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Subterranean Press » Announcing SCENTING THE DARK AND OTHER STORIES by Mary Robinette Kowal

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Ladies and gentlemen, allow me to introduce you to my first collection, Scenting the Dark and Other Stories.  I’ve loved Subterranean Press for a long time now and can’t describe how ecstatic I am about this little book. The cover art is an original by Sandro Castelli and the book design is by Gail Cross. You can’t see the interior yet, but in pdf form it makes me long to have the pages in my hands. So beautiful.

We here at SubPress are fans of elegant small collections such as Antiquities by John Crowley or The Devil in the Details by James P. Blaylock and Tim Powers. Our latest offering fits solidly in that mode. Scenting the Dark and Other Stories, the debut hardcover by Campbell Award-winner Mary Robinette Kowal packs a powerful 25,000 words into its roughly 100 pages. Do yourself a favor and check out one of our finest new short story writers — and novelist, as Mary just sold a pair to Tor (Congrats!)

I’m just delighted.

20 Comments »

20 Comments

  1. J. Cheney J. Cheney on 24.02.2009 at 12:23 (Reply)

    Awesome! And what a beautiful cover!

  2. Aimee Aimee on 24.02.2009 at 12:31 (Reply)

    Woo! You are so full of awesome!! :D

  3. Christopher Kastensmidt Christopher Kastensmidt on 24.02.2009 at 12:39 (Reply)

    Congrats! Great cover, great publisher!

  4. Lon Lon on 24.02.2009 at 12:55 (Reply)

    That is a gorgeous cover. If fits perfectly with your amazing collection.

    I’m so excited for you!

    1. Mary Robinette Kowal Mary Robinette Kowal on 24.02.2009 at 12:57 (Reply)

      Thanks, Lon! And your text is on the back, with only some minor tweaking.

      1. Lon Lon on 24.02.2009 at 13:11 (Reply)

        Neat! I’m glad I was able to help!

  5. Craig Laurance Gidney Craig Laurance Gidney on 24.02.2009 at 13:23 (Reply)

    Congratulations! What a great cover!

  6. Lawrence M. Schoen Lawrence M. Schoen on 24.02.2009 at 13:59 (Reply)

    I’m so pleased they’re doing this as a hardcover. That means I get to buy it!

    Do you have a release date?

    1. Mary Robinette Kowal Mary Robinette Kowal on 24.02.2009 at 16:45 (Reply)

      It comes out in November.

  7. Mike F Mike F on 24.02.2009 at 14:31 (Reply)

    Neat cover! Will there be artwork inside as well? More great news!

    1. Mary Robinette Kowal Mary Robinette Kowal on 24.02.2009 at 16:46 (Reply)

      No, but the interior design is very pretty.

  8. John Chu John Chu on 24.02.2009 at 14:42 (Reply)

    Congrats!

  9. Julia Julia on 24.02.2009 at 15:40 (Reply)

    Bought mine. I will probably forget and then in November will have a lovely surprise XD

    1. Mary Robinette Kowal Mary Robinette Kowal on 24.02.2009 at 16:46 (Reply)

      Yay!

  10. Douglas Cohen Douglas Cohen on 24.02.2009 at 16:27 (Reply)

    Very cool, Mary. And that’s a great cover.

  11. Jason Sizemore Jason Sizemore on 24.02.2009 at 16:43 (Reply)

    Pretty cool to see your Apex story headlining the collection. It’s definitely one that deserves broader exposure.

    1. Mary Robinette Kowal Mary Robinette Kowal on 24.02.2009 at 16:49 (Reply)

      It’s also got the original, non-flash version of “Locked In” as well. I think Apex is the only market with two stories in the collection. Thanks for giving them a home.

  12. Charles Charles on 24.02.2009 at 17:13 (Reply)

    Congrats! It’s awesome.

  13. Delia Delia on 24.02.2009 at 19:55 (Reply)

    That’s a wonderful cover. Congratulations! I’m really looking forward to reading it.

  14. Kelvin Kao Kelvin Kao on 24.02.2009 at 20:15 (Reply)

    What? No coupon code?

    Just kidding. Ordered one. :-)

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