UPDATE RE THE GHOSTS & SCHOLARS BOOK OF MAZES

THE GHOSTS & SCHOLARS BOOK OF MAZES has arrived and it looks great.

I have now finished packing all pre-orders.

However, because of Covid-19 (coronavirus) and the extended restrictions imposed by the French President, I can’t actually get to post the books just yet – all shops, bars, restaurants, and indeed, the local post offices etc are closed and, in line with much of the World at this time, we can only leave our home to buy essential food and/or medicines.

As soon as I can (and, hopefully, in a couple of weeks or so), I’ll get your books to the post office and, then, post-willing, to you all.

I would ask folk to bear with me at this extremely difficult time and, far more importantly, please, everyone, keep safe and keep healthy.

My very best wishes go out to all our customers and their families and friends ...

I’ll update regarding shipping of ordered books as soon as I can.

Thanks for your continued support as always.

Cheers, Robert.  

NEW TITLE NEWS: THE GHOSTS & SCHOLARS BOOK OF MAZES

NEW TITLE NEWS

THE GHOSTS & SCHOLARS BOOK OF MAZES

M.R. James’s 1911 tale, “Mr Humphreys and His Inheritance”, is one of the most famous maze short stories, if not the most famous.

Editor Rosemary Pardoe has chosen eight supernatural maze stories to reprint, all of them taken from small press journals and books, and some of them never previously reprinted.

The mazes range from unicursal turf through puzzle hedge to modern crop examples; one tale is a prequel to “Mr Humphreys and His Inheritance”.

The second part of this volume consists of six brand new stories which range even more widely, from a Roman mosaic maze to a mirror maze at the top of a high-rise office block.

All of the stories have a folklore, folk custom and/or antiquarian background.

So, fourteen supernatural maze stories by some fabulous authors of folk horror and ghostly, ghastly, spooky tales of terror.

Stories:  “As Blank as the Days Yet to Be” by Mark Valentine, “The Maze” by Michael Chislett, “My Dancing Days are Over” by Paul StJohn Mackintosh, “The Outsider” by Rick Kennett, “The Rustling of Tiny Paws” by Carole Tyrrell, “The Maze” by Geoffrey Warburton, “The Faerie Ring” by John Reppion, “The Maze at Huntsmere” by Reggie Oliver, “The Lost Maze*” by Helen Grant, “Mr Rhodes and the Crawshay Inheritance,*” by Katherine Haynes, “Real Estate*” by C.E. Ward, “The Air of Glory*” by John Howard, “Mouselode Maze*” by Christopher Harman and “The Mosaic Maze*” by Victoria Day. 

Edited & Introduced by Rosemary Pardoe.

*previously unpublished and original to this volume.

THE GHOSTS & SCHOLARS BOOK OF MAZES is a Hand Numbered Limited Edition Jacketed Hardcover.

Bound in Wibalin Cloth (Fine Linen Style), Foil Blocked to Spine, Lithographically Printed on Quality 80gsm White Paper, Coloured Endpapers, Section Sewn Binding & Head/Tailbands.

Approx 192pp including introduction, prelims etc.

Wrap Dust-Jacket Art by Paul Lowe.

Publication currently scheduled for mid-late March 2020.

Prices

(inclusive of Postage & Packing)

UK: UK £35.00

Europe: 45,00 euros

USA & Rest of World: US $60.00

HOW TO ORDER

E-mail sarobpress@gmail.com to order/reserve your copy and make payment by one of the methods detailed below.

HOW TO PAY
Paypal: visit www.paypal.com and send payment using our e-mail address sarobpress@gmail.com

Cheque (payable to ROBERT MORGAN) [UK £ or USA $ only]

Cash. Cash at Senders Risk. (Euros ~ Paypal or Cash Only).

Cheers, Robert.

LEGIONNAIRE REVIEWED

LEGIONNAIRE by C.E. Ward (see below for full details) has been reviewed by David Longhorn at
http://suptales.blogspot.com/2020/01/legionnaire-review.html
Cheers, Robert.

LEGIONNAIRE UPDATE

The rather beautiful (Paul Lowe’s jacket art is truly superb) deluxe signed edition of LEGIONNAIRE by C.E. Ward touched down here in cold and rainy northern France just under two weeks ago.

All pre-ordered copies finally posted around 7/10 days ago.

Please, however, be a little patient, as some delays might occur over and above the usual festive madness as, you might have heard, most of France has been on strike (inevitably and unfortunately slowing everything down).

If you haven’t yet ordered, don’t worry there are still copies currently available but, because of the usual postal turmoil at this time of year, I won’t be posting any new orders received from today until after the 26 December (just in case).  Full details below.

Next up (mid-March) will be THE GHOSTS & SCHOLARS BOOK OF MAZES, edited and introduced by Rosemary Pardoe and with dust jacket art by Paul Lowe. Details will be announced in the New Year.

Thanks again everyone for your continued support and Merry Christmas and all the best for 2020.

Cheers, Robert.

NEW TITLE NEWS ~ LEGIONNAIRE: C.E. WARD

NEW TITLE NEWS ~ A GHOST STORY FOR THE DARK WINTER NIGHTS

LEGIONNAIRE by C.E. WARD

The Legion of the Damned... for Armand Lucette and his weary comrades the unrelenting torture of the baking sun by day and the dark, uncaring bone-chilling cold of the desert nights are terrible enough ... but the horrors they experience at Seni-Bebrou, and on their flight through the unforgiving Sahara, become a terror almost beyond words. And who (if any) will survive to tell the tale(?) ... More terribly, what might then be their ultimate fate?

C.E. (Clive) WARD is the author of three Sarob Press ghost story collections (with a fourth currently being written) ... Vengeful Ghosts (1998), Seven Ghosts and One Other (2010) and Malevolent Visitants (2016). Each of these collections sold out very quickly and are now almost impossible to find ... and, when they do appear for sale, command very high prices. Clive describes LEGIONNAIRE as ... “my first attempt at writing that most tricky of compositions, the ghost story novella ...” and what an ‘attempt’. This publisher was blown away. But, then, Clive is one of our very favourite authors. The author also says (in his introduction) ... “LEGIONNAIRE is a story about the French Foreign Legion. It is, of course, also a story about ghosts. It attempts a most unlikely pairing and melange of the contemporary writers Montague Rhodes James and Percival Christopher Wren”. So, a fabulously dark and ghostly novella, introduced by the author and with absolutely brilliant dust jacket and signature page art by PAUL LOWE.

Say no more ... this deluxe limited edition book will sell out very quickly ... so get your copy reserved now (before it’s too late).

LEGIONNAIRE is a Hand Numbered SIGNED Limited Edition Jacketed Hardcover.

Bound in Wibalin Cloth (Fine Linen Style), Foil Blocked to Spine, Lithographically Printed on Quality Munken Premium 90gsm Cream Bookwove, Coloured Endpapers, Section Sewn Binding & Head/Tailbands.

Approx 96pp including introduction, prelims etc.

Tipped-in signature page on high quality 90gsm ivory parchment paper signed by the author and with extra art.

Wrap Dust-Jacket & Signature Page Art by Paul Lowe.

Publication currently scheduled for early December 2019.

Prices

(inclusive of Standard Postage & Packing ~ for TRACKED shipping please enquire)

UK: UK £35.00

Europe: 45,00 euros

USA & Rest of World: US $60.00

HOW TO ORDER

E-mail sarobpress@gmail.com to order/reserve your copy and make payment by one of the methods detailed below.

HOW TO PAY
Paypal: visit www.paypal.com and send payment using our e-mail address sarobpress@gmail.com

Cheque (payable to ROBERT MORGAN) [UK £ or USA $ only]

Cash. Cash at Senders Risk. (Euros ~ Paypal or Cash Only).

Cheers, Robert.

THE PALE ILLUMINATIONS ~ FURTHER UPDATE

THE PALE ILLUMINATIONS is, already, SOLD OUT.

This one has been very slow arriving in the USA for some reason ... a couple touched down about a week/ten days ago and books started arriving again on Thursday (31 October) ... so, if yours hasn’t arrived yet then, hopefully, it will be with you in the next week.

I have a very few copies left of ...

THEIR DARK & SECRET ALCHEMY

FROM ANCIENT RAVENS

Many thanks for your continued support as always.

Cheers, Robert.

PS:  I hope to announce LEGIONNAIRE by C.E. WARD in about a week.

THE PALE ILLUMINATIONS ~ UPDATE ETC

The last of the ordered copies of THE PALE ILLUMINATIONS were finally posted about 7-10 days back and should be touching down shortly (if they haven’t already arrived) ... I notice that (for some reason) the post is just a little slower than normal for some destinations at the moment ~ but, hopefully, the wait won’t be too long for those who haven’t yet received their copy.

WHERE SHADOWS GATHER by Michael Chislett is SOLD OUT.

Many thanks for your support as always.

Cheers, Robert.