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Welcome
to Pixie Dust Press, Publisher of Dark Fiction

Pixie
Dust Press now has a new, revamped website: http://pixiedustpress.weebly.com/
This
current site will eventually disappear so adjust your bookmarks
Pixie
Dust Press Cover Contest
Pixie Dust Press is looking for submissions
for the cover of our next book: Creeping Shadows, a novella
collection about monsters. We leave it to the artist to do whatever
inspires them for the cover art. What we want is a wraparound
cover either drawn or painted. No photographs or montages. The
front cover should be professional and incite the reader to buy
the book; as the saying goes, a picture is worth a thousand words.
We want that quality look that the big NY publishers have. Download
JPEG below for the basics of the cover design. The wraparound
cover size is approximate as we are still in the editing process
so the width of the spine may change but the final book will be
8.5" X 5.5" and should be between 260-275 pages. The
title and author fonts will remain as they are in the JPEG. However,
the font colors might change to better suit the artist's artwork.
The placement of the synopsis, publisher logo, price, and barcode
on the back of the book will also be as shown in the JPEG. The
back cover should be less prominent to allow for the text to be
read easily. You can download the JPEG here: www.alandraven.com/CreepingContest.jpg
To inspire you, here is what the three
novellas are about:
Alan Draven's Vengeance
Is Mine
It is the year 1888 and the district of Whitechapel, London is
terrorized by Jack the Ripper. Prostitutes dread the coming of
night as the Ripper prowls the streets for fresh prey. But one
of his victims comes back from beyond death to haunt him and show
him what it is to live in fear.
Brandon Ford's Merciless
Kidnapped by a madman, two teenage girls form an instant bond
in the back of a speeding SUV. Bound and gagged, they face a night
of unspeakable horrors. Inspired by a true story, Merciless is
a tale of murder, madness, and survival.
Jessica Lynne Gardner's
Sugar Skull
Shortly after her father's funeral, strange things begin to happen
to Annabel Perez. A detective investigates as poisoned corpses
pile up all with the same symptoms of Annabel's father. Together,
Anna, her mother and the detective must solve the puzzle to the
strange dreams of skeletons, Aztec rituals, and family secrets
before they are next. A sinister-looking Mexican sugar skull found
in her father's old cigar box might just be the answer ... or
the means to her death.
Submissions should be in JPEG format,
in color in CMYK format (not RGB) and have a resolution of 300DPI.
The deadline to submit is Sunday June 7th, 2009 at midnight. Send
all submissions to info@alandraven.com . Don't forget to add this
address to your contacts if you want to receive mail from us.
Here's what's in it for the artist:
1) $50 in cash (Paypal account required)
2) A complimentary copy of Creeping Shadows upon publication
3) A first shot at doing the cover for the next Pixie Dust Press
book next year (and maybe become the resident PDP cover artist,
who knows!)
Good luck to everyone!!
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SINISTER
LANDSCAPES
Our
first book, Sinister Landscapes, is an anthology of Gothic
tales edited by Alan Draven and featuring all new stories! It
was a number one Amazon Bestseller and finished in the 8th position
in the anthology category at the 2009 Preditors & Editors
Readers Poll! Here is what the critics are saying:
"Sinister
Landscapes [...] is such a welcome relief. Overall the book
is an admirable mix of mostly dark and unsettling tales with enough
variety to keep the reader's attention from start to finish."--Dread
Central
"Draven
has compiled some utterly amazing stories for this anthology.
From ghosts to demons to serial killers and beyond, [...] some
of the finest modern-day, Gothic-tinged stories."--Fatally
Yours
"Editor
Alan Draven and his capable group of writers should be applauded
for paying homage to the venerable genre. Walpole would be proud."--Blood
of the Muse
"The
tales are extremely imaginative and well written with a variety
of different styles to keep things fresh as you go from one story
to the next."--Shallow
Graves Magazine
"This
collection of eighteen tales [...] delights and amazes with the
flair and panache of literature's darkest forefathers. Two words
perfectly sum up my feelings on Sinister Landscapes. Freakin'.
Wow."--Mass
Movement
"This
is one book that you will want to add to your library to read
over and over again. Run don't walk to the local store and pick
one up today."--Yvonne Mason, Author of Tangled Minds
"One
of the best quality showcases for fresh and exciting voices in
the horror genre." --Choate
Road
"When
reading any one tale from this collection, you will feel as if
you have entered into a new world of horror. These tales are worth
every word, every description and every page turn that you do."--Sonar
4
The Synopsis:
Churchyards,
cemeteries, manors, and foggy streets are breeding grounds for
specters of all walks. Ghosts, goblins, witches, and demons lurk
in these dangerous places, stalking from the darkest corners.
Mysterious noises, rattling chains, strange occurrences, and eerie
shadows. These are just some of the spine-tingling oddities we
encounter when we dare tread upon forbidden soil. Brace yourself
readers. Sinister Landscapes takes you back to the roots of horror
through eighteen gothic tales told by a new crop of authors that
go straight for the throat. Featuring the genre's newest and finest
voices with a foreword by award-winning and bestselling author
Andrea Dean Van Scoyoc, including:
Thad
Linson
Sarah Wilson Basore
Eric Enck
Jessica Lynne Gardner
Ryan B. Clark
Brandon Ford
Jeani Rector
David Boyle
Gordon Anthony Bean
Bret Jordan
Alan Draven
Stéphanie J
T. G. Reaper
R. Vance
Jeff Ezell
Charlotte Emma Gledson
Charlie Glover
Frank E. Bittinger
Trade Paperback,
260 pages, US $14.95, CAD $15.95
ISBN: 978-0-9810213-0-0
Watch our book
trailer on YouTube
Available Now
at these fine retailers:
USA
Amazon.com
BarnesandNoble.com
Buy.com
BooneBridgeBooks.com
BooksAMillion.com
Tower
Books
The
Reading Warehouse
U.K.
BookDepository.co.uk
Amazon.co.uk
Waterstone's
Canada
Chapters/Indigo
Amazon.ca
And in select
brick and mortar bookstores!
E-mail us at
info@alandraven.com
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