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Allybird (Allybird) Username: Allybird
Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 80.43.214.156
| Posted on Monday, December 21, 2009 - 07:58 pm: | |
...that not only have DARK REGIONS bought my collection, but my debut novel - ISIS UNBOUND, too. Artist - Daniele Serra. |
Frank (Frank) Username: Frank
Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 188.146.86.0
| Posted on Monday, December 21, 2009 - 08:15 pm: | |
Holy Smoke, Lady Bird. I'm surprised your fingers aren't down to the knuckles with all the work you've been at. CONGRATULATIONS, Ally. Most splendid news. This is a double whammy of an Xmas for you. Kisses. Hugs. |
Simon Strantzas (Nomis) Username: Nomis
Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 207.61.175.43
| Posted on Monday, December 21, 2009 - 08:17 pm: | |
Dark Regions is really on a spree as of late: Allyson, Richard, Mike, and Steve Vernon. As well as Gary Crawford's poetry. I also saw that a bunch of review copies were recently received at Black Static magazine. Is Dark Regions a new press, or have they just been under my radar until this past year? |
Allybird (Allybird) Username: Allybird
Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 80.43.214.156
| Posted on Monday, December 21, 2009 - 08:17 pm: | |
ISIS UNBOUND Inspired by Mary Shelley, Percy Bysshe Shelley’s, Prometheus Unbound, and Rider Haggard/R.E.Howard to some extent, ISIS UNBOUND is set in 1890’s Manceastre, Britanniae, ruled by a new governor general, Clovis Domitius Corbulo. He is related to Cleopatra LV descendant of Anthony and Cleopatra who won the battle of Actium two thousand years ago. Only a god can kill a god. Nepythys has killed her sister, ISIS, and therefore the dead cannot pass over to the underworld. Ella, eighteen and Loli - age ten, are the daughters of Ptolemy Child. The sons and daughters of embalmers are expected to begin instruction in the embalming process at an unusually young age. Against this background we follow the girls on their adventure in Manceastre and Alexandria to discover the greatest mystery of all – involving ISIS herself. An ISIS who will stop at nothing to ensure her own survival… |
Allybird (Allybird) Username: Allybird
Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 80.43.214.156
| Posted on Monday, December 21, 2009 - 08:18 pm: | |
Not sure Simon - I just know that they like my work. |
Allybird (Allybird) Username: Allybird
Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 80.43.214.156
| Posted on Monday, December 21, 2009 - 08:19 pm: | |
Thanks Frank! |
Paul_finch (Paul_finch) Username: Paul_finch
Registered: 11-2009 Posted From: 92.9.50.25
| Posted on Monday, December 21, 2009 - 08:22 pm: | |
This is excellent news, Ally. Well done indeed. And keep up the awesome work. |
Allybird (Allybird) Username: Allybird
Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 80.43.214.156
| Posted on Monday, December 21, 2009 - 08:42 pm: | |
Thanks Paul. Really appreciated. |
Chris_morris (Chris_morris) Username: Chris_morris
Registered: 04-2008 Posted From: 12.165.240.116
| Posted on Monday, December 21, 2009 - 08:46 pm: | |
Well done, Ally. Congrats! |
Allybird (Allybird) Username: Allybird
Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 80.43.214.156
| Posted on Monday, December 21, 2009 - 08:48 pm: | |
Thanks Chris - great Christmas present! |
Carolinec (Carolinec) Username: Carolinec
Registered: 06-2009 Posted From: 82.38.75.85
| Posted on Monday, December 21, 2009 - 09:00 pm: | |
That's fantastic news, Ally - very well done young lady! |
Allybird (Allybird) Username: Allybird
Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 80.43.214.156
| Posted on Monday, December 21, 2009 - 09:26 pm: | |
Thank you - Caroline - My, this has been quite a year with everything, but you know... I just moving on... |
Mick Curtis (Mick)
Username: Mick
Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.176.126.207
| Posted on Monday, December 21, 2009 - 09:33 pm: | |
Very good news Ally - well done! |
Carolinec (Carolinec) Username: Carolinec
Registered: 06-2009 Posted From: 82.38.75.85
| Posted on Monday, December 21, 2009 - 09:37 pm: | |
>>My, this has been quite a year with everything, but you know... I just moving on...<< Yes, you've certainly had some ups and some downs. Cherish the "ups" though - you deserve them. |
Allybird (Allybird) Username: Allybird
Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 80.43.214.156
| Posted on Monday, December 21, 2009 - 09:39 pm: | |
Thanks Mick - I'm hoping it will be launched at WHC 2011 - Texas. We had loads of fun WHC 2007 Toronto :>) |
Allybird (Allybird) Username: Allybird
Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 80.43.214.156
| Posted on Monday, December 21, 2009 - 09:43 pm: | |
It is hard to forget the downs - Caroline. I just have to get right back in there :>) I've had loads of great reviews :>) |
Mark_lynch (Mark_lynch) Username: Mark_lynch
Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 212.74.96.200
| Posted on Tuesday, December 22, 2009 - 09:51 am: | |
Hey, you're on a roll! Go ride it. |
Steve Bacon (Stevebacon)
Username: Stevebacon
Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 90.209.220.55
| Posted on Tuesday, December 22, 2009 - 09:52 am: | |
Nice one, Ally. So much to look forward to. |
Simon Bestwick (Simon_b) Username: Simon_b
Registered: 10-2008 Posted From: 212.121.214.114
| Posted on Tuesday, December 22, 2009 - 11:59 am: | |
Congrats, Ally! |
Richard_gavin (Richard_gavin) Username: Richard_gavin
Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 65.110.174.71
| Posted on Tuesday, December 22, 2009 - 12:30 pm: | |
Congratulations, Allyson. I like the title of your novel. Dark Regions has been around since the mid-eighties, but Simon's right: they seem to have kicked into overdrive in the past year. |
Gary Fry (Gary_fry)
Username: Gary_fry
Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 82.3.226.105
| Posted on Tuesday, December 22, 2009 - 12:31 pm: | |
All go, A! |
Michael_kelly (Michael_kelly) Username: Michael_kelly
Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 174.88.55.175
| Posted on Tuesday, December 22, 2009 - 01:31 pm: | |
Well done Allyson! |
Simon Strantzas (Nomis) Username: Nomis
Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 99.227.90.149
| Posted on Tuesday, December 22, 2009 - 01:40 pm: | |
Are you planning to attend WHC 2011, Allyson? |
Mick Curtis (Mick)
Username: Mick
Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.176.126.207
| Posted on Tuesday, December 22, 2009 - 01:50 pm: | |
Of course Ally's going, Simon - Joe R. Lansdale is a GoH! |
Zed (Gary_mc) Username: Gary_mc
Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 81.96.240.106
| Posted on Tuesday, December 22, 2009 - 02:19 pm: | |
Well done, Ally. |
Allybird (Allybird) Username: Allybird
Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 80.43.214.156
| Posted on Tuesday, December 22, 2009 - 05:15 pm: | |
Thanks all! Hoping to save up for WHC 2011! |
Simon Strantzas (Nomis) Username: Nomis
Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 99.227.90.149
| Posted on Tuesday, December 22, 2009 - 09:30 pm: | |
Some of us are doing the same, Ally. Should be a blast. |
Allybird (Allybird) Username: Allybird
Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 80.43.214.156
| Posted on Tuesday, December 22, 2009 - 10:26 pm: | |
We will have a great party - Simon! |
Huw (Huw) Username: Huw
Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 218.168.186.150
| Posted on Wednesday, December 23, 2009 - 04:59 am: | |
Congrats, and good luck with Isis Unbound, Ally. |
Mark West (Mark_west) Username: Mark_west
Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 217.39.177.173
| Posted on Wednesday, December 23, 2009 - 11:46 am: | |
Late for this, but congrats all the same, Ally. What a year! |
Mark_lynch (Mark_lynch) Username: Mark_lynch
Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 217.171.129.72
| Posted on Wednesday, December 23, 2009 - 11:47 am: | |
Ally, beneath your name on the cover, be sure to include the line 'Winner of the British Fantasy Award'. |
Allybird (Allybird) Username: Allybird
Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 80.43.214.156
| Posted on Wednesday, December 23, 2009 - 12:02 pm: | |
Thanks - Huw, Mark and Mark. Bloody tempting to put that on it, Mark :>) I might just do that! |
Joel (Joel) Username: Joel
Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 91.110.193.62
| Posted on Wednesday, December 23, 2009 - 12:08 pm: | |
Well done, Ally! I look forward to seeing both of the new books. |
Allybird (Allybird) Username: Allybird
Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 80.43.214.156
| Posted on Wednesday, December 23, 2009 - 12:12 pm: | |
Thanks Joel! Appreciated! |
Zed (Gary_mc) Username: Gary_mc
Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 81.96.240.106
| Posted on Wednesday, December 23, 2009 - 06:17 pm: | |
Bloody tempting to put that on it, Mark :>) I might just do that! Ally - you're crazy if you don't use that to publicise the book. Surely that's one of the plus points of winning any award? |
Simon Strantzas (Nomis) Username: Nomis
Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 99.227.90.149
| Posted on Wednesday, December 23, 2009 - 06:36 pm: | |
Ally, you better put that on there or I'm going to hunt to down and give you a solid thrashing about the head. |
Allybird (Allybird) Username: Allybird
Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 80.43.214.156
| Posted on Wednesday, December 23, 2009 - 06:47 pm: | |
Okay - you have both talked me into it :>) On the back so as not to spoil Dani's artwork. |
Gary Fry (Gary_fry)
Username: Gary_fry
Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 82.3.226.105
| Posted on Wednesday, December 23, 2009 - 07:05 pm: | |
Needs to be on the front, dunnit? Cos folk see the cover art online - just the front. Back's are for browsing in shops. |
Gary Fry (Gary_fry)
Username: Gary_fry
Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 82.3.226.105
| Posted on Wednesday, December 23, 2009 - 07:06 pm: | |
"Backs" are, too. My English teacher was a former greengrocer. |
Simon Strantzas (Nomis) Username: Nomis
Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 99.227.90.149
| Posted on Wednesday, December 23, 2009 - 07:07 pm: | |
On second thought, don't use it. Instead let me use it. I already know exactly where I can stick it. |
Allybird (Allybird) Username: Allybird
Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 80.43.214.156
| Posted on Wednesday, December 23, 2009 - 07:08 pm: | |
Okay - on the front - very, very small print on top left hand corner :>) |
Gary Fry (Gary_fry)
Username: Gary_fry
Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 82.3.226.105
| Posted on Wednesday, December 23, 2009 - 07:26 pm: | |
Bigger than your name. Bigger than the title. BRITISH FANTASY AWARD WINNER. Neon lettering streaming forth with ethereal light. Buzzing with almost audible static. Pouring forth with coruscating luminescence. Words bigger than the book, if that's possible. Bigger than God. |
Zed (Gary_mc) Username: Gary_mc
Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 81.96.240.106
| Posted on Wednesday, December 23, 2009 - 07:27 pm: | |
Yep. That's what I'd do. |
Mick Curtis (Mick)
Username: Mick
Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.176.126.207
| Posted on Wednesday, December 23, 2009 - 07:35 pm: | |
Ally, you also need to adapt those birthday cards that play messages, fit one inside each book and have "BRITISH FANTASY AWARD WINNER" sung at anyone who opens the book! |
Allybird (Allybird) Username: Allybird
Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 80.43.214.156
| Posted on Wednesday, December 23, 2009 - 07:40 pm: | |
Or letters (like in Harry Potter) that snap and snarl, and shout at you :>) |
Gary Fry (Gary_fry)
Username: Gary_fry
Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 82.3.226.105
| Posted on Wednesday, December 23, 2009 - 07:42 pm: | |
You're just getting silly now. |
Allybird (Allybird) Username: Allybird
Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 80.43.214.156
| Posted on Wednesday, December 23, 2009 - 07:44 pm: | |
It is that kind of day. |
Gary Fry (Gary_fry)
Username: Gary_fry
Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 82.3.226.105
| Posted on Wednesday, December 23, 2009 - 07:46 pm: | |
I'm on holiday from work! My first since August! Yippee! |
Allybird (Allybird) Username: Allybird
Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 80.43.214.156
| Posted on Wednesday, December 23, 2009 - 07:48 pm: | |
Happy Christmas Gary - have a great one in Whitby! |
Gary Fry (Gary_fry)
Username: Gary_fry
Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 82.3.226.105
| Posted on Wednesday, December 23, 2009 - 07:49 pm: | |
Thanking you. You, too, in [snigger] Penistone. |
Allybird (Allybird) Username: Allybird
Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 80.43.214.156
| Posted on Wednesday, December 23, 2009 - 07:52 pm: | |
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Gary Fry (Gary_fry)
Username: Gary_fry
Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 82.3.226.105
| Posted on Wednesday, December 23, 2009 - 07:56 pm: | |
Ally, check out my new cover . . .
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Gcw (Gcw) Username: Gcw
Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 81.155.105.158
| Posted on Wednesday, December 23, 2009 - 08:19 pm: | |
Ha!! Love it, gcw |
Allybird (Allybird) Username: Allybird
Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 80.47.10.8
| Posted on Monday, April 19, 2010 - 08:17 pm: | |
Just a quick update. WINE AND RANK POISON will be out in time for Fantasycon...and the introduction will be by Joe Lansdale :>). ISIS UNBOUND will be out a little later. Both covers to be found here.... www.birdsnest.me.uk |
Gary Fry (Gary_fry)
Username: Gary_fry
Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.23.25.223
| Posted on Tuesday, April 20, 2010 - 08:26 am: | |
Joe Lansdale, you say? You kept that quiet! ;) |
Gary Fry (Gary_fry)
Username: Gary_fry
Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.23.25.223
| Posted on Tuesday, April 20, 2010 - 08:28 am: | |
Only joking, Ally. Mind you, after my collapsing escapades at last year's FCon, Wine and Rank Poison scares me . . . Good luck with it. |
Allybird (Allybird) Username: Allybird
Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 80.47.10.8
| Posted on Tuesday, April 20, 2010 - 09:20 am: | |
Thanks Gary! You gave us all a scare last year. Hope you are keeping well! |
Gary Fry (Gary_fry)
Username: Gary_fry
Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.23.25.223
| Posted on Tuesday, April 20, 2010 - 09:28 am: | |
I'm still trying to identify the person mad enough to have put Rohypnol in my cider . . . |
Gcw (Gcw) Username: Gcw
Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.153.237.52
| Posted on Tuesday, April 20, 2010 - 10:27 pm: | |
(I have an aleebeee!) gcw |
Allybird (Allybird) Username: Allybird
Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 80.47.10.8
| Posted on Wednesday, April 21, 2010 - 09:41 am: | |
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