We have now completely sold out of Paul Meloy’s collection Islington Crocodiles. However, our colleagues at Bad Moon Books in the States will have some copies on sale shortly, so if you’re interested please order a copy from them quickly, before they too sell out.

Meanwhile, here’s the kind of review that authors and publishers dream about, courtesy of Douglas Hoffman at The Fix.

Tags: Islington Crocodiles • Paul Meloy

Continued from Part 1

The Reality continues…

Thursday; time for drastic action. Witchcraft was called for and a passing practitioner, Valerie Frankel author of the VYA Henry Potty series came to the rescue. Unfortunately Valerie’s witches’ wimple collapsed as she cast her spell and her efforts only raised second day sales to $443, still selling single issues at $8. Read the rest of this entry »

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IZ219 will be on its way to subscribers and on sale in some UK shops (the rest to follow) by the 13th November.

Cover art is a digital, colorized version of an original painting by Kenn Brown of Mondolithic Studio called The Traveler.

Stories:

Everything That Matters by Jeff Spock
illustrated by Kenn Brown

When Thorns Are The Tips Of Trees by Jason Sanford
illustrated by Vincent Chong

The Shenu by Alexander Marsh Freed

The Fifth Zhi by Mercurio D. Rivera
illustrated by Paul Drummond

The Country Of The Young by Gord Sellar
illustrated by Daniel Bristow-Bailey

Butterfly, Falling At Dawn by Aliette de Bodard
illustrated by Paul Drummond

Features:

Editorial: Hope Springs Eternal

Ansible Link by David Langford
news, obituaries

Book Zone by Various
book reviews, Tim Lebbon interview, competitions

Laser Fodder by Tony Lee
DVD reviews and competitions

Mutant Popcorn by Nick Lowe
film reviews

More details to follow. Meanwhile, subscribe now!

Tags: Alexander Marsh Freed • Aliette de Bodard • Ansible • Book Reviews • Daniel Bristow-Bailey • David Langford • DVD reviews • film reviews • Gord Sellar • INTERZONE • Jason Sanford • Jeff Spock • Kenn Brown • Mercurio D Rivera • Mondolithic • Nick Lowe • Paul Drummond • Tim Lebbon • Tony Lee • Vincent Chong

The Dream

The Interzone mission to the 66th World SF Convention in Denver began with Pete Bullock booking the dealer’s table for the princely sum of $250 in January. What to ship over, where to send it and how were the nest questions. Luckily Pete’s friend Pete Bartell, brother of author David, volunteered to receive and store the incoming material for us in their garage, so our thanks go to Pete & Sonya Bartell of Parker, CO.

Jetse – remembering 640 lb (300 kg) unsold stock in California in 2006 – was cautious but, with 3 of us to do the selling, I felt we should be brave. Problems were cost and unsold material - I hate throwing it out - and return shipping is prohibitive. So we sent 140 kilo (308 lb) of magazines and books at a cost of £410. ($820?) Read the rest of this entry »

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Just the two this issue but that’s 100% up on BS 6 so we buck the trend of the economy.
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Below are the links from advertisements in Black Static 7

Abaddon Books
Tomes of the Dead: Anno Mortis by Rebecca Levene

Lulu
Prison by Paul Western Read the rest of this entry »

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A few days behind schedule (not our fault – illness at the printing factory) Black Static 7 is now on its way to subscribers and contributors. We hope you enjoy it. Register for the forum and let us know!

Cover and all original art is by David Gentry (click the image to see it bigger) and it is full of dark and troubling things:

Stories by Bruce Holland Rogers, Trent Hergenrader, Eric Gregory, Daniel Kaysen, Tony Richards, Alison J. Littlewood, David Sakmyster.

Regular editorial by Stephen Volk, Christopher Fowler, Mike O’Driscoll.

White Noise news compiled by Peter Tennant.

Blood Spectrum by Tony Lee: DVD reviews covering Who Saw Her Die?, Lost Boys 2: The Tribe, The Wizard of Gore, Shutter (2008), BTK, Dante 01, Chemical Wedding, Day of the Dead (2008), Dead Space: Downfall, Vexille, The Happening, Tin Man, The Flock, P2, The Vanguard, Outpost, Solstice, The Short Films of David Lynch, Eraserhead, Caligula Imperial Edition, Days of Darkness, Bone Dry, Timber Falls, Reservoir Dogs Collector’s Edition, The Guard Post, The Dead Girl, Salò (reissue), plus easy to enter competitions to win a lot of these. NB: you don’t have to wait till your copy arrives to enter: the competitions are on the forum already. (Open to active subscribers only.)

Case Notes by Peter Tennant: book reviews, featurettes and interviews covering new titles by Gary Braunbeck, Sarah Pinborough, Gord Rollo, Brian Keene, John Everson, Edward Lee, Thomas Ligotti, Stephen Gregory, Suzy McKee Charnas, Nicholas Pekearo, Tim Lebbon. Interviews with Leisure’s Don D’Auria and Tim Lebbon.

Subscribe now!

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Never mind the stories I need you to look at the ads and I’ve made it easy with the following links.

Abaddon Books.
Twilight of Kerberos: The Clockwork King of Orl by Mike Wild

Elastic Press
The Last Reef by Gareth L. Powell
The Turing Test by Chris Beckett

Morpheus Tales a new quarterly Magazine of Horror, Science Fiction and Fantasy also on Myspace

Tags: Abaddon • Chris Beckett • Elastic Press • Gareth Lyn Powell • Morpheus Tales

The following competitions are open to current Black Static subscribers only (you can subscribe here). You may enter now, and as many as you like. Simply email your answers to competitions[at]ttapress.demon.co.uk, including your postal address, by the closing date of 31 October. Winners will be drawn from a hat and announced on the forum. NB: the DVDs are all region 2.

We have 5 copies of THE WIZARD OF GORE (2008) to give away.
Who played Montag in H.G. Lewis’ original film?

We have 5 copies of SHUTTER (2008) to give away.
What is the original Thai film’s USA DVD title?

We have 5 copies of B.T.K. to give away.
Which other serial killer did Michael Feifer direct ‘The Untold Story’ of this year?

We have 5 copies of CHEMICAL WEDDING to give away.
What is the name of co-writer Bruce Dickinson’s heavy metal band?

We have 5 copies of THE FLOCK to give away.
Who directed the US remake of Andrew Lau’s Infernal Affairs?

We have 5 copies of SOLSTICE to give away.
Daniel Myrick wrote and directed which other 2008 horror movie, set in Afghanistan?

We have 3 copies of THE SHORT FILMS OF DAVID LYNCH to give away.
Which Lynch film is about a man driving a tractor?

We have 3 copies of the remastered ERASERHEAD to give away.
What was Eraserhead’s original script title?

We have 5 copies of TIMBER FALLS to give away.
The film was shot in which European country?

We have 3 copies of RESERVOIR DOGS COLLECTOR’S EDITION to give away.
Who plays Mr White?

We have 5 copies of THE GUARD POST to give away.
What is this film’s title in South Korea?

We have 3 copies of THE DEAD GIRL to give away.
What is the name of the film’s director?

Tags: Black Static • BTK • Chemical Wedding • competition • David Lynch • DVD • Eraserhead • free • Reservoir Dogs • Shutter • Solstice • The Dead Girl • The Flock • The Guard Post • Timber Falls • Wizard of Gore

…so will be out in a couple of weeks. Cover and all original art is as usual by David Gentry…

…and it’s full of dark and troubling things.

Stories:

The Reason For The Season by Bruce Holland Rogers
The Hodag by Trent Hergenrader
Blood God Blood by Eric Gregory
The Talent Girl by Daniel Kaysen
Pages From a Broken Book by Tony Richards
The Deep Walker by Alison J. Littlewood
Bait by David Sakmyster

Features:

White Noise compiled by Peter Tennant
Interference by Christopher Fowler
Electric Darkness by Stephen Volk
Night’s Plutonian Shore by Mike O’Driscoll

Reviews:

Case Notes by Peter Tennant
Many book reviews including special features on Leisure Books, reviewing titles by Gary Braunbeck, Sarah Pinborough, Gord Rollo, Brian Keene, John Everson and Edward Lee, plus an interview with Leisure editor Don D’Auria; novels by Thomas Ligotti and Stephen Gregory from Virgin’s new horror line; ‘famous monsters’ with books by Suzy McKee Charnas and Nicholas Pekearo; and a feature on the new novels by Tim Lebbon including an interview with the author.

Blood Spectrum by Tony Lee
DVD reviews of many latest releases with chances for subscribers to win free copies of a lot of them. Who Saw Her Die?, Lost Boys 2: The Tribe, The Wizard of Gore, Shutter, B.T.K., Dante 01, Chemical Wedding, Day of the Dead, Dead Space: Downfall, Vexille, The Happening, Tin Man, The Flock, P2, The Vanguard, Outpost, Solstice, The Short Films of David Lynch, Eraserhead. Plus a round up of other DVDs received, including the Caligula Imperial Edition, Salò, The Dead Girl, Timber Falls, The Guard Post, Days of Darkness, Bone Dry, Reservoir Dogs Collector’s Edition…

Details of competitions to follow, here and on the forum.

Meanwhile, subscribe now!

Tags: Black Static • books • DVDs • films • free porn • Horror

TTA Press will have a dealer table at MonsterCon ‘08 in Concord, NC, USA.  The event is Saturday and Sunday, the 4th and 5th of October 2008.  This is a great opportunity to fill in those missing issues in your collection or just come out and find out about us and have some fun.

Scott Nicholson, who has had stories appear in Crimewave and Black Static, will be a guest author at MonsterCon.  Scott has an upcoming podcast story at Transmissions From Beyond on Monday October 13, 2008.  TFB editor Pete Bullock will be at MonsterCon too.

The event also features many notable guests, including actor Brian Krause who played Leo on the hit television show “Charmed”.  If you live on the U.S. east coast, you’ll want to seriously consider going to MonsterCon.

Tags: Black Static • Conventions • CRIMEWAVE • INTERZONE • MonsterCon