Urban Mythic

Here is the provisional cover design for The Alchemy Press Book of Urban Mythic, edited by Jan Edwards and Jenny Barber. The fabulous artwork is by Ben Baldwin.

Urban Mythic: contributors announced

Jan Edwards and Jenny Barber, illustrious editors of The Alchemy Press Book of Urban Mythic, are delighted to announce the final line-up: and here they are, in alphabetical order. The final arrangement is yet to be determined. As publisher, I have to say: Wow!

James Brogden – The Smith of Hockley

Joyce Chng – Dragonform Witch

Zen Cho – Fish Bowl

Graham Edwards – A Night to Forget

Jaine Fenn – Not the Territory

Christopher Golden – Under Cover of Night

Kate Griffin – An Inspector Calls

Alison Littlewood – The Song of the City

Anne Nicholls – The Seeds of a Pomegranate

Jonathan Oliver – White Horse

Mike Resnick – The Wizard of West 34th street

Gaie Sebold – Underground

Adrian Tchaikovsky – Family Business

Ian Whates – Default Reactions

Ancient Wonders: links to dealers

Contributor copies of The Alchemy Press Book of Ancient Wonders, edited by Jan Edwards and Jenny Barber, will be mailed out in the next few weeks. Some copies will be available this Sunday at the Birmingham Book Fair. Otherwise, the official launch is at FantasyCon at the end of September. But if you live in the USA and you wish to purchase the book you can do so via Barnes and Noble and Amazon.com.

Ancient Wonders: ToC

We can now reveal the contents for The Alchemy Press Book of Ancient Wonders, edited by Jan Edwards and Jenny Barber:

Kari Sperring – Introduction

Adrian Tchaikovsky – Bones 
James Brogden – If Street
Shannon Connor Winward - Passage  
Pauline E. Dungate – One Man’s Folly
Anne Nicholls - Dragonsbridge 
Peter Crowther – Gandalph Cohen and the Land at the End of the Working Day 
Misha Herwin – The Satan Stones 
Lynn M. Cochrane – Ringfenced
Bryn Fortey – Ithica or Bust 
Adrian Cole – The Sound of Distant Gunfire
William Meikle – The Cauldron of Camulos
John Howard – Time and the City
Selina Lock – The Great and Powerful 
Aliette de Bodard - Ys

Ancient Wonders: an editor's view

Editor Jenny Barber has expanded on the submission guidelines for The Alchemy Press Book of Ancient Wonders. You can read her wishes here.

The Alchemy Press Book of Ancient Wonders

The Alchemy Press is seeking submissions for THE ALCHEMY PRESS BOOK OF ANCIENT WONDERS edited by Jan Edwards and Jenny Barber.

Standing stones, burial mounds, ruined castles or sunken settlements, the ancient sites that litter our landscapes have a mysterious appeal which cannot be denied.

Think myth come to life; old folk tales updated; the consequences of tomb raiding; hidden guardians and secret civilisations; from archaeology to tourism; mysticism and myth; folklore to the fantastical. Take us on a journey around the esoteric and enigmatic places that cannot fail to fire the imagination. Intrigue us, thrill us, make us wonder about the where, the what and the who. 

We are interested in fantasy, sf, weird and horror tales of all kinds. (No erotica, romance or poetry.)

THE ALCHEMY PRESS BOOK OF ANCIENT WONDERS will be a paperback to be published in September 2012, to be followed by an eBook edition. Successful contributors will receive a copy of the book and a £10.00 advance against royalties on publication. We are after original fiction; but reprints will be considered if they are exceptional. No simultaneous or multiple submissions. We will only accept electronic submissions as email attachments in standard MS format, .rtf, .doc or .docx. Any submissions included in the body of the email will be rejected unread. The subject line should take the form “Title/author’s name” (i.e. The Hobbit/ JRR Tolkien). Contributions must be in the range of 2,000-6,000 words firm, with full contact details on the front page. The submission period runs from April 1st to June 30th 2012. Do not submit outside those dates. No acceptances or rejections will be made until after the deadline; we will endeavour to report back to you six to eight weeks after that. If you have heard nothing after nine weeks you may query at the email address below.

Email all queries and submissions to alchemybookJJ[at]gmail.com