A SHOUTOUT TO REBECCA TREADWAY!

Yesterday I returned to the apartment after a grinding day and found . . . yes, I found my super-duper fifty shades of decay T-shirt leaning against my door. Be still my beating heart! To quote Mr. T, "I pity the fool who does not have one of these great shirts!"

I will be wearing my shirt all over this town of mine. My thanks to Rebecca Treadway for her great cover for the anthology, and for my ability to sport it amongst the masses. Cheyenne, Wyoming, where I live, has a Zombie fest in October. We know what shirt I'll be wearing.

Maybe I could use coffee mugs and hats. Hmmn.

Thank you again, Rebecca Treadway!

Blaze

ANGELIC KNIGHT PRESS WILL BE AT THE WORLD HORROR CONVENTION!

Stacey Turner

Danielle Day

Clive Barker

This is a quick post. There will be more to come as events unfold. Stacey Turner and Danielle Day will both be at The World Horror Convention in New Orleans on June 13th through 16th. The link below about taking pitches was written by Stacey a while back. I have included my friend Clive Barker's picture here because he is accepting the Lifetime Achievement Award there. Well deserved, Clive!

Hopefully, I will be able to make it next year. Go girls go!


Blaze


http://www.angelicknightpress.com/

http://www.worldhorrorconvention.com/

http://www.angelicknightpress.com/2013/05/taking-pitches-at-whc.html

No Place Like Home Anthology: an update

Remember the anthology, No Place Like Home: Tales from a Fractured Future? We've passed our original publication date, but sometimes things happen for a reason.


We have reset the publication date for this incredible anthology for August 13th. It's a sci-fi/horror look at a dystopian future you don't want to live in. We've gathered tales from thirteen authors who imagined worlds so bleak, you'll need to read a romance to recover.

With tales from veteran Stoker winners, talented newcomers, and established authors, you'll be sure to find one (or more, definitely more) that speak to fears you didn't even know you had. You don't have to imagine a frightening future--they've done it for you.

Here's a peek at the author line up and some more of the original artwork from our own Rebecca Treadway:

We will have postcards and bookmarks available at WHC and sneak peeks and teasers on our Facebook page starting next month. Get ready for this one. You won't want to miss it.

Stacey

THE KEEPER

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1490309225/ref=olp_product_details?ie=UTF8&me&seller

http://www.amazon.com/The-Keeper-ebook/dp/B00D4SAFSW/ref=tmm_kin_title_0/192-6130386-4117968




https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/321372



The Keeper by Kim Despins is now out in Paperback and ebook and is available on Amazon and Smashwords. Look at the great cover and back cover art by the wonderful Rebecca Treadway!

If you love tales of wolves, curses, and insane preachers - well, in my book, anyway - this is the story for you!

Welcome to the Angelic Knight Press family, Kim! 


Blaze


Book Description

Publication Date: May 29, 2013

The town of Anton has kept the secret of Aksonas farm for generations. Townspeople whisper and worry their children will be chosen and cursed to live an unnatural life in a makeshift family of wolves. When the moon rises, the men in Olivia’s family become wolves and prowl the countryside to protect their farm from predators. When Olivia stumbles upon the body of the church caretaker on their land, she’s forced to face the possibility that one of her family may have gone rogue. When she turns to the Sheriff for help in solving the murder, her family turns on her, forcing her to face the townspeople and the ghosts of her past alone. To make matters worse, a fire and brimstone preacher has decided to rid Anton of the ancient curse once and for all, no matter the cost.

Taking Pitches at WHC

Our table at KillerCon

World Horror Convention in New Orleans is rapidly approaching. We wanted to let everyone know that we will have a table in the vendor's room. We'll have books, postcards, magnets, book marks, and some awesome giveaway prizes. I hope that everyone will stop by and at least say "hi."

While we will not be taking formal pitches during the scheduled pitch sessions, we are amenable to taking pitches in unlikely locales. Either Danielle or I will be at the table for most of the convention, so feel free to stop by and pitch to us right there. Unless of course, we have a huge line of buyers. Buy us a drink in the hotel bar, or find us at one of the many parties, and give us your pitch. I've found that formal pitch sessions make authors nervous. And I don't want people to be nervous when they pitch to us. We're friendly, down to earth people and want people to be comfortable around us. I think that makes it easier to get a sense of the author and for them to get a sense of us. A head's up, if you will, on whether we'll work together well or if we have different visions.

What are we looking for? Well written novels, novellas, and short story collections. Original ideas, not just retellings of the same tired tropes. What I don't want is excessive gore, violence, and splatterpunk. There are presses who like those types of books, so save those for them. Danielle and I are most likely to publish a book that emotionally involves us with it's characters. Look at our past releases and see if your work fits.

But most of all, relax. Get to know us. We don't bite ... hard. :)

See you in NOLA,
Stacey

MANIFESTO UF

Per Stacey Turner:

Just in case any of you missed Tim Marquitz's post about the upcoming anthology,  Manifesto UF, here's a sneak peak at the cover art. And the stellar lineup of authors with stories in the anthology. The anthology will be available September 1st.

Stories by: Lucy Snyder, Jeff Salyards, William Meikle, Zachary Jernigan, Betsy Dornbusch, Teresa Frohock, Kirk Dougal, Jake Elliott, Timothy Baker, TSP Sweeney, Jonathan Pine, Karina Fabian, Andrew Moczulski, Nick Sharps, Ryan Lawler, Joshua S Hill, Lincoln Crisler, Kenny Soward, Adam Millard, J.M. Martin, Abhinav Jain,Wilson Geiger, Rebecca Treadway


Per Blaze McRob:


This is a truly outstanding book and Angelic Knight Press is overjoyed in working with Tim Marquitz once more. 

All these authors are outstanding. However, I want everyone to pay special attention to the fact that Rebecca Treadway is one of the authors. Rebecca, for those of you not aware of who she is, is the Art Director for Angelic Knight Press. Not only that, but she does the formatting, helps with editing, and any number of other things. When we hired Rebecca to be our Art Director, it was because she is quite simply the best in the business. Now she gets to have her name up in lights for being an author as well.

I am very proud of Rebecca! Angelic Knight Press did not pick the stories for this anthology. Tim Marquitz did. And Tim is a tough cookie and does not accept just any author or any story. From him, you earn it!

Rebecca Treadway: you earned it!

Closing to subs for a short time...

We will be officially closing to subs on June 1st. We've received so many in the last few months that we simply can't keep up. And while that's a happy circumstance, and we feel loved and respected, we like to be able to give each sub the time and review it deserves (nothing worse than trying to hurry through reading something). So we're going to close to submissions for the next two months and work through our back load.


If you have something you've submitted to us, bear with us. We'll get back to you on it as soon as we possibly can. If you have something you've been wanting to submit, you have two weeks to get it in.

We will officially close to submissions June 1st-August 1st. This also gives us a little time to spend with our families this summer. Don't worry though, we'll still be working on our upcoming projects.

Thanks,
Stacey