Awesome New Morning Star Subscriptions for Collectors!

Some big changes at Morning Star

The economy has hit everyone hard and its no exception for small press publishers.  Our costs have gone up significantly while sales have gone down.  In order to stay healthy in this market something is going to have to give so here is our plan.

Morning Star will be publishing approximately 8 titles a year in 2010.  These releases starting with next years schedule will be in a more traditional book format, cloth bound, signature sheets, foil stamping, perhaps even dust jackets, etc.   These editions will be great quality, very readable, durable editions you’ve come to cherish in your libraries.

We will be announcing a subscription program where you will be able to subscribe and get your purchases at a 15% discount off the cover price.  All subscribers will be given a secured number and will keep that number for as long as they stay current on their subscription (Those that ordered VENDETTA limited edition can request to have their same number for their subscription).

We will also have some very special bonuses throughout the year that ONLY goes out to our subscribers.  These bonuses will ultimately be very collectible special issues reserved for our subscribers as our way of saying thanks for your continued support.

Here are the bullet points:

We are limiting the subscriptions to only 110!

• Subscriptions will have a one-time nonrefundable fee of $9 to secure their subscriptions.

• Subscribers will not pay for the title until the book is ready to ship. They will receive a hidden link in their email to order and pay for the book at the reduced price when the title is in stock and ready to ship.

• Subscribers will receive a 15% discount off the cover price of all editions within the subscription program.

• Subscribers will receive secured numbers as long as there membership is in good standing.

Some of the authors you can expect to see from Morning Star next year:

Joe R. Lansdale

Edward Lee

Nate Southard

Brett McBean

Steve Shrewsbury

Kelli Dunlap

And more!

This book is a hand bound limited edition hardcover in a hand made custom slipcase.  Books will be smythe sewn, on heavy stock paper, sewn in satin ribbon marker and customer endpapers, No more than 150 copies will be published.

Michelle Dowling found her dream job. The offer on her desk from Corporate Financial Consultants included a high five figure salary, generous benefits and cushy perks. Finally, after a escaping the psychological abuse of an emotionally cold mother and a series of dead-end jobs she could start planning a future with her fiancé, Donald.

However, Michelle forgot the cardinal rule for any job offer; always read the fine print. She really should have gotten more detail about her overtime hours,company policies, and exactly what they meant when they said “Welcome to the Corporate Financial family.”

Michelle isn’t afraid of hard work. She’s a dedicated employee,the kind any manager would want for his firm. But this Corporation requires much more than just dedication…

These are sold out from the publisher!

This copy of Haunter of the Threshold is #97 of 174 limited copies, published by Infernal House.

BLUE SKIES AND CLEAN COUNTRY AIR…

As a closet nymphomaniac suffering from the sickest fetishes ever cataloged, Hazel Greene has enough problems; being secretly in love with her attractive (and very pregnant) mentor Professor Sonia Heald doesn’t make things any easier. But now’s her chance to reveal her secret and perhaps cure herself of her unmitigated sexual sickness, as she and Sonia embark on a picturesque road trip to a gorgeous New England countryside. Hazel prays that the clear blue skies and clean country air will do her a world of good…

AND A QUIET, SECLUDED CABIN…

So what if the cabin’s previous owner committed suicide? Hazel doesn’t believe in ghosts. But she’ll soon learn that things worse than ghosts haunt the cabin and the twilight deeps that surround it. Her dreams mutate into the most revolting nightmares, tinted by sexual abominations and carnal acts so repugnant they beggar at even her demented mind. The suicide letters are macabre enough, but when she and Sonia find the bizarre, crazily angled crystal…

SICKER, SICKER, SICKER…

The crystal is no mere gimcrack–it is a totem over ten million years old, and in its blood-red depths Hazel sees not only ghastly, indescribable monstrosities but a perverted demesne that makes hell look blase. Sicker and sicker Hazel becomes as she learns the crystal’s chasm-black secrets as well as its true and absolutely unspeakable purpose–the crystal, yes, the Shining Trapezohedron… Now, at last, the sequel to H.P. Lovecraft’s mind-boggling tale, “The Haunter of the Dark,” as only the outre imagination of Edward Lee could conceive. Join Hazel and Sonia on their ever-downward spiral through cosmic depravity, eldritch horrors, and a swooning, gut-churning cesspool of para-dimensional sex, in one of the hardest-core horror novels of ever written…

THE HAUNTER OF THE THRESHOLD

DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN by Brian Keene (Lettered Edition)

Darkness on the Edge of Town is a new supernatural post-apocalyptic short novel from Brian Keene. The residents of a small town must cope with lawlessness, madness, and mayhem after their town is literally swallowed by a mysterious darkness. But as their society quickly breaks down, an even greater danger awaits them beyond the darkness…on the other side. This new book is sure to appeal to fans of Keene’s Take The Long Way Home and Earthworm Gods.

This editions lavishly illustrated by Alex McVey with over 15 illustrations.

26-copy lettered hardcover bound in Buffalo leather
Buffalo leather traycase
Original artwork bound into traycase
Hand Painted Endpapers
Solid silver buckles securing traycase
26-copy original HC mini-chapbook included that will never be reprinted

This edition will be smythe sewn and printed on archival quality paper specially milled for Infernal House editions. Paper is acid-neutral and conforms with all guidelines established for permanence and durability by the Council of Library Resources. These books will last many generations.

This title is the first Infernal House release.

Forthcoming titles from Infernal House include a brand new hardcore Lovecraftian novel from Edward Lee, Haunter of the Threshold.

This edition is letter “D” and with this purchase you will have the option of matching the same letter on the next Infernal House title HAUNTER OF THE THRESHOLD by Edward Lee

NOTE: The original artwork that is in the traycase is different than the picture shown.

When the end of the world came it wasn’t with a bang but a whimper. The maggots laid siege to the world destroying everything in their path; small ones that get inside a man and ruin him and big ones that can devour whole cities. Buckley Adamski and a small band of survivors are holed up waiting for the end to find them. The end does find Buckley when the maggots invade his body but before the maggots finish him he wants to lead the survivors to the sea and salvation. He wants to go out in a blaze of glory.

There will be a 90 day reservation period for this title. This edition will only be available for sale for 90 days or until 300 copies are sold whichever comes first.

The Great Wyrm Ouroboros – the ceaseless cycle of destruction and renewal.

In a small coastal town, an ancient force stirs, drawn by the cumulative power of life and death,  grief and sorrow, and, ultimately, endless love.

Ouroboros — life out of death.

Tom Christiansen’s wife of 35-years, Dolly, is dead.  His world suddenly shattered, Tom takes refuge in his house to grieve and reflect.  Tom’s thin veil of reality and fantasy begins to crack and slip.  He hears things:  the rusty creak of the backyard swing; the tap of tiny feet from an upstairs room.   And he sees things, as well: a small rubber ball bouncing slowly down the stairs; birds like silent sentinels on electrical wires; a strange little pig-tailed girl suddenly appearing in his yard.  And what is that mysterious figure lying in the upstairs bed that he used to share with his beloved wife?

Ouroboros — a new cycle has begun.

Tom’s long-time neighbors, and dearest friends, Mick and Robbie Hamlin begun to glimpse strange behavior from grief-stricken Tom.  They witness dinner place-settings for two.  They hear hushed conversations from the old house, as if Tom is speaking to himself, as if he isn’t alone.  There is a pale little girl in the backyard, swinging ceaselessly.  And something is rustling in the bushes, peering out from the undergrowth with inquisitive eyes.

Ouroboros — the end is just the beginning.

When the end of the world came it wasn’t with a bang but a whimper. The maggots laid siege to the world destroying everything in their path; small ones that get inside a man and ruin him and big ones that can devour whole cities. Buckley Adamski and a small band of survivors are holed up waiting for the end to find them. The end does find Buckley when the maggots invade his body but before the maggots finish him he wants to lead the survivors to the sea and salvation. He wants to go out in a blaze of glory.

There will be a 90 day reservation period for this title. This edition will only be available for sale for 90 days or until 300 copies are sold whichever comes first.

Darkness On The Edge of Town limited Brian Keene