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Vale Brimstone
May. 3rd, 2011 08:41 amAnother wonderful Australian small press is closing down. You can find all the details here, including information on how to get hold of the last books before they're pulped. This Saturday is when it all happens.
What's particularly sad about losing Brimstone Press is that Angela and Shane have been so important in nurturing new writers and making the current (pretty amazing) state of horror writing possible in Australia. I remember when Shadow Box came out and so many new kids were saying "I can do this." Those new kids are now writing and publishing regularly and making waves. I don't know who will take Angela's place, or Shane's. I don't know if anyone *can* take their place. Every publication of theirs is worth reading, and every single one of them will be missed. I can only hope and trust that they have other projects in mind and that their future holds more great horror writing for us.
People around me keep saying "You have to buy Macabre," because it's one of the best anthologies of last year. Because it's so very, very, very good. And because in a few days it will be out of print.
The bottom line is that, if we, as readers, don't talk about and don't buy the work of small press, then small press will not survive.
This is a tough week, isn't it?
What's particularly sad about losing Brimstone Press is that Angela and Shane have been so important in nurturing new writers and making the current (pretty amazing) state of horror writing possible in Australia. I remember when Shadow Box came out and so many new kids were saying "I can do this." Those new kids are now writing and publishing regularly and making waves. I don't know who will take Angela's place, or Shane's. I don't know if anyone *can* take their place. Every publication of theirs is worth reading, and every single one of them will be missed. I can only hope and trust that they have other projects in mind and that their future holds more great horror writing for us.
People around me keep saying "You have to buy Macabre," because it's one of the best anthologies of last year. Because it's so very, very, very good. And because in a few days it will be out of print.
The bottom line is that, if we, as readers, don't talk about and don't buy the work of small press, then small press will not survive.
This is a tough week, isn't it?