---Word from Gauntlet:

Gauntlet Press is pleased to announce that Jack Ketchum's classic novel HIDE & SEEK is now going to press for a November release.. This will be an affordable trade paperback editions. All other editions are long sold out. Ketchum adds a unique afterword to the book. Rather than a "How-I-decided-to-write-the-book" approach, Ketchum penned a story of the girl who helped inspire the book. Publishers Weekly praised the book when it was first published as follows . . .

" In the early 1980s, Ketchum (the pseudonym of Dallas Mayr) published in paperback as gruesome and taut a horror novel as anyone had seen: Off Season. Perhaps because of the outrage the book engendered, Ketchum's second novel, Hide and Seek, received little support from its publisher when it appeared in mass market in 1984. That's a shame, not only because Mayr's career nose-dived commercially after that (though he's still writing and publishing), but because Hide and Seek is a good novel, strong and true, scary yet uplifting in the classic horror manner. Set during summer in the Maine coastal town of Dead River, the book divides into two parts. In the first, the narrator, local young man Dan, meets visiting college kids Casey, Kim and Steven; engages in some drinking and daring with them; falls for beautiful, wild Casey (they have sex in a graveyard) and learns what impels her to take risks: years ago, she was sexually abused by her fatherAabuse that led to the death of her younger brother. The book's second part provides the payoff to that meandering but tantalizing setup. In it, the quartet agrees to play hide-and-seek in a local haunted house. The game soon turns frightening, then deadly, as the four encounter the house's horrid inhabitants, not all human - a challenge that prompts Dan and others to grow up quickly. As in Off Season, the action is ultraviolent and shocking, but the point here, as there, isn't the grue but the spirit of those who must deal with it. Here, too, Ketchum writes with economy and power, in sentences that tighten like noose wire. Anyone who enjoys fine, hard horror will appreciate this novel."

There is one trade paperback edition ($16.95). Because this is a trade paperback we should be shipping sometime in November.

Sincerely,

Lamont Ingram

Gauntlet Press Dealer Rep

---Wangled a ride to Planned Parenthood Book Sale opening day. Picked up these titles (more details and actual covershots available by request):

abyss
affliction
after the plague
alien planet
best of off off broadway
best sf- 1970
cosmopolis
damnation alley
dawn powell at her best
day of the drones
devil & the good lord
embryo
encyclopedia of mystery and detection
everybody's autobiography
five-odd
floating dragon
gods themselves
goshawk
great science fiction by scientists
guy de maupassant 17-volume set (complete)
hearts and lives of men
hill of devi
hollywood
iliad
iliad of homer
immortals
in america
in the hand of dante
in the problem pit
invaders on the moon
invasion of the body snatchers
iron dream
jacob's room & the waves
jazz
king solomon's mines / she / allan quatermain
l'amour
last night
man in the high castle
martians, go home
midas world
miss wyoming
mister da v.
more soviet science fiction
night magic
night train
odyssey
other voices, other rooms
peter kropotkin's memoirs of a revolutionist
phase iv
plutarch's lives
prince
resurrectionist
riven rock
robert lowell - collected prose
sar
selected letters of john keats
shades of travis mcgee
silverleaf syndrome
space visitor
specter is haunting texas
starship
stones of summer
story of a shipwrecked sailor
tactics of conquest
three from the 87th
three negro classics
time and tomorrow
tin drum
transmigration of timothy archer
unteleported man
vintage bradbury
volcano lover
voyage to arcturus
war of the end of the world
we
wheel of love
where angels fear to tread

---Word from PS:

Welcome to the September 2007
E-Bulletin from PS Publishing

In this month's e-bulletin:

• A warm welcome from our publisher, Pete Crowther
• News of or major schedule update
• Introducing our new PS Showcase short fiction mini-collections
• A round-up of recent news from the PS Publishing News Room

Scroll on down!

A warm welcome from Pete Crowther

Hi everyone!

Another Monday morning and, just as the leaves are starting to fall from the trees, it looks as though Summer has finally come to the Yorkshire coast. But there's definitely a sense of autumn in the air, not least with the fact that in less than two weeks we'll be enjoying another FantasyCon, a regular late September feature on our calendar.

We always look forward to FantasyCon but this time we're even more excited than usual because I'll be handling the Master of Ceremonies duties. We're busy working to get Gary Fry's mini-collection - and the first title in our new PS Showcase series, hi-lighting newer authors whom we consider to be worthy of wider attention (see-below for more info) - ready for a launch on the Saturday night. And, of course, PS and some of its titles are up for the highly coveted British Fantasy Society Awards so we'll be keeping our fingers crossed.

See you at the con!

Major schedule update

We've just updated our current website with all the forthcoming titles that we hope to publish before the end of 2008. We've added 32 new titles to the 20-odd that we'd previously announced, so now there are over four dozen brand new books by some of the top names - and up-and-coming new talents - in genre fiction for your to look forward to and be tempted by.

The full list of additions is available over at the PS Publishing News Room, or you could just head straight on over to the forthcoming titles page of the website and have a browse through the new titles there.

Introducing our new PS Showcase mini-collections

This month, September 2007, sees a brand new PS initiative hit the racks: PS Showcase.

The idea is to put out a series of mini story-collections - priced as per our novellas at £10 / $20 approx. for the hardcover and £25 / $50 approx. for the signed, jacketed hardcover - from writers whom we believe are deserving of more attention.

The first volume in the series is by Gary Fry and we're aiming to have his Sanity and Other Delusions available for a launch at FantasyCon.

See the PS Publishing News Room for more information from Pete on the PS Showcase concept.

PS Publishing News-Room round-up

Here's a selection of recent news items from the PS Publishing News Room.

• Out Now: The Collected Bauchelain and Korbal Broach, hardcover edition
• Out Now: Postscripts magazine, issue #11
• Novella Acquisition: 'The Fiery Angels' by David Herter
• Acquisitions round-up: nine new titles, publication dates to be confirmed
• Eric Brown's 'Starship Summer': 26-copy slipcased edition added to range
• Collection acquisition: Ramsey Campbell’s 'Just Behind You'
• Postscripts: new short story acceptances, August '07
• Novella Acquisition: 'Reunion' by Rick Hautala
• Stephen King's 'The Colorado Kid' to be stocked by Waterstone's
• PS Publishing scoops five BFS Award 2007 shortlist nominations
• New chapbook acquisition: 'The Situation' by Jeff Vandermeer
• PS back-list price rationalisation

Visit the News Room for even more PS News, or subscribe to our RSS feed to be automatically updated whenever new PS News is posted.

---Word from Hippocampus:

Dear Bookseller,

We've gotten a bit behind in announcing our latest releases, so please be advised the following four titles are now available. Full blurbs are posted at our website. If you would, please indicate quantities desired of each. Thanks!

Best wishes,
Derrick Hussey

http://www.hippocampuspress.com

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WARNINGS TO THE CURIOUS: A Sheaf of Criticism on M. R. James

Edited by S. T. Joshi and Rosemary Pardoe

ISBN-13: 978-0-9771734-8-8

2007: 340 pp: $20.00

LAIR OF THE DREAMER: A Cthulhu Mythos Omnibus

By Franklyn Searight

With an Introduction by Robert M. Price, and Illustrations by Robert H. Knox

ISBN-13: 978-0-9793806-0-0

2007: 306 pp: $20.00

W. PAUL COOK: The Wandering Life of a Yankee Printer (With Selected Writings)

Edited By Sean Donnelly

ISBN-13: 978-0-9771734-6-4

2007: pp: $15.00

DEAD RECKONINGS: A Review Magazine for the Horror Field

Edited by S. T. Joshi and Jack Madison Haringa

No. 1 (Spring 2007): 100 pp

Single Issue Price: $7.50

---Word from Necro:

PRE-ORDER NOW!!!

[Hardcover] 400 copies. Signed & Numbered ISBN: 1-889186-76-7 $50.00 [Deluxe Hardcover] 52 copies. Signed & lettered $125.00

!!! ATTENTION !!! If you already oredered THE HORN-CRANKER you DO NOT need to order this book. It is the same thing. It contains THE HORN-CRANKER novella along with the new full-length prequel novel THE MINOTAURESS. THE MINOTAURESS W/ THE HORN-CRANKER By Edward Lee HELL’S BITCH IN HEAT... Seething, slavering, and insane, it cringes, not wanting to slip forth from the noxious, bloated belly of its abyssal mother until the most hideous sexual atrocities beckon it from Hell’s hot bowels: the dread monstrosity of unfathomable beauty and the most vile horror--revulsion and desire incarnated into one... ...PREGNANT TO BURSTING WITH ABOMINATIONS UNTOLD... Atop the moon-drenched hillock sits the leaning manse, surrounded by ancient graves rich with the bones of witches, and amid the dense cricket-choruses of these ghastly twilight deeps, it stalks, thrashes and prowls, its nipples gorged with evil, its loins a frenzy of Luciferic lust... RITES OF REDNECK PASSAGE... Behold Balls and Dicky (of THE BIGHEAD fame) as they embark on their first sociopathic epiphany teeming with down and dirty redneck whores, occult science, corpse-sex, and scatological gross-out the likes of which would make the BTK Killer faint. These boys think they’re bad...but are they bad enough to face-- THE MINOTAURESS Edward Lee’s latest novel of irredeemable harder-than-hardcore horror... THE HORNCRANKER Dean Logan is a man with problems. The main one being his wife, a raging bitch. But she will soon be the least of his problems. Dean learns that his father has died and he must return to the ranch and come face-to-face with the life he left behind--a life full of sex, violence, drugs and cattle, lots of cattle. With the help of his do-nothing friend, Ajax, Dean will return to his old ways and quickly learn the secrets of his family and the evil that they've spawned. Time to test his old skills, skills that made him a legend--skills that may save his family and friends' lives

Necro Publications and Bedlam Press www.necropublications.com

---Word from Sarob:

News Update

MONSTER BEHIND THE WHEEL by Michael McCarty & Mark McLaughlin will not now
be published by Sarob Press.

But, according to Mike & Mark, the monster still lives. The novel will now
appear, in 2008, from Corrosion Press (an imprint of Delirium books –
www.deliriumbooks.com) in both hardcover and paperback. Check out details at
http://www.myspace.com/monsterbook

Robert
SAROB PRESS

---Haven't heard yet about my attempt to order some of Sarob's sale books, mentioned in earlier blog entry.

09/10/07 MON:
---Here today:

TALEBONES: Science Fiction & Dark Fantasy #35, 8/07, (William F. Nolan; James C. Glass, Jack Skillingstead, Darrell Schweitzer, G.O. Clark, Patricia Russo; more), new 7.00

---Word from Ash-Tree:

We are pleased to attach information on the new Ash-Tree Press title, Francis Brett Young's COLD HARBOUR. Praised by both H. P. Lovecraft and E. F. Bleiler this highly atmospheric macabre novel is guaranteed to provide a chill on the cold autumn evenings which are almost upon us.

Francis Brett Young (1884–1954) is one of Britain's underrated and neglected regional novelists, and, in his introduction to this new edition, John Howard discusses Young's life and the themes that dominate his novels. We're sure this is one you will enjoy.

NEWS OF WHAT IS FORTHCOMING:

We have a busy few months ahead. Currently at print is PASSING OF A GOD AND OTHER STORIES, the first of a three volume series which will collect all of the known short fiction of Henry S. Whitehead.

Almost ready for press is EXOTIC GOTHIC: FORBIDDEN TALES FROM OUR GOTHIC WORLD edited by Danel Olson of North Harris College, Houston, Texas. Danel teaches a course on Horror, Ghost, and Gothic Fiction, and, finding himself in need of suitable texts, decided to approach a number of authors whose stories would provide what he needed. So in this new collection, you'll find stories of the Gothic from well-known names: Nicholas Royle, Thomas Tessier, Terry Dowling, Peter Crowther, Neil Gaiman, Thomas Ligotti, Steve Rasnic Tem, Brian Hodge, Nancy A. Collins, Joyce Carol Oates, and Barbara Roden amongst others. Twenty-three chilling pieces (Early November).

In final proofing stages is the stunning new collection by Reggie Oliver, his first with Ash-Tree Press, entitled MASQUES OF SATAN: Twelve Tales and a Novella. The reptuation that Reggie has acquired is sure to make this collection much sought after. Make sure we have your reservation well in advance of publication (late November).

And to round off our plans for 2007, we shall be reprinting J. S. Leatherbarrow's A NATURAL BODY AND A SPIRITUAL BODY, adding one fugitive tale to the original collection.

All best wishes,

Christopher and Barbara

09/05/07 WED:
---Updated catalog data files for CD-R burning. See if I can’t get them uploaded to MediaFire file-sharing site--but it would still be better to get them on Google Base, so they could be searchable from the Internets.