One of the things that has occupied me over the summer is learning to do book layouts. Doing paper books at Wizard’s Tower just isn’t economic unless I do most of the work on book production myself. Obviously I needed a book to practice on, and I chose Dark Spires because it was my first book and currently out of print. It seemed a real shame to have a book that has so many great local writers in it, including Colin Harvey, that was a print book but is only available electronically. The proof copy arrived last week and I’m pretty pleased with it as a first attempt.

The book contains a variety of stories all inspired by the idea of Wessex. The authors include Liz Williams, Gareth L. Powell, Jo Hall, Roz Clarke, Eugene Byrne, Gay Haley and Colin Harvey himself.

I will have copies available at BristolCon at a convention special price of £8. It will be £10 from the piranhas in due course. I’ll see if I can rig up a way of pre-ordering it so that no one misses out on the con price. If you are in the US, I’ll be sorting something out for you. Collect from BASFA should be an option.