Monday, September 15, 2008

Robert Dunbar's The Pines to be re-issued for Halloween

THE JERSEY DEVIL STALKS THE PINE BARRENS
Halloween Reissue of Horror Novel


Legends linger in the dark places of the earth … legends as old as fear itself.

Nearly twenty years ago, a horror novel set in the New Jersey Pine Barrens created a sensation. THE PINES was the first novel to explore the lore of the Leeds Devil (one of America’s oldest oral myth traditions). Though heavily expurgated, THE PINES attracted a fiercely partisan following and garnered the kinds of reviews most authors only dream about. This year – just in time for Halloween – Leisure Books will release THE PINES in its first unabridged paperback edition. This constitutes the definitive version, with all previously censored material restored.

Robert Dunbar has often lectured at schools and libraries and has been a guest on numerous television and radio programs, discussing both THE PINES and THE SHORE, a sequel, which moves the action to a Jersey beach town. THE SHORE is also due out shortly in paperback, and THE PINES is currently available for pre-order from both Barnes & Noble and Amazon.com. For more information, contact the author at DunbarRbrt@aol.com.

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PRAISE FOR THE PINES
“Dark, foreboding, menacing, eerie … seductive.”
~ The Philadelphia Inquirer

“Not only a superb thriller but a masterpiece of fiction.”
~ Delaware Valley Magazine

“Bloodcurdling and hauntingly believable.”
~ Wilmington News Journal

“Saturated with sinister presence.”
~ Burlington Tribune

“At last, the Jersey Devil has come out of hiding.”
~ Atlantic City Magazine

“The way great horror should be written.”
~ HellNotes

“Riveting and chilling.”
~ Rave Reviews
“Captures all the mad poetry of the midnight woods and their legendary dweller.”
~ The Mage

“Intelligent, frightening and plausible … one of the most finely crafted horror novels of the past three decades. Publication of this restored edition gives the book’s current fans cause to rejoice and will help Dunbar’s powerful book find the place it deserves among the classics of modern horror."
~ Weird New Jersey Magazine


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Deep within the Pine Barrens of New Jersey, a series of macabre murders draws ever nearer to the isolated farmhouse where a lonely woman struggles to raise her strange, disturbed son. Does some ancient evil prowl these woods? The boy seems to be in league with a presence that makes itself felt in every rustle of wind … in every gleam of moonlight. As a wave of terrifying violence threatens to engulf them, the young mother must join with a group of demon hunters – outcasts all – in a battle for her own survival… and for the life and soul of her son.

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For more information, visitwww.DunbarAuthor.com

Thursday, September 11, 2008

Fenham Publlishing announces new C.M. Eddy Jr. Book

Fenham Publishing announces the release of C. M. Eddy, Jr.'s second collection of short stories.

NOW AVAILABLE


The Loved Dead and Other Tales
By C. M. Eddy, Jr.

Trade Paperback
ISBN 9780970169921
Fenham Publishing
$16.95


Synopsis
This second collection of C.M. Eddy, Jr.'s thirteen short stories showcases his Weird Tales creations together with a variety of other tales from that era. Taken from the original handwritten manuscripts, they demonstrate the diversity and range he displayed as an author. The thirteen tales in this volume run the gamut from the title story of a person's dark descent into unspeakable acts, to tales of mad scientists, neanderthals, phantoms, and ancient curses. Many are reprinted together here for the first time since they graced the pages of the pulp magazines back in the early part of the 20th century.

About the author
C. M. Eddy, Jr. was an author best known for his horror and supernatural short stories. He began his career writing for a broad range of pulp fiction genres in the early 1900's, including detective mystery and weird macabre. He is best remembered for his work in Weird Tales magazine. Born in 1896, he died in 1967, living most of his life in Providence, Rhode Island. During his early years he was a friend and confidant to both H. P. Lovecraft and Harry Houdini. He was a member of Lovecraft's inner circle of friends and authors as well as a ghostwriter and investigator for Houdini.


For any further information or to inquire about other titles available contact:

Fenham Publishing
P.O. Box 767
Narragansett, RI 02882
www.fenhampublishing.com