The stories included are:

Lucien E.G. Spelman – “The Stain of the Psychopomp King”
Naomi Bell – “Dust”
Joel L Murr – “The Franchise”
Aaron Polson – “Cargo”
Derek Rutherford – “Yellow Water Pike”
Robert Neilson – “Nightwork”

Our congratulations go out to all those writers. Thanks for making Dark Pages such an awesome book. If you haven’t got your copy yet, get it here!

Also mentioned on the list is:

Bill Congreve – “The Traps of Tumut”, which originally appeared in Aurealis 43. That story is reprinted in Bill’s collection, Souls Along The Meridian, which is another Blade Red Press book. You can get that one here.

So congratulations to Bill too!

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All you need to do is go to the relevant page and purchase the book and then use the code RAE50 at checkout to apply the discounts. Direct links below. Go get ‘em:

Ghost Of The Black.

Souls Along The Meridian.

Dark Pages 1.

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Huge congratulations to our fantastic editor, Brenton Tomlinson, and to all the great authors in this collection. This is your accolade, all of you.

Full details of the Awards shortlists are here.

If you haven’t got your copy of Dark Pages yet, why the hell not? It’s been nominated for an award, after all. Get it here!

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If you haven’t got a copy of this great collection yet, all you need to know is here. Print and ebook versions are available, so whatever your preference, get yourself a copy now.

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Come along and join in the fun:

Infinitas Bookshop
Shop 22 Civic Arcade, 48-50 George St
Parramatta, Australia

From 11am. Tell your friends!

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All the details and other purchase options for the book can be found here.

Please share this news, tell your friends and family and let’s get Bill’s fantastic work noticed by a wider audience.

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I’m constantly amazed that despite the limited, if any, promise of monetary returns gained by publishing independent books there are still bold, proud individuals out there who feel it’s their destiny to take the plunge. We should be thankful of these individuals, such as those behind Blade Red Press otherwise little gems like Dark Pages would never see the light of day.

Chosen from over 250 submissions, the fourteen stories collected in Dark Pages strike at the heart of the individual’s deepest desires and fears. Editor Brenton Tomlinson chose these stories because of their ability to excite “painful emotions”.

You can read the whole review here.

If you haven’t got your copy yet, why not? It’s awesome. All the details here.

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Souls Along The Meridian by Bill Congreve
Cover artwork is once again provided by the awesomely talented Halinka Orszulok.

Australia’s godfather of horror, Robert Hood, says:

“A long-overdue collection from a writer generally known for publishing the best work of his peers but whose own stories are powerful, insightful and at the top of the game.

Brutally satirical, humanely sorrowful or replete with blood, gristle and darkness, Bill Congreve’s tales explore the depths of the human and inhuman soul and linger in the heart and mind long after reading them.”

Official blurb:

Souls Along The Meridian is the latest collection of short fiction from William J Atheling award-winning Australian dark fiction author Bill Congreve.

Each story bears Congreve’s hallmark style – dark, prosaic and thought-provoking. From contemporary ghost stories to apocalyptic futures, from a deserted amusement park in an isolated town to the claustrophobic depths of the London Underground to the heat-drenched brutality of the Australian outback. These are tales of things we all hope and fear might just exist, somewhere, far from the safety of our lives.

Souls Along The Meridian is a book of dark futures and dreams. As the title story shows us, it is also a book about staying true to oneself in the face of whatever the world might throw at us.

Prepare to be provoked and entertained.

“A damn good writer.” Stephen Dedman

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The book is only AU$15.00, including postage, anywhere in the world. We can’t say fairer than that!

If you have any problems, please contact us.

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You can find the Amazon Kindle edition here.

You can find multiple format ebook editions at Smashwords here.

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