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Posted by Chris on May 24, 2013 at 9:14
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Why not indulge yourself in a numbered hardcopy edition of Gareth L Powell's Silversands along with Noel Hannan's debut sf collection Shenanigans for the princely sum of less than £10 – including UK postage.
… surely, you can see the logic in this? Two superb pieces of science fiction – one hardback, the other a paperback, for less than a tenner.
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Feral Stock Reduction
Posted by Chris on May 22, 2013 at 19:21
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The Pendragon stock cupboard is in danger of eruption and so the time must come to reduce some numbers. Therefore, for a limited time (that is until I decide to reinstate the original price) you can now order a copy of Feral Companions, the two-novella collection from Simon Maginn and Gary Fry, for the princely sum of £3.99 – that's a limited hardcover for a smidge under four quid (and this includes UK postage).
In fact, why not order a copy of Nasty Snips for an extra £2 and have yourself a few nightmares?
Can you seriously afford not to take me up on this ridiculously mad offer?
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Shirley Jackson Nominee
Posted by Chris on May 3, 2013 at 18:47
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I can now confirm and announce that Nathan Ballingrud's novelette "Wild Acre" (from Visions Fading Fast) has been nominated for a Shirley Jackson Award!
Now, don't you think you should buy a copy of the limited numbered hardback?
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Some excellent news!
Posted by Chris on February 19, 2013 at 1:21
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Nathan Ballingrud's story "Wild Acre" that appears in the anthology Visions Fading Fast has been selected by Ellen Datlow for inclusion within her The Best Horror of the Year anthology. Although I am biased being the publisher it is indeed one of the very best tales I read last year; it centres not so much on the horror aspect, but that of a typical, hard-working blue-collar father in North America.
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Bite: front cover
Posted by Chris on February 9, 2013 at 20:44
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Due later this year, the debut novella "Bite" by Gardner Goldsmith – whom many of you will know from this appearances on both sides of the Convention circuit. Cover art courtesy of the supremely talented Ben Baldwin:
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For Your Consideration
Posted by Chris on February 7, 2013 at 21:24
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Despite the fact I personally screwed up last year, there are still two Pendragon titles worthy of your consideration for the British Fantasy Awards:
Best Anthology
Visions Fading Fast, ed. Gary McMahon
Best Collection
To Usher, the Dead by Gary McMahon
Best Artist
Tomislav Tikulin (for VFF)
Paul Mudie (for Usher)
… and from Visions Fading Fast, the five individual tales are also eligible for the Best Novella category:
"Blues before Sunrise" by Joel Lane
"Wild Acre" by Nathan Ballingrud
"Dancer in the Dark" by Reggie Oliver
"The History Thief" by Kaaron Warren
"Night Closures" by Paul Meloy
I thank you.
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Competition time!
Posted by Chris on January 14, 2013 at 11:31
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Ten copies of Stuart Young's The Mask Behind the Face up for grabs if you can answer the following question: who wrote the introduction to this collection?
First ten folk to join the Pendragon mailing list by this Friday and confirm their answer via email to chris at pendragonpress dot net will receive a copy – unfortunately, I'll have to invoice folk from overseas postage costs.
EDIT: Winners contacted; copies to be mailed out. :)
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2012: 'Orrible Anus to be blunt…
Posted by Chris on December 10, 2012 at 21:20
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2012 started so well: I was full of beans (which probably explains the gas) and rather chirpy. Visions Fading Fast was eventually published, and Nasty Snips II was announced along with To Usher, the Dead. Stories trundled in for NS2 which I sent to Ross, Katy and Esther to read and Gary M was proofing Usher ready for FantasyCon launch.
Ordinarily this would be no problem – well, not a problem for any other publisher. Unfortunately, Visions Fading Fast was printed when there wasn't quite enough money in the pot to pay for it; has such, and due to my severe lack of fiscal ability, the printing bill snowballed when I had to get Usher ready for September.
Don't ask me to explain how I got it so spectacularly wrong… but from August onwards I became a master of juggling; of robbing Peter to pay Paul – but you can only do that for so long. My stress was rising – and is still high – and I was losing sleep (and still not quite right). I was haemorrhaging money and only now I can see a faint glimmer in the distance.
To be fair, this is probably nothing new to many of you – but I shouldn't be in this position: I'm single with no dependants. I live on my own and work full-time, and truthfully on paper Pendragon should be fairly comfortable… but this year, I somehow kept my eye off the the ball and let it drop big-time.
Why am I telling you this – writing this bluntly honest post which is almost akin to that of Gerald Ratner the UK jeweler who called his merchandise "crap". Well, I'm telling you this since I owe people books, and I owe one or two people money and I believe in being truthfully honest – even when I should really be using marketing-speak and bullshit you all.
In case you haven't noticed, I don't do bullshit. And I can't lie.
So, 2012 was bad… very bad; quite possibly my worst year of publishing yet; my ineptitude in money and organisation led procrastination which in itself lead to me being even more inept in doing stuff.
But, as I stated above, I do see a sliver of blue on the horizon: I'm pretty on-top of the bill now, and the trips to the post office are on a regular basis. I see 2013 starting with a clean slate, and a decision to drop a shift in my main-job to concentrate more time and effort on Pendragon.
I'm looking at CreateSpace with regards to the Nasty Snips Project and once I get these stories paid off in full then February will be launch date.
I have three books scheduled in for next year; I'm going back to crawling again and re-learning how to run a business.
In 2013, I will change… I have to if Pendragon is to survive.
Diolch,
Chris
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Hardcover blow-out
Posted by Chris on December 3, 2012 at 15:40
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From now until the end of the year, prices for the remaining stock of Silversands, Feral Companions and We Fade to Grey hardcovers have been reduced.
Though the latter two are signed, the signed copies of Silversands have long since sold out.
In other news, a Review of 2012 is forthcoming…
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Postage Update
Posted by Chris on October 23, 2012 at 12:11
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To excuse any further embarrassment on my part, this update is purely to state that I am processing Usher pre-orders – alas, the day-(or rather, night) job is getting in the way and I effectively only have one day a week to make my journey to the post office. Not much of an excuse, but the only one I have unfortunately.
As usual, your patience is very much appreciated.
Diolch yn fawr.
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