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Hi All,

Happy to say Rosalie Parker's THE OLD KNOWLEDGE has been reprinted and is now shipping!

Also, R.B. Russell's GHOSTS is due too be reprinted soon (and will even be reissued with the bonus CD!) I'm now taking pre-orders, though CDs are limited.

I also hope to have the details of Mark Valentine's SELECTED STORIES available soon.

All can be found here:

The Swan River Press

Best,
Brian

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Old Albert has arrived and will be shipping at the end of the week! Photos are on the Swan River Press Facebook page, and orders can be placed at the usual place: The Swan River Press

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Please note Mark Valentine's SELECTED STORIES is available for pre-order .

The Swan River Press

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It's true!

Selected Stories
by Mark Valentine

Printings: November 2012 (300)
Cover image by Jason Zerrillo
Style: Dust jacketed hardback
Length: 186 pages
ISBN: 978-0-9566587-6-0

Available for pre-order.
Details may vary slightly at time of publication.

"Nothing lasts! The faun sleeps, / Smiling, mute, remorseless." — Ludmilla Jevsejeva, Autuna Melodio

In St. Petersburg, amidst an uneasy truce with the revolution, there exists a secret trade in looted ikons. But who are the dark strangers seeking for the Gate of the Archangel? In the small town of Tzern, news arrives of the death of the Emperor; meanwhile a postmaster, a priest, a prophet and a war-wearied soldier watch the dawn for signs of the future. Constantinople: A quest for the lost faiths of the former Ottoman Empire leads a French scholar to believe that the strangest may also be the truest. On the edges of Europe, exiles and idealists meet in a café to talk of their hopes—while sinister forces begin to march. These stories, exquisitely told by Mark Valentine, are about individuals caught up in the endings of old empires—and of what comes next.

Contents
A Certain Power
The Dawn at Tzern
A Walled Garden on the Bosphoros
Carden in Capaea
The Bookshop in Novy Svet
The Autumn Keeper
The Amber Cigarette
The Ka of Astarakahn
The Original Light
The Unrest at Aachen
The Mascarons of the Late Empire
Acknowledgments

Mark Valentine is the author of several volumes of short stories including The Collected Connoisseur (Tartarus 2010) and Secret Europe (Ex Occidente Press 2012), both shared titles with John Howard. He has also written a biography of Arthur Machen (Seren 1990); and Time, a Falconer (Tartarus Press 2011), a study of the diplomat and fantasist "Sarban". He currently edits Wormwood, a journal of the literature of the fantastic, supernatural and decadent.

[Nemonymous]

That's great news, Brian. Good to see these stories reprinted in a more accessible form.

If anyone wants even more MV stories, I hope nobody minds me mentioning that there are those I have been proud to publish, viz:

Undergrowth - Zencore (2007)
The Man Who Made The Yellow God - Null Immortalis (2010)
You Walk The Pages - The Horror Anthology of Horror Anthologies (2011)
Without Instruments - The First Book of Classical Horror Stories (2012)

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The Man Who Made The Yellow God - Null Immortalis (2010) - that's a great title. I'd love to read the story, is it still available, Des?
I have read all of the stories collected in the Swan River Press book, and you are in for a treat if you haven't.

[Nemonymous]

Hi, yes, I think I have read all the stories in this excellent new available selection of Mark Valentine stories in the Swan River Press book while reading and real-time reviewing them before in the Ex Occidente books.

Yes, the Yellow God story is still available in NULL IMMORTALIS book....
Des

[bjs435]

Anyone interested in a new interview with Mark Valentine?

The Swan River Press - Interviews

Selected Stories is nearing completion and will be sent to the printer shortly! Still time to secure a copy.

Best,
Brian

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ATTENTION ARTISTS!

We need cover art for the forthcoming Swan River Press Sampler ebook anthology! And so we've decided to hold a competition:

The winner's artwork will adorn the cover of the Sampler for first half of 2013. Artwork dimensions should be 198 mm x 129 mm (oriented portrait, as opposed to landscape), and in keeping with the Swan River Press aesthetic (we're really not into scarecrows with demonic skeleton heads and the like, sorry). You can have at past book Swan River Press book covers as your guide, but otherwise be creative.

The deadline is 10 November 2012. Up to three submissions of original artwork per person, please email Brian J. Showers, or send files in a private message through the Swan River Press Facebook page. Looking forward to seeing all the wonderful pieces! Good luck!

The Swan River Press-Competition

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For those who don't already know, we're now on Twitter:

Swan River Press (SwanRiverPress) on Twitter

We'll be announcing our next book here first (in the nearish future) .

Best,
Brian