Lorelei: Genesis Now On Sale at DriveThru Comics

Posted on October 18, 2019 by Steven

Lorelei_Genesis_LG_CoverJust in time for the Halloween, our latest release, Lorelei: Genesis, has gone on sale today at e-book distributor DriveThru Comics!

Lorelei: Genesis is a 24-page, one-shot digital comic that collects the original small-press Lori stories that Steven A. Roman (that’s me!) wrote and drew back in the late eighties and early nineties. Behind that brand-new cover drawing by yours truly (and colored by Eliseu Gouveia), you’ll find a pair of stories: “Lorelei” is an 8-pager from 1991 in which Lori journeys through the streets of New York on an important mission: to pick up her dry-cleaning! It’s followed by “In the Midnight Hour,” the 1989 story that introduced horror-comic fans to our favorite redheaded succubus, who steps in to rescue a couple being menaced by a street gang.

Lorelei: Genesis is available right now at StarWarp Concepts’ DriveThru Comics page for the low, low price of just 99¢! Get in the Halloween mood the right way by letting Lorelei be your guide!

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Chasing Danger Now On Sale at DriveThru Fiction

Posted on October 17, 2019 by Steven

Chasing-Danger_large_book_coverAfter making its splash at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Smashwords, today’s the day when Chasing Danger: The Case Files of Theron Chase went on sale at our other e-book distributor, DriveThru Fiction!

Chasing Danger is a collection of four noirish adventures by Richard C. White, author of Gauntlet: Dark Legacy: Paths of Evil, and a growing number of SWC titles: the novel Harbinger of Darkness; the story collection For a Few Gold Pieces More; the writer’s and gamemaster’s aid Terra Incognito: A Guide to Building the Worlds of Your Imagination; the supernatural-superhero graphic novel Troubleshooters, Incorporated: Night Stalkings; and the pirate-adventure digital comic The Chronicles of the Sea Dragon Special.  Here’s the back cover copy:

Calasia: it’s a big town with big problems. Murder, thievery, extortion, corruption, magic, and monsters—just ask any native here: this ain’t a burg for the faint of heart. You don’t live in Calasia, you survive it.

Theron Chase walks these mean streets with a sap in one hand and a .45 in the other. Story is he used to be a hell of a cop in these parts—until his partner got dead in a hurry years ago. Now he makes a living as a private eye, offering his services to one and all while trying to stay on the good side of his secretary, a dishy-looking fae name of Kyra Sylvari. Ogres, werewolves, crime bosses, mages—as long as your money’s good and no one’s looking to turn him into a dead man (walking or otherwise), odds are he’ll be able to solve your problem.

Just don’t ask him to handle any magic-related items—he’s about as adept with the arcane arts as a troll in a knitting circle.

In this collection you’ll find four of Chase’s bizarre cases. From a sexy chanteuse who literally turns into a beast when the moon is full to a string of pearls that kills its owners, and from the ghost of a dead woman seeking justice to the Grim Reaper’s little girl seeking her stolen chicken, Theron Chase certainly has his hands full—of danger, death, and dames!

Chasing Danger: The Case Files of Theron Chase is available right now in PDF, mobi, and epub formats at StarWarp Concepts’ DriveThru Fiction page. Get into the Halloween mood by chasing some danger yourself!

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When Amazons and Harlequins Clash!

Posted on October 16, 2019 by Steven

WWGiant1On sale today from DC Comics is Wonder Woman Giant #1, the launch of a series of 100-page comic-story collections starring the Amazing Amazon. Having found quite a bit of success in 2018 by publishing a similar series that was exclusive to Walmart stores—in addition to mega-series for Batman, Superman, Justice League, and Swamp Thing—DC is making this new WW comic available through your local comic shop. And leading off this new issue is “Commitment to Chaos,” written by Amanda Conner (who drew the cover you see here) and Jimmy Palmiotti, who team-up Wonder Woman with Harley Quinn, who’s become one of DC’s most popular characters these days.

So why am I mentioning a DC comic here? Well, it probably has to do with the fact that if you enjoy the idea of Wonder Woman and Harley Quinn crossing paths, we have a free digital comic you might want to check out…

heroines_large_coverHeroines and Heroes is a collection of comic stories and pinups all drawn by me, dating back to my days in the early 1990s small-press movement—that age of dinosaurs in which creators like me used to make our comics by printing them out on photocopiers and then stapling them by hand. In H&H you’ll find mainstream heroes and small-press heroines, a couple of anthropomorphic bikers—and an encounter between a certain member of the Justice League and a notorious clowny criminal.

“V-A-C-A-T-I-O-N (in the Summertime)” is a three-page Wonder Woman vs. Harley Quinn story that I wrote and drew in the late ’90s as a sample for a DC Comics editor who thought I’d be a good fit for their Batman: The Animated Series comic. Long story short, it didn’t work out, unfortunately. It probably had to do with the panel of WW getting a pie in the face. And the one of Harley calling her “Wonder Bra.” You’ll see.

It’s followed by an adventure of small-presser Jeff Wood’s rabbit-eared superspy, Snowbuni; three pages from the short-lived anthropomorphic indie comic Motorbike Puppies; and an adventure of the indie superheroine The Blonde Avenger.

Heroines and Heroes is available for free download right now, so visit its product page for more information, including sample pages. It’s a small-press wonder!

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Lorelei’s 30th Anniversary: Lorelei: Genesis Now On Sale!

Posted on October 10, 2019 by Steven

Lorelei_Genesis_LG_CoverHey, comic fans! As part of our 30th-anniversary celebration of our first lady of horror—and just in time for the Halloween season—today we’ve released Lorelei: Genesis, a 24-page, one-shot digital comic that collects the original small-press Lori stories that some guy named Steven A. Roman (oh wait, that’s me!) wrote and drew back in the late eighties and early nineties.

Behind that brand-new cover drawing by yours truly (and colored by the vastly talented Eliseu Gouveia), you’ll find a pair of stories: “Lorelei” is an 8-pager from 1991 in which Lori journeys through the streets of New York on an important mission: to pick up her dry-cleaning! It’s followed by “In the Midnight Hour,” the 1989 story that introduced horror-comic fans to our favorite redheaded succubus, who steps in to rescue a couple being menaced by a street gang.

Lorelei: Genesis is available right now for download for the low, low price of just 99¢! Visit its product page for ordering information and sample pages.

Lorelei: Sects and the CityAnd speaking of Lorelei comics, our other Lori titles are still available for purchase:

Lorelei: Sects and the City is Lori’s critically acclaimed graphic novel adventure, in which she battles a cult of Elder God worshipers who are trying to unleash their monstrous masters on the world. It’s a tribute of sorts to classic 1970s horror comics and movies, from writer Steven A. Roman (that guy, again) and artists Eliseu Gouveia, Steve Geiger (Web of Spider-Man), and Neil Vokes (Flesh and Blood). Cover art is provided by Esteban Maroto (Vampirella, Zatanna: Come Together), plus there’s additional art from two more legendary artists from the Warren Publishing era: a frontispiece by original Vampirella artist Tom Sutton (Werewolf by Night, Star Trek) and a history of succubi illustrated by Ernie Colon (Amethyst, Princess of Gemworld).

Lorelei_House_MacabreLorelei Presents: House Macabre is Lori’s first outing as the hostess of a horror comic anthology, in this one-shot special that contains four tales of horror, behind eye-catching cover art by fan-favorite artist Louis Small Jr. (Vampirella, Vampirella Strikes). “The Old, Dark Manse” is written by me, penciled by Uriel Caton (JSA Annual, Heartstopper: The Legend of La Bella Tenebrosa), and inked by “Chainsaw” Chuck Majewski (Harvey Kurtzman’s New Two-Fisted Tales), and has Lori welcoming readers to this special. “All in Color for a Crime” is another tale from me, with art by Lou Manna (T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents, Young All-Stars). Two comic book collectors clash over a rare back issue—and only one of them will be adding it to their long boxes! “The Basilisk,” from me and artist John Pierard (Graphic Classics: Horror Classics, My Teacher Fried My Brains), is a “Lori’s Feary Tale” that examines the history of a supernatural creature that’s a cross between a deadly snake and a…chicken?! Wrapping up the special is “Requiem for Bravo 6,” by New York Times bestselling author and comic writer Dwight Jon Zimmerman (She-Hulk, Steve McQueen: Full-Throttle Cool) and artist Juan Carlos Abraldes Rendo (Bloke’s Terrible Tomb of Terror). A special-ops team goes on a life-or-death mission…but will they be prepared for what awaits them at mission’s end?

Get in the Halloween mood the right way by letting Lorelei be your guide!

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Author Richard C. White Attends Archon 43

Posted on October 1, 2019 by Steven

Rich-New-PicTake note, sci-fi and fantasy fans! SWC author Richard C. White—whose latest book, Chasing Danger: The Case Files of Theron Chase, came out in July—will be setting up shop at Archon 43, being held this weekend at the Gateway Convention Center and DoubleTree Hotel in Collinsville, Illinois.

According to its website, Archon is “a locally organized and locally staffed event, presented each year by St. Louis area science fiction and fantasy fans. It includes internationally known media guests, scientist, writers, artists, merchandise dealers and performers and a world recognized Masquerade; its goal is to bring to Saint Louis and science fiction fandom everywhere, a celebration of your imagination.” So, it’s probably something you might want to check out if you’re in the area.

Archon 43 runs Friday, October 4, to Sunday, October 6. For more information about the show, visit its website.

Chasing-Danger_large_book_coverRich’s growing list of SWC titles are perfect for fans of fantasy adventure and dark urban fantasy, not to mention gamemasters and budding writers:

Chasing Danger: The Case Files of Theron Chase is Rich’s latest release. It’s a collection of fantasy-noir, pulp-detective tales starring a private eye working the supernatural beat in the city of Calasia. From a sexy chanteuse who literally turns into a beast when the moon is full to a string of pearls that kills its owners, and from the ghost of a dead woman seeking justice to the Grim Reaper’s little girl seeking her stolen chicken, Theron Chase certainly has his hands full—of danger, death, and dames!

seadragon_lrg_cov_revThe Chronicles of the Sea Dragon Special is a digital pirate-fantasy comic created and written by Rich, drawn by Bill Bryan (artist of Caliber Press’ Dark Oz and DC Comics’ House of Mystery), and features cover art and color by Eliseu Gouveia (SWC’s The Saga of Pandora Zwieback Annual). It’s 48 pages of high-seas adventure perfect for fans of the Pirates of the Caribbean movie franchise, as well as classics like The Crimson Pirate, Against All Flags, Captain Blood, and The Sea Hawk—and it’s available for download for just 99¢!

For a Few Gold Pieces More is a collection of ten critically acclaimed short stories that star a Rogue With No Name who travels a world of epic-fantasy adventure, looking for treasure—and revenge against the woman who sent him to prison for a crime he didn’t commit (but she did). Think Lord of the Rings meets the “spaghetti Westerns” of director Sergio Leone (A Fistful of Dollars; The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly), with a healthy dose of monsters, magic, and swordplay mixed in.

Harbinger of Darkness is Rich’s original fantasy novel in which a thief named Perrin steals an extremely valuable—and magical—gem from the evil king ruling her home country. With thugs and fellow thieves and the king’s assassins hot on her trail, Perrin finds just staying alive is becoming a full-time occupation, which directly conflict with her secret life—and identity—as a humble bookseller’s daughter. It’s sword-swinging adventure at its finest!

terra_ingoc_lg_coverTerra Incognito: A Guide to Building the Worlds of Your Imagination is a reference book for writers. In it, Rich takes you through the step-by-step process of constructing a world for your characters, from societies and governments to currency and religion. Included is an interview with New York Times bestselling author Tracy Hickman (Dragonlance) that discusses his methods of world building, as well as his creative experiences during his time as a designer for gaming company TSR, the original home of Dungeons & Dragons.

Troubleshooters, Incorporated: Night Stalkings is a general readers’ graphic novel about a group of supernatural-superheroes-for-hire taking on their first case. The team consists of a wizard, a female ninja, a sorceress, a werewolf, and a rock ’n’ roll lighting designer wearing high-tech armor. Sure, they might not be on a power level with the Avengers or Justice League of America—they’re more like superpowered Ghostbusters—but they get the job done. The graphic novel is written by Rich and his wife, Joni M. White, and illustrated by Reggie Golden and Randy Zimmerman.

Chasing Danger, Harbinger of Darkness, For a Few Gold Pieces More, Terra Incognito, and Troubleshooters Incorporated are available in print and digital formats. Chronicles of the Sea Dragon is a digital exclusive. Visit their respective product pages for ordering information.

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Happy National Comic Book Day 2019!

Posted on September 25, 2019 by Steven

Lorelei: Sects and the CityToday is National Comic Book Day, an unofficial “holiday” that’s celebrated every year on this date…although no one seems to know why that is, or who exactly started the tradition. Nevertheless, if you’re thinking that the friendly fiends at StarWarp Concepts musthave some illustrated fiction that would be perfect for this occasion—you’re absolutely right!

The Saga of Pandora Zwieback #0: A free, downloadable comic that serves as an introduction to the adventures of Pandora Zwieback and her monster-hunting mentor, Sebastienne “Annie” Mazarin, with an 8-page story written by me and illustrated by Eliseu Gouveia, and a preview of Pan’s first novel, Blood Feud: The Saga of Pandora Zwieback, Book 1. Pan is a 16-year-old Goth girl who’s spent the last decade being treated for mental health problems because she can see monsters. It’s only after she meets Annie that Pan discovers she’s never been ill—her so-called “monstervision” is actually a supernatural gift that allows her to see into Gothopolis, the not-so-mythical shadow world that exists right alongside the human world.

pan_annual_lgThe Saga of Pandora Zwieback Annual #1: A spinoff from the novel series, this 56-page, full-color comic special finds the teenaged Goth adventuress battling vampires and a jealous, man-stealing siren. It features stories by me and Sholly Fisch (Scooby-Doo Team-Up), art by Eliseu Gouveia (The Saga of Pandora Zwieback #0), comic-art legend Ernie Colon (Amethyst, Princess of Gemworld), and Elizabeth Watasin (Charm School), and cover art by award-winning artist Henar Torinos (Mala Estrella).

Heartstopper: The Legend of La Bella Tenebrosa: Long before she met Pan, Annie was the star of this short-lived “bad girl” comic book miniseries published in the 1990s. Here you’ll find Annie doing a bit of research for an article about gentlemen’s clubs in Times Square—research that includes actually performing as an exotic dancer (I didsay it was a ’90s comic, didn’t I?). It’s that part-time gig that brings her into contact with Corum de Sade, a heavy metal singer with a deadly secret: he’s a soul-devouring incubus! All three issues—written by me, with art by Uriel Caton (JSA Annual), Holly Golightly (School Bites), and David C. Matthews—are available for free from this very website, so download them today!

Lorelei: Sects and the City is a Mature Readers graphic novel in which Lori battles a cult of Elder God worshipers attempting to unleash hell on Earth. Basically a love letter to 1970s horror comics like Vampirella, Tomb of Dracula, and Ghost Rider, it’s written by yours truly, and illustrated by Eliseu Gouveia (Stargate Universe, Lady Death), Steve Geiger (Web of Spider-Man, Incredible Hulk), and Neil Vokes (Flesh and Blood, Fright Night). It also features a cover by legendary artist Esteban Maroto (Vampirella, Zatanna, Lady Rawhide) and a frontispiece by original Vampirella artist Tom Sutton (Ghost Rider, Man-Thing, Werewolf by Night).

Lorelei_House_MacabreLorelei Presents: House Macabre is Lori’s debut as the hostess of a horror anthology comic. Behind an eye-catching cover by bad-girl artist supreme Louis Small Jr. (Vampirella, Vampirella/Lady Death), you’ll find stories by me and Dwight Jon Zimmerman (Iron Man, Web of Spider-Man). Art is provided by Uriel Caton & “Chainsaw” Chuck Majewski (Heartstopper: The Legend of La Bella Tenebrosa), Lou Manna (T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents), John Pierard (Graphic Classics: Horror Classics), and Juan Carlos Abraldes Rendo.

Heroines and Heroes is another free digital comic book. It’s a collection of stories (and a few pinups) that I’ve drawn over the years, featuring mainstream and indie comic characters that include the superheroic Blonde Avenger, the anthropomorphic Motorbike Puppies, the half-human/half-rabbit superspy Snowbuni, and my “legendary” Wonder Woman-meets-Harley Quinn three-page tale that was meant to be my entrée to fame and fortune as a DC Comics artist (it didn’t work out, though).

seadragon_lrg_cov_revThe Chronicles of the Sea Dragon Special is a digital pirate-fantasy comic created and written by Richard C. White, coauthor of SWC’s supernatural-superhero graphic novel Troubleshooters, Incorporated: Night Stalkings. Drawn by Bill Bryan (artist of Caliber Press’ Dark Oz and DC Comics’ House of Mystery), and featuring cover art and color by Eliseu Gouveia (SWC’s The Saga of Pandora Zwieback Annual), it’s 48 pages of high-seas adventure perfect for fans of the Pirates of the Caribbean movie franchise, as well as classics like The Crimson Pirate, Against All Flags, Captain Blood, and The Sea Hawk—and it’s available for download for just 99¢!

troubleshooters_lrg_coverTroubleshooters, Incorporated: Night Stalkings is a general readers’ graphic novel about a group of supernatural-superheroes-for-hire taking on their first case. The team consists of a wizard, a female ninja, a sorceress, a werewolf, and a rock ’n’ roll lighting designer wearing high-tech armor. Sure, they might not be on a power level with the Avengers or Justice League of America—they’re more like superpowered Ghostbusters—but they get the job done. The graphic novel is written by the husband-and-white team of Richard C. White (Terra Incognito: A Guide to Building the Worlds of Your Imagination, Chasing Danger: The Case Files of Theron Chase) and Joni M. White, and illustrated by Reggie Golden and Randy Zimmerman.

The Saga of Pandora Zwieback Annual, Lorelei: Sects and the City, Lorelei Presents: House Macabre, and Troubleshooters Incorporated are available in print and digital formats. Pandora Zwieback #0, Heartstopper, Heroines and Heroes, and Chronicles of the Sea Dragon are digital exclusives. Visit their respective product pages for ordering information, as well as sample pages.

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It’s Banned Books Week 2019!

Posted on September 22, 2019 by Steven

Banned-logoGot a favorite book? Well, odds are good there’s someone out there in the United States who’d like to see it censored. And that’s where Banned Books Week comes in—an annual celebration of literacy in which the spotlight is shone on the problem of censorship in U.S. libraries and bookstores. To quote the Banned Books Week website:

Banned Books Week was launched in 1982 in response to a sudden surge in the number of challenges to books in schools, bookstores and libraries. Typically held during the last week of September, it highlights the value of free and open access to information.

This year’s theme is “Censorship Leaves Us in the Dark,” and the Banned Books Week Coalition urges everyone to “Keep the Light On.”

Banned Books Week 2019 is happening right now, September 22 to September 28, so visit the BBW website for more information, including a list of the eleven Most Challenged Books of 2018 that they’re celebrating this year. The Captain Underpants series of children’s books is on it—as it is just about every year—along with newcomers like A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo, a storybook about a gay bunny rabbit, produced by HBO’s Last Week Tonight with John Oliver; Angie Thomas’s The Hate U Give; and Raina Telegmeier’s graphic novel Drama.

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CT Horrorfest 2019 Wrap-up

Posted on September 17, 2019 by Steven

 

Your humble publisher manning the SWC booth. Photo by Frank Roman.

Your humble publisher manning the SWC booth. Photo by Frank Roman.

This past Saturday, the StarWarp Concepts crew rolled into the Naugatuck Event Center (located in Naugatuck, Connecticut) for the sixth annual Connecticut Horrorfest. So, how’d it go? Read on!

Frank-Romano-DevilEven before the show opened we had a visitor: artist Frank Romano, who for more than thirty years was the art director of Ben Cooper Inc. If you were a kid trick-or-treating in the sixties, seventies, and eighties, odds are good you were wearing one of those memorable Ben Cooper Halloween costumes, and Mr. Romano didn’t just design costumes and masks (that’s his devil-costume painting you see here), his art also appeared on the boxes. He was there to promote Halloween In a Box, a new documentary about the Ben Cooper days, and he said he had to stop by just to tell us how much he liked the Bob Larkin artwork on the Pandora Zwieback banner. Thanks again, Mr. Romano!

toking-deadJeff Homan and Benjamin Bartlett, creators of the comic book The Toking Dead, also stopped by to chat a little about convention experiences and hiring comic artists. To quote their promo material, The Toking Dead is about “two friends who open a dispensary after the legalization of medicinal marijuana was approved. A catastrophic event at a nearby facility flipped their world upside down when people began to turn into crazed, undead mutants. Duke and Tobi accidentally discover that their weed has a strange and unique effect on the zombies. The need for flesh has been replaced with a need for weed, and maybe a Twinkie or two. Follow their story as they try to save the world.” Good luck and continued success with the series, guys!

On the money side of things, sales were…okay, but dropped off about halfway through the afternoon. The biggest seller was The Saga of Pandora Zwieback Annual #1, but that wasn’t too surprising: it’s a color comic book, the art looks great, the story is intriguing, it’s a separate adventure from the novels, and at conventions I sell it at a discount. Lorelei: Sects and the City was a close second—graphic novel, good story and art, discounted price. I see a pattern forming…

Sales at the show itself might have been sluggish, but hopefully all the folks who asked if they could order our titles from our website, or from Amazon, will result in some post-con sales. That’s what the Internet was created for, isn’t it?

However, it turns out that if you want to make real money at a horror show you need to be a professional ghostbuster, as evidenced by the crowds that kept forming all day long directly across the aisle from us, at the booth of Jason McLeod, self-described “paranormal investigator, demonologist, spiritualist, and empath.” It certainly helped that he’d had a working relationship with the late Ed and Lorraine Warren, whose ghost-hunting adventures were the basis of what has become known as New Line Cinema’s “Conjuring Universe” (The Conjuring, Annabelle, The Nun, The Curse of La Llorona).

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Yup, there’s definitely money to be made in ghost-breaking…

Overall, though, the folks at CT Horrorfest definitely impressed us with how well they run a show, and the huge turnout of enthusiastic horror fans was a major plus. But hey, when you’ve got Pinhead from Hellrariser, Jigsaw from Saw, and the American Werewolf in London as headliners, people are gonna show up. We picked up some new fans—including a few budding writers whose ears I bent as I gave them advice on how to hone their craft (I can’t help it; it’s the editor in me)—and got folks interested in SWC, so it all sort of worked out in the end.

Thanks for the good time, CT Horrorfest!

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Welcome, CT Horrorfest 2019 Attendees!

Posted on September 14, 2019 by Steven

SWCThanks for stopping by our booth today and for coming here to check things out at a more leisurely pace. We’re always thrilled to meet potential new readers intrigued by our range of dark-fantasy and fantasy titles, and hope we can add you to our growing fan base.

StarWarp Concepts specializes in tales of horror, fantasy, and dark urban fantasy, and our titles range from illustrated classics (J. Sheridan’s Le Fanu’s vampire romance, Carmilla; the 1932 novelization of the original King Kong) and fantasy-noir (Chasing Danger: The Case Files of Theron Chase) to graphic novels for adult horror aficionados (Lorelei: Sects and the City) and digital and print comic books (The Saga of Pandora Zwieback Annual#1, Heartstopper: The Legend of La Bella Tenebrosa). And we’ve got even more exciting projects in the works!

Blood FeudCurrently, our most popular series is The Saga of Pandora Zwieback, the young-adult, dark-urban-fantasy adventures of a 16-year-old Goth who’s spent the last decade being treated for mental health problems because she thought she could see monsters. It’s only after she meets a shape-shifting monster hunter named Sebastienne “Annie” Mazarin that Pan discovers she’s never been ill—her so-called “monstervision” is actually a supernatural gift that allows her to see into Gothopolis, the not-so-mythical shadow world that exists right alongside the human world. Pan’s adventures can be found in the trilogy of novels Blood Feud, Blood Reign, and the upcoming Blood & Iron, and in the one-shot comic special The Saga of Pandora Zwieback Annual #1.

Chasing-Danger_large_book_coverSome of our other popular titles include:

Chasing Danger: The Case Files of Theron Chase is a collection of fantasy-noir, pulp-detective tales by bestselling fantasy author Richard C. White (Gauntlet: Dark Legacy: Paths of Evil). In it, Rich introduces you to Theron Chase, a private eye working the supernatural beat in the city of Calasia. From a sexy chanteuse who literally turns into a beast when the moon is full to a string of pearls that kills its owners, and from the ghost of a dead woman seeking justice to the Grim Reaper’s little girl seeking her stolen chicken, Theron Chase certainly has his hands full—of danger, death, and dames!

CarmillaCarmilla is J. Sheridan Le Fanu’s 19th-century classic vampiric tale of love gone wrong. Laura is so desperate for a friend that when a young woman named Carmilla practically turns up on the doorstep of the castle owned by Laura’s father, she thinks her prayers for companionship have been answered. But as she comes to realize, Carmilla isn’t as interested in making friends as she is in spilling blood. Regarded as the one of the earliest female vampire tales—if not the first—Carmilla was an influence on author Bram Stoker in the creation of the vampire brides in his seminal novel, Dracula, and remains a popular character in fiction to this day. Our edition contains six original illustrations done especially for StarWarp Concepts by the super-talented Eliseu Gouveia.

Lorelei: Sects and the CityLorelei: Sects and the City is a Mature Readers graphic novel in which a succubus battles a cult of Elder God worshipers attempting to unleash hell on Earth. Basically a love letter to 1970s horror comics like Vampirella, Tomb of Dracula, and Ghost Rider, it’s written by yours truly, Steven A. Roman (X-Men: The Chaos Engine Trilogy), and illustrated by Eliseu Gouveia (Stargate Universe, Lady Death), Steve Geiger (Web of Spider-Man, Incredible Hulk), and Neil Vokes (Eagle, Fright Night). It also features a cover by legendary artist Esteban Maroto (Vampirella, Zatanna, Lady Rawhide), a frontispiece by original Vampirella artist Tom Sutton (Ghost Rider, Man-Thing, Werewolf by Night), and a one-page history of succubi illustrated by Ernie Colon (Vampirella, The Grim Ghost).

King_Kong_LG_CoverKing Kong is our e-book-exclusive Illustrated Classics edition of the official novelization of the renowned motion picture. Written by Delos W. Lovelace, based on the story by Edgar Wallace and Merian C. Cooper and the screenplay by James A. Creelman and Ruth Rose, the SWC edition of King Kong features scenes that didn’t appear in the final cut of the film—including the notorious “spider pit” sequence in which Kong’s human pursuers are attacked by horrific arachnids and insects. What makes our version special is that it contains six exclusive, original black-and-white illustrations by comics artist Paul Tuma, whose pulp-influenced style has appeared in the pages of The Twilight Avenger, Flare, and Dan Turner: Hollywood Detective.

On Tuesday I’ll be posting my convention report, so feel free to come on back and see how the show went for this indie publishing house.

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Connecticut Horrorfest 2019 Is This Saturday!

Posted on September 9, 2019 by Steven

CT-Horrorfest-2019-posterMonster fans from far and wide will be gathering this Saturday in the Nutmeg State, Connecticut, for the 6th annual Connecticut Horrorfest, and among the vendors you’ll find there will be the StarWarp Concepts crew—our first-ever appearance!

We’ve been hearing good things about this one-day show since it debuted in 2014, and its success has steadily grown in size each year to the point that they’ve had to move it out of its original hotel setting and into a more traditional convention location: in this case, the Naugatuck Event Center, at 6 Rubber Avenue in Naugatuck, Connecticut. Considering this is the first convention SWC has hit in about three years, we’re looking forward to it!

CT Horrorfest is being held September 14 from 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. For more information, including the latest list of special guests—which includes Hellraiser’s Doug “Pinhead” Bradley, Saw’s Tobin “Jigsaw” Bell, Danielle Harris of the Halloween film franchise, and David Naughton, star of An American Werewolf in London— visit the CT Horrorfest website.

See you there!

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