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The Devil's Wine

edited June 2004 in General news
Tom Piccirilli posted this at Shocklines:

The long wait is almost over! THE DEVIL'S WINE will be back from the printer's in the next few days and start shipping shortly thereafter. It's been a long road, and I appreciate everyone who's pre-ordered the anthology.


From Publisher's Weekly:

THE DEVIL’S WINE

Edited by Tom Piccirilli. Cemetery Dance (www.cemeterydance.com), $40 (360p) ISBN 1-85767-070-4



Without apologies, 19 masters (and mistresses) of contemporary horror fiction reveal themselves in a poetic mood in this anthology of mostly previously unpublished verse assembled by Stoker-winner Piccirilli (The Night Class, etc.). Known for the nasty violence of much of his fiction, Jack Ketchum shows a gentler side in such poems as “Hoboe” and “Sleeping Woman.” Ray Bradbury, whose poetry is by now as familiar to fans as his fantasy, contributes such whimsies as the self-referential “The Other Me,” in which he wonders, “Did R.B. write that poem, that line, that speech?” Joe Haldeman brings the same wickedly endearing wit to a poem like “Audience Participation,” about an elderly moviegoer’s revenge on some annoying teenagers, as he does to his fiction. Other notable contributors include Peter Straub, Charles De Lint, Peter Crowther and Elizabeth Massie. This is a rich feast, fit for a king, and indeed he is here too-Stephen King. Such poems as “The Dark Man” and “Harrison State Park ’68,” reprinted here for the first time after some 30 or more years, are good enough to make readers hope the Master Spellbinder revisits his muse more frequently. (July)



Forecast: The King poetry, originally published in small venues during his college years, alone should ensure a sellout of the first printing.

Comments



  • WOOHOO! I preordered this thing ages ago, it seems. SO happy to know that I'll have it in my grubby little hands soon. :)
  • Man, you think it feels like it's been ages... I pre-ordered it the day it was announced and I've got on order two trade editions, one Lettered edition, and one Artist edition.  I absolutely cannot wait to get my hands on it! I realize that it takes them longer to make the Lettered and Artist editions, but I figure that the trade will tide me over until then :)
  • Now I just have to continue waiting for Legacies, Great Ghost Stories, Century's Best Horror Fiction, Stephen King Trivia, and the Road to the Dark Tower... :'(
  • Hey  BCH... can I have your book-buying budget??   ;)
  • Tell me about it... I have about $6,000.00 in pre-ordered books spread between Cemetery Dance, Donald M. Grant, and Centipede Press. Takes a whole lotta sacrifice to be able to afford to be a Stephen King collector nowadays...
  • Tell me about it... I have about $6,000.00 in pre-ordered books


    I'm the one that's getting beat over the head... because I spend my money on mundane things like... food... :D
  • I'm really looking forward to this one, too. I hope there's a resurgence in horror poetry...there's nothing quite like it.



    -- Mike Arnzen, gorelets.com
  • Hey Big Coffin -



    I'm in awe. I'd love to see (forgive my nosiness) a complete list of what you've got on preorder!



    Seeing the name Centipede Press there, I can assume one of them is the "'Salem's Lot" special edition. Can't tell you how jealous I am...



    I recently took advantage of an offer from Cemetery Dance to buy $200 worth of credit for $99. With that, I ordered (and received) "Triage" and "Trick Or Treat." On pre-order is "Taverns of the Dead," "Walpuski's Typewriter," and "Mondo Zombie." And, on a previous pre-order: "The Century's Best Horror Fiction" and "The Road To The Dark Tower."



    Let us know how that copy of the "Lot" turns out...



    Blu
  • BigCoffinHunter is our "Calvin Tower"... :D
  • yeah coffin hunter... i'm with you.... it's a big big collecting year



    so far since jan. i've gotten:

    not king related:

    signed limited "Lost Boy Lost Girl" by Peter straub

    lettered "trick or treat"

    lettered "the folks"



    king related:

    signed UK 1st ed. of salem's lot

    limited Dark Dreamers

    limited THE GIRL NEXT DOOR

    signed trade THE GIRL NEXT DOOR

    UK 1st ed. umneys last case

    two US D.T. 6 trade eds.

    artist of the DT 6

    signed limited ed. of the DT 6

    limited ed. of quietly now

    a lettered edition of DT 1 - the gunslinger

    cavalier oct 73 mag (w/ story gray matter)

    playboy 1/83 (w/ The Word Processor)



    on the way i have:

    U.K. 1st trade of DT 6

    german 1st trade of DT6

    lettered edition of quietly now

    proof of devil's wine

    trade of devil's wine

    artist ed. devil's wine

    deluxe limited salem's lot

    2 trade copies of Girl who loved tom gordon-popup

    2 copies (i hope) of the limited Girl who loved tom gordon-popup

    a trade SK trivia

    a lettered edition SK trivia

    limited trade of Great Ghost Stories

    a publisher copy of the lettered edition of Great Ghost Stories

    limited trade of Century's Best Horror

    a publisher copy of the lettered edition of Century's Best Horror

    the signed limited HardBack cemetery dance mags issues 50-54

    the signed limited "the road to the dark tower" + the limited bookmarks and free trade paperback

    PLUS:

    i'll be getting the US/UK trades, artists, proofs, and limited signed limiteds for DT 7 when they are ready to order.



    AND:

    .... with my lifetime membership, i also will get all the cemetery dance limiteds, gravetales mag. limited, and cemetery dance mags. that are to be released



    and i know i've probably missed out on something...

    yes... it is an expensive habit. don't even want to think about adding it all up right now.



    ~S.B.












  • just got in my proof copy for Devil's Wine.



    you can see it in the King's Closet page here:



    http://groups.msn.com/KingsCloset/general.msnw?action=get_message&mview=0&ID_Message=1160&LastModified=4675477752355491127



    ~sir boomme

    known in other worlds as S.B.

    aka. terry from austin

    aka. lins boo

    aka. boo

    aka. vocal snarky

    aka. Sir B.S.

    aka.SBS
  • Dear Sir Boome,



    Wow.



    Sincerely,



    Blu
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