House of Fear Launch!

On Tuesday the 27th of September, something scary will be haunting Foyles book shop on Charing Cross Road, London... us! The writers and editors of the upcoming House of Fear anthology of haunted house stories will be celebrating its launch and we'd like you to join us.

You can RSVP and spot who'll be there at the public facebook page, but don't forget to reserve your free ticket through the Foyles website!

House of Fear is an anthology of haunted house stories featuring terrifying tales by nineteen scribes of terror: Lisa Tuttle, Stephen Volk, Terry Lamsley, Adam L.G. Nevill, Weston Ochse, Rebecca Levene, Garry Kilworth, Chaz Brenchley, Robert Shearman, Nina Allan, Christopher Fowler, Sarah Pinborough, Paul Meloy, Christopher Priest, Jonathan Green, Nicholas Royle, Eric Brown, Tim Lebbon and Joe R. Lansdale.

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Press Release: Solaris acquires urban fantasy sequel

Solaris Books has acquired PANDAEMONIUM, the second volume of an urban fantasy series from pseudonymous author ‘Ben Macallan’.

The title will be the first sequel to Desdaemona, published last month by Solaris, and is due for publication late in 2012.

In Desdaemona – Macallan’s terrifying, sexy, sinister urban fantasy debut – Jordan may look like a teenager but he treads the line between mundane reality and the supernatural in a world where vampires don’t glitter and runaways don’t just disappear – they’re hunted.

Macallan is not only a pseudonym of award-winning crime and thriller writer Chaz Brenchley, but has also appeared as a character in his books, Dead of Light and Light Errant.

The agent was John Jarrold, and the deal is for Worldwide English Rights.

Jonathan Oliver, editor-in-chief of Solaris, said:
“It's a delight to be working with Ben again. He had such a strong debut with Desdaemona and has proved that he is a fresh new voice in urban fantasy.”

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Oxford signing this Thursday: Waterstones

Come along on Thursday to meet Juliet E. McKenna, Ian Whates and Ben Macallan (a.k.a. Chaz Brenchley), as well as our editor-in-chief, Jonathan Oliver!

Waterstones, Oxford is located at William Baker House, Broad Street, Oxford OX1 3AF.

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Solaris Triple Bill in Waterstones, Oxford - July 28th

Desdaemona Review and Author Interview

The Falcata Times has interviewed Chaz Brenchley, (otherwise known as the pseudonymous Ben Macallan,) and reviewed his latest work, the urban fantasy novel Desdaemona.

The interview is here, and Chaz talks about writing, his guilty pleasures and his low opinion of the 'elevator pitch'.

The review is here, and calls Desdaemona 'a story that concentrates on character and personal relationships over the big exotic landscape.... As usual, [Solaris] don’t compromise on talent but with so many titles treading along a well-worn path, the ones released by this publisher like to hack their way through the undergrowth to create something different.'

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Monday linkspost:-

Juliet E. McKenna, author of the Chronicles of the Lescarii trilogy and the upcoming Dangerous Waters, has been interviewed about editing, at the Writer, Revealed website.

Horror artist Will Jacques has posted a triplicate of Solaris-related interviews at his blog, The Ghastly Door, with Juliet E. McKenna, Gary MacMahon (author of the upcoming The Concrete Grove) and Vincent Chong, creator of many eerie book covers (including The Concrete Grove and Shine).

Our congratulations go to Abaddon Books author Scott Andrews who has had his apocalyptic novel, School's Out, optioned for a movie by Multistory Films!

Chaz Brenchley's new urban fantasy noir, Desdaemona, has received a sterling review from Jared Shurin.

The BookThing review blog has posted two reviews in quick succession, of the first and second novels in Gail Z. Martin's Chronicles of the Necromancer series. We hope you enjoy the rest of the series!

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