Tales of Dark Fantasy 2

Subterranean Press news: All of the stories for Subterranean: Tales of Dark Fantasy 2, edited by William Schafer, are in hand, and the book has been designed and undergone its first round of proofing. The cover illustration is by Dave McKean. The anthology includes the Joe Hill's "Wolverton Station", Kelley Armstrong's "Chivalrous", David Prill's "A Pulp Called Joe", "Smelling Darkness", a new Black Company novelette by Glen Cook, and "A Room with a View", by K. J. Parker. Dark Fantasy 2 is 20,000 words longer than the first volume in the series, Subterranean: Tales of Dark Fantasy.

If you order the limited edition you'll also receive a copy of The Cases of Dana Roberts, a chapbook by Joe R Lansdale. Ordering information is available on Sub Press's website.

Clash of the Geeks

Wil Wheaton, John Scalzi and Subterranean Press have announced Clash of the Geeks, a special and fantastical electronic chapbook. It features stories by Wheaton, Scalzi, New York Times bestseller Patrick Rothfuss, Norton Award winner and Hugo Best Novel nominee Catherynne M. Valente, Hugo and Nebula Award nominee Rachel Swirsky, and others, and is for the benefit of the Michigan/Indiana affiliate of the Lupus Alliance of America.

The chapbook is available in multiple DRM-free electronic formats here. It is free to download, but voluntary payment is strongly encouraged, via Paypal or by tax-deductible donation. All proceeds from this chapbook will go to the Michigan/Indiana affiliate of the Lupus Alliance of America.

Dread Island by Joe R Lansdale

Subterranean Press has announced Dread Island, a major new novella by Joe R. Lansdale, an 84 page, printed in two colors mash-up of Huck Finn, Brer Rabbit, and Lovecraftian Horrors. Expect publication in the fall.

"Dread Island appears but once a month, in deepest fog. During its current appearance, Tom Sawyer is trapped, and it's up to Huck Finn and Jim to save him before sunrise or lose their friend forever. Here's a taste of Lansdale's narrative voice in the tale:

'This here story is a good'n, and just about every word of it is true. It's tempting to just jump to the part about where we seen them horrible things, and heads was pulled off and we was in a flying machine and such. But I ain't gonna do it, cause Jim says that ain't the way to tell a proper yarn.'"

Pricing and ordering details can be found here.

The King of Elves by Philip K Dick

This just received from Subterranean Press, exciting news for Dick fans:

"More than two decades ago, another small press issued The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick in a hardcover edition limited to only 500 sets. Earlier this year, the Dick estate approached us to see if we'd issue them in hardcover again, with a uniform set of dust jackets by Bill Sienkiewicz, two stories that weren't in the previous collected set, as well as additional story notes.

We enthusiastically said yes, and The King of the Elves is the first volume of our set, due in December. As our description notes: The King of the Elves is the opening installment of a uniform, five-volume edition of The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick, expanded from the previous Collected Stories set to incorporate new story notes, and two added tales, one previously unpublished, and one uncollected. This generous collection contains 22 stories and novellas including Dick's first published story, "Beyond Lies the Wub," together with such landmark tales as "The Preserving Machine," in which an attempt to preserve our fragile cultural heritage takes an unexpected turn, "The Variable Man," a brilliantly imagined novella encompassing war, time travel, and the varied uses of technology, and the title story, in which Shadrach Jones, owner of a dilapidated gas station in Colorado, stumbles into an ongoing war between trolls and elves, and encounters a fantastic - and utterly unexpected - destiny. Like the best of Dick's novels, these stories offer a wide variety of narrative and intellectual pleasures, and provide an ideal introduction to one of the singular imaginations of the modern era."

Ordering and price details can be found on the Sub Press website.

Counterfeit Magic by Kelley Armstrong

Kelley Armstrong's long new novella, Counterfeit Magic, in which she revisits the characters from her novels Dime Store Magic and Industrial Magic, is due for release later this year from Subterranean Press. The limited and trade editions each have completely different dust jackets.

There's a limited edition of 1000 signed numbered copies, bound in leather, for $45. The trade edition (fully cloth bound hardcover) costs $25. Visit the Sub Press website for details.

Subterranean: online magazine

The summer 2010 issue of the on-line magazine Subterranean is now available. This issue includes fiction by KJ Parker and Cory Doctorow and others. Details can be found on the Sub Press website.