Unquiet Slumbers by Nepenthe Press

Hi all,

Group members may be interested in the following new press and new publication.

https://www.nepenthepress.co.uk/category/unquiet-slumbers

There are still limited and numbered editions available. I've pre-ordered and thought it may be of interest here.

Tristan

Looks interesting and reasonable price. Ordered slipcased edition.

Thanks for the info, I will order it too.

Is there a list of contents?

>4 LeBacon: From their site:

Unquiet Slumbers is a collection of seventeen such stories by some of the finest contemporary writers of horror fiction, twelve of these stories* will be published here for the first time.

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Contents:

Introduction - Edward Parnell

Byerly Mount - Ron Weighell

Absent Below the Lip - Charles Wilkinson*

Fangs and Teeth, Broken and Bloody - John Langan*

The Original Occupant -Adam Nevill

Greener Pastures - Michael Wehunt

Whisper to a Grey - Stephen Volk

Horns - Rowe Irvin*

Wassail - Sean Hogan*

The Knocking - Helen Grant*

The Whisky Spinners God - Alex Older*

The Tunnel of Saksaksalim - Ron Weighell

The Night Hag - Tracy Fahey*

The Water Bells - Charles Wilkinson*

The Grassman - Rebecca Lloyd

The Flabby Man - David Surface*

Maiden in the Moor - Elizabeth Dearnley*

Crow - Wren Robinson*

Here it is (from https://www.nepenthepress.co.uk/folkhorror):

About the Book
Like tales of folklore and fairytale passed on orally over centuries, Folk Horror too is an ever evolving, and shape-shifting entity. Most famous perhaps are the three flagship films 'The Wicker Man', 'Blood on Satan's Claw' and 'The Witchfinder General, but in written form, Folk Horror has a rich history.



Writers such as M R James, Arthur Machen, Eleanor Scott and Algernon Blackwood were past masters, invoking fear and foreboding through tropes which have come to embody Folk Horror. Rural settings, a sense of isolation, superstition, paganism, the old gods, the awakening of a buried past and the darkest aspects of nature.



Unquiet Slumbers is a collection of seventeen such stories by some of the finest contemporary writers of horror fiction, twelve of these stories* will be published here for the first time.

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Contents:

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Introduction - Edward Parnell

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Byerly Mount - Ron Weighell

Absent Below the Lip - Charles Wilkinson*

Fangs and Teeth, Broken and Bloody - John Langan*

The Original Occupant -Adam Nevill

Greener Pastures - Michael Wehunt

Whisper to a Grey - Stephen Volk

Horns - Rowe Irvin*

Wassail - Sean Hogan*

The Knocking - Helen Grant*

The Whisky Spinners God - Alex Older*

The Tunnel of Saksaksalim - Ron Weighell

The Night Hag - Tracy Fahey*

The Water Bells - Charles Wilkinson*

The Grassman - Rebecca Lloyd

The Flabby Man - David Surface*

Maiden in the Moor - Elizabeth Dearnley*

Crow - Wren Robinson*

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Designed and Illustrated by Elijah John.

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>5 jakehmurray: This should help - https://www.nepenthepress.co.uk/folkhorror.

I can get behind that, big fan of folk horror. Ordered the slipcased, thanks for posting!

>10 Pax_Romana: Yes, if the next volume is Poe, then I'm glad to be holding a place for it.

>12 Pax_Romana: Very cool, that's an excellent pedigree for both the book and chapbook.

>1 TristanJohn: Thanks for the heads-up! I ordered a slipcased copy.

Only ten copies of the slipcased edition (that most people above seem to be buying) are still available. Time for FOMO!

>16 wcarter: Thanks for the reminder. Got the slipcased edition :)

Grabbed one as well! Thanks for the heads' up. Only 2 left of the deluxe slipcased edition (#1-100).

Deluxe editions now sold out, 2 remaining of the Lettered edition.

Just finished 'Wuthering Heights' and realized that 'Unquiet Slumbers' is taken from the last paragraph of that book!

New post up with some artwork previews, this is looking very nice. I've seen a lot of this "wet paint" style in horror art over the past decade, it works well when done properly.

https://www.nepenthepress.co.uk/post/artwork-reveal-and-progress-update-on-unqui...

Update from the publisher on availability.

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Good news for anyone who didn't manage to secure a slipcased, limited edition of Unquiet Slumbers or a lettered edition. We had been asked to hold a couple of copies, but have heard nothing since, so we can now offer three copies of the slipcased edition and one copy of the lettered edition for pre-order.

We are also now down to the last 20 copies of the signed, limited edition hardcover which can be ordered via the link:

https://www.nepenthepress.co.uk/category/all-products.

Newsletter out with info on Nepenthe Press's forthcoming Poe editions. While the main volume will be printed offset, there will be a limited run of The Fall of the House of Usher in letterpress. Some are to be included with the lettered edition of the main volume, while the rest will be sold on their own.

>24 Shadekeep: Being new to fine press I can't help but wonder, did I come in during an unusual period or are there just an inordinately high quantity of Poe just laying around?

>25 CenSur: Poe remains a popular subject of fine press, in part due to the excellence of his work and familiarity with readers, and in part due to being in the public domain. A fair number of fine presses have Poe in their lineup, just like a lot of string quartets have Vivaldi in their repertoire.