'The Heirs Of Babylon' Is Getting Re-Released!

Oh happy day! Not only do I have a new Black Company book to enjoy these days, it seems the wonderful folk over at Night Shade Books (you know, the ones that released a large swathe of Glen Cook's back catalog in recent years) have gotten a hold of Cook's first published novel (no, not the softcore porn 'The Swap Academy' written under the pseudonym Greg Stevens), The Heirs of Babylon.

You can read the press release here.

What's more; the uber-talented Raymond Swanland was contracted to design the new cover! Check this beauty out:

Amazing, right? Compare that with the original cover:

(Note: that's my actual copy of the original book)

What's more, at the Night Shade website, you can see all of the conceptual pieces which Swanland proposed. They are definitely worth taking a look at. 

Also, if you're interested in reading more about The Heirs of Babylon, look no further than my own review of it here. In short, it was solid for a first book.

Trickster's Treats #2: More Tales From The Pumpkin Patch

Hi everyone! Wow, it's sure been a while, hasn't it. The year's almost over, and this is only the third post of 2018. Well, sorry the posts have been so few and far between, and, thanks to everyone that still stops by once in a while.

Today's post is not a review; in fact, it is a bit of shameless self-promotion. Things in the Well, a wonderful Australian small press, has released their second Halloween short story anthology, Trickster's Treats #2: More Tales from the Pumpkin Patch. In it, you will find over 30 terrifying short stories divvied up among 6 Samhain seasonal topics.

The topics are:

Pumpkin Head

Halloween House

Trick or Treat

Haunted Forests and Trees

Bob Apple

Fancy Dress

All stories in Trickster's Treats #2 range between 666 and 1,000 words, and feature some top-notch horror authors.

Even better, the anthology is supporting a worthy cause, The Women's Shelters Ltd.!

So what's this about self-promotion? Glad you asked! Within this volume is an entry by yours truly! That's right, my story, "Hatred's Germination", appears in the Pumpkin Head category. It's a violent little tale of a perennially ridiculed superintendent in a NYC Housing Project who reaches a turning point on Halloween Night. 

I'm very proud of this story, and eternally grateful to Steve Dillon at Things in the Well for selecting it. I hope you enjoy it, as well as the rest of the entries.

You can grab Trickster's Treats #2 on Kindle here. Only $2!

Also available in print here. Only $6.66!

And, finally, check out the full ToC below: