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“Entranced hilarity was perhaps his first but certainly not his only reaction when from a hidden bed of shadows he gazed upon the place and its curious workings. Complex hybrids and cross-breeds of sentiments were born from each strange menage of mind, emotions, and senses. So this was what it was like to live outside the austere atmosphere of the lunar visionary--to, in fact, live at all in any proper sense of the word. The place, to put it plainly and without the evocations of vagueness, was... was something quite similar in principal to what a complete outsider's conception of a slaughterhouse might be. The beasts themselves did not make any audible sound, standing uniformly docile, cornered in fragile corrals. To his hearing, however, their very silence seemed a kind of music, a sterile harmony as pure as the white of their hides, the white lines of their elegant necks and glassy manes. And they all remained unspattered despite the gloomy filth that seemed to be everywhere, even rising from the ground as a gray ghost of steam.” |
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Grimscribe Press Presents GLASS STORIES by Ivy Grimes |
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Apr 30, 2024 - 8:30 PM - by dr. locrian
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Cover reveal from Grimscribe Press! Art by Jesse Peper!
Those who wish to buy one of the 50 limited edition hardcovers may pre-order here. Cloth, dust jacket, 70# paper. As of this post, 21 of the 50 books remain unsold.
The book is 142 pp. and will be released on August 21, 2024.
A collection by LC von Hessen will drop in October 2024. Stay tuned! Grimes and von Hessen are two of our favorite VASTARIEN veteran authors, and we're thrilled to be publishing both their debut collections this year.
GLASS STORIES by Ivy Grimes
Synopsis
Glass Stories by Ivy Grimes is a collection of seventeen darkly weird and humorous tales that reflect the essence of Angela Carter, Shirley Jackson, Kelly Link, and Haruki Murakami’s storytelling. Grimes explores the spectral nature of glass in everyday objects, taking readers from purgatory to the Bible Belt, through narratives that shimmer with the uncanny and the absurd. An old woman invites two strangers into her glass tower, a woman gives birth under the glow of a glass gift from her late mother, a bookstore clerk’s mundane existence is shattered by a glass book, and a man untangles his mother’s fears through a glass oddity. From the menacing presence of a glass angel to a glass pet protector who eats light, each story is a pane that illuminates the characters’ deepest trials and whims. We witness a teen reinventing herself amidst glass coffins, two elderly brothers opening old wounds in a glass museum, a bride bedazzled by a glass apple given to her as a wedding present, an aggrieved daughter trapped atop a glass mountain by her father, and a captive woman who glimpses salvation through a mirror. The singular tales in Glass Stories entrance and delight.
Table of Contents
Glass Tower
Glass Mother
Glass Book
Glass Clue
Glass Turtle
Glass Art
Glass Coffins
Glass Museums
Glass Angel
Looking Glass
Glass Pet
Glass Piano
Glass Mountain
Glass Pills
Glass Cabbage
Glass House
Glass Apple
About the Author
Ivy Grimes was born in Alabama and currently lives in Virginia. She is very quiet and enjoys puzzles. Her stories have appeared in Vastarien, Interzone, the Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, hex, ergot., Seize the Press, and elsewhere. Also available are a chapbook of short stories called Grime Time and a novella called Star Shapes. Visit her at Ivy Grimes Writer of strange stories.
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CADABRA RECORDS: "The Tsalal" by Thomas Ligotti |
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Feb 23, 2024 - 3:00 PM - by dr. locrian
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This Cadabra Records Ligotti double album, to me, with astonishing art by Grady Gordon, is the most aesthetically pleasing work they've produced to date. Yes, I'm biased. But dear Yog, this is gorgeous.
"ON SALE NOW! The Tsalal by Thomas Ligotti 2x LP set. Read by Jon Padgett and scored by Chris Bozzone. Liner notes by Michael Cisco. Packaged in a triple panel gatefold sleeve with art by Grady Gordon. Oversees customers can purchase through Psilowave. We have less than 100x copies to go around, so don’t sleep on this incredible production!!"
If you really want to know Ligotti's take on all things TSALAL, buy this. It begs to be heard read aloud.
Buy here if in the states.
Buy here if overseas (only 4 left!)
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Nightlands |
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Mar 13, 2024 - 11:27 PM - by bendk
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"We’re soon to launch a brand new magazine we’re calling Nightlands. Each issue is dedicated to a corresponding book. Our very first issue is themed after the Ligotti and Trenz screenplays and is only available through purchase of Michigan Basement. Each issue will average between 24 to 36 pages and will be sold for printing costs, included in the price of our books. Every few issues will be collected and expanded with additional material and sold individually as single volumes. In the near future we have titles by Mark Samuels, Matthew M. Bartlett, Thomas Ligotti, T. E. D. Klein, H. P. Lovecraft with more to come, so you can only imagine how fun this magazine is going to be. Shown is cover art by Joe Keinberger and back cover art by Dave Felton."
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