Varney the Vampire RETURNS

Hey, all.

The second volume of Varney the Vampire is progressing quickly. The first proof has been built and the cover designed, with just a few small details left to be completed. Vol. 2 covers chapters 51 to 130 and clocks in at 600 pages. I expect Vol. 3 — the final volume in the series — to be just as long.

I hope those of you who bought Vol. 1 enjoyed it as much as we did. Varney proved to be a pleasant surprise for me: equal parts Blackadder and Dark Shadows, I'd love to see this made into a movie. It's hard not to imagine Stephen Fry as the Admiral.

I've built these books to be convenient reads. Those of us who occasionally dip into vintage fiction can attest that so-called classic literature is often typeset to squeeze as many words as possible into as few pages as possible. I've seen editions of The Complete Works of Edgar Allen Poe that should have been accompanied with magnifying glasses (or microscopes.)

Not so for our Penny dreadful books. We try to keep prices as low as possible, so buying all three volumes of our Varney series shouldn't cost you much more than buying a massive edition. And our books won't wreck your vision.

But before the next edition of Varney the Vampire is released, expect to see an anthology of short stories by Robert W. Chambers. He's a writer I was introduced to through Blue Oyster Cult (the "king in yellow" mentioned in their song ETI refers to Chambers' most creepy creation.)

Look for them soon.


— Simon