First off, everybody . . .

Let’s all wish Joel Lane a happy birthday wherever he is and whatever he’s doing. Have a good one, mate.

The seasons are changing. Autumn—or ‘fall’—is here, and mighty welcome it is, too. But maybe that’s just for me and my kind for, when all is said and done, October is a rare month for boys.

The wind off the North Sea is building up, rattling the doors in their frames and the keys in their locks, while the big waves scatter pebbles across the lonely nighttime promenade.

Nicky and I sometimes go out for a walk later in the evening, either along the seafront, just a few minutes from the cozy warmth of the many reception rooms in PS Towers or down the old grassy path that was once the train track leading to the delightful Land of Green Ginger in the nearby fabled town of Hull (city of culture for 2017, lest you forget). Hats, scarves and mittens have been rescued from the big cardboard boxes in the PS Towers cloakrooms, drafted into active service once more, and the time is coming when Mike and I must abandon our shorts for another year and lock legs into denim and corderoy. Shame!

We're now three weeks—

—three weeks this very day—away from the start of the festivities at FantasyCon and you’ll know by now (if you’re receiving the Convention updates) that Joe Hill (pictured left, standing with Pete) will be joining us for some of the fun. And there’ll be an announcement, too, plus (we hope! if all goes well!) a special promotional giveaway: for truly, something special this way comes.

Which is a neato neato way . . .

. . . of segueing into our formal announcement of a very special edition of Ray Bradbury’s SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES which comes in two hardcover states:

  • a limited numbered edition (just 474 copies priced at £60) signed by Glenn Chadbourne (artist) and me (introducer), housed in an illustrated slipcase and including the original short story ‘The Black Ferris’, the inspiration for that most wonderful of novels, and which features fifteen specially commissioned knock-‘em-dead illustrations from Glenn Chadbourne; and
  • a lettered edition (yeah, just 26—twenty-six—copies) housed in a custom-made oversized traycase which (in addition to all of the above) will be signed by Ray—yes, Ray’s own signature, not a facsimile, which just goes to show how long we’ve had this baby in the works, right?! Priced at £595, we’re expecting interest to be high on this item so we’re suggesting you don’t dawdle too long in deciding whether or not to buy a copy.

​Okay, that’s all there is new this week . . .

Or should I say all there is to tell you about, anyways—so I’ll close with a listing of expected book-arrivals (please note that most of these will most likely not include the deluxe state—we’re still waiting for slipcases on several titles):

Yesterday (1 October)

Today (2 October)

8 October

  • WHITE SPAWN by Marc Laidlaw (more to come in future newsletters)

9 October

13 October

14 October

19 October

20 October

TBC (November/December)

And that’s the lot!

And that’s the lot. Dental visit this morning—shudder!—and then the slow and lazy start-up to the weekend and all it promises. I hope you and those you hold special have a glorious few days ahead, whatever you’re doing . . . but try spare a little time for some reading!

Pete

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