Friday, 22 April 2011

Lovecraftian Horror immortalised in Lego

The Pax Britannia series does feature the pantheon of the Cthulhu Mythos (at least not yet) but does have something in common of with the work of H P Lovecraft, and that's that they've both been realised in Lego.


To see more of this masterwork, click here.

Monday, 11 April 2011

The Ulysses Quicksilver Short Story Collection


Rumour has been rife on the Internet of late, after I published a series of 'Coming Soon' posts on the Pax Britannia blog, but today I can finally put those rumours to rest.

Coming soon from Abaddon Books is The Ulysses Quicksilver Short Story Collection, featuring a brand new cover by Simon Parr and re-printing three of the finest Ulysses Quicksilver novellas that first appeared in the back of various other books.

First up is the hard-to-find Fruiting Bodies, that originally appeared in Al Ewing's El Sombra. Then there's Vanishing Point, which first appeared in Leviathan Rising and which long time readers of the series will know has been at the centre of the Dark Side/Anno Frankenstein double-header. And then there's White Rabbit, which my editor believes is the best Ulysses short to date (and which was originally published with Blood Royal).

If you've not read the stories before The Ulysses Quicksilver Short Story Collection is worth downloading to your eBook reader of choice, as the stories contained within add a whole other layer to the world of Pax Britannia.

Monday, 4 April 2011

Pax Britannia: Masques and Lies

I have to tell you about a brand new original Pax Britannia short story by David Moore that's been produced exclusively for Pornokitsch's V Days of Rome.

Masques and Lies is a cracking read and builds on what both Al Ewing and I have already established in the Pax Britannia setting and may lead on to more like it... who knows?

Anywhere, check it out here and enjoy. This one's on David!

Sherlock Holmes vs Saw

Now that sounds like a mash-up worthy of a Pax Britannia adventure!

Genre for Japan - bidding now closed

Genre for Japan is now over - and has raised over eleven thousand pounds! This is a fantastic result, and Jenni Hill, Amanda Rutter, Lou Morgan, Rosemary Jane Smith and Alasdair Stuart should feel justly proud of themselves.

The lots from the Pax Britannia team (made up of Al Ewing, Pye Parr and myself) raised £440.00! So congratulations to friends of this blog Steven Dean, James Newton and Matt Zitron - and to everyone else who placed a bid.

Meanwhile, Abaddon's editorial team (Jon Oliver, David Moore and the awesome Jenni Hill) managed to raise £660.00 between them. (Being minions of the Angel of the Bottomless Pit, I'm surprised they didn't raise £666!)

For my sins, I now need to work out how I'm going to fit the name Matt Zitron into my latest Pax Britannia adventure Time's Arrow!

So, until next time...

Saturday, 2 April 2011