Shadows & Tall Trees

If  anyone in North America is interested in reserving a copy of Apparitions before the publication on Halloween, I’m taking reservations (but no money, yet), and I will ship the book free of charge, a $5 savings.  Once the book is in hand, sometime mid-October, I will contact you via e-mail with PayPal (or alternate) payment instructions.

Unfortunately, shipping costs overseas are quite prohibitive and I cannot make the same offer to overseas customers.  Sorry.  You can still reserve the title now, though, with no prepayment.  And I hope you will, of course.

The book is priced as follows:

$14.95 U.S customers (free shipping with reservation)

$16.95 Canadian customers (free shipping with reservation)

$14.95 (in U. S. Funds) for U. K. and overseas customers + $10 shipping.

To reserve a copy of the title, please send an e-mail to undertowbooks@gmail.com with RESERVE in the subject field.

Thanks very much for all the support.  I really do appreciate it.

Best

-Michael

Here, in alphabetical order, are the talented contributors to Apparitions. Erin S. Wells did the cover art, and Steve Upham did the design.

Simon Bestwick – The Suicide Chairs

Gary A. Braunbeck – Coming Soon

Michael Colangelo – Behind the Black

Christopher Conlon – A Certain Slant of Light

Steve Duffy – Certain Death For a Known Person

Patricia Esposito – Finishing the Dig

Gemma Files – The Jacaranda Smile

Paul Finch – Men of Old

Joel Lane – High Water

Gary McMahon – Proof

Jessica Reisman – Incantation

Iain Rowan – There Stood the Dead

Barbara Roden – Home on the Range

There’s a glut of small presses out there.  And now there’s another one.  Welcome to Undertow Publications!

This new literary endeavour was created specifically to publish the anthology Apparitions, which has been a pet project of mine for quite some time now.  The anthology had a good home at a respected small press, but, for reasons too many and varied to recite here, I’ve decided to publish the book myself.

This is a first, tiny step.  Actually, it’s the second step, as I published a small chapbook, Triptych, last year.  Apparitions may be a one-off.  We’ll see.  My hope is that it’ll do well enough (meaning I don’t lose my shirt) that I’ll be able to do it annually each Halloween.  Who doesn’t love a ghost story anthology at Halloween?

I’m still finalizing the table of contents.  I’ll post it soon.  Aficionados of the ghost story, or strange tales, will certainly recognize some of the authors.  It’s an eclectic and interesting bunch, all with great tales to tell.

As I’m still working things out in this new venture, you’ll have to bear with me as I get the site up to snuff.  For now, I do not have a shopping cart.  I hope to rectify that.  If you’re interested in ordering the book, please feel free to send me an e-mail.

Here’s a preview of the preliminary cover.  The art is by Erin Wells, and the design is by Steve Upham.  They`re both massively talented.