CTTT: Reviewed in "Dead Reckonings"

Thursday, February 04, 2010

I'm pleased to mention my collection, COLD TO THE TOUCH, has been very favourably reviewed in the ST Joshi edited DEAD RECKONINGS 6. The reviewer says:

"...Strantzas succeeds in imbuing his strange tales with the sense of intellectual fear..."


DEAD RECKONINGS is fast growing to be my favourite source of reviews. Anyone who isn't a regular reader ought to investigate it further. After all, a subscription is only $15 . . .

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"Her Father's Daughter" reviewed again

Friday, January 29, 2010

Mario Guslandi has positively reviewed STRANGE TALES III for BookGeeks and singled out my contribution, "Her Father's Daughter", as "really excellent". He calls it "an elegant journey into the darkness."

Please visit BookGeeks.co.uk and read the entire review, then if you haven't, visit Tartarus Press to buy the volume.

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Now Available for listening: Pseudopod

A quick note to announce my story, "Fading Light", is now available for download/listening at Pseudopod.

It sounds great, doesn't it?

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CTTT: Reviewed at "Tales from the Black Abyss"

Sunday, January 24, 2010

The new year brings a new review for my collection, COLD TO THE TOUCH, this time from author CG Leslie at his review-blog, Tales from the Black Abyss.

"Dark but with frequent glimpses of light and beauty creating a dazzling mix of heady highs and tragic lows. . . . A work of great quality."


I must admit I'm particularly pleased with the reception the book has been receiving, and only hope that some new readers have been introduced as a result to my brand of fiction.

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"Her Father's Daughter" reviewed

Tuesday, January 19, 2010

The Speculative Fiction Junkie has posted a review of STRANGE TALES III, the latest anthology from Tartarus Press, in which my story, "Her Father's Daughter" appears. Amongst the positive things said about the rest of the book's contents, the Junkie says about my contribution:

...my high opinion of this story should perhaps not be unexpected, but I was a little surprised that it stood out so much even among such worthy companions.


I urge you to read the rest of the review, then travel to Tartarus's website to procure yourself a copy of the volume. Everything I've read so far between its covers has been spectacular.

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John Pelan on CTTT

Sunday, January 17, 2010

John Pelan — author, editor and publisher of much renown — has mentioned COLD TO THE TOUCH in a recent interview with the website Hyraxia. When discussing Pelan's dormant imprint, Silver Salamander, he said:

The concept was the same as with Axolotl, collections or novellas by authors on the way up that I felt deserving of the attention of a special edition; something that says "Hey, this is important work, you need to check it out." Quite frankly, there are other people doing the same thing and doing it well.... Just for fun I'll list some of my colleagues and give you a title out of their catalog that would fit the definition of the type of thing I'd characterize as a SSP book:

Ash-Tree Press - A Hazy Shade of Winter - Simon Bestwick
Cemetery Dance - Blue November Storms - Brian Freeman
Night Shade Books - The Imago Sequence - Laird Barron
PS Publishing - Glyphotech - Mark Samuels
Subterranean Press - Dreadful Skin - Cherie Priest
Tartarus Press - Cold to the Touch - Simon Strantzas

It's flattering to be in such good company.

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