Christmas is nearly upon us and the first anthology from Cruentus Libri Press is well on its way to completion. The contracts are in, our esteemed editor, Kevin G. Bufton, is busier than one of Santa’s elves compiling the finished product and we anticipate going to print in mid-to-late January. The anthology will be available as an e-book and a paperback and links will be provided here in due course.
Not being ones to rest on our laurels, we have plans to produce a further six anthologies in 2012. We will be posting full details on this very blog, as you’d expect, but for those of you that wish to get a head start, this is what we will be looking to release. Please don’t send any entries until the official submission guidelines have been posted but if you want to get cracking, all entries should be between 3000 and 5000 words (apart from the second volume of 100 Horrors of course).
- A Fistful of Horrors – this will be a collection of horror stories set in the Old West.
- The Dead Sea – this will be an anthology of stories centred on the theme of zombies on the high seas.
- You’d Better Watch Out – a Christmas horror collection, in readiness for next year’s Yuletide festivities.
- Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep – an anthology concerning things that go bump in the night.
- These Four Walls – a collection of stories in the first person as told by the inmates of a mental institution for the criminally insane.
- 100 Horrors: Volume II – the response to the first 100 Horrors was so good, that we’re giving it another go. All those who were too late to get into the first volume, there will be another collection coming out next year.
So that is our plan for 2012.
Until then, from all of us at Cruentus Libri Press, here’s hoping you have a happy Christmas (or whatever festival you celebrate at this time of year) and a suitably chilling New Year.
