Azul-din

This time I'm going to do something I've always wanted to do, which is to give due credit to everyone who helped the book come into being. So: Thanks to my two friends, :devdark-precipice: and :devhokova: for interest, suggestions, and virtual cups of tea. Thanks also to the redoubtable :devakitku: my most constant reader who has been my sounding board for four as yet unpublished novels - but patience my friend, miracles do happen! Grateful thanks also to my publishers at Tartarus.  Ray Russel and Rosalie Parker, whose artistic acumen,  encouragement and discrete editing have been instrumental in bringing 'Tree Spirit' into being. A specia...

I sound like one of my own chickens and actually I have created something as personal as an egg. My first book, a collection of short stories many of which first appeared on dA, has found a publisher. Tartarus Press is a small independent publishing house located in Yorkshire which prints limited editions of strange and unique fiction, some by classical writers of the genre such as John Collier and Arthur Machen and some by relatively new writers, and then a few by total unknowns such as yours truly.I would like to take this opportunity to thank those of you on dA whose feedback and encouragement concerning my stories  have proved invaluab...