Some new books

 I'll shortly be rattling the can for my Cardiff Half Marathon cancer research sponsorship, but in the meantime here are a few new things worthy of mention.

The two Revelation Space short story collections I mentioned last time are now out in the world, and it's very nice to see them. As indicated, these gather all the stories previously compiled in the two collections Galactic North and Diamond Dogs, Turquoise Days, as well as the material I've written since those two books: Monkey Suit, Open and Shut, The Last Log of the Lachrimosa, Night Passage and Plague Music. I've no immediate plans for anything else in the RS universe so, for now at least, these two collections are complete. Obviously if you're a completist, and you've already got the two earlier collections, you'll be in the annoying position of having to shell out for one or both of these, but it would have been a bit unsatisfactory to orphan these newer stories in a separate collection, I feel, as they would have needed to be padded out with non-RS material. I know how it feels as I've been there myself with other authors and musicians.

As always, I feel the need to add that, although I'm done with the RS stuff for now, that's not because I got fed up with it or exhausted, just that I'd like to explore fresher creative pastures while I can. At least there's a good chunk of material already written, for those who enjoy rummaging around in future histories. And speaking of which, this summer has also seen the publication of Subterranean Press's gorgeous special edition of ABSOLUTION GAP, following on from their equally lovely renditions of REVELATION SPACE and REDEMPTION ARK. I'm really thrilled and flattered by the attention to detail in Sub Press's books and consider myself very fortunate indeed for their enthusiasm and care.

ABSOLUTION GAP is a divisive book (I know!) but the one thing we can all agree on is that it's a big beast; by my recollection it's around 275,000 words and I've not written anything anywhere near as long since. The Sub Press edition is accordingly quite a bruiser of a book:

It features some stunning and evocative artwork (I'll just offer a teaser here):

By the brilliant Marc Simonetti. Once again Subterranean Press has produced a phenomenal item, and I'm eternally grateful to Bill and everyone at Sub Press for their continued support. Thank you so much.

Also from Subterranean, but not arriving until October, is my standalone novella THE DAGGER IN VICHY, which I'm also very pleased with, and Sub Press has come up with a beautiful quasi-medieval look for the thing, fully in keeping with the narrative.

The cover is by Andrew Davis, and the editor on this title was the formidable Jonathan Strahan, another much appreciated and long-time supporter of my work.

Ordering details for these books, and many others, may be found here:

https://subterraneanpress.com/

There's another North American limited edition in the pipeline, too - something a bit different - which I'll talk about nearer publication.

Many thanks,

Al R