Quantum Corsets Queer Imprint

 

Welcome to Quantum Corsets, Lycan Valley’s newest imprint featuring queer fiction written by queer authors.

What is Quantum Corsets?

‘Quantum’ references significant energy and momentum 

‘Corsets’ represents empowerment and self-expression without constraints

‘Queer’ is intended to be all inclusive of the LGBTQ2+ community and fluidity, while rejecting restrictive labels and challenging societal norms

Quantum Corsets Content

Quantum Corsets will publish horror, dark fiction, mystery, thriller, suspense, cultural, and mixed genre novels, novellas and collections for adult, young adult and middle grade readers.

We are not looking for pure romance or porn. These elements may be present as appropriate within the story, but should not be the main genre.

Although Pink Triangle Rhapsody focused specifically on the gay male experience, the anthology would fit in perfectly with Quantum Corsets and is a great sampling of the energy, self-expression and queerness we’re looking for with this imprint.

Own Voices Only

While Lycan Valley acknowledges and accepts that writers can create believable and compelling characters unlike themselves, Quantum Corsets will publish Own Voices only (others may still submit to Lycan Valley during open submission periods).

This means all Quantum Corsets authors have a shared identity with their main characters and the story comes from authentic perspective, experience and understanding. 

Open Submission Period

Quantum Corsets will open to public submissions for novellas beginning February 1 and closing June 30. Guidelines and addition information can be found on our submission portal.

Follow Quantum Corsets on Facebook and Instagram.

Familial Reflections Anthology Campaign

 

Familial Reflections...

An anthology of familial horror reflecting and exploring relationships in terms of love/hate, light/dark, good/evil.

Horrific stories of sibling rivalry, sibling love, fathers and sons, parents and children...

Terrifying stories by Richard Thomas, Michael Bailey, Stephen King, Richard Chizmar, Justin Zimmerman and Mercedes Yardley.

Chilling poetry by Erin Al-Mehairi, Wrath James White, Maxwell Ian Gold and Maria Alexander with an introduction by John Palisano

Cover art by George Contronis

*Initial Funding Goal: $5,000

Exclusive Perks and Rewards

In addition to the usual campaign perks, we've added two exclusive campaign perks:

Familial Reflections Hardcover: Limited quantities, only available during the campaign, included with the Familial Reflections Complete Package

Family Murders Trilogy Hardcover: A series of three flash fiction anthologies—A Mother's Love, Fatherly Instincts, Family Memories—brought together in one complete color hardcover honoring Mother's Day, Father's Day and Grandparents Day with Murder, Mayhem, Malice and Mischief! Bonus content added from Carl Jennings, Mercedes Yardley, Mackenzie Johnston, Jay Faulkner (RIP), Craig Spector and Luke Spooner. This special edition hardcover is only available through the contributors (and this campaign).

Additional funding to include original artwork by Orion Zangara Art

*Stretch Goal #1: Once funding reaches $5,000, we will add original artwork to each of the four poems in the anthology.

*Stretch Goal #2: Once funding reaches $6,000, artwork will be added to every story in the anthology.

Any and all additional funds raised beyond this will be used by Lycan Valley to directly pay authors and illustrators for on-going projects.

Lycan Valley is against the use of Gen AI and will never use or consider works, written or illustrated, that have been generated by or with the help of AI. We only support human writers, artists and narrators.

Are You Ready For This?

 

If you haven’t subscribed to Lycan Valley’s Newsletter, now’s the time! We’re getting ready to launch our Familial Reflections Anthology Campaign with special perks and exclusive offers for newsletter subscribers and Lycan Valley community members. 

Plus we’ll be announcing our Lycan Valley Halloween submissions and relaunching our Patreon. Don't miss out on the exciting news coming from Lycan Valley and the Machleif Cemetery!

Subscribe to our newsletter: http://www.lycanvalley.com/p/contact-us.html

Join the Lycan Valley Community: lycanvalley.mn.co/

Find us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/LycanValley

See you around the valley!

Image by joostrikkerink from Pixabay

Launch Day! DOG FIGHT by Lucas Pederson

 

It’s book launch day! 

Survival, instinct, fight. Lon is ready to take on the fight of his life... are you?

Enslaved werewolves fight against each other for billionaires...

...until one of the caged werewolves finally escapes, and the game changes into a hunt.

Winner gets top prize...

Get the ebook 50% off through June 15: https://payhip.com/b/dTbFB

Pre-order Package deal extended through June 15: https://payhip.com/b/6VOLy

(Audiobook coming soon)

Cover art by Greg Chapman, Video clip by Lucas Pederson

Lucas Pederson is an American novelist and short story writer of horror, dark fantasy, young adult and science fiction. He lives in a small Iowa town with his family and they're all pretty sure their cat is an alien. He can be reached at lucaspederson@yahoo.com, Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook.

Lycan Valley Closed for Passover

Lycan Valley is closed for Passover. When we come back April 22, we've got some exciting news you won't want to miss. In the meantime, enjoy 50% off all ebooks and audiobooks on our website (www.lycanvalley.com) through Earth Day. If you aren't already subscribed, sign up for our newsletter now so you're ready for our next big announcement! (http://www.lycanvalley.com/p/contact-us)

Horror Belongs in Fiction - Free eBooks from Lycan Valley!

 

(EDIT to add Pink Triangle Rhapsody and extended through November 12)

Horror belongs in fiction -- not at the polls, not in our living rooms, not in our communities, not in our government. 

Need an escape? A brief break from the election? Or just some excellent horror from fantastic writers?

Download one (or all) of these ebooks free now through November 12th.

• Revisiting the Undead  https://payhip.com/b/DUQy6

• Subliminal Reality. https://payhip.com/b/WXoMp 

• Creatures in Canada https://payhip.com/b/5RSg

• Dark Voices https://payhip.com/b/3YyP 

• Lycan Valley Reaper Series https://payhip.com/b/p0G2

• Pink Triangle Rhapsody https://payhip.com/b/z2fsh

(Image by Angela Yuriko Smith from Pixabay)

Pre-Order The Barricade by Stephanie Ellis

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Pre-Order The Nightmare Man by JG Faherty

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Pre-Order Social (Media) Life by Mark Allan Gunnells

 

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Happy Mother's Day from Lycan Valley!

 

We have four new pre-orders up and ready for you plus 30% off select titles. (Even better, we've updated our website for easier access and navigation!)

PREORDER PACKAGE INCLUDES EBOOK, AUDIOBOOK, PAPERBACK

Social (Media) Life by Mark Allan Gunnells June 2024 PREORDER NOW

The Nightmare Man by JG Faherty July 2024 PREORDER NOW

The Barricade     by Stephanie Ellis   August 2024      PREORDER NOW

Familial Reflections An Anthology April 2025 PREORDER NOW

30% OFF EBOOKS AND AUDIOBOOKS THROUGH MAY 31

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Happy Holidays from Lycan Valley (Part II)

Whether you celebrate Chanukah, Winter Solstice, Christmas, Kwanzaa or being alive another day, Lycan Valley wishes you days filled with Light, Love, Peace, Hope and Happiness.

As we end an amazing year of horror, we have a few last minute gifts to help transition us all into a fantastic new year of horror. 

SONGS IN THE KEY OF DEATH, a collection of poetic horror, by JG Faherty is free on our website December 22nd, 23rd and 24th (ebook, audiobook or both) with coupon code WINTERHOLIDAY-23 at checkout. (Extended through the 25th!)

THE COLLECTED SHORT FICTION OF JOHN R LITTLE, Vol I Little By Little and Vol II Little Things is free on our website December 24th, 25th and 26th (audiobook only) with coupon codes LITTLE-1 and LITLLE-2 at checkout. Stay tuned for our announcement of Volumes 3 and 4 after New Year’s!

Looking for more? All other Lycan Valley titles are 50% off (ebook and audiobook) through the end of the year and qualify for automatic entry into our New Year’s Giveaway for a physical copy of The Pulp Horror Book of Phobias Vol I and Vol II. (No coupon code required, winner announced after Jan 1). 

Want a sneak peak at what’s coming in 2024? Join our Mighty Networks community or our Patreon page.. Also follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Threads and Slasher @LycanValley and watch for next month’s special New Year’s Newsletter sent directly to your inbox!

Happy Holidays! See you around the valley!

Lycan Valley Eight Nights Holiday Giveaway

 

The month of December is host to a large number of winter holidays -- Chanukah, Kwanzaa, Christmas, Winter Solstice and many more -- as well as the darkest month of the year.

To celebrate and help spread the light, Lycan Valley is giving away a different ebook/audiobook each of the 8 Nights of Chanukah plus another on Christmas Eve/Christmas. Look for the announcements beginning December 8 on social media for the download codes.

Additionally, all of our ebooks and audiobooks (or bundles) are 50% off now through the December 31 (discount shown at checkout). All purchases (excluding free giveaways) made through our website between now and December 31 will be automatically entered into our New Year's Giveaway to receive a physical copy of The Pulp Horror Book of Phobias Volume 1 and Volume 2 plus the art card set for both volumes.

Follow us on social media (Facebook, Twitter/X, Instagram, Threads, Slasher) or join our community on Mighty Networks for nightly coupon codes and more. Sign up for our newsletter and Patreon for advance notification of upcoming promos, new releases and other news.

Whatever holidays or special moments you're celebrating this month, help spread the light and snuggle in for some horrific and terrifying reading.

See you around the valley! 

Happy Halloween from Lycan Valley

Lycan Valley wishes everyone a fantastically terrifying Halloween! 

To celebrate, we're offering all of our ebooks and audiobooks for 75% off.

To take advantage of this offer, purchase any ebook, audiobook or bundle download from our website anytime now through the end of November. Discount automatically applied at checkout.

Don't forget to sign up for our newsletter for additional discounts, promotions and news from the valley (including advance notice of new releases and more).

Have a horrifying Halloween and see you around the valley!

NEW RELEASE: Dreadful Fancies by Christine Morgan

 

DREADFUL FANCIES by Christine Morgan

Welcome to the world of yesteryear’s world of tomorrow!

 

A world of inventions and intrigues, ingenious science and eldritch sorcery, mechanical marvels and magical mischief, daring exploration and dangerous adventure. A world powered by steam and teslic coils and etheric energies, where paranormalists ply their trade alongside constables and scholars and daffy dilettantes.

 

From the grim and gritty city to the bustling urban metrop ... from the hardscrabble life in the factories to the high society of lavish country estates ... from the airscrew-propelled platform of a flying industrial complex to the suboceanic travels of a nautilus expedition ...

 

Welcome to a darkly delightful tour of Dreadful Fancies.

Available from LVP Publications in paperback, ebook and audiobook March 2022. Pre-order available now! Special Preorder Package includes ebook, audiobook and paperback.

Cover art by Viergacht, Audiobook narration by Desmond Manny.

Our Brand New Lycan Valley Community

 

You're invited to join our brand new Lycan Valley Community!

Whether you're a writer, an artist, a reader or a Lycan Valley fan, we'd love for you to join us.

Our new community is much more organized, engaging, interactive and personalized than our previous Lycan Valley Contributors Facebook Group, plus we're opening it to the public so everyone can join and help us grow a strong community network.

We started with a soft opening with our editorial staff then incorporated volunteers and previous Facebook Group members and now we're ready to open to the public and get things moving along.

Our new community platform is different from other social media sites in that you have complete control over what you see in your feed based on the topics you choose to follow. Additionally, it's much more interactive and we feel the platform can help up build a strong community of writers, readers, artists and fans.

To join, please use the link: https://lycanvalley.mn.co  and request to join. One of our moderators will approve your request and you can complete the sign up process (be sure to check your email spam and junk folders if you don’t see the approval notification). You will then have the option to download the app (recommended!).

 After joining, be sure to read the WELCOME - Start Here topic posts for getting started. And let us know if you have any questions.

Thank you for being a part of our community. See you around the valley! 

Lycan Valley on Patreon

Hello from Lycan Valley Editorial!

After careful thought and consideration, we've created a Patreon for Lycan Valley supporters. Whether you're a writer or a reader, there's a tier level with benefits for everyone.

Our goal with Patreon is to help fun upcoming anthologies and special projects, as well as to give our supporters an opportunity to get exclusive merchandise (stickers, mugs and more!), story feedback, free or discounted books and more. 

Check out our Patreon page and check back soon for information on our brand new Lycan Valley Community!

Become a Patron!

See you around the valley,

Lycan Valley Editorial

HALLOWEEN SALE!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

All Lycan Valley ebooks and audiobooks are currently 50% off from now through November 15th.

Sale includes all ebooks and audiobooks purchased directly from LVP Publications on our website or through our Payhip sales platform. Use coupon code PUMPKIN2020 at checkout.

Have a safe and scary Halloween!

NEW RELEASE ~ The Skin Factory by Lucas Pederson

The Skin Factory by Lucas Pederson, cover by Greg Chapman, copyright LVP Publications

COMING DECEMBER 24, 2019 FROM LUCAS PEDERSON AND LVP PUBLICATIONS...

THE SKIN FACTORY by Lucas Pederson

Chase is trapped in a netherworld factory where he's forced to build human bodies for dark beings known as the Wardens to infiltrate our world. When Chase overhears a plan to infect humanity with soul eating spores called the obsidious, he escapes the Factory to save his mom and sister, Andi. Only there's a mix-up and Chase accidentally possesses a girl's body to escape in.

In our world, his mom is confined to an asylum, while Andi has already been infected with the obsidious. If Chase can purge the stuff from Andi, convince her he's really her brother, maybe they can save their mom. But whatever is locked inside the asylum might be the very evil Chase came back to save them from.

And it's been expecting him... 

Cover by Greg Chapman, Audiobook Narration by Desmond Manny

PREORDER NOW ON APPLE BOOKS, B&N AND AMAZON (IndieBound coming soon)!

APPLE BOOKS

B&N NOOK and B&N PAPERBACK

AMAZON KINDLE and AMAZON PAPERBACK


AUDIOBOOK COMING SOON! PREORDER NOW ON:

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COMING SOON: The Pulp Horror Book of Phobias

The Pulp Horror Book of Phobias

Edited by MJ Sydney

Cover by Kealan Patrick Burke

Interior artwork by Luke Spooner

Phobias are defined as an irrational and extreme fear to something. It could be anything as long as it causes an intense and debilitating fear. 

What happens when these irrational fears/phobias become reality? When the irrational becomes rational and there’s a reason to be scared? Find out in The Pulp Horror Book of Phobias.

We’ve created an A to Z phobia list and elevated each one to a new level of fear. These stories come to life in ways that will make you want to sleep with the light on, double check the locks on your door, and think twice before dismissing your fear as irrational.

The official release will be in May, just in time for Crypticon and StokerCon! Limited edition author signature card sets will also be available at the conventions.

Prior to the release, we'll reveal one phobia per day along with a Pulp Horror Author Interview....

A — A TOUCH OF MADNESS — TIM WAGGONER

B — IT CAME FROM THE GRAVE — JAMES PYNE

C — ENTWINED — COLLEEN ANDERSON

D — DESTINY'S ROAD TRIP — JAY SEATE

E — MORBID DREAD OF THE DAWN — PHILIP ATHANS

F — MUTUAL POSSESSION — WT PATERSON

G — RIGHT OF CROSSING — JAMES CHAMBERS

H — PASSING JUDGEMENT — CHAD LUTZKE

I — THE CLINIC — ASHER ELLIS

J — NOT JUST DESSERTS — JONAH BUCK

K — THE MAN WHO FEARED THE SKY — JOHN SKIPP

L — CHILDREN OF BLOOD — GREG CHAPMAN

M — THE YEARNING JADE — HANK SCHWAEBLE

N — THE CEMETERY MAN — JG FAHERTY

O — WHITE TO BLACK — MICHAEL BAILEY

P — THE HUNCH — RICHARD CHIZMAR

Q — FIVE IN THE SIX — SEPHERA GIRON

R — THE TOXIC MAGICIAN — SHERI SEBASTIAN-GABRIEL

S — FEEDING THE ORISHAS — GABINO IGLASIAS

T — MUNCHAUSEN — MAX BOOTH III

U — TRUE CONFESSIONS OF THE HAPPIEST PISTACHIO — MEHITOBEL WILSON

V — BEAUTIFUL WOMEN — RAY GARTON

W — A BOLT OF LIGHTNING — EDWARD M ERDELAC

X — HALFPENNY — STEVEN M VANCE

Y — TOO HOT IN BOILERTOWN — JILL HAND

Z — THE CATALYST TO GROW SOME GUTS — KERRY LIPP

Be sure to check back with us starting April 05 for the first author interview in the Pulp Horror Phobias Series!

Feel free to guess the authors' phobias or tell us your own in the comments!

See you around the valley!

QUAUNTUM CORSETS ACQUISITION

As of May 25th, 2018, Quantum Corsets has been acquired by LVP Publications in the United States and has officially changed hands. This includes the transfer of all contracts for the seven previously published titles — Flash Fear, Mummy Knows Best, Weird Ales Volumes 1-3, Infection and Wolf at the Door.

Over the next couple months, LVP Publications will be reviewing and re-releasing these titles or returning story rights back to the authors. Authors will be notified by official email with further details once these decisions are made.

The Breast Cancer charity anthology, Her Dark Voices Vol 2, will continue as planned with minor adjustments. The anthology will be published as Dark Voices under LVP Publications and all proceeds will be donated.

Theresa Derwin and her team of editors will continue seeing the anthology through. Theresa will also continue the launch as originally planned. Updated contracts from LVP Publications will go out to HDV2 contributors in the next couple days.

We realize that many of you may have questions or concerns regarding the transition, but please be assured that we intend to make it as smooth as possible for everyone involved. At this time, we ask that general questions be limited as we make the transition.

However, questions and concerns regarding past due payments or contributor copies may be directed to Theresa Derwin at Theresa.Derwin@yahoo.co.uk and urgent contract questions going forward may be directed to MJ Sydney at LVPContracts@outlook.com.

Thank you to everyone for your patience and understanding during this period of transition.