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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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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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I Believe in Father Christmas
Posted by Chris on December 23, 2011 at 20:31
Posted in: Awards, Book News
Just a shameless plug to link to my all-time favourite Christmassy-song, and the only one I can realistically listen to:
Just one snippet of news before closing-down for the Christmas weekend: two chapbooks ("Angel of Silences" and "Legend of False Dreaming") have been nominated in the chapbook category in the This is Horror Awards. Splendid!
And that's it, for now. I hope you all have a great time with your family and friends this weekend.
Take care.
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The Places Between: reviews which slipped through…
Posted by Chris on June 12, 2011 at 15:59
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Simon did tell me, but my memory has more leaks in it than a colander with very large holes. Anyway, this is his review of Terry Grimwood's fabulous debut novella which is also long-listed for the British Fantasy Novella Award.
In addition, a review by Nathaniel Tapley of In the Gloaming who rather liked We Fade to Grey:
"The collection as a whole feels, in the best possible way, grim. No one gets out of it alive. Or at least, if they do, they’re bleeding heavily. . . This is British horror, and a great book, from an exciting small press."
And, another review of We Fade to Grey from Matthew Fryer:
"[S]ets the bar high from the off and doesn’t pause for breath. . . All five authors weave genuine human pathos with blood and don’t then go and spoil everything with a happy ending. Brilliant. Grab one while you can."
(. . . and it is also available has a limited edition, signed by all contributors.)
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BFA 2011 Long-List Nominations
Posted by Chris on April 15, 2011 at 19:41
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The following titles have been nominated the novella categorically, and via Issuu you can read them online and until voting ends:
Sparrowhawk by Paul Finch
The Places Between by Terry Grimwood
The Red House by David J Thacker
Thanks to the authors for their permission, and you can naturally purchase the paperback version of these tales. As always, please respect their copyright.
Happy reading!
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Some good news….
Posted by Chris on April 6, 2011 at 15:27
Posted in: Awards, General
… which I cannot tell you about, just yet, but it's made a rather glorious day!
EDIT: the British Fantasy Awards 2011 long-list has been announced… with three nominations in the Best Novella category, plus two artists in the Artist list and a personal one for Best Small Press, which I'm always pleased to see but pretty much know that someone else will win it – just hoping either Paul, Terry or David pick up the Novella gong.
If any BFS members are reading this, then contact me for a free PDF reading copy of any of the nominated titles.
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British Fantasy Awards 2011 – Nominations
Posted by Chris on February 14, 2011 at 21:55
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… if anyone is inclined, and you have until midnight tonight, there are a number of PP titles eligible from last year:
Best Novel
Silversands by Gareth L Powell
Sparrowhawk by Paul Finch
The Places Between by Terry Grimwood
Best Novella
Rattus by Simon Maginn
The Invisible Architect of Psychopathy by Gary Fry
The Red House by David J Thacker
Best Artist
Vincent Chong for Silversands
Steve Upham for Feral Companions and The Red House; James Higgins for Sparrowhawk
Ben Baldwin for The Places Between
With regard to the three novels, they could technically be considered novellas since they are long novellas.
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Before Cthulhumas…
Posted by Chris on December 18, 2008 at 21:07
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… a term which I've seen sprinkled across the interweb (notably on Gary Greenwood's blog and PS's new-site) I've just realised that the BFS are inviting recommendations for the award's long-list next year – from now until end of January 2009. Such recommendations are open, but only members of the society and/or FantasyCon can actually vote.
Therefore, in an attempt at self-promotion, the following Pendragon titles are eligible for recommendation:
Best Novel (the August Derleth Award)
The Reef by Mark Charan Newton
Best Short Fiction
Late Runners by Gary McMahon
Nothing is Forever by Stuart Young
Best Novella
Gingerbread by Paul Finch and Brian Finch
The Mill by Mark West
Heads by Gary McMahon
Bliss by Stuart Young
The Narrows by Simon Bestwick
The Pumping Station by Paul Finch
Best Anthology
We Fade to Grey ed. Gary McMahon
Gingerbread: The Fantasy2008 Pendragon Sampler ed. Christopher C Teague
Best Artist
Darius Hicks
Mark West
Best Small Press
*cough*
Looking at this list, it does seem like I'm a fully paid-up member of the Finch/McMahon/Young fan-club but hey! I can't help but use writers I like. :)
Anyway, I'd be pretty damn ecstatic if The Reef and We Fade to Grey win their respective awards… but the field is pretty damn open this year…
In other news, visited the Big Smoke earlier this month for the BFS Christmas Open Night and had a blast – as usual; took a couple of shots, though not a lot since I neglected to bring any spare batteries:
Also met a few bods from the SFX Forum which was an unexpected surprise.
Anyway, enough for now… have a splendid festivities – regardless of your indoctrination – and I shall see you back you in January with Triquorum all rearing to go…
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