tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30462386537778637882024-03-14T02:16:53.321+00:00Peter Coleborn: editor, publisher, writer, photographer...Alchemy Press/ Peter Colebornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05833436536772138668noreply@blogger.comBlogger114125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3046238653777863788.post-28024027471773356222013-07-29T21:35:00.001+01:002013-07-29T21:35:25.714+01:00Ginger Nuts... Here's an article I wrote for The Ginger Nuts of Horror website.
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I'm please with the way this turned out.
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June's tracks:
152 Kinks - Lola
153 Oasis - Champagne Supernova
154 Thunderclap
Newman - Something in the Air
155 Boo Radleys - Lazarus
156 Moby - Extreme
Ways
157 Good, the Bad
& the Queen - Good, the Bad Alchemy Press/ Peter Colebornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05833436536772138668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3046238653777863788.post-5716150979728301792013-06-29T09:03:00.001+01:002013-06-29T09:03:42.161+01:00Altered Images - 8
One of those updated Daleks that look more like the new Mini, if you ask me.
Alchemy Press/ Peter Colebornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05833436536772138668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3046238653777863788.post-75137314414191547252013-06-29T08:53:00.003+01:002013-06-29T08:55:00.169+01:00Photography updateOn the photography front, I have a spread of photos in the 2013 World Fantasy Convention Souvenir Book, images taken at a previous WFC. And I shall be exhibiting some photographs in the art show, too.
Alchemy Press/ Peter Colebornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05833436536772138668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3046238653777863788.post-45379914394169091682013-06-28T15:58:00.001+01:002013-06-28T15:58:38.444+01:00Activity at the Alchemy Press
It’s about time I added another post to this blog. Trouble
is, even though I am officially retired I seem to be busier than ever. That’s a
good thing though, isn’t it? After all, it should help keep the mental
processes ticking over nicely. Anyway, I should mention some of the Alchemy
Press stuff I’ve been up to of late. In no particular order...
This autumn (or fall, if you prefer) The Alchemy Press/ Peter Colebornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05833436536772138668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3046238653777863788.post-64391641111545242892013-06-01T11:12:00.002+01:002013-06-01T11:13:40.655+01:00Playlist for 2013 -- Part 5
May's tracks:
121 Cat Power – Salty
Dog
122 Who – My
Generation
123 Loudon
Wainwright III – Glad to See You've Got Religion
124 Forest – A
Glade Somewhere
125 Walkabouts – The
Light Will Stay On
126 Alchemy Press/ Peter Colebornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05833436536772138668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3046238653777863788.post-86458344655872035462013-05-30T18:07:00.002+01:002013-05-30T18:11:32.524+01:00The World Fantasy Awards
It feels only like yesterday – okay, a few months ago – when
I was one of the judges for the World Fantasy Award. In fact, it was in 2008,
five years ago. When I agreed to do this I expected to receive a pile of books
to read ... but what a pile! In the end, I reckon we (the judges) did a good
job. The awards were presented at the World Fantasy Convention held, that year,
in Calgary. Alas, I Alchemy Press/ Peter Colebornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05833436536772138668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3046238653777863788.post-11568883634838219012013-05-29T10:23:00.003+01:002013-05-29T10:23:46.028+01:00Blue Horses
Lizzie Prendergast of the Blue Horses
Photo taken at The Robin 2 in Bilston, in the West Midlands
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I run the small press The Alchemy Press. It’s a small “small
press”: we only publish a few titles per year. This is because of time
constraints and, importantly, trying to keep the costs to a manageable level.
Last year we published two anthologies, The Alchemy Press Book of Ancient Wonders and The Alchemy Press Book of Pulp Heroes. This year we will be
publishing three anthologies:
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As you may know, I wear the publisher’s / editor-in-chief’s
hat for The Alchemy Press. And if you didn’t know before, you do now.
The Alchemy Press began in the late 1990s, was active for a
few years, and then went into hibernation. We started publishing again in 2011
with Rumours of the Marvellous by
Peter Atkins. 2013 saw two anthologies and a novel. Our first item for 2013 is
a brand new Alchemy Press/ Peter Colebornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05833436536772138668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3046238653777863788.post-12883306057006253232013-05-16T17:45:00.000+01:002013-05-16T17:46:11.410+01:00Altered Images - 7
Here's another Photoshop-enhanced photo. The dragon was made by Sue Burns out of bits of copper and other scraps. Very fine piece, it was.
If people are interested in acquiring hi-res versions of these pictures please get in touch.
Alchemy Press/ Peter Colebornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05833436536772138668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3046238653777863788.post-27597245888779524622013-05-07T21:30:00.001+01:002013-05-07T21:30:37.395+01:00Playlist for 2013 -- part 4Here are my selected tracks for April:
91 Who - Won't
Get Fooled Again
92 Donovan - Universal Soldier
93 Tindersticks - Drunk Tank
94 Radiohead - Creep
95 Barry McGuire - Eve of Destruction
96 &Alchemy Press/ Peter Colebornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05833436536772138668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3046238653777863788.post-46073983244606400352013-04-21T12:08:00.001+01:002013-04-21T12:08:45.153+01:00Altered Images - 6
Just to show, it's not all fantasy and horror round here.
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Another illustration by yours truly.
Alchemy Press/ Peter Colebornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05833436536772138668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3046238653777863788.post-63140365339251765442013-04-04T17:10:00.001+01:002013-04-04T17:11:21.704+01:00Basil Copper RIP
Sad news. I've just learned that another member of the Fantasy Family has died. Basil Copper died in hospital yesterday. He was 89. Although we were not close friends I always found him the perfect gentleman. He also seemed to possess a sense of the mischievousness, as evidenced by the photo I took of him in 2008 at one of the BFS's Open Nights.
[Photo (c) Peter Coleborn]
Alchemy Press/ Peter Colebornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05833436536772138668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3046238653777863788.post-51399993209463505362013-03-31T18:29:00.000+01:002013-03-31T18:29:27.359+01:00Playlist for 2013 -- part 3Here are the tracks selected for March.
60 Thalia Zedek –
Dance Me to the End of Love
61 Moriaty – Jimmy
62 Magazine – Shot
by Both Sides
63 Band – Long
Black Veil
64 David Bowie –
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I'm rather pleased with this image.
Alchemy Press/ Peter Colebornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05833436536772138668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3046238653777863788.post-30645940061648767922013-03-18T15:21:00.000+00:002013-03-18T15:21:27.963+00:00Networking
Last Saturday I was on the panel at a Writers’ Networking
meeting, run by Writing West Midlands. I was accompanied by Kate Long (The Bad Mother’s Handbook) and Jan
Edwards (The Alchemy Press Book of
Ancient Wonders).
Kate talked about her writing career – how she became a
successful published author. It was an interesting tale, one that involved all the
usual: perseverance, thick skin, Alchemy Press/ Peter Colebornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05833436536772138668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3046238653777863788.post-69590109441720427552013-02-28T17:46:00.001+00:002013-02-28T17:48:40.630+00:00Altered Images - 3
Here's another of my Altered Images.
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In an earlier post I listed the first 31 tracks on my 2013
playlist. Here are numbers 32 to 59 – in other words, February’s five–star songs.
32 Rheostatics – Legal
Age Life at the Variety Store
33 Special Needs – Francesca
34 Theatre of Hate –
Do You Believe in the Westworld?
35 Quatermass – Black
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The original photo was taken at one of the Tolkien weekends, a few years ago. Edited to remove the background kids eating ice cream cones.
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I've had another go at drawing, using charcoal pencils and oil pastels. Then I scanned them into Photoshop and had a little play with them.
Then I had a go at drawing a monster -- you'll probably guess the inspiration for this beast. I did the Photoshop jig on this picture, too. But I'm not sure it quite works.
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Did you know that DC Thompson & Co publishes a series of slim
books under the Bridges & Knight imprint? Every month they publish four short
novels, two crime and two romance, at £1.99 each. The one I bought was 140
pages – so that’s pretty good value for money. I came across the range quite by
chance on the magazine rack in a local supermarket – and that should’ve been a
clue. I bought Alchemy Press/ Peter Colebornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05833436536772138668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3046238653777863788.post-60283520139327253382013-02-01T16:40:00.000+00:002013-02-01T16:44:13.553+00:00Playlist for 2013 - Part 1
It seems that entertainment programs (such as Spotify, the
last time I looked) and hardware (MP3 players) all include the facility to
create playlists of your favourite music. Usually, I can’t be bothered; I just take
pot luck at whatever turns up next. However, what if I had to form a favourites list … what would I include? So I’ve
decided to create my own playlist for 2013, choosing oneAlchemy Press/ Peter Colebornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05833436536772138668noreply@blogger.com0