About the Book
One man's dangerous addiction leads to a glimpse of another world, while another seeks total mastery over his own bodily functions. As two immortal godlike creatures in charge of balancing all of existence come to a crossroads with their relationship, another person has to face the fact that he only has a short amount of time left to live. And while a sleepy English village hides one terrifying secret, the mystery of a famous horror writer's success turns out to be the result of another . . . Including the award-winning 'A Chaos Demon is for Life . . .', 'Dead Time'--which was turned into an episode of the NBC/Lionsgate primetime series Fear Itself--and 'Rag and Bone', selected for The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror, this collection gathers together some of Paul Kane's best fiction and celebrates his twenty years as a professional writer. With an introduction by the bestselling author of Furnace and The Ancient, Muriel Gray, and stunning cover art from the award-winning Vincent Chong, this is a very special commemorative book that no collector or genre fan will want to be without.
About the Author :
Paul Kane is an award-winning writer and editor based in Derbyshire, UK. His short story collections include Alone (In the Dark), Touching the Flame, FunnyBones, Peripheral Visions, Shadow Writer, The Adventures of Dalton Quayle, The Butterfly Man and Other Stories, The Spaces Between, Ghosts and the British Fantasy Award-nominated Monsters. His novellas include The Lazarus Condition, RED and Pain Cages. He is the author of such novels as Of Darkness and Light, The Gemini Factor and the bestselling Arrowhead trilogy (Arrowhead, Broken Arrow and Arrowland, gathered together in the sellout omnibus edition Hooded Man), a post-apocalyptic reworking of the Robin Hood mythology. His latest novels are Lunar (which is set to be turned into a feature film), Sleeper(s) (a modern, horror version of Sleeping Beauty), the short Y.A. novel The Rainbow Man (as P.B. Kane), the sequel to RED-Blood RED-also from SST Publications, and the critically-acclaimed Sherlock Holmes and the Servants of Hell from Solaris. He has also written for comics, most notably for the Dead Roots zombie anthology alongside writers such as James Moran (Torchwood, Cockneys vs. Zombies) and Jason Arnopp (Dr Who, Friday the 13th, The Last Days of Jack Sparks) and as part of the team turning Clive Barker's Books of Blood into motion comics for Seraphim/MadeFire. Paul is co-editor of the anthology Hellbound Hearts (Simon & Schuster)-stories based around the mythology that spawned Hellraiser-The Mammoth Book of Body Horror (Constable & Robinson/Running Press), featuring the likes of Stephen King and James Herbert, A Carnivàle of Horror (PS) featuring Ray Bradbury and Joe Hill, and Beyond Rue Morgue from Titan, stories based around Poe's detective, Dupin. His non-fiction books are The Hellraiser Films and Their Legacy, Voices in the Dark and Shadow Writer-The Non-Fiction. Vol. 1: Reviews and Vol. 2: Articles and Essays, plus his genre journalism has appeared in the likes of SFX, Fangoria, Dreamwatch, Gorezone, Rue Morgue and DeathRay. He has been a Guest at Alt.Fiction five times, was a Guest at the first SFX Weekender, at Thought Bubble in 2011, Derbyshire Literary Festival and Off the Shelf in 2012, Monster Mash and Event Horizon in 2013, Edge-Lit in 2014, HorrorCon, HorrorFest and Grimm Up North in 2015, plus The Dublin Ghost Story Festival and Sledge-Lit in 2016, as well as being a panellist at FantasyCon and the World Fantasy Convention, and a fiction judge at the Sci-Fi London Film Festival. He is a former Special Publications Editor of the British Fantasy Society and is currently serving as co-chair of the UK arm of the Horror Writers Association. His work has been optioned for film and television, and his zombie story "Dead Time" was turned into an episode of the Lionsgate/NBC TV series Fear Itself, adapted by Steve Niles (30 Days of Night) and directed by Darren Lynn Bousman (SAW II-IV). He also scripted The Opportunity, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival, Wind Chimes (directed by Brad "7th Dimension" Watson and which sold to TV), The Weeping Woman-filmed by award-winning director Mark Steensland, starring Tony-nominated actor Stephen Geoffreys (Fright Night)-and Confidence, directed by award-winning Mike Clarke (A Hand to Play, Paper and Plastic) which stars Simon Bamford (Hellraiser, Nightbreed, Starfish). You can find out more at his website www.shadow-writer.co.uk which has featured Guest Writers such as Dean Koontz, Robert Kirkman, Charlaine Harris and Guillermo del Toro. Muriel Gray graduated from Glasgow School of Art and then worked as an illustrator and then assistant head of design at the National Museum of Antiquities in Edinburgh. Playing in a punk band led her to present Channel 4's seminal music programme The Tube with Jools Holland and Paula Yates. A successful presenting career in television and radio followed, with Muriel also founding a television production company that grew into one of the leading UK independents. Her writing career began with the best-selling horror novel The Trickster, followed by two more, Furnace and The Ancient, which Stephen King described as "scary and unputdownable". She has published a further three non-fiction books, many short stories in anthologies, and has written for comics, TV, radio, cinema, and live theatre. A horror and fantasy fan from childhood, Muriel was always a secret but obsessional geek, who hid The Pan Book of Horror under her bed covers and read it with a torch. She is currently chair of The Glasgow School of Art and a trustee of the board of The British Museum. Vincent Chong is an award-winning freelance illustrator and designer. Since 2004 he has brought his creative vision and distinctive visual style to a wide range of projects from book and magazine covers to CD packaging and websites. He has worked for clients all around the world, and illustrated the works of renowned authors such as Stephen King. Vincent is the recipient of a World Fantasy Award, as well as receiving the British Fantasy Award for 'Best Artist' on multiple occasions. He has also been shortlisted for Hugo and BSFA awards. In 2010 he released his first art book, Altered Visions: The Art of Vincent Chong. You can learn more about Vincent at his website, www.vincentchong-art.co.uk and blog, vincentchongart.wordpress.com.
Review :
'Paul Kane is a first-rate storyteller, never failing to marry his insights into the world and its anguish with the pleasures of phrases eloquently turned.' -Clive Barker, bestselling author of The Hellbound Heart, Abarat, Mister B. Gone & The Scarlet Gospels 'Paul Kane's lean, stripped-back prose is a tool that's very much fit for purpose. He knows how to make you want to avoid the shadows and the cracks in the pavement.' -Mike Carey, bestselling author of the Felix Castor series of novels and The Girl with All the Gifts and Fellside as M.R. Carey 'Kane finds the everyday horrors buried within us, rips them out and serves them up in these deliciously dark tales.' -Kelley Armstrong, bestselling author of Bitten, Haunted, Broken, Waking the Witch, Spell Bound and Thirteen 'I'm impressed by the range of Paul Kane's imagination. It seems there is no risk, no high-stakes gamble, he fears to take . . . Kane's foot never gets even close to the brake pedal.' -Peter Straub, bestselling author of Ghost Story, Mr. X, Lost Boy Lost Girl, and In the Night Room 'Paul Kane is a name to watch. His work is disturbing and very creepy.' -Tim Lebbon, New York Times bestselling author of The Cabin in the Woods, Echo City and The Silence 'His stories not only, at his best, put him neck and neck with Ramsey Campbell and Clive Barker, but also in the company of greats like Machen and M. R. James. You don't rest easily after reading a Paul Kane story, but strangely your eyes have been somewhat opened.' -Stephen Volk, BAFTA-winning screenwriter of Gothic, Ghostwatch, Afterlife, The Awakening and Midwinter of the Spirit; author of Whitstable, Leytonstone and The Parts We Play 'He stands out as one of the better writers I've read.' -Eternal Night 'Wonderfully dark and satisfying.' -Dark Side Magazine 'Kane is best when taking risks with his bizarre flights of imagination.' -SFX Magazine 'Kane is a highly regarded author whose influence can be felt across the genre, with a large and notable body of work behind him.' -Starburst Magazine 'On a par with what the big boys are cranking out these days.' -SFReader
