MAYNARD SIMS: FLAME & other enigmatic tales

All pre-publication orders for A Bracelet of Bright Hair by Jane Jakeman have now been posted. As of today (17/10/11) there are just around a dozen or so copies left – so if you haven't ordered the Jakeman and want it then I urge you to buy your copy quickly to avoid disappointment. See earlier blog entry below (dated Friday 29 July 2011) or e-mail me for details.

I'm now pleased to announce details of our January 2012 title:

Maynard Sims: Flame & other enigmatic tales

Six darkly enigmatic and chilling stories make up Maynard Sims fourth Sarob Press collection – their first since Falling Into Heaven (2004). Here you will find two novellas – the sequel to their well-received novella “Moths” (see Echoes of Darkness) and a spooky tale of life and death – and what comes after – set in and around the variety theatre of the 1950s. There are also four shorter but no less haunting tales – one of which is a new “Dept 18” adventure. Five of the six stories are original to this collection and the sixth has been fully revised.
Len Maynard & Mick Sims are the authors of the novels Shelter, Demon Eyes, Black Cathedral and Night Souls and the Sarob Press collections Shadows At Midnight (1999), Echoes of Darkness (2000) and Falling Into Heaven (2004).
Stories: “Double Act” “Serenity” “Jealousy” “Assignment” “Fallen” & “Flame”
With an afterword by Maynard Sims. Illustrations by Paul Lowe.
Limited Edition Hardcover. Printed Boards. Edition limited to 150 hand numbered copies.
Limitation will be reviewed if pre-publication interest suggests a larger print run is appropriate.

PRICE
UK: UK £22.50   Europe: 27,50 euros   USA & Rest of World: US $39.50

FREE Postage & Packing is included for all pre-publication orders – UK orders sent second class UK postage from within UK, Europe orders sent airmail from within UK and USA/RoW orders are sent surface mail from within UK+
+For airmail ADD : USA/RoW: US $5

HOW TO ORDER
E-mail sarobpress@gmail.com to order/reserve your copy and make payment by one of the methods detailed below.

HOW TO PAY
Paypal: visit www.paypal.com and send payment using our e-mail address sarobpress@gmail.com
Cheque (payable to ROBERT MORGAN) [UK £ or USA $* only]
*Please ADD US $5 for Conversion Fees if paying by USA $ check. Or keep the cost down and pay by PAYPAL.
Cash. Cash at Senders Risk.
(Euros ~ Paypal or Cash Only).

2012 is shaping up to be an exciting year with (possibly) three further titles lined up – subject to contracts etc, etc – including – if all goes to plan – a new volume (number 8) in Richard Dalby's “Mistresses of the Macabre” series of collections by Victorian women ghost story writers. These have always proved to be very popular with early volumes (all 7 Sarob Press “mistresses” are long out of print) advertised at seriously frightening prices on the internet.

Cheers, Robert.

JANE JAKEMAN COLLECTION SHIPPED

All pre-publication orders for A Bracelet of Bright Hair by Jane Jakeman shipped last Tuesday. If you're in Great Britain or Europe then your copy will be with you already or should arrive within the next few days. USA/Rest of World orders should be arriving over the next week if you paid the extra for airmail … surface mail orders might take a few weeks longer so please be patient.
The following specialist book-dealers have (or when their stock arrives will have) copies:

Borderlands Books (jfeldman@borderlands-books.com) U.S.A.
Camelot Books & Gifts (info@camelotbooks.com) U.S.A.
Cold Tonnage Books (andy@coldtonnage.com) U.K.
Ken Cowley (kencowley@blueyonder.co.uk) U.K.
Chris Drumm Books (Cdrummbks@gmail.com) U.S.A.
Dark Hollow Books (info@darkhollowbooks.com) U.S.A.
Fantastic Literature (simon@fantasticliterature.com) U.K.
Mord Und Musik (info@mordundmusik.at) Austria
Realms of Fantasy Books (ofilip@nstar.net) U.S.A.
Wrigley-Cross Books (info@wrigleycrossbooks.com) U.S.A.
Ziesing Books (info@ziesings.com) U.S.A.

I'll post details of our January title over the coming weekend.
Cheers, Robert.

A BRACELET OF BRIGHT HAIR

A Bracelet of Bright Hair by Jane Jakeman will (hopefully) be shipping early next week. The book has arrived in Wales from my printer and I'll be travelling from sunny France on Saturday 8th October to check, number and pack orders. I aim to post out all pre-publication orders on 11 October.

There are just a mere handful of copies left of this one.

And as soon as I get back home to France ... late next week ... I'll announce our next book which is now scheduled for a January 2012 publication.

Many thanks everyone for your continued support.

Cheers, Robert.

TITLE NEWS UPDATE

Sarob Press has decided to issue the recently announced A Bracelet of Bright Hair by JANE JAKEMAN in early/mid October – a month earlier than originally scheduled – and to slightly delay the originally scheduled “second” November title until December or (possibly – as the post can be quite tricky around Christmas) early January. I will shortly set the final print run for the Jakeman volume – so, if you've yet to order/reserve this book then please do so as soon as possible as pre-publication sales have been quite healthy and I'd hate for anyone to miss out. Our December/January book is nearing completion and will be announced in a very few weeks. Some of you may have been waiting for the second title announcement before ordering the Jakeman – please accept my apologies for any inconvenience.
Cheers, Robert.

A BRACELET OF BRIGHT HAIR

NEWS: Sarob Press is aiming (if all goes to plan) to issue TWO new titles for early November 2011 and is pleased to announce details of the first of these as follows – (details of the second title to [hopefully] follow in a very few weeks).


Jane Jakeman: A Bracelet of Bright Hair

Eight dark, terror-filled ghostly stories, perfect for the long winter nights to come … some Jamesian, some not – all pleasingly traditional. You'll want to sleep with the lights on. If you can sleep … The title is a quotation from “The Relic” by John Donne.
Jane Jakeman is the author of Death in the South of France, Death at Versailles and the Lord Ambrose Malfine historical crime novels. She lives in Oxford where some of the stories in A Bracelet of Bright Hair are set.
Jane's ghostly fiction has been previously published in Ghosts & Scholars, All Hallows & Supernatural Tales. This is her first collection of ghost/supernatural stories.
Stories: “Vrykolakas” “Lock Me Out!” “Neon” “River” “Survival of the Fittest” “The Edge of the Knife” “The House with No History” and “Adoptagrave”.
Afterword by Jane Jakeman. Illustrations by Paul Lowe.
Limited Edition Hardcover. Printed Boards. Edition limited to 150 numbered copies.
Limitation will be reviewed if pre-publication interest suggests a larger print run is appropriate.

PRICE
UK: UK £22-50    Europe: 27-50 euros    USA & Rest of World: US $39-50

Postage & Packing is included as follows for all pre-publication orders – UK orders sent second class UK postage from within UK, Europe orders sent airmail from within UK and USA/RoW orders are sent surface mail from within UK+
+For airmail ADD : USA/RoW: US $5

HOW TO ORDER
E-mail sarobpress@gmail.com to order/reserve your copy and make payment by one of the methods detailed below.

HOW TO PAY
Paypal: visit www.paypal.com and send payment using our e-mail address sarobpress@gmail.com
Cheque (payable to ROBERT MORGAN) [UK £ or USA $* only]
*Please ADD US $5 for Conversion Fees if paying by USA $ check. Or keep the cost down and pay by PAYPAL.
Cash. Cash at Senders Risk.
(Euros ~ Paypal or Cash Only).

Watch this space for details of the (hoped for) second November title.

Cheers, Robert.

WATCH THIS SPACE !!!

Just a quick apology for the lack of posts.  I've been madly busy working on the next Sarob Press title/s and renovating a small cottage (originally a ruin) in our grounds - indeed, the last fortnight to a month has been spent repairing walls and putting on a new roof (woodwork and slates) ... often seeing me falling asleep in front of the TV of an evening.

Ayway, more interesting (I hope) ... I aim to announce our next book/s in around two/three weeks.

Cheers, Robert.

DARK SHADOWS FALL - ARRIVED, POSTED & SOLD OUT!

All orders shipped today. If you're in Great Britain or Europe then your copy will be with you in the next few days. USA/Rest of World orders should be with you or arriving in about a week if you paid the extra for airmail … surface mail orders will take a few weeks longer so please be patient.

DARK SHADOWS FALL by MARK NICHOLLS is now SOLD OUT.

The following specialist book-dealers have (or when their stock arrives will have) copies:

Borderlands Books (jfeldman@borderlands-books.com) U.S.A.
Camelot Books & Gifts (info@camelotbooks.com) U.S.A.
Cold Tonnage Books (andy@coldtonnage.com) U.K.
Ken Cowley (kencowley@blueyonder.co.uk) U.K.
Chris Drumm Books (Cdrummbks@gmail.com) U.S.A.
Dark Hollow Books (info@darkhollowbooks.com) U.S.A.
Fantastic Literature (simon@fantasticliterature.com) U.K.
Mord Und Musik (info@mordundmusik.at) Austria
Mythos Books (info@mythosbooks.com) U.S.A.
Realms of Fantasy Books (ofilip@nstar.net) U.S.A.
Wrigley-Cross Books (info@wrigleycrossbooks.com) U.S.A.
Ziesing Books (info@ziesings.com) U.S.A.

Thanks to everyone for making this one such a success.

Cheers, Robert.