Cooper
"Atomic Possums" -- George Ibarra
"Mr. Handlebars" -- Mark Powers
"In the Empty Country" -- Ron Horsley
"Action Figures" -- John Maclay
How Sweet It Was -- Tom Monteleone
"Waters Dark and Deep" -- Tim Waggoner
Making Cabinets -- Richard Christian Matheson
"King Charlie" -- William F. Nolan
Intent To Deceive -- Ed Gorman
"The Beautiful Shave" -- Ray Bradbury
Outcry -- J.N. Williamson
Masques V comes in two states:
(1) 500 copy numbered edition (signed by all contributors – including Jerry Williamson – with the exception of the late-Ray Russell, Richard Matheson and Ray Bradbury. $50. Note: the cover price is $55.
(2) 52 copy traycased lettered edition. This copy is signed by BOTH Richard Matheson and Ray Bradbury and contains a second piece of Barker art (found in this edition only). $250. The lettered edition also contains additional written material:
Lettered Edition Only
"The Beautiful Shave" (First draft) -- Ray Bradbury (includes handwritten note from Bradbury
when he wrote the first draft, providing the ending and explaining how he got the
idea for the story)
"Making Cabinets" (3 early drafts) -- Richard Christian Matheson (with numerous handwritten
comments)
---Also, this from Sarob:
New Upcoming Horror from SAROB PRESS.
As you may know, I took a well deserved (at least I think so) break after we
published SOLAR PONS: THE FINAL CASES and GHOSTS AND FAMILY LEGENDS but I am
now ready to announce our first two books for 2006.
DAMAGE by LEE THOMAS
A new unrelenting adult horror novel by the Bram Stoker Award winning author
of STAINED.
“In the suburban community of Pierce Valley the laws of nature are breaking
down. The skies above the city are black with storm. Emotions are bent and
shattered. A man suffers blackouts, waking to find bizarre symbols he’s
constructed during his sleep. A woman commits acts of atrocity at the
behest of an unlikely messenger. A mother soothes her daughter, a child
that dies years ago. Neither the living nor the dead can escape this place.
Something dark is emerging from Pierce Valley … And it’s bringing DAMAGE.”
Dust Jacket Wrap Art by Paul Lowe.
Available for Hallowe’en 2006 in two hardcover states:
Limited Edition – bound in wibalin with sewn signatures, coloured endpapers
and head/tailbands @ UK £27-50 / USA $50
Deluxe Edition – adds full cloth/buckram binding, marbled endpapers,
bound-in bookmark, bound-in signature page (signed by the author and cover
artist) and is presented in a hand made slipcase @ UK £65 / USA $115
Both editions are printed on a fine quality bookwove and come with full
colour wrap art laminated dust jacket.
THE NIGHTMARE FRONTIER by STEPHEN MARK RAINEY
A new adult horror novel by the author of BALAK and THE LEBO COVEN.
“The town of Silver Ridge, West Virginia, has disappeared from the face of
the earth. A vast chasm prevents any living soul from crossing into the
community. From above, only an impenetrable layer of mist marks the spot
where the town once existed. And inside Silver Ridge, the nightmare is just
beginning. Confined by this unimaginable barrier, the townspeople find
themselves confronted by the denizens of a distant dimension; horrifying
creatures intent on transforming the valley town into an outpost hospitable
to their existence. To these extra-dimensional travellers, human beings are
nothing more than pests to be exterminated. Russell Copeland and Diana
Harrington are determined to resist the invaders … but as they face death to
restore Silver Ridge to its rightful place on earth, they find that their
true enemy might not be the incomprehensible invaders, but an insidious evil
whose origin is closer to home than they can imagine.”
Dust Jacket Wrap Art by Chad Savage.
Available for Hallowe’en 2006 in two hardcover states:
Limited Edition – bound in wibalin with sewn signatures, coloured endpapers
and head/tailbands @ UK £27-50 / USA $50
Deluxe Edition – adds full cloth/buckram binding, marbled endpapers,
bound-in bookmark, bound-in signature page (signed by the author and cover
artist) and is presented in a hand made slipcase @ UK £65 / USA $115
Both editions are printed on a fine quality bookwove and come with full
colour wrap art laminated dust jacket.
PRINT RUNS FOR BOTH THESE TITLES WILL BE BASED ON PRE-PUBLICATION ORDERS
RECEIVED BY 20 SEPTEMBER 2006.
It’s clear to us that we’ve picked a couple of good ‘uns and that both these
books will be extremely popular. Please advise your orders for DAMAGE and
THE NIGHTMARE FRONTIER.
Cheers, Rob.
ROBERT MORGAN
SAROB PRESS
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