Showing posts with label Steve Rasnic Tem. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Steve Rasnic Tem. Show all posts

Monday, September 23, 2019

Latest hardback edition in for EXPLORING DARK SHORT FICTION #4: A PRIMER TO JEFFREY FORD


Received the latest hardback edition of EXPLORING DARK SHORT FICTION #4: A PRIMER TO JEFFREY FORD!

This is the fourth volume in this Primer Series. These beautiful laminate-cased deluxe Library-inspired editions are available through Dark Moon Books or Amazon.com!

Collect them all!

Volume #1: Steve Rasnic Tem (July, 2017)
Volume #2: Kaaron Warren (May, 2018)
Volume #3: Nisi Shawl (December, 2018)
Volume #4: Jeffrey Ford (September, 2019)
Volume #5: Han Song (Scheduled for: 2020) (original translations of his Chinese work by Nathaniel Isaacson, PhD)
Volume #6: Ramsey Campbell (Scheduled for: 2020)

EXPLORING DARK SHORT FICTION #4: A PRIMER TO JEFFREY FORD, available at: https://www.amazon.com/Exploring-Dark-Short-Fiction-Jeffrey/dp/1949491110/

Commentary by Michael Arnzen
Artwork by Michelle Prebich



Wednesday, October 25, 2017

New Blog Post at RA FOR ALL: HORROR discussing my new PRIMER series


Thanks so much to Becky Spratford (Readers’ Advisory specialist, librarian, and founder of RA for All) and RA FOR ALL: HORROR for hosting my blog post today discussing my new Primer Series on modern authors of short horror fiction and why they deserve to be further studied! http://raforallhorror.blogspot.com/2017/10/31-days-of-horror-day-25-guest-post-by.html

With academic commentary by Michael Arnzen, PhD, and gorgeous interior illustrations by artist Michelle Prebich, book #1 launched a few months ago, and I have the next three lined up for 2018 release.

EXPLORING DARK SHORT FICTION: A PRIMER TO:

#1: Steve Rasnic Tem (July, 2017)
#2: Kaaron Warren (ETA early 2018)
#3: Nisi Shawl (ETA Spring, 2018)
#4: Jeffrey Ford (ETA Mid-2018)

Published by DARK MOON BOOKS at: http://www.darkmoonbooks.com/Books.html




Friday, July 14, 2017

EXPLORING DARK SHORT FICTION #1: A PRIMER TO STEVE RASNIC TEM is now available!!


My first book as a publisher just went live!!!!

The first in a series of scholarly primers, introducing and exploring modern masters of literary dark short fiction: “EXPLORING DARK SHORT FICTION #1: A PRIMER TO STEVE RASNIC TEM,” published through my press, Dark Moon Books.

Line up the cigars, 'cause it’s like the birth of a new child. And immense thanks and gratitude to Michael Arnzen for his sharp commentary throughout the book, and Michelle Prebich for her gorgeous interior artwork, and especially to Steve Rasnic Tem for consenting to this project!

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Available for sale here:

(Paperback): https://www.amazon.com/Exploring-Dark-Short-Fiction-Primer/dp/0998827525/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1500048816&sr=8-1

(ebook): https://www.amazon.com/dp/B073VY4GKN/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1500048816&sr=8-1&keywords=Exploring+Dark+Short+Fiction+%231%3A+A+Primer+to+Steve+Rasnic+Tem
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Back Copy Description:

For over four decades, Steve Rasnic Tem has been an acclaimed author of horror, weird, and sentimental fiction. Hailed by Publishers Weekly as “A perfect balance between the bizarre and the straight-forward” and Library Journal as “One of the most distinctive voices in imaginative literature,” Steve Rasnic Tem has been read and cherished the world over for his affecting, genre-crossing tales.

Dark Moon Books and editor Eric J. Guignard bring you this introduction to his work, the first in a series of primers exploring modern masters of literary dark short fiction. Herein is a chance to discover—or learn more of—the rich voice of Steve Rasnic Tem, as beautifully illustrated by artist Michelle Prebich.

Included within these pages are:

• Six short stories, one written exclusively for this book
• Author interview
• Complete bibliography
• Academic commentary by Michael Arnzen, PhD (former humanities chair and professor of the year, Seton Hill University)
• … and more!

Enter this doorway to the vast and fantastic: Get to know Steve Rasnic Tem.

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Table of Contents includes:

Introduction by Eric J. Guignard
Steve Rasnic Tem: A Biography
Hungry (fiction)
Hungry: A Commentary
The Last Moments Before Bed (fiction)
The Last Moments Before Bed: A Commentary
In These Final Days of Sales (fiction)
In These Final Days of Sales: A Commentary
The Giveaway (fiction)
The Giveaway: A Commentary
Rat Catcher (fiction)
Rat Catcher: A Commentary
Whatever You Want (fiction)
Whatever You Want: A Commentary
Why Steve Rasnic Tem Matters by Michael Arnzen, PhD
In Conversation with Steve Rasnic Tem
The Subject Matter of Horror: An Essay by Steve Rasnic Tem
A Bibliography of English Language Fiction for Steve Rasnic Tem



Tuesday, April 18, 2017

Cover art reveal for: EXPLORING DARK SHORT FICTION #1: A PRIMER TO STEVE RASNIC TEM


Finished mocking up front cover art & layout for probably the first release of rebranded (and now my own!) publishing house, Dark Moon Books!:

Book 1 in a series, for the brilliant Steve Rasnic Tem --> EXPLORING DARK SHORT FICTION #1: A PRIMER TO STEVE RASNIC TEM


With commentary by
Michael Arnzen, PhD and amazing interior illustrations by Michelle Prebich!