Publishing Culture: Books as Living, Breathing Entities

Or: How I Learned That Dog-Eared Pages Are Actually Love Letters

Topics: Between Worlds, Writer in Residence, lifeinlondon

Welcoming Alma Katsu

Flame Tree Press welcomes Bram Stoker Award-winner Alma Katsu to the blog to talk about her haunting short story “The Familiar’s Assistant”, which appears alongside a stellar line-up in the groundbreaking anthology This Way Lies Madness, releasing in September from Flame Tree Press in our Beyond & Within series. In the introduction to the work, the book’s co-editors, Dave Jeffery and Lee Murray, say the anthology “defies convention by bringing together authentic, sensitive portrayals of mental illness in a genre that has notoriously lacked such tenets.” Comprising 23 stories and poems, the book also includes accompanying vignettes offering insight into the authors’ motivation for their work.

Topics: Gothic Dreams, Author Interview, Beyond & Within, This Way Lies Madness

Welcoming Amanda Cecelia Lang

Flame Tree Press welcomes writer Amanda Cecelia Lang to the blog to talk about her chilling short story “Nothing and the Boy”, which appears alongside a stellar line-up in the groundbreaking anthology This Way Lies Madness, releasing in September from Flame Tree Press in our Beyond & Within series. In the introduction to the work, the book’s co-editors, Dave Jeffery and Lee Murray, say the anthology “defies convention by bringing together authentic, sensitive portrayals of mental illness in a genre that has notoriously lacked such tenets.” Comprising 23 stories and poems, the book also includes accompanying vignettes offering insight into the authors’ motivation for their work.

Topics: Gothic Dreams, Author Interview, Beyond & Within, This Way Lies Madness

The Silence Spectrum: From Mumbai Noise to London Hush

Topics: Between Worlds, Writer in Residence, lifeinlondon

APHRODITE IS OUT NOW!

Topics: Q&A, Author Interview, Authors, Myths, Gods and Immortals

Welcoming Sumiko Saulson

Flame Tree Press welcomes Bram Stoker Award-nominated poet Sumiko Saulson to the blog to talk about their poem “My Ghosts Have Dreams”, which appears alongside a stellar line-up in the groundbreaking anthology This Way Lies Madness, releasing in September from Flame Tree Press in our Beyond & Within series. In the introduction to the work, the book’s co-editors, Dave Jeffery and Lee Murray, say the anthology “defies convention by bringing together authentic, sensitive portrayals of mental illness in a genre that has notoriously lacked such tenets.” Comprising 23 stories and poems, the book also includes accompanying vignettes offering insight into the authors’ motivation for their work.

Topics: Gothic Dreams, Author Interview, Beyond & Within, This Way Lies Madness

We’re thrilled to announce submissions are now open for two new books in our Flame Tree Romantic Fantasy series – a captivating blend of our signature Gothic Fantasy collections with the passion and magic of Romantasy. Our first call was for Of Love & Dragons and A Breath of Time, and our open call for submissions is now live for the next two enchanting titles: Dreams Divine and Of Swords & Roses. Please read through the submission details carefully as we’ve changed some of our guidelines and it could result in your submission not being acknowledged if you do not follow them.

**THIS SUBMISSIONS WINDOW IS NOW CLOSED**

Topics: Short Stories, Call For Submissions

LOKI IS OUT NOW!

Topics: Q&A, Author Interview, Authors, Myths, Gods and Immortals

Welcoming Ramsey Campbell

Flame Tree Press welcomes horror legend Ramsey Campbell to the blog to talk about his short story “A Solitary Voice”, which appears alongside a stellar line-up in the groundbreaking anthology This Way Lies Madness, releasing in September from Flame Tree Press in our Beyond & Within series. In the introduction to the work, the book’s co-editors, Dave Jeffery and Lee Murray, say the anthology “defies convention by bringing together authentic, sensitive portrayals of mental illness in a genre that has notoriously lacked such tenets.” Comprising 23 stories and poems, the book also includes accompanying vignettes offering insight into the authors’ motivation for their work.

Topics: Gothic Dreams, Author Interview, Beyond & Within, This Way Lies Madness

The Bollywood Explanation Project

Topics: Between Worlds, Writer in Residence, lifeinlondon