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Gary Fry (Gary_fry)
Username: Gary_fry

Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 86.180.211.228
Posted on Tuesday, August 24, 2010 - 09:53 pm:   

. . . it looks grand, I think.

Delighted to announce that my first novel The House of Canted Steps is now available to preorder in advance of a FCon release: http://store.pspublishing.co.uk/acatalog/The_House_Of_Canted_Steps_jhc.html

Or for those of you with deeper pockets, the deluxe traycased signed edition: http://store.pspublishing.co.uk/acatalog/The_House_Of_Canted_Steps_TC.html

Your support appreciated. I personally guarantee that you'll get one helluva creepy read out of it.



EVERY FAMILY NEEDS A HOME. THIS HOME NEEDS A FAMILY. DESPERATELY.

When Mark Cookson values a house and puts it on the market with his estate agency, he begins to suspect the place is haunted.

Mark's ex-wife has a new lover and is now pregnant with a second child. They and Mark's seven-year-old son are seeking a bigger property, and see this house on the agency's website. It is perfect for them.

After they move in, Mark must confront his own familial demons to save his son from the terrible ghostly ones that linger in . . .

. . . THE HOUSE OF CANTED STEPS.



". . . real three-dimensional, believable characters combined with a deeply disturbing thematic dimension . . . "
-Stephen Volk

"Gary Fry is a master . . . "
-Ramsey Campbell

"Fry is a writer whose technique is as accomplished as his intellect and imagination are powerful."
-Reggie Oliver
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Zed (Gary_mc)
Username: Gary_mc

Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 81.96.253.77
Posted on Tuesday, August 24, 2010 - 09:57 pm:   

I've read this in manuscript form and it's a belter: clever, scary and very compelling.
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Allybird (Allybird)
Username: Allybird

Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 88.104.135.73
Posted on Tuesday, August 24, 2010 - 10:00 pm:   

Wonderful!

Congrats on your debut novel!
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John Llewellyn Probert (John_l_probert)
Username: John_l_probert

Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 86.142.147.219
Posted on Tuesday, August 24, 2010 - 10:25 pm:   

I'm looking forward to reading this!
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Mick Curtis (Mick)
Username: Mick

Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 86.180.45.171
Posted on Tuesday, August 24, 2010 - 11:34 pm:   

I shall be a-queuein' up for this at FCon.
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Protodroid (Protodroid)
Username: Protodroid

Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 109.79.114.85
Posted on Wednesday, August 25, 2010 - 12:02 am:   

"By Jupiter ... it looks grand, I think."

I thought this was about astronomy as Jupiter is rising in the SE every night now, with an apparent magnitude ~ -2.7. It does look grand. Tip: if it doesn't twinkle it's a planet, not a star.
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Protodroid (Protodroid)
Username: Protodroid

Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 109.79.114.85
Posted on Wednesday, August 25, 2010 - 12:12 am:   

You've gathered some really nice blurb there, G.
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Rosswarren (Rosswarren)
Username: Rosswarren

Registered: 11-2009
Posted From: 86.143.49.160
Posted on Wednesday, August 25, 2010 - 09:47 am:   

Did they cut the Ramsey quote before the word bater?

Seriously this sounds great but coupled with the Gray Friar releases I'm going to have to start eating nettle soup and stuffing my clothes with newspaper to keep warm ;-)
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Stu (Stu)
Username: Stu

Registered: 04-2008
Posted From: 82.18.206.143
Posted on Wednesday, August 25, 2010 - 10:19 am:   

Congrats, Gary.
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Gary Fry (Gary_fry)
Username: Gary_fry

Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 129.11.76.229
Posted on Wednesday, August 25, 2010 - 10:21 am:   

Ross, yes they did!

Thanks, all, for your comments.
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Frank (Frank)
Username: Frank

Registered: 09-2008
Posted From: 85.222.86.21
Posted on Wednesday, August 25, 2010 - 11:00 am:   

Congrats, Gary. Hope it does a roaring business, as I'm sure it will.
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Gary Fry (Gary_fry)
Username: Gary_fry

Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 129.11.76.229
Posted on Wednesday, August 25, 2010 - 11:01 am:   

Thanks, old bean.
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Frank (Frank)
Username: Frank

Registered: 09-2008
Posted From: 85.222.86.21
Posted on Wednesday, August 25, 2010 - 11:03 am:   

Blimey, that was fast, I almost had to blink (again) to make sure I'd actually posted. Again, well done, mate. Look forward to reading it.
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Frank (Frank)
Username: Frank

Registered: 09-2008
Posted From: 85.222.86.21
Posted on Wednesday, August 25, 2010 - 11:05 am:   

Mate, the cover's a blinder. That's bloody marvelous to look at at. Was there a different cover originally?
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Gary Fry (Gary_fry)
Username: Gary_fry

Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 129.11.76.229
Posted on Wednesday, August 25, 2010 - 11:06 am:   

No, that was just me messing around with Photoshop. The bogus film poster. It was for a viral marketing campaign I'm gonna do soonest.

But I agree that the cover is beautiful. I've been very lucky with covers.
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Gary Fry (Gary_fry)
Username: Gary_fry

Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 129.11.76.229
Posted on Wednesday, August 25, 2010 - 11:07 am:   

Frank, one day I aim to post a response up here before the previous poster has even clicked on POST. :-)
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Frank (Frank)
Username: Frank

Registered: 09-2008
Posted From: 85.222.86.21
Posted on Wednesday, August 25, 2010 - 12:01 pm:   

You just did.
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Gcw (Gcw)
Username: Gcw

Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 81.158.238.131
Posted on Wednesday, August 25, 2010 - 08:57 pm:   

Needless to say, I am well looking forward to this Gary, you have been absent from my reading pile for far too long.

I won't pre-order as there was a bit of a cock up with pre-orders & Fantasycon last year, but I will be purchasing on the night.

gcw.
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Steve Bacon (Stevebacon)
Username: Stevebacon

Registered: 09-2008
Posted From: 90.208.112.233
Posted on Wednesday, August 25, 2010 - 11:30 pm:   

Brill, Gary. Looking forward to this. Well done, mate.
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Mark_lynch (Mark_lynch)
Username: Mark_lynch

Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 217.171.129.71
Posted on Thursday, August 26, 2010 - 12:48 pm:   

Excellent, Gary. Hope it soars.
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Joel (Joel)
Username: Joel

Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 217.37.199.45
Posted on Thursday, August 26, 2010 - 01:13 pm:   

Well done, Gary! This looks very promising.
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Gary Fry (Gary_fry)
Username: Gary_fry

Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 86.29.115.123
Posted on Thursday, August 26, 2010 - 08:20 pm:   

Thanks, me ole muckers. Means a lot.
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Gary Fry (Gary_fry)
Username: Gary_fry

Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 86.29.115.123
Posted on Sunday, August 29, 2010 - 06:27 pm:   

A closer look at the lovely cover: http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_lnRIh3RoUBw/THpmKq7VxDI/AAAAAAAAADI/D0HiZ4z68LA/s1600/ Fry-Canted+cov-low.jpg
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Frank (Frank)
Username: Frank

Registered: 09-2008
Posted From: 85.222.86.21
Posted on Sunday, August 29, 2010 - 07:04 pm:   

Gary - now I can see it properly...it's really interesting to look at, quite different from a lot of covers to genre books...don't want to sound like a buffoon, but was the artist inspired by the computer games The Sims? I'll probably regret saying that and insult the artist and yourself to boot. It's not intended that way, but it does remind me of that slightly...it must be the internal logistics of the picture...I love those kind of complicated pictures....
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Gary Fry (Gary_fry)
Username: Gary_fry

Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 86.29.115.123
Posted on Sunday, August 29, 2010 - 07:53 pm:   

Not sure, Frank. A lot of this artist's stuff is like this - PS has used him a lot, but he has no web presence, so I little about him.
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Frank (Frank)
Username: Frank

Registered: 09-2008
Posted From: 188.146.75.20
Posted on Sunday, August 29, 2010 - 08:11 pm:   

Anyway, it's a great cover. Is it me or has the quality of horror book covers greatly improved over the last decade?

Hmmm...it's me, isn't it?

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