Sarob Press is pleased to announce the forthcoming publication of ANCIENT TRACKS.
Josh Reynolds has been writing professionally since
2007 and has short stories, audio dramas and novels in his back catalogue. In
other writers’ universes, he has written for Arkham Horror,
Legend of the Five Rings, Warhammer 40,000 and more.
Ancient Tracks contains nine stories all featuring intrepid
folklorist and adventurer Artemis Whitlock as she delves into strange folk
customs and weird and supernatural goings-on in 1920s England.
These are stories
firmly in the M.R. Jamesian tradition
with a great sense of place and time (so Jamesian
that Rosemary Pardoe, renowned M.R. James expert and head-honcho at Ghosts & Scholars, almost insisted
on providing a rather original introduction… alongside Josh… a sort of question
and answer that tells us a lot about Josh and his inspirations).
Artemis Whitlock is a
super creation and a fabulously original character and, alongside five
previously published tales (at least three of which will be ‘new’ to most), are
four all new Whitlock adventures.
If you’re looking for
really well-written Jamesian folk
horror tales then Ancient Tracks will
most definitely be for you. A roaring log fire, slippers, and something rather
special to hand in a large glass are, of course, entirely optional.
Stories: “Windlestraw*”, “Beating the Bounds” “He in the Tree”, “An Indefinite Kingdom”, “A Crooked Path”, “Waters Painted Red*”, “St Ulfhaugh”, “Via Maris*” & “Brinley Wood*” (*previously unpublished)
ANCIENT TRACKS will be a Hand Numbered Limited Edition Jacketed Hardcover.
Bound in Sand colour Cialux Italian cloth/linnen, Foil Blocked to Front & Spine in Black, Quality Enzo Creamy Text Paper, Marble/Print Design Endpapers, Section (Thread)-Sewn binding, Head/Tailbands and Ribbon Bookmarker. Approx 128pp including prelims etc.
Full Colour
Dust-Jacket Art and black & white frontispiece by the ever brilliant Paul
Lowe.
Publication currently
scheduled (loosely as always) for mid-late June 2026.
PRICES
UK:
OPTION 1 ~ PRE PUBLICATION OFFER* @ UK £40.00 (inclusive
of Postage and Packing within the UK)
*PLEASE NOTE: Valid until publication ONLY (payment MUST be
received by publication date for Pre-Publication Offer. An email reminder will
be sent 7-10 days before the books are due to touch down from my printer for any
folk who have RESERVED a copy without payment to allow them to send payment in
good time).
OPTION 2 ~ POST PUBLICATION @ UK £45.00 (inclusive
of Postage and Packing and sent from France) (Orders OR Payments Received AFTER Publication)
NOTE: The increase in price for OPTION
2 (which I’ve kept as low as possible) is wholly due to an increase in the cost
of posting from FRANCE.
EUROPE :
50,00 EUROS (inclusive
of Postage and Packing and sent from France)
USA & RoW: USA $75.00 (inclusive of Postage and Packing and, unless systems change for the USA with La Poste, pre-publication orders will probably be posted from the UK. IMPORTANT: La Poste are currently still not accepting items for the USA and so I’d urge my American friends to order/reserve early so their book can be sent when I visit the UK to post pre-publication orders. I’m not sure when I’ll be able to post USA orders from France and, after my trip to the UK in late June, I probably won’t be heading over again until at least October). Provides TRACKING
IMPORTANT… USA
customers: Please provide both an
email address and telephone number when ordering as these are now required by
the postal companies. Note: if you ordered our previous book, VOTIVE OFFERINGS,
then I’ll have this information.
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the methods detailed below.
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Cheers, Robert.
