New Books: August Supplemental
* Fine, Sarah : Of Metal and Wishes
(Simon & Schuster/McElderry 978-1-4424-8358-3, $17.99, 336pp, hardcover, August 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 5 Aug 2014
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781442483606
Young adult novel set in an alternate Asia, about a 16-year-old girl whose father’s medical clinic is located inside a slaughterhouse haunted by a ghost.
• Simon & Schuster’s site has this description with a preview function.
• The Publishers Weekly review concludes, “Fine creates a memorable atmosphere of desperation, deftly weaving together numerous subplots that intersect in a grisly and satisfying climax.”
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* Lockhart, Ross E., & Justin Steele, eds. : The Children of Old Leech: A Tribute to the Carnivorous Cosmos of Laird Barron
(Word Horde 978-1-939905-02-4, $29, 344pp, hardcover, July 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 15 Jul 2014
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 978-1-939905-03-1
Anthology of 17 original stories in honor of horror author Laird Barron.
• Contributors include Gemma Files, Michael Cisco, Jeffrey Thomas, Stephen Graham Jones, and John Langan.
• The publisher’s site has description.
• The Publishers Weekly review says the book is ” a worm-riddled literary playground from elements of the fiction of horror maestro Laird Barron. The results come across with a coherent feeling of dread, without feeling derivative of the source.”
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* O’Connell, Bishop : The Stolen
(Harper/Voyager Impulse 978-0-06-235879-0, $6.99, 464pp, mass market paperback, July 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 5 Aug 2014
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780062358776
• An American Faerie Tale #1
Fantasy novel, first of a series and the author’s first novel, about a woman whose daughter is stolen by faeries.
• HarperCollins’ site has this description.
• Amazon’s “Look Inside” function provides previews.
• Purchase this book from Amazon | Indiebound
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* Smith, Ken Scott : Path of the Reliquary
(Necro Publications 978-1-939065-61-2, $12.95, 256pp, trade paperback, August 2014, cover art Travis Anthony Soumis)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 5 Aug 2014
• The Horseman Chronicles #2
Fantasy novel, second in a series following Host of the Armageddon (2012), about the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.
• The publisher’s site has this description and order page.
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* Spriggs, Robin : The Untold Tales of Ozman Droom
(Anomalous Books 978-0-9634296-6-7, $16.95, 205pp, trade paperback, August 2014, cover art Kelly O)
• Nominal Publication Date: Fri 1 Aug 2014
Fictional biography composed of numerous short chapters of stories and poems.
• The publisher’s site has a description on its titles page (scroll down).
• The Publishers Weekly review concludes, “Medium is the message in this dazzling anti-story, a love letter to the weird. Despite obvious homage to Dunsany and Lovecraft, a distinct vision, lent eerie authority by copious scholarly footnotes and self-referential secondary sources, emerges.”
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* Teppo, Mark : The Court of Lies
(Fairwood Press 978-1-933846-44-6, $16.99, 294pp, trade paperback, July 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Wed 16 Jul 2014
Collection of 17 stories, the author’s first collection. One story, “Sequence”, is previously unpublished.
• Fairwood Press’ site has this description with the PW review and a blurb by Daryl Gregory.
• Amazon’s “Look Inside” function provides previews. (This title has been announced for some months now but was published just this past month; do not believe the Amazon date of March 20.)
• Publishers Weekly gives this a starred review: “Fascinating and quirky characters come together in this excellent collection of short stories by Teppo. … Even the linear plots feature twists and turns, thanks to unreliable narrators. This collection is a true hit for Teppo’s fans and new readers alike.”
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* Thomas, Jonathan : 13 Conjurations
(Hippocampus 978-1-61498-067-4, $20, 278pp, trade paperback, August 2014, cover art Jason C. Eckhardt)
• Nominal Publication Date: Wed 20 Aug 2014
Collection of 13 stories, all apparently original to this book.
• The publisher’s site has this description, with reviews by Hellnotes and Don D’Ammassa.
• The Publishers Weekly review remarks that the stories “are stronger in conception than in execution”.
• Purchase this book from Amazon | Indiebound
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