Eternal Frankenstein Table of Contents

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Editor Ross E. Lockhart has revealed the full Table of Contents for his upcoming anthology ETERNAL FRANKENSTEIN, HERE.

ETERNAL FRANKENSTEIN – TABLE OF CONTENTS
Amber-Rose Reed – Torso Heart Head
Siobhan Carroll – Thermidor
Autumn Christian – Sewn Into Her Fingers
Rios de la Luz – Orchids by the Sea
Edward Morris – Frankenstein Triptych
Michael Griffin – The Human Alchemy
Betty Rocksteady – Postpartum
Scott R. Jones – Living
Tiffany Scandal – They Call Me Monster
Damien Angelica Walters – Sugar and Spice and Everything Nice
Orrin Grey – Baron von Werewolf Presents: Frankenstein Against the Phantom Planet
Nathan Carson – Wither on the Vine, or Strickfadden’s Monster
Anya Martin – The Un-Bride, or No Gods and Marxists
G. D. Falksen – The New Soviet Man
Kristi DeMeester – The Beautiful Thing We Will Become
David Templeton – Mary Shelley’s Body

ETERNAL FRANKENSTEIN will be released on Word Horde in October, 2016.

An Ideal Retreat is Coming from Dim Shores

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Since the beginning, I’ve been following Dim Shores, the excellent small press. Sam Cowan has been announcing and releasing one amazing illustrated limited chapbook after another.

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This morning, Dim Shores announced the release of the expected September release of AN IDEAL RETREAT, written by me and with art by Mikio Murakami. Here is the full Dim Shores release announcement:

There are three new chapbook announcements coming this week. First up: “An Ideal Retreat,” written by Michael Griffin with art from Mikio Murakami!

Michael Griffin’s stories have appeared in magazines like Apex, Black Static, Lovecraft eZine and Strange Aeons , and such anthologies as the Shirley Jackson Award winner The Grimscribe’s Puppets, the Laird Barron tribute The Children of Old Leech, and Cthulhu Fhtagn! His standalone novella Far From Streets was published by Dunhams Manor Press, and his debut collection The Lure of Devouring Light will be published by Word Horde in April, 2016. His work is upcoming in Leaves of a Necronomicon, Autumn Cthulhu, Nightscript 2 and Eternal Frankenstein.

Michael blogs about books and writing at griffinwords.com. On Twitter, he generally posts as @mgsoundvisions and writing-specific news appears as @griffinwords. He’s also an electronic ambient musician and founder of Hypnos Recordings, an ambient music record label he operates with his wife in Portland, Oregon.

Mikio Murakami is a Japenese-Canadian graphic designer. He specializes in cover art, T-shirts, logos and drinking bad coffee. He founded SILENT Q DESIGN in Montreal in 2006 and has done work for a number of Canadian and international bands.

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“An Ideal Retreat” is scheduled for publication in September.

There’s no art yet, and the story is not entirely finished. I don’t have exact word count but expect this will be on the lengthier side of Dim Shores releases. As more information becomes available, you’ll see announcements on Facebook by me, Sam and Mikio, as well as on the Dim Shores site and the Griffinwords blog.

I’m very pleased and excited to have a chance to be part of Dim Shores, to collaborate with the very talented Sam Cowan and Mikio Murakami.”

2015 Favorite Reads – The Pulse Between Dimensions and the Desert by Rios de la Luz

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The Pulse Between Dimensions and the Desert by Rios de la Luz is one of my favorite reads of 2015 in the Collections category. It was released by Ladybox Books, a new imprint of Broken River Books.

On Goodreads I wrote:
Varies between density and weightlessness, with a pleasing Magical Realist quality that isn’t overused. Really well crafted, sensitive and strong writing.

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The Pulse Between Dimensions and the Desert on GoodReads

The Pulse Between Dimensions and the Desert on Amazon

“The Human Alchemy” Will Appear in Eternal Frankenstein

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My novelette “THE HUMAN ALCHEMY” has been accepted by editor Ross E. Lockhart to appear in his upcoming anthology ETERNAL FRANKENSTEIN, to be published by Word Horde. The story is set in a Gothic castle way up on Mt. Hood, Oregon. It’s one of my favorite pieces of my own writing, and I’m delighted it will appear in a book where lots of people will see it!

There’s no cover yet (at least not that I’ve seen) but lots of great writers posted on Facebook about being accepted for the book, so the table of contents promises to be wonderful and varied. Ross Lockhart always does a great job blending diverse and energetic work into an interesting whole. My thanks to Ross for letting me be part of this work, and congratulations to all the other writers. The book should appear in October, 2016.

Nightscript Volume II

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Editor C.M. Muller has posted the contents of the second volume of Nightscripts

LINK: https://chthonicmatter.wordpress.com/2016/03/01/nightscript-vol-ii/

The table of contents starts off with my story “The Carnival Arrives in Darkness,” and continues with a great-looking assortment of writers. I’m very pleased to be connected with this, and October 2016 is the expected release date. My thanks to C.M. Muller, and congratulations on what I expect to be another winner.

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2015 Favorite Reads – Jigsaw Youth by Tiffany Scandal

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Jigsaw Youth by Tiffany Scandal is one of my favorite reads of 2015 – though whether this is a collection of stories sharing one character, or a jigsaw novel, is uncertain. I’d call it the latter. It was published early in 2015 by Ladybox Books, a new imprint of Broken River Books.

Most often here, I read and talk about and write Weird and Horror fiction, and this isn’t either of those things, but I think the emotional intensity and darkness of will appeal to many fans of those genres. This is good, gritty stuff.

On Goodreads I wrote:
Raw, visceral and sensitive stories that form a jigsaw novel. Tough and unrefined in the best sense. Definitely recommended.

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Jigsaw Youth on GoodReads

Jigsaw Youth on Amazon

Cover Reveal for The Lure of Devouring Light

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As you may have noticed, the book was announced without cover art. Some of you went ahead and preordered anyway, based on your confidence in Word Horde, or maybe even in my work, and I thank you for that.

But while we shouldn’t judge a book by its cover, I think writers, editors and publishers can all agree we’re happier when our books have a cover that suits the contents, that looks cool and attractive, and makes people think, “I want to know what that’s about.”

I’ll have more to say about the idea of book covers, and the process of finding the right image, but for now… here’s the cover of The Lure of Devouring Light.

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The art is by Jarek Kubicki and layout by Scott R. Jones, so they deserve the credit for this striking cover. I also really appreciate Ross E. Lockhart taking my input throughout the process. Ross is the reason Word Horde books have all looked so great, even though they’re all very different in style.

Word Horde’s official cover reveal post is HERE.

The updated image may not show up on the order page until later today, but you can preorder The Lure of Devouring Light HERE.