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Time to see what's in the Box

WHAT'S INSIDE THE BOX?

BLACK BOX

100 of the darkest, most surreal flash fiction stories from 80 of the hottest horror and fantasy authors, including my own story 'Sleep'.

Dark music from the best Australian alternative, gothic opera, metal, and hip hop artists.

Electronic galleries of dark art from the finest Australian and emerging international artists, including a gallery of my own work and a preview of the illustrations included in the forthcoming 'Shards' collection from Ticonderoga publications.

Plus all the multimedia nastiness and surprises you loved from Shadow Box.

Here's what I said about the original Shadow Box CD, which I wasn't in, back when it was released last year:

"I think Shadow Box is one of the most original concepts I have ever come across, not just in Horror and Dark Fantasy, but in any genre! Many publications have tried electronic delivery via PDF before, but they're still just print magazines. Shadow Box is something new and entirely different in a great way. I hope many people in the publishing industry see this as an example of how Fiction Publishing and E-books can really evolve. [Shadow Box is] a new way for people to enjoy Fiction in the Digital Age. This is what E-Books will become." - Shadowed Realms Readers Forum

Black Box is even more ambitous, and I'm really looking forward to throwing this collection into the CD-drive.

At only $12.95, and with all profits going to the Australian Horror Writers Association, this collection is probably the scariest, freakiest bargain you'll find all year.

You can find out more, and order yourself a copy over at Brimstone Press. Or, if you're at SwanCon on the weekend I know there will be plenty of copies there.

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SHARDS: Cover image released - pre-orders available now.

"This is how flash fiction should be written – sharp, brilliant images conjured by amazingly few words. Cummings’ aptitude for flash fiction is evident in every carefully chosen phrase."
– Stephanie Gunn, HorrorScope.

SHARDS is the debut collection of dark flash fiction from Ditmar Award winner and multi-award nominee Shane Jiraiya Cummings, illustrated throughout and with a cover by me!

SHARDS features forty short, sharp tales, including stories that have appeared in Shadowed Realms, Apex Digest, Dark Wisdom, Horror Literature Quarterly, Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine, Borderlands, Shadow Box, Book of Shadows, Simulacrum, and Shorthorror.com, plus ten originals.

Each story is illustrated with full-page black and white artwork by Andrew McKiernan (39 illustrations in all, plus a full-colour cover).

SHARDS is now available for pre-order from Ticonderoga Publications (in limited numbered edition (500 only) and an ultra exclusive signed and numbered edition (30 only)). The limited edition is available for a short time at the low price of less than $20.

SHARDS is also available in a special pre-order bundle along with Sean Williams' 'best of' collection MAGIC DIRT and Lewis Shiner's upcoming collection LOVE IN VAIN. Save by ordering all three in one hit!

The collection is expected to be published in October 2008.

I'll post some images of the internal illustrations over the next couple of weeks so you can all get a sneak peek at the inside.

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Shards: Forty Short Sharp Tales

I was pretty excited to notice that Ticonderoga Publications have announced the publication in October 2007 of "Shards: Forty Short Sharp Tales" - Shane Jiraiya Cummings' first short story collection, and my first collection of illustrations!

As the title so obviously suggests, "Shards" will contain 40 of Shane's stories reprinted from publications such as Shadowed Realms, Dark Wisdom, Andromeda Spaceways, Apex Digest, Borderlands, and Shadow Box, including those that have been honourably mentioned in the Aurealis Awards and in Ellen Datlow's Year's Best Fantasy & Horror anthology, as well as a swathe of material original to the collection.

Each of the 40 stories has its own black and white full-page illustration, by me.

I think that this book - with its combination of brilliant short, dark tales and dark, moody images - will be something quite different to what everyone else is producing for the adult horror/dark-fiction market at this time.

Ticonderoga Publications will be publishing a limited edition trade paperback and a signed 30-copy numbered edition of Shards. Pre-ordering is available now at the Ticonderoga.

ISBN: 978-0-9803531-0-5

Numbered Edition tpb (30 signed copies): Aus$49.50 / US$40

Limited Edition tpb (500 numbered copies): Aus$24.95 / US$20

Of course, now I'm going to urge you all to rush over to Ticonderoga and pre-order yourself a copy! Support poor starving Andrew, Shane and Russell (and Australian small press in general) and head on over to: http://ticonderogaonline.org/publications/shards.html. Your nightmares will love you for it.