
The Limited Edition offer is now closed. For purchase of the two books please CLICK HERE.
Robert Hood‘s award-winning complete collection of ghost stories was released in April 2015, in paperback and ebook formats and is now also available in hardcover, and most notably, IFWG Publishing Australia has produced 200 limited edition copies, signed by Robert Hood and Nick Stathopoulos.
The cover and internal artwork is created by the very talented, industry-respected artist, Nick Stathopoulos.
You can now purchase this signed, limited edition through our pre-release order system, below.
Robert Hood is a long-standing, respected author in the Australian, and International, horror writing scene, considered a specialist in a number of sub-genres, including zombie and ghost stories. This collection contains every ghost story he has ever published from 1986 to 2014, and won the prestigious Australian Shadows Award for best collected work, in 2016.
Robert Hood’s respect in the genre community is so significant, we see the limited, signed edition selling fairly quickly. A good number has already been sold. We will not be repeating this offer. This offer will remain current until 100 copies are sold.
The offer:
- Hardcover Book: 6.14″ x 9.21″ (156mm x 234mm), cream paper, plain cloth binding with spine imprint, and matt cover sleeve.
- 44 stories: a mix of short stories, novelettes and a novella. Over 220k words of fiction, spanning the period 1986 to present. Three stories, including the novella, are new, published for the first time here.
- The book will also contain extensive notes on all stories, and a table that registers the complete publishing history of each story, including all reprints, and any awards or short listing for awards.
- An introduction by World Fantasy Awards winner, Danel Olson.
- The book is divided into six categories of ghost stories:
- Haunted Places
- Haunted Families
- Haunted Minds
- Haunted Youth
- Haunted Vengeance
- Haunted Realities
- Each category of the book will include an illustration by Nick Stathopoulos, as well as a frontispiece.
- Each book will have a signature page (also illustrated/designed by Nick Stathopoulos), signed by Robert Hood and Nick Stathopoulos, and numbered from 1 to 100. The sequence number provided will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis. There will never be any other signed limited editions produced for sale, beyond this 100.
NOTE: THIS OFFER IS NOW CLOSED
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