Hole in the Page

Monstrous Companions

carl_barker — Thu, 17 May 2012 17:13:54 +0000

Have just received both the contributors’ list and final artwork for Tim Marquitz’s upcoming ‘Fading Light‘ anthology, due out later this year, and wanted to share.

The book looks set to be massive, containing at least thirty stories from a great collection of authors:-

Adam Millard, Nick Cato, Stephen McQuiggan, Gary W. Olson, Tom Olbert, Mark Pantoja, Malon Edwards, David Dalglish, Jake Elliot, Lee Mather, Gord Rollo, Georgina Kamsika, Dorian Dawes, Timothy Baker, William Meikle, DL Seymour, Wayne Ligon, TSP Sweeney, Stacey Turner, Gene O’Neill, Gef Fox, Edward M. Erdelac, Henry P. Gravelle, Ryan Lawler, Mark Lawrence, CM Saunders, Regan Campbell, Jonathan Pine and Peter Welmerink.

I’ve added the final version of the cover to the Publications Page and will put up further details nearer to the official release date.

TGH Acceptance

carl_barker — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 16:32:25 +0000

Title Goes Here: have just accepted my story ‘Old Loves Die Hard‘ for publication and it will hopefully be appearing in the July print edition (#12) of the magazine if all goes to plan.

As always, more details to follow once I have them.

New book review

carl_barker — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 16:28:28 +0000

My review of Anne Lyle’s debut novel ‘The Alchemist Of Souls‘ is now uploaded to the British Fantasy Society website and I’ve added a link on the BFS tab above.

A change of home…

carl_barker — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 11:14:48 +0000

Just heard that the ‘Fading Light‘ anthology will now be published by Angelic Knight Press instead. Prospective launch date is still September 1st 2012.

Here’s a brief preview of the awesome artwork by Jessy Lucero:-

In Pieces

carl_barker — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 19:26:35 +0000

The Spring issue of Dark Gothic Resurrected magazine is out now and features my short piece ‘I Fall To Pieces‘.

Print copies can be purchased from Lulu.

The issue is also available to download for Kindle here.

Further details and pricing can be found on the Publications page.

For Louise

carl_barker — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 17:46:51 +0000

My story ‘Lover, Come Home‘ is one of two to feature in the new issue of Larks Fiction Magazine.

You can read online for free here.

Joining the damned

carl_barker — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 22:16:55 +0000

My story ‘The Beastly Ninth‘ has just been picked up by Damnation Books to feature in their upcoming release:-

‘Fading Light – An Anthology Of The Monstrous‘

The book is due out later this year, more details to follow once they’re available.

Cutting edge

carl_barker — Sun, 11 Mar 2012 17:55:38 +0000

Chris Teague over at Pendragon Press has just uploaded the image below, created by Neil Williams, which will be the cover for his forthcoming e-anthology ‘Nasty Snips 2‘, due out later this year and featuring my short piece ‘The Perfect Woman‘.

Tickets please!

carl_barker — Sat, 10 Mar 2012 15:16:51 +0000

My short story ‘The Lightning Conductor‘ is the mid-month feature over at Roar & Thunder eZine.

You can read online for free here.

Book reviews now online

carl_barker — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 20:53:21 +0000

The website now contains a new page, which contains links to all of my book reviews for The British Fantasy Society.