| Author | Message | ||
     Matthew_fell (Matthew_fell) Username: Matthew_fell Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 216.232.189.45 |
Let's see if I can get this preview to work.  | ||
| Gary Fry (Gary_fry) Username: Gary_fry Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 82.3.65.135 |
Very nice cover. | ||
| Zed (Gary_mc) Username: Gary_mc Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 81.96.242.126 |
That looks great. | ||
| Tom_alaerts (Tom_alaerts) Username: Tom_alaerts Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 81.244.30.126 |
Yes indeed, in my opinion one of the best looking modern Ash-Tree covers. | ||
| Joel (Joel) Username: Joel Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 91.110.169.254 |
Superb cover. Ominous and ironic and strange. Any chance of a contents list please Christopher please please please huh? | ||
| Barbara Roden (Nebuly) Username: Nebuly Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 216.232.189.45 |
I'll let Christopher post the TOC, but credit where it's due: the cover art is by Jason Zerrillo, and Jason Van Hollander did the post-production work, as it were. | ||
| Matthew_fell (Matthew_fell) Username: Matthew_fell Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 216.232.189.45 |
Contents, as requested by Joel: The Killing Ground A Story of the Midlands The Gallows in My Garden A Story of East Anglia Be He Alive, Be He Dead A Story of London Tregeagle's Cove A Story of Cornwall The Crannog A Story of Wales This Place A Story of the South Coast Bloody Essex A Story of the Home Counties In the Black and Stinking Fume A Story of Scotland The Moon Rising Red A Story of Northern England plus a bunch of very comprehensive story notes. Christopher | ||
| Des (Des) Username: Des Registered: 06-2008 Posted From: 86.163.170.232 |
"Bloody Essex" I know all about that! | ||
| Zed (Gary_mc) Username: Gary_mc Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 81.96.242.126 |
I'm looking forward to this one. | ||
| Joel (Joel) Username: Joel Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 91.108.55.108 |
Thanks, Christopher. So the book is a weird guide to the UK! Starting with the Midlands, of course. This looks incredible. | ||
| Gary Fry (Gary_fry) Username: Gary_fry Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 82.3.65.135 |
Nothing set in Northern Ireland? Sounds intriguing, certainly. | ||
| Gary Fry (Gary_fry) Username: Gary_fry Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 82.3.65.135 |
Without Northern Ireland, it would have to a guide to Great Britain, wouldn't it? As opposed to the UK? | ||
| Joel (Joel) Username: Joel Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 91.110.206.85 |
The orange cover is presumably intended to compensate. | ||
| Allybird (Allybird) Username: Allybird Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 79.70.13.138 |
Great cover! When is it due out? | ||
| Barbara Roden (Nebuly) Username: Nebuly Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 216.232.189.45 |
Joel: The cover's going to be more red in real life, with the white lettering and blue on the spine. Red, white, and blue: clever, eh? Ally: The book went to press last week, and should be available in early September. | ||
| Zed (Gary_mc) Username: Gary_mc Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 81.96.242.126 |
Excellent news! I really want a copy of this one. | ||
| Gary Fry (Gary_fry) Username: Gary_fry Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 82.3.65.135 |
It needs a Northern Ireland story in it, then. The thin red lines in the current Union Flag represent St Patrick's Cross. | ||
| Gary Fry (Gary_fry) Username: Gary_fry Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 82.3.65.135 |
Although in fairness, the flag for Great Britain is still red, white and blue. | ||
| Gary Fry (Gary_fry) Username: Gary_fry Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 82.3.65.135 |
Are all the stories contemporary? Or are some set in past eras? | ||
| Joel (Joel) Username: Joel Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 91.110.235.214 |
Gary, that's true, but the stories don't systematically cover every region of the UK. For example, there are four stories from the South of England (including one from London, the only city cited in the contents list) but only one from the North of England. And they do ghosts differently in Ireland. The supernatural doesn't recognise political borders, but it recognises natural ones (like coastlines). Ghosts can't swim. (Note to self: shut up.) | ||
| Des (Des) Username: Des Registered: 06-2008 Posted From: 86.163.170.232 |
What is 'self'? | ||
| Barbara Roden (Nebuly) Username: Nebuly Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 216.232.189.45 |
The stories are all set in the present day, but by their nature many of them draw on past events. The cover gives a clue about the historical inspiration for one of the stories. (And no, it's not Big Ben, and yes, I know that Big Ben isn't the proper name of the Clock Tower, but why fight decades of colloquial usage.) | ||
| Allybird (Allybird) Username: Allybird Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 79.70.13.138 |
I think he meant 'note to elf.' That elf gets everywhere :>) | ||
| Matthew_fell (Matthew_fell) Username: Matthew_fell Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 216.232.189.45 |
No, the collection doesn't cover the whole of the country. But Paul's hoping to do further volumes along these lines. And his story in SHADES OF DARKNESS also has a similar theme, and is set in Cornwall. Christopher | ||
| Gary Fry (Gary_fry) Username: Gary_fry Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 82.3.65.135 |
Sounds good. | ||
| Gary Fry (Gary_fry) Username: Gary_fry Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 82.3.65.135 |
>>>Gary, that's true, but the stories don't systematically cover every region of the UK. I hear what you're saying, Joel, but with a Scottish and Welsh tale in there, then Northern Ireland looked like a conspicuous absence. And the original point was about the difference between UK and GB. If UK isn't used on the book, all's cool. | ||
| John Llewellyn Probert (John_l_probert) Username: John_l_probert Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 213.253.174.81 |
I have to say this looks a lot of fun. I loved 'After Shocks' and I'm a big fan of Paul's work in general. The cover is very eye-catching indeed. Yet another one to keep me up past 2am. |