Tentative Cover

         

If the publisher eventually decides to confirm this his chosen cover design from Tony Lovell’s artwork, I shall be very pleased. I believe there will also be artwork inside for the two novellas, by Tony, hopefully

There’s another one Tony has shown on his Facebook that reminds me of Henri Rousseau. The whole Tony project on this reminds me of the development in the Close Encounters ‘sculpture’ (in a nice way!).

The Apocryphan and Yesterfang below, respectively:

   

Here: “Hard to believe that Tony created that haunting red indian figure out of plasticine!!
I’ve told him he should take up serious sculpture. The man’s talent is wasted as far as I am concerned. The way he is able to integrate photography, painting and 3D figures into such strikingly original yet somehow primal imagery is startlingly impressive. Well done, sir!”

I have been constructively busy in the last few days checking the proof of THE LAST BALCONY (plus two novellas THE APOCRYPHAN and YESTERFANG) – my definitive book collection to be published in 2012 by The InkerMen Press.  I am particularly excited about this and, while re-reading the various fictions, they came up completely fresh. I was immodestly impressed but I’m not sure how divorced a writer can be from past work … but ‘The Intentional Fallacy’ applies?

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THE LISZT BALCONY

I am delighted to announce that The InkerMen Press will be publishing my definitive collection of prose fiction, my final bow as an author, before I myself am collected up by nothingness. A hardback book of some substance projected to be available in 2012.

THE LAST BALCONY

of short stories

by DF Lewis

plus the special inclusion of two novellas:

Yesterfang

and

The Apocryfan

I am very excited about this. More information in due course.

A specimen fiction from this book: THE HORN OF EUROPE

I am also kindly allowed by Unsettled Dust to use the above photo (from HERE) in connection with this book. This is a photograph that has no connection with me or with the publisher. Its own title, I’ve been told, was inspired by the book title.

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NB:  ’The Last Balcony’ contents duplicate nothing in Weirdmonger: The Nemonicon (Prime 2003), the latter collection for some time now irretrievably out of print and with slowly depleting availability on the 2nd hand market.