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Our aim is to produce high quality, collectable but affordable signed limited editions within the field of science fiction, fantasy and horror. We put out our first four books in 1999 and we have published over 600 titles since. In between, we've had novels, collections, non-fiction - including a collaboration with Tartarus Press - a brand new short fiction magazine (Postscripts), an innovative ne

w grandstand for up-and-coming talents (PS Showcase) and lots more novellas...

We've also won six British Fantasy Awards for the Best Small Press and have received similar recognition from the Horror Writers Association and have won the World Fantasy Award and the International Horror Guild Award.

NEW! PARSEC #16 . . . Plus, we're excited to announce plans afoot which will see PARSEC published three times a year, w...
07/08/2026

NEW! PARSEC #16 . . . Plus, we're excited to announce plans afoot which will see PARSEC published three times a year, with three different editors at the helm, each responsible for one issue per annum in rotation. Find out more in this week's newsletter: https://preview.mailerlite.com/j0u5f4j8y3

In this latest issue, we have four stories from returning authors—Cécile Cristofari, Dafydd McKimm, Teika Marija Smits and David Cleden—alongside five from authors making their PARSEC debut. Let's hand over to Ian Whates, Editor-in-chief:

Cécile (previous appearances in #6 and #13), delivers a far darker tale than her earlier contributions, moving away from her ecological imperatives and providing further evidence of her versatility as a writer. Teika ( #4 and #14) always produces thought-provoking fiction; this off-kilter love story is superficially more conventional than her two previous PARSEC tales, but no less effective. Both Daffyd’s stories (here and in #10) have been short but highly effective, whilst David’s previous story ( #8) impressed me with its clever narrative. Whilst very different, his story here, “The Hermeneutic Parsing of Sacred Texts”, is an equally compelling tale.

Then, of course, there are the ‘newcomers’. Andrew Hook is an author I know well, someone capable of writing outstanding short stories. This isn’t his first submission to PARSEC, but this is the one I’ve been waiting for. Eugenia Triantafyllou has been impressing everyone who’s paying attention of late, winning the Shirley Jackson Award and being shortlisted for everything from the Hugos to the BSFA awards. I was thrilled when she agreed to submit a piece and even more so when I read the story.

Back at the very beginning of PARSEC, when we thought we were working on something else, a story by Daniel Bennett landed on my desk, which I loved and wanted to acquire. For reasons too complicated to detail here, that never happened, so I’m delighted to finally put that right by featuring another great piece from David. Dev Agarwal doesn’t write sufficient fiction. He does many other things, of course, but he ought to make time for more stories. I first published Dev in the NewCon Press anthology LOOKING LANDWARDS (2013) and now, after much discussion between us, he has finally delivered another story, which I’m chuffed to include here.

That leaves us with Reggie Oliver. One of these days I will read something by Reggie that I don’t enjoy, but I’m not holding my breath. There is an immersive quality to his world-building and an indefinable texture to his storytelling which I relish, and it seemed wholly fitting to have a story by Reggie in what was intended to be (see above) my final issue.

Thanks as always to our reviews brigade, and to Andy Hedgecock for orchestrating another masterful interview, this time with the ever-entertaining RJ Barker. All this plus an article from debut novelist Amy Coombe looking back at some fantasy gems from yesteryear.

Available to download now: https://pspublishing.co.uk/parsec-digital-magazine---issue-16-6915-p.asp

The Best Short Fiction of Darrell Schweitzer: THE MYSTERIES OF THE FACELESS KING (Volume 1) and THE LAST HERETIC (Volume...
31/07/2026

The Best Short Fiction of Darrell Schweitzer: THE MYSTERIES OF THE FACELESS KING (Volume 1) and THE LAST HERETIC (Volume 2), trade paperback editions . . .

THE MYSTERIES OF THE FACELESS KING (Volume 1):

Michael Swanwick's insightful introduction maps Darrell Schweitzer's evolution across decades of fantastical and weird fiction. Early guidance from Lord Dunsany and H.P. Lovecraft taught compression and fable-scale storytelling. The opening story, "The Story of Obbok" was Schweitzer's first sale at the age of nineteen and drew heavily on that influence.

The stories trace recurring methods: retrospective childhood narrators who later grasp adult meanings; folkloric and ballad sources (the loathly lady in "The Hag"; "Tom O’Bedlam's Night Out" reshaped after editorial advice to avoid a 'futility ending'); and invented or reimagined traditions (the fabricated 'Waldganger' myth in "The Outside Man").

Several tales inhabit persistent worlds: Riverland, a pseudo-Egypt of sorcerers who absorb souls: "The Sorcerer Evoragdou" and "Going to the Mountain". Inspirations range from the Twilight Zone, Shakespeare, Andean mummy rites and suburban Pennsylvania woods. The collection closes with a Lovecraftian turn: "He Speaks Through Those Who Do Not Die", centering Nyarlathotep and crystallizing the author’s long-standing concerns about power, identity and consequence.

THE LAST HERETIC (Volume 2) by Darrell Schweitzer

Here we see Schweitzer display the fullest range of his talents, from the supernatural to science fiction to wry wit (the hilarious “Kvetchula”) to what can only be described as post-modern existential weirdness in “Ring the Living Bells,” which Di Filippo compares to Robert Aickman. We also get sophisticated neo-pulp (“Waiting for the Zeppelin Gang”), theological alternate history (“The Last Heretic”), Arthurian romance, Lovecraftian horror, and some truly unique material. “The Adventure of the Hanoverian Vampires” is not only a Sherlock Holmes pastiche, but the only alternate historical vampire cat detective story ever written. Whatever his fictional mode, Darrell Schweitzer is a vastly entertaining writer.

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eBook available! THE DWIMFOLK by James Brogden . . . ABOUT THIS BOOK They are, as far as I can tell, unfixed beings—chan...
22/07/2026

eBook available! THE DWIMFOLK by James Brogden . . .

ABOUT THIS BOOK
They are, as far as I can tell, unfixed beings—changeable, shaped by the thoughts or feelings of people who live close to thin places like the Trod, and the way that we can make fixed forms. We take ore and heat it and hammer it and all of a sudden it’s a gold ring. We take the sounds of our mouths and write them down and fix them on paper and all of a sudden we have stories. I don’t think they can make anything new for themselves, but they’ll come like moths to a flame when they’re offered something beautifully made.

All this time I’ve been thinking that they’re the ones with the magic, but what if it’s the other way around? What if, from their perspective, we are gods and djinns because of what we can conjure out of our imaginations with our hands? And in that case, what do you have to make to bring out something huge like the Greenfather? How clever? Or beautiful? Or terrible? How do you awe a god?

ePub and MOBI edition available: https://pspublishing.co.uk/the-dwimfolk-ebook-james-brogden-6710-p.asp

HAND-ME-DOWNS by Neil Williamson . . . Fifteen stories tracing the uncanny legacy of objects passed from one life to ano...
22/07/2026

HAND-ME-DOWNS by Neil Williamson . . . Fifteen stories tracing the uncanny legacy of objects passed from one life to another, revealing the secret truths in what we leave behind.

ABOUT THIS BOOK
Strange bequests and weird inheritances. The mundane things that get passed from the dead to the living too often come with emotional baggage and sometimes terrifying obligations. In these fifteen sinister tales, we discover what it means to inherit a death trap of a house, a fiendish puzzle chest or a pair of hideous statues sent from the other side of the world. And we explore how it changes us to unexpectedly receive our loved ones' teeth, skin or bones. Whether we desire them or not.

Featuring: a radiologist traveling to a remote Scottish coastal village to discover the meaning of the words his x-rays reveal inscribed on two sisters' bones (The Salted Bones, reprinted in Best Horror of the Year), and a couple embarking on a grisly culinary misadventure after the passing of their famously foody friend and mentor (A Little Seasoning, finalist for the BSFA award for Best Short Story 2024), alongside three stories and a novelette exclusive to this collection.

These are not the stories you heard on your grandad's knee.

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NEW! LOVE LIES BLEEDING by Leanbh Pearson . . . The second installment of In the Devil's Garden trilogy.ABOUT THIS BOOK...
21/07/2026

NEW! LOVE LIES BLEEDING by Leanbh Pearson . . . The second installment of In the Devil's Garden trilogy.

ABOUT THIS BOOK
1789. Vive la République!

Nicolas is a merchant’s son with the soul of an artist. The Revolution sweeps across the country and Nicolas is caught by the proud, daring and handsome libertine, the Marquis de Laon. Societal worlds apart, Nicolas is seduced by Marcellus, a vampire who begins a passionate romance that leads to a dark and brutal betrayal.

The old Republic falls and Nicolas and Marcellus must flee Laon. Separated in the chaotic collapse of the chateaux, Nicolas, now a vampire, crosses miles and years waiting for Marcellus, who never follows. Hiding from the terrors of Napoleonic war, suddenly Marcellus beckons to him.

Awoken from slumber, grief and loss, Nicolas finds Marcellus captive in the darkest and most torturous of places. Unable to escape together, Marcellus is sacrificed to blood and bullets.

Trapped in the army of the World War and crushed by sorrow, grief and hopelessness, Nicolas’ mind is broken by savagery and death. But an Australian soldier offers Nicolas something he wasn’t expecting—hope and love again.

Driven by a new purpose, Nicolas crosses battlefields and oceans for Peter. A mind broken can never be healed: yet can Peter accept the cruelty hidden in the shattered parts of Nicolas’ soul ?

If you missed the first book in the trilogy, you can pick up a copy of BLUEBELLS alongside LOVE LIES BLEEDING for a combined price of £35 for the signed edition or £25 for the unsigned. We'll post both together thereby saving on postage.

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SHIPPING! The latest three Absinthe Books titles by Tom Mead, Helen Grant and Maura McHugh arrived at the warehouse last...
21/07/2026

SHIPPING! The latest three Absinthe Books titles by Tom Mead, Helen Grant and Maura McHugh arrived at the warehouse last week.

About Tom Mead's THE LAMP IN THE WINDOW . . .
“The Lamp in the Window is a wonderful take on the classic ghost story, featuring tales within tales, unexpected twists, and gruesome turns that would make Dickens and James proud. Beautifully written and gorgeously realised, it's a total delight.”—Tim Lebbon, New York Times bestselling author

“There’s a long tradition of telling ghost stories on Christmas Eve, and Tom Mead’s novella conjures every bit of the atmosphere, suspense and enjoyment those words suggest. The Lamp in the Window is a delight to read and instantly one of my favourites of the genre.”—Alison Littlewood, Shirley Jackson Award-winning author of A Cold Season and The Cottingley Cuckoo

Are you sitting comfortably? Then I’ll begin...

Each Christmas Eve, academic and antiquarian Roland Spence invites a select group of students to his quarters to indulge in a glass or two of port, and to listen to a ghostly tale by the fireside. It seems like an innocent enough tradition—after all, who doesn’t enjoy a wintry chill at Christmastime? Decades later, one of Spence’s students must revisit those half-remembered stories as a long-buried secret threatens to resurface...

Inspired by M.R. James, E.F. Benson, Algernon Blackwood et al, The Lamp in the Window is an eerie winter ghost story in the classic Victorian tradition.

In stock and available to order.

SHIPPING! The latest three Absinthe Books titles by Tom Mead, Helen Grant and Maura McHugh arrived at the warehouse last...
20/07/2026

SHIPPING! The latest three Absinthe Books titles by Tom Mead, Helen Grant and Maura McHugh arrived at the warehouse last week.

About Maura McHugh's HOUSE OF WYRD . . .
“Poignant, wry and compelling. McHugh’s tale of family crises and arcane mysteries brings the magic.” —M.R. Carey (Outlaw Planet, Infinity Gate)

“A colourful, mysterious Tarot-infused occult adventure, so vividly written that reading it was like having a weird and wonderful dream. It features two great characters: Aly, the “art-monster” single mother and her conflicted adult daughter Pallas—and now I wish for more stories about them.”—Lisa Tuttle (The Mysteries, A Nest of Nightmares)

“Beautifully realised characters, a dark and magical quest at its heart and prose that’s a sheer delight—Maura McHugh’s latest novella is a joy to read.”—Alison Littlewood (Path of Needles, The Crow Garden)

Aly Wyrd, famous art provocateur and magician, is missing on the eve of the opening of her visionary project, the Path of Illumination. It falls to her estranged daughter, Pallas Trismegistus Morrigan Aylward, to navigate through dream, memory and arcane mystery to revisit her history with her mother in ’80s London and ’90s Ireland until Pallas catches up with present-day revelation by walking the road to enlightenment designed by her mother.

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SHIPPING! The latest three Absinthe Books titles by Tom Mead, Helen Grant and Maura McHugh arrived at the warehouse last...
20/07/2026

SHIPPING! The latest three Absinthe Books titles by Tom Mead, Helen Grant and Maura McHugh arrived at the warehouse last week.

About Helen Grant's STEAL ME . . .
"Transplants the atmosphere of a Grimm fairy tale to a small town in Scotland, simultaneously evoking the antiquarian terrors of M. R. James and the golden era of dark fantasy."—Maria J Pérez Cuervo, founder/editor of HELLEBORE.

“Helen Grant takes us on a chilling journey into the darkest of fairy tale origins against the backdrop of a modern-day Scottish village. The finely-drawn portraits of the locals and the mounting unease kept me turning pages—I finished it in a single sitting!”—Lynda E. Rucker (Now It’s Dark, You’ll Know When You Get There)

Rowan Byrne hasn’t stolen anything for ages—not since she started to straighten her life out after a personal tragedy. But the volume she’s just picked up in the new bookshop in town seems to want her to steal it. The text is very persuasive. There’s a book for everyone in Legends—a book that will encourage their worst impulses. Steal. Fear. Burn. Kill. It’s not long before Rowan’s small town, isolated from the outside world, is descending into mayhem. Assailed by her own demons, Rowan could try to cut and run. Or she could make a stand, and try to save the community she loves . . .

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Trade paperback edition of DEMONS BY DAYLIGHT by Ramsey Campbell . . . ABOUT THIS BOOK This edition of Demons by Dayligh...
20/07/2026

Trade paperback edition of DEMONS BY DAYLIGHT by Ramsey Campbell . . .

ABOUT THIS BOOK
This edition of Demons by Daylight includes, for the first time, the first drafts of several stories included in the volume, as well as the texts of others that were not included. Those drafts are of interest both intrinsically and in terms of their significance in charting Campbell’s remarkable development as a writer in a matter of a few short years.

Several would be considered quite competent weird tales had they been written by anyone other than Campbell; as it stands, these drafts pale in comparison with the final drafts, which are infinitely more skilful, subtle, and unified.

It is past time for this seminal volume to be brought back into print, and the ancillary materials it includes make it a treasure for anyone interested in Ramsey Campbell and weird fiction as a whole.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction by S. T. Joshi
Nightmares
• Potential
• The End of a Summer’s Day
• At First Sight
Errol Undercliffe: A Tribute
• The Franklyn Paragraphs
• The Interloper, by Errol Undercliffe
Relationships
• The Sentinels
• The Guy
• The Old Horns
• Reply Guaranteed
• The Lost
• The Stocking • The Second Staircase • Concussion
• The Enchanted Fruit • Made in Goatswood • Napier Court • The Scar
Appendix - First Drafts
• The Interloper • The Reshaping of Rossiter
• A Garden at Night • Napier Court * The Enchanted Fruit
• Concussion • The Second Staircase • Made in Goatswo
Afterword: Diabolical Illuminations

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In the Devil's Garden, a trilogy of alternate history, gothic horror and dark romance in a world as tangled and twisted ...
17/07/2026

In the Devil's Garden, a trilogy of alternate history, gothic horror and dark romance in a world as tangled and twisted as heartbreaking and wondrous . . . Pick up a copy of BLUEBELLS alongside LOVE LIES BLEEDING for a combined price of £35 for the signed edition or £25 for the unsigned. We'll post both together thereby saving on postage.

In the Devil's Garden Book 1 : BLUEBELLS
The War to End All Wars . . . and the world.

What if the world changed with the Great War? What if the future we know never occurred? It's 1917 and in the aftermath of war, a dystopian visage of climate altered by biochemical warfare, populations decimated by a virus and governments collapsed. In the isolated town of Berrima, Australia, Anna Baylon waits for her older brother, Peter - enlisted in the war years before, to return.

When all hope of Peter's return seems abandoned, the arrival of a stranger on her doorstep changes everything. Nicolas, claiming to be Peter's lover sent to safely bring Anna to Sydney where he's recovering from war wounds. But Nicolas is as mysterious as he is charming. So Anna embarks on a journey to discover Peter's fate but the entanglements of duty, love and desire may be her undoing. Or is the greater danger not be Nicolas's vampiric nature but the darkness within him? Soon Anna's fortitude is tested when faced with Nicolas's hidden truth. When mind and lives are shattered, can she forgive him?

In the Devils Garden Book 2 : LOVE LIES BLEEDING
1789. Vive la République

Nicolas is a merchant's son with the soul of an artist. The Revolution sweeps across the country and Nicolas is caught by the proud, daring and handsome libertine, the Marquis de Laon. Societal worlds apart, Nicolas is seduced by Marcellus, a vampire who begins a passionate romance that leads to a dark and brutal betrayal.

The old Republic falls and Nicolas and Marcellus must flee Laon. Separated in the chaotic collapse of the chateaux, Nicolas now a vampire, crosses miles and years waiting for Marcellus who never follows. Hiding from the terrors of Napoleonic war, suddenly Marcellus beckons to him.

Awoken from slumber, grief and loss, Nicolas finds Marcellus captive in the darkest and most torturous of places. Unable to escape together, Marcellus is sacrificed to blood and bullets.

Trapped in the army of the World War and crushed by sorrow, grief and hopelessness, Nicolas' mind is broken by savagery and death.But an Australian soldier offers Nicolas something he wasn't expecting - hope and love again.

Driven by a new purpose, Nicolas crosses battlefields and oceans for Peter. A mind broken can never be healed: yet can Peter accept the cruelty hidden in the shattered parts of Nicolas’ soul ?

Find out more in this week's newsletter: https://preview.mailerlite.com/i1j6u8z1d5

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