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News: IFWG Titles Win 2 Australian Shadows Awards

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IFWG Publishing Australia is pleased to announce that two of its titles have won 2017 Australian Shadows Awards, for excellence in the horror and dark fantasy fields:

Best Edited Work: Cthulhu Deep Down Under Volume 1 (editors Steve Proposch, Christopher Sequeira and Bryce Stevens)

Best Collected Work: Perfect Little Stitches and Other Stories (Deborah Sheldon).

Congratulations to our team, as well as other winners and short listed authors and editors.

Special thanks to Steve Santiago for the design and artwork of Cthulhu Deep Down Under Volume 1, and Luke Spooner for Perfect Little Stitches and Other Stories.

Preorder Offer: Cthulhu Deep Down Under Volume 2

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Cthulhu Deep Down Under Volume 2 (eds. Steve Proposch, Christopher Sequeira and Bryce Stevens), the second of our Australian Mythos anthology series, will be on sale on 1 August 2018, and is now available for preorder. Those who preorder will receive their copy on or just before the release date.

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H. P. Lovecraft pioneered a fusion of terror and science fiction themes, and is widely credited as having invented the sub-genre of ‘cosmic horror’. While America’s New England was the focus and setting for many of Lovecraft’s tales, the Southern Hemisphere held a fascination for him. Australia, New Zealand and Antarctica were featured locations in his Mythosian novellas.

In tribute to this, presented here is an assortment of the finest Australian dark fiction, bringing you a second volume of Lovecraftian stories of wonder and dread. Featured are new tales by ROBERT HOOD, LEE MURRAY, KIRSTYN McDERMOTT and SILVIA BROWN.

Cthulhu Deep Down Under Volume 2 takes us back below the equator, into the bizarre and headlong towards horror. From mist-shrouded peaks and canyons of Melanesian islands, through rainforests and scorching deserts of the island continent of Terra Australis, and across the Tasman Sea to the inhospitable hinterlands of New Zealand.

Tales of terror by:
Kirstyn McDermott
Robert Hood
Lee Murray
Jason Nahrung
Bill Congreve
J Scherpenhuizen
Silvia Brown
T.S.P. Sweeney
Geoff Brown
David Kuraria

Also an introduction by Mythos fiction guru and horror author, Peter Rawlik.

Preorder Details (including shipping – offer ends 11 July 2018 – prices are below retail when factoring in shipping)

Australia AU$24.95
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New Zealand NZ$24.95
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United States US$14.99
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United Kingdom UK£11.99
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Cthulhu Deep Down Under Volume 1 is available worldwide through good bricks and mortar and online retailers.

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Cthulhu Deep Down Under Vol 2 TOC

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We are pleased to reveal the full cover spread and table of contents of Cthulhu Deep Down Under Volume 2, which will be released worldwide 1st August 2018.

Cover art and design by the very talented Steve Santiago, and edited by Steve Proposch, Christopher Sequeira, and Bryce Stevens.

Introduction by Peter Rawlik
Sleeping Dogs by Kirstyn McDermott
Slither by Jason Nahrung
Melbourne Calling by Silvia Brown
Time and Tide by Robert Hood
Dead End Town by Lee Murray
The Pit by Bill Congreve
The Island in the Swamp by J Scherpenhuizen
Where the Madmen Meet by T.S.P. Sweeney
The Seamounts of Vaalua Tuva by David Kuraria
Depth Lurker by G.N. Braun

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Cover Reveal: Cthulhu Deep Down Under Volume 2

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IFWG is very proud indeed of our Cthulhu Deep Down Under 3-volume series and look very much forward to Vol 2’s world release on 1st August 2018. We have just signed off the full cover spread, but at this early stage we would like to showcase the front cover – another beautiful job by artist and designer, Steve Santiago. In coming weeks we will reveal more, including the full TOC. Note our pleasure in having Mythos-guru Peter Rawlick penning this volume’s introduction. Editors Steve Proposch, Chris Sequeira and Bryce Stevens have, once again, done a wonderful job.

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For those who haven’t had the pleasure of reading Volume 1, give yourself some time introducing yourself to the series by purchasing it. Preorder details for Volume 2 will be available soon.

And for those who are interested in our stand-alone New Zealand companion to this series, currently titled Cthulhu: Land of the Long White Cloud, it will be released in September 2018 – again, more details to follow.

Cthulhu Deep Down Under Vol 1 Launch

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On the evening of the 1st February 2018 IFWG had a great launch of Cthulhu Deep Down Under Volume 1, with a strong attendance, many of whom are notable in the spec-fic community in Melbourne and surrounds. It was held in the spacious and atmospheric Readings St Kilda, where the staff were very helpful.

Gerry Huntman (Managing Director IFWG) kicked off the event and spent a short time outlining the history of the book and the plans for the future in the series. Gerry announced that not only was there going to be three volumes of Cthulhu Deep Down Under, IFWG will be publishing this year a stand-alone New Zealand equivalent.

Christopher Sequeira introduced the authors (the majority were attending – Janeen Webb, Jason Franks, Aaron Sterns, Lucy Sussex, Dmetri Kakmi, and acknowledging those who were absent: B. Michael Radburn, William Tevelein), and also introduced Kim Walker (and her children), whose partner (Lindsay C Walker) crafted the frontispiece of the book (note: the book is dedicated to Lindsay’s memory).

Steve Proposch arranged a Skype session with Ramsey Campbell, as the great UK writer had contributed the introduction to the book. While technology let us down a little, causing the session to take place with a raised smartphone, it was nevertheless one of the highlights of the evening.

A big thank you to all who attended, Ramsey for taking time out for us, and Readings St Kilda for their kind assistance.

The Book (photo: Aaron Sterns)
Gerry kicking off launch (photo: Aaron Sterns)
Jack Dan and Gerry Huntman (Photo: Steven Paulsen)
Christopher Sequeira introducing authors (Photo: Steven Paulsen)
Lucy Sussex and Gerry Huntman (Photo: Steven Paulsen)
Steve Proposch and Christopher Sequeira (photo: Aaron Sterns)
Aaron Sterns, Christopher Sequeira, Steve Proposch and Janeen Webb (Photo: Aaron Sterns)
Jason Franks and Aaron Sterns (Photo: Steven Paulsen)
Steve Proposch, Kim Walker (with children), and Christopher Sequeira (Photo: Steven Paulsen)
Ramsey Campbell, via Skype (Photo: Aaron Sterns)

Cover Reveal: Contrition by Deborah Sheldon

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Hot off the press, we are pleased to reveal the cover for Deb Sheldon’s next novel with IFWG, Contrition. Marvellous work by Stoker winning illustrator, Greg Chapman.

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In her late teens, Meredith Berg-Olsen had had all the makings of a runway model. Now in her late forties, after everything she had been through – including horrors that John could only guess at – she looked bloodless instead of pale, skeletal instead of slender, more dead than alive…
 
John Penrose has two secrets. One is the flatmate he keeps hidden from the world: his high-school sweetheart, Meredith. His other secret is the reason he feels compelled to look after her.
 
Contrition is a horror story with noir undertones and an atmosphere of mounting dread.
Contrition will be released late June 2018.