Valancourt Books discussion

It's only August, and we still have a ton of great books coming out in the remainder of 2014, but we're already planning ahead to 2015 and wanted to share with you some of the titles we plan to offer next year. Because these titles are officially still 'forthcoming', they are subject to change or cancellation.

We've spent a ton of time over the past year or so looking for the very best out-of-print and neglected titles, and we hope you'll be as excited about these as we are. Over the next few months, look for us to blog about many of these and highlight each one individually, but for now, here's the list (links take you to the Goodreads page for the book). More title announcements coming soon, as we continue to finalize agreements....

HORROR, SCIENCE FICTION, FANTASY

CHARLES BEAUMONT
The Intruder (1959)
A Touch of the CreatureA Touch of the Creature (2000)

MICHAEL BLUMLEIN
The Brains of Rats (1989) (World Fantasy Award nominee), intro by Michael McDowell

DAVID CASE
Among the Wolves and other Werewolf Stories, edited by Stephen Jones
Fengriffen: A Chilling Tale and other Stories, edited by Stephen Jones

STEPHEN GREGORY
The Woodwitch (1988), introduction by Paul Tremblay
The Blood of Angels (1994), introduction by Mark Morris

FRED HOYLE
The Black Cloud (1957) (US only), introduction by Geoffrey Hoyle

GERALD KERSH
Neither Man nor Dog: Short Stories (1946), introduction by Robert Webb
Clock Without Hands (1949), introduction by Thomas Pluck
The Secret Masters (aka The Secret Masters) (1953)
On an Odd Note (1957), introduction by Nick Mamatas

HARRY KRESSING (pseud. of Harry Adam Ruber)
The Cook (1965)

ROBERT MARASCO
Burnt Offerings (1973)

MICHAEL McDOWELL
Cold Moon Over Babylon (1980)

ARCH OBOLER
House on Fire (1969)

CHRISTOPHER PRIEST
The Affirmation (1981) (US only)

ANDREW SINCLAIR
Gog (1967), introduction by John Clute

BERNARD TAYLOR
The Godsend (1976) (US only)
Sweetheart, Sweetheart (1977) (US only), introduction by Michael Rowe
The Moorstone Sickness (1982) (US only), introduction by Mark Morris


MODERN LITERARY CLASSICS

JOHN BRAINE
Life at the Top (1962) (US only); introduction by Ben Clarke

MICHAEL FRAYN
The Tin Men (1965) (Somerset Maugham Award) (US only); introduction by the author
The Russian Interpreter (1966) (Hawthornden Prize) (US only)
Towards the End of the Morning (1967) (US only); introduction by the author
A Very Private Life (1968) (US only)
Sweet Dreams (1973) (US only)
Matchbox Theatre (2014) (US only)

F. L. GREEN
Odd Man Out(1945); introduction by Adrian McKinty

ALAN JUDD
The Devil's Own Work (1991) (Guardian Fiction Prize); afterword by the author (US only)

KEITH WATERHOUSE
Jubb (1962); introduction by Alice Ferrebe (US only)
Billy Liar On The Moon (1976); introduction by Alice Ferrebe (US only)

Awesome line-up!

Wow! So much to look forward to!

Im kinda new to this group. How does this work? Will they be eBooks as well or just print? Some great titles!

Hey Addy,

We will have paperback and ebook editions of all of these. There might be an instance here and there where we don't have ebook rights but I don't think that effects this group of books.

They'll all have new introductions to accompany the book, too.

Glad you found us!

We have some very exciting news on the Cold Moon release that we'll hopefully be able to share soon. *big grin*

Sounds great. :)

Awesome! Glad to have found u as well:) That's exciting news! I have Cold Moon but wud love to have Katie from McDowell. He's got soo many good ones!

Wow, alot of these sound great! I love books, especially of the horror genre, from much older times. There's just something magical about it. So glad u guys are trying to bring them back. Keep up the great work!