Month: November 2012

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Call for Submissions

FS is looking for a small number of really excellent, fun, genre fiction novels that are suitable, though not necessarily originally written for, young adult readers for slots in next year’s schedule.

What we ARE looking for is completed novels from 30,000 – 60,000 words with a strong science fiction, fantasy, horror or crime element, but most importantly they must provide entertainment and a gripping adventure.

What we are NOT looking for is teen romance, paranormal or otherwise.

The successful books will be released on a profit share basis in 2013 as ebook and print on demand.

Please submit to adele@foxspirit.co.uk

Title your submission ‘YA Novel Submission.’

Include in the email body, a bio of up to two hundred words and a synopsis of no more than five hundred words. Attach as a word or open office document the first chapter only at this stage.

Submissions that do not follow these guidelines will be rejected.

Please do not submit if your novel is not yet complete.

Please check our submissions page for details on formatting.

In this instance we will also require audio rights in English in addition to the usual requirements as outlined on the submissions page.

Submission deadline is 31st December 2012

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Press Release: Techxorcist Book ,1 Artificial Evil

Three hackers.
A deadly plot.
One chance to save humanity.

Ebook:
Anachron Press
Amazon: US | UK | Kobo | Lulu
B&N & iBookstore coming soon.

Print:
Anachron Press
Amazon: US | UK | CreateSpace

Sample Chapter

Description

In the tradition of William Gibson, Neal Stephenson, and Richard Morgan, British writer Colin F. Barnes delivers a cyberpunk tech thriller for the modern age.

2153. Post-cataclysm. The last city exists beneath a dome where the mysterious benefactors ‘The Family’ tightly control the population with a death lottery and a semi-autonomous network.

All is well until the day family man Gerry Cardle, head of the death lottery, inexplicably finds himself the no.1 target of a malicious Artificial Intelligence. Gerry’s numbers are up, and he has just 7 days to save himself, find the source of the AI, and keep the last stronghold of humanity safe.

Gerry finds help in the shadows of the city from two rogue hackers:

Petal – a teenage girl with a penchant for violence, hacking systems and general anarchy, and:

Gabriel – a burnt-out programmer-turned-priest with highly augmented cybernetics.

With his new team, Gerry discovers there is more beyond the dome than The Family had let on, and his journey to find the source of the AI leads him through a world of violence, danger, and startling revelations.

Everything is not as it seems. Gerry is not who he thinks he is. Evil can be coded…. can Gerry and his friends stop it before it destroys humanity?

Artificial Evil is book 1 of 3 of The Techxorcist series. The larger-than-life offspring of Blade Runner, Mad Max and The Exorcist.

Out now!

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We’ve done updates!

There are now tasters available to download free for all our existing titles and also a story from Tales of Eve. You’ll find the download links on the books own pages.

We are also busy agreeing our publishing schedule for 2013 and it’s going to be an exciting year, we will be doing some open submissions next year so keep an eye on these pages.

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December Releases

We have two exciting new titles left to publish before we say goodbye to 2012.

First up Colin F Barnes’ ‘A Heart for the Ravens’ will be released at the beginning of December to ensure the chill in your bones isn’t just from the weather.

With this gothic tale of love, betrayal, alchemy and revenge Colin F Barnes follows

In the traditions of Poe and Shelley. Heart for the Ravens is chilling horror with a wry
sense of humour and heroine that it’s hard not to like, in spite of the circumstances.

Katerina is the daughter of a wealthy businessman and resents being treated as another
asset by her father, when she meets Willhelm she thinks he is the man of her dreams
but he is actually just the start of her nightmare. A fire, an interest in science and a
streak of bad luck simply serve to make matters worse.

Cover image by Bill Munster

 

Our final title of the year will be non-fiction.

The yet to be titled book  is a collection of the superb Pseudopod outro’s by well-known genre journalist and Pseudopod host Alasdair Stuart. The collection forms a witty, personal and sometimes poignant look at life, writing and the world of geekdom from someone who’s passion is unquestionable and who’s knowledge of science fiction, horror and fantasy TV and writing are second to none.

The book will be released in all formats on 21st December 2012.

Cover art will be released soon.

 

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A bits and bobs kind of day

So  much has been happening here and with our friends over at Anachron so this is quick round up.

First of all two new books came out from FS in October

Weird Noir, edited by K.A.Laity was released on Halloween, is now available on amazon.com and amazon.co.uk. Weird Noir is a fantastic collection of unusual happenings.

Earlier in October we released Spares, a novella by Alec McQuay which explores what happens if the body can’t die, friendship and betrayal. Also available on Amazon.com and amazon.co.uk

Nun & Dragon got some coverage as part of Jasper Bark’s regular This is Horror column where Simon Bestwick talks about his story.

Our first newsletter will be going out a few days later than intended, but very shortly. We’ve also sent out the invites to the next two volumes of Bushy Tales.

That’s about it from us next up the exciting news from Anachron.

First of all they just announced the forthcoming Pulp Line Vol 1 a collection of four short stories by Jack Calico. They are inviting open submissions for the pulp line.

They’ve also just released Crime Net, a group of tales about the sinister side of technology.

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