Yet again many thanks go to new in-house graphic designer, Reece Notley for turning the excellent artwork of Stephanie Pui-Mun Law, into one hell of a cover!

I can also announce that Morrigan Books has agreed on a contract for a second book from T. A. Moore, entitled Shadows Bloom, such is the belief we have in Moore and her writing.

I can now confirm that Katharine Kerr, bestselling author of the Deverry series, will also be writing for the dark Celtic anthology, to be edited by myself (Mark S.Deniz) and Amanda Pillar.

I am especially excited about Katharine Kerr agreeing to write for us, as the Deverry books were an integral part of my fantasy reading in the 90’s and this decade also, and to know that Katherine is going to be sending us a story for the anthology is fantastic news, both for the book itself and for Morrigan Books in general.

Morrigan Books is honoured to announce that Ellen Datlow, multi-award winning editor, is to edit an anthology for the company. Datlow has edited over 30 anthologies and received many prestigious awards, such as the Hugo and Locus awards.

We are still in the process of discussing ideas and theme but the anthology has been set for a 2010 release.

This is a major deal for Morrigan Books and further exemplifies our promise to strive to be a force in the independent press market.

Morrigan Books can also confirm today that Amanda Pillar, has been given the role as in-house editor and is responsible for queries at the company. We welcome Kathryn Chapman to the team, as our new administrative assistant.

It is with great pleasure that I announce Morrigan Books’ latest acquisition, an apocalyptic anthology, Grants Pass. The concept for the book is the brainchild of Jennifer Brozek and is due for publication next summer (2009).

The anthology has several stories already, with the likes of Cherie Priest, Stephanie Gunn and Jeff Parish gracing its pages. They are to be joined by others (including Jay Lake) and Jennifer will be joined in this final stage of selection and edits by Morrigan Books’ in-house editor Amanda Pillar.

More news to follow…

After discussions over the last few days, I can now confirm that Elaine Cunningham, bestselling fantasy author, is to work on a future Morrigan Books anthology. The fine tuning of the anthology is still under way but I can inform interested readers (and indeed writers) that it will be dark fantasy and will focus on Celtic mythology, with our very own namesake, Morrigan, taking an active role.

More news to follow soon…