End of the Line launch party!

On Tuesday night we launched The End of the Line at Foyles on Charing Cross Road, London. Anthology editor Jonathan Oliver, and London-resident authors Pat Cadigan, Christopher Fowler and Adam Nevill spoke on a panel on horror fiction, and then held a signing. The panel was a success, with over one hundred and fifty people on the guestlist, the Foyles events manager said told us he'd never seen the events room so full!

Sounds like people had a great time, there have already been two write-ups of the event, one from writer Lou Morgan and one from the Dark Fiction Review.



Afterwards we held the launch party at the Phoenix Artist's Club, Soho, and the writers did what writers do best... make friends! (Did you think I was going to say drink? Well, to be honest, they did that too.)

Chris Fowler, Sarah Pinborough, Adam Nevill and End of the Line author Conrad Williams

David Bradley, editor-in-chief of SFX, and End of the Line author Al Ewing

Editor David Moore, Charles Rudkin, End of the Line author Gary MacMahon and Abaddon Books author Scott Andrews

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Last Few Tickets For The Launch!

Wotcher all,

For those what haven't been paying close attention - and be prepared for my disappointed face if you haven't - our new anthology of horror stories set on various Underground networks, The End of the Line, hit the shelves earlier this month and is already selling quite well.

Now, we had an advance official launch at the FantasyCon in September, where attendees could snag an extra-specially-early two-months-advance copy of the book and get it signed by various people that worked on it.

But the actually Officially Official Launch is next Tuesday, 16th November at Foyles in London, starting at 6.30pm.

Pat Cadigan, Adam Nevill and Chris Fowler will be there, signing copies of the anthology and of their latest books, as will anthologist Jon Oliver and cover artist and designer Luke Preece.

(Then right after the launch finishes, we're all hopping to the Phoenix Artists' Club right over the road for a swift pint or five.)

Anyway (and before you decide I'm just bragging about the posh do I'm going to next Tuesday), the point of all this is that free - yes, FREE - tickets are still available from Foyles, but they're running low. If you have been considering coming but haven't committed yet (or haven't heard about it until now and holy shit now that you've heard about it you're totally coming and who do I have to kill to get tickets anyway), now's the time.

How to do it: email Foyles at events@foyles.co.uk to request a ticket.
Where is it: The Gallery, upstairs at Foyles in London, at 113-119 Charing Cross Road, London, WC2H 0EB
When is it: Tuesday 16th November, 6.30pm

I am going to be there, as are Jon, Ben and Jenni, and a bunch of lovely people. BOOK YOUR SPACE NOW. Missing it will literally be the worst thing that can happen to you in your whole life.

Ever.

At the Pub

Wotcher all,

Ben, Jenni and I have now returned from the Duke's Cut in Oxford, where we have enjoyed a "publisher's lunch" with our podcast guests.

(For those of you who don't know, our fatter, harder-drinking, heavier-smoking forebears pretty much hit the pub every Friday lunchtime; so much so that nobody in publishing ever used to try and get anything done on a Friday afternoon, which in turn justified going to the pub every Friday lunchtime. This doesn't happen so much in the hard-working, productive twenty-first century, but we do like to slope off to the pub of a Friday afternoon once in a while, when we have guests for whatever reason.)

Clockwise from front left: Jenni's back, Adam Nevill's right side, Jon Oliver,

Pat Cadigan's husband Chris Fowler (not that one), Pat Cadigan, Ben Smith's left side.

But wait! Who's that in the middle-distance?

- Ia! Ia! Mine's a Carlsberg.
- Brains.

Much great conversation was had, about convention memories, meeting our heroes, new Apple technology, art, the state of digital publishing, and the like.

Jon then took the chaps off to the Lebanese restaurant in town for lunch, and we're expecting him back any moment.

Cheers,

David

In the studio!

Pat Cadigan and Adam Nevill were in Rebellion's sound studios today, recording our podcast with Jonathan Oliver.

Jon interviewed Pat and Adam, and they discussed the horror anthology The End of the Line, and the state of the horror genre today... look out for the podcast next week!

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