Wormwoodiana

I've just published a new book, a restored edition, under its original title, of a novel by Evangeline Walton. Her manuscript was cut by one-third by the original publisher (presumably to reach a standard page count), and published under a different title, which the author did not approve. This edition restores the text that was haphazardly chopped out, and restores the novel's original title, Dark Runs the Road. 

In 1956 it had been called The Cross and the Sword when published in New York by Bouregy & Curl. In 1957 it was called Son of Darkness when published in England by Hutchinson. It has long been out of print.

The new edition is available in trade paperback (ISBN 979-8304520089) and in Kindle format at the various Amazon incarnations. I couldn't resist using two of the Lewis Chessmen on the cover; see below. The rear cover, with the descriptive blurb, appears below that. (Click on the illustrations to make them larger.)

I think this is one of Walton's finest novels, and it's great to see it available again, allowing modern readers the chance to see if they agree with me. 

 

 

I've just announced two new Nodens Books publications.  Click over here to see the details.

I've just posted about three new releases from my Nodens Books imprint (for full descriptions see here).  Two of them are of particular interest to readers of Wormwood and Wormwoodiana.

The first is an expanded collection of my own Late Reviews, from Wormwood and other sources, plus newly written ones.

Late Reviews, by Douglas A. Anderson
Hardcover edition ($35.00), sold only directly via Lulu, at this link.
Trade paperback edition ($25.00) sold via Amazon (and European affiliates) ISBN 9781987512564. Amazon.com at this link. Amazon.co.uk at this link.
Trade paperback edition ($25.00) sold via Lulu, at this link.
Kindle edition, sold via Amazon and affiliates.


And the other is the first reprint in 115 years of Ferelith by Lord Kilmarnock, with a new introduction by Mark Valentine.

Ferelith, by Lord Kilmarnock. Introduction by Mark Valentine.
Trade paperback edition ($16.00) sold via Amazon (and European affiliates) ISBN 9781987736700. Amazon.com at this link. Amazon.co.uk at this link.
Trade paperback edition ($16.00) sold via Lulu, at this link.
Kindle edition, sold via Amazon and affiliates

More new titles are currently wending their way through publication channels.

A quick note here to call attention to the announcement of a new volume collecting all ten of Evangeline Walton's fantasy short stories, four of which are published for the first time.  The details are posted at the new publisher's website, Nodens Books.