Happy New Year!, Deathlehem Update, and Cover Reveal
Happy New Year!
Well, 2023 is finally over and 2024 is underway. We hope the new year brings you health, happiness, and success.
Deathlehem Update
Deathlehem 2023 has seen the most submissions ever, to the point where we were still reading manuscripts in December, as a majority of them were received in October and November, and some well into December. We were surprised and happy to see so many wanting to be part of our annual Christmas charity anthology. Sadly, however, a majority of the stories either had happy endings (a No-No in Deathlehem) or were not Christmas stories. As of this writing, there are only four definites and two maybes toward the 25 available slots. We still plan on putting out Volume 10 of the series as soon as we can fill the available slots.
The Best of Deathlehem collection has also seen some stumbling blocks, as we had to chase down contracts. We also ran into the problem of authors having changed their email addresses, making them unreachable. As a result, we had to go back to the drawing board and select alternates. We still plan on publishing this volume as well, once we can get all the contracts back.
We would like to thank you in advance for your patience.
Cover Reveal — Leo Darke’s Sawney Bone
We’ve also been busy working on our first release of 2024, Sawney Bone by Leo Darke, the author of Lucifer Sam and Pandemonium.
From the 17th century and Scottish cannibal Sawney Bean's reign of terror to the 20th century and a runaway child hiding in an ominous cave, two destinies become entwined and an evil course is set.
Mild-mannered Jack Breen works in a video shop in Bristol, living out a dull, uncomplicated existence. But Jack has no clue as to how complicated his life is about to become when a menacing figure walks in asking for "the sickest film you've got."
Bane, proprietor of the horror-themed pub The Slaughter, has an obsession with darkness, death—and Jack himself.
As their lives become intertwined, Bane's tormenting of Jack becomes increasingly dangerous. When the evil reaches out to touch his friends with horrific results, he's determined to put a stop to it, no matter the cost.
Jack’s final conflict with Bane results in a disturbing journey deeper into the darkness within himself as he takes a bus ride down the Sawney Bean trail right into hell. You've got your ticket, now take your seat, the Maniacal Mystery Tour’s about to begin.
A 101 Ways to Hell novel set in the 1990s, Sawney Bone is by Leo Darke, the infamous author of Lucifer Sam and Pandemonium.
Look for Sawney Bone in late February/early March.