NEW RELEASE - Darkling's Beasts and Brews

LVP Publications is proud to present our first ever combination poetry anthology and mixology guide: DARKLING’S BEASTS AND BREWS

Our very own graveyard host Darkling has curated this collection of creature-feature verse and expertly paired every poem with a beverage guaranteed to stiffen your spine. If you prefer your chilling tales alongside a chilled cocktail, if you enjoy haunting rhyme accompanied by soda and lime, if you have a taste for stanzas with a swig or quatrains with a quaff ... one book does it all!
Featuring the following lyrical odes and libations:

COFFEE AND TEA
*Monster Mash ~ The Monster Mash by John C Mannone
*Red Velvet Morning ~ The Morning Named Apollo: A Chimeric Blood Song by Stephanie Wytovich
*Full Moon Transformation ~ The Lycanthrope by Paula Berman
*Chocolate Amaretto Wendigo ~ The Hunter by EM Eastick
Butterscotch Night Owl ~ The Eyes by Mark Mihalko
Enchanted Faerie ~ Fated to Die by Sara Tantlinger
Black Dog Mocha ~ With Bared Teeth by Javier Gómez
Vampire and Cream Macchiato ~ In Our Past Mortality by Jay Rohr
Sweet & Spicy Werewolf Mocha ~ Lust in the Full Moon by Khalil Goddard
Wendigo Pumpkin Pie ~ Frontier Winter by CJ Thompson
Cinnamon Ginger Gargoyle ~ Evolution of a Young Lover by Frank Heather
*Undead Blackberry Brandy ~ Nosferatu by Michael H Hanson
Redcap Zinger ~ Redcap by Kurt Newton
*Whispering Moonlight Tea ~ The Night Whispers by Sarah Cannavo
Lost Princess ~ A Witch Reflects on Loss by Rie Sheridan Rose
Iced Brazilian Cha Mate ~ Backwards Footprints by Donald Armfield
Scottish Kelpie Secret Tea ~ Secrets of the Loch by JR Bournville
Luring Temptation Tea ~ A Siren's Pursuer by Donald Armfield
Wild Werewolf Chai ~ Hunger by Candace Robinson
Strawberry Rooibos Soul Eater ~ The Novealla of Vuorwro (#6) by Ron Riekki
Chimera Freedom Green Tea ~ Figment Fantastica by Taye Carroll

COCKTAILS AND MIXED DRINKS
*The Kraken ~ The Seafloor God by Ethan Hedman
*Blue Lagoon ~ A Kelpie's Promise by Trisha Wooldridge
*Lost At Sea ~ Siren's Song by LS Reinholt
*Black Widow ~ Widow's Weeds by Linda Lee Ruzicka
*Cherry Wine Disguise ~ Skin Walking by MF Senger
*Thieving Fairy ~ Stolen by Jillian Bost
*Goblin Sedator ~ Bedtime by Lynne Sargent
*Bruja Potion ~ The Witches Give Birth by Joshua Lupardus
*Spirit Bloom ~ The Rattling Tree by Rob E Boley
*Frozen Bloody Vampire ~ The Confession by Timothy Tarkelly
*Lambton Worm ~ An' I'd Swally the Little Bairns by Kimberly Brannon
*Zombie Tamer ~ Plague Ship by Emerian Rich
*Rural Hag ~ Death by Breaths by Gerri Leen
*Monster Metaphor ~ Eternal Epitaph by Don Campbell

SMOOTHIES
The Four Horsemen ~ And They Ride by Shana Scott
Faceless Yōkai ~ Noppera-bō by Samantha Lienhard
Blackened Night Sky ~ Black Vampire by Lavel Wideman
Magical Rebirth ~ The War Witch by SL Edwards
Full Mango Moon ~ The Power of the Moon by Ashley Dioses
The Siren Goddess ~ Fisherman's Lure by Ken MacGregor
Wendigo's Reflection ~ The Beast I Am by Jyothika Aaryan

MILKSHAKES
*The Drowned Devil ~ The Scab That Oozes by Nick Manzolillo
*Flaming Night Mare ~ Nightmare Upon Dissolution by Jason Ellis
*Wandering Gargoyle ~ Night On The Town by Andrew Dunlop
*Blackberry Faerie The Faerie Rules by MJ Mars
The Frozen Imp A Prank Too Far by Anne E Johnson
*Grinning Werewolf ~ Whitechapel by Samantha Potts
Mermaid Matcha & Cream ~ An Vorvoren a Senar by Darren Lester
Woven Silk Spider Egg ~ Frankenspider by Minerva Cerridwen
Türk Vampir Kahvesi ~ The Vampire Ogrencisi by Shalom Aranas
Cernunnos' Wild Hunt ~ Antlered Avenger by Kimmy Alan
Guardian of the Forest ~ Feetures by Shawn Chang
Seductive Succubus ~ Moon in Purple by Morphine Epiphany
Green Monarch Leshy ~ He, The Forest by Jay Outhier
Caribbean Demon Passion ~ We Are Legion by Allison Shepherd

HAIKU SHOTS
*Screaming Banshee ~ Haiku by Darkling
*Manticore Poison ~ Haiku by JE Mason
*Sea-Dragon ~ Haiku by Sarah Yasin
*Vampire Blood ~ Haiku by Diane de Ande
*Sweet Dreams ~ Haiku by Vanessa Noel Graham
*Balloon Poppers ~ Haiku by Minerva Cerridwen
*Dybbuk Possession ~ Haiku by Darkling

PARTY PUNCH
*Tortured Pirate Punch ~ Torture of a Pirate by Ethan Nahté
*Dragon's Claw Punch ~ Food Shopping by Anne M Gibson
*Smokin' Zombie Punch ~ Smoke-town Zombies by James Quinn
*Green Goblin Punch ~ Just Put Out Your Hand by Juleigh Howard-Hobson
*Vampire Champagne Punch ~ Hunger for Life by Andrew Leon Hudson
*Goddess Blackberry Rum Punch ~ My Parent's Don't Like Kali 'Cause She Drives a Mustang by Wolf Boy
*Cannabalistic Bourbon Punch ~ Dinner with Jerry by Sally Max
Violet Vampiress Punch ~ Eventide by KA Opperman
Dancing Revenant Punch ~ Sodium-Vapor by Lisa Treece
Sasquatch Mocha Punch ~ When Monsters Share by Shawn Chang
Deadly Sunset Punch ~ Underneath the Red Moon by Linda M Crate
Enchanted Forest Punch ~ Siren of the Woods by Qurat Dar
Tommy's Tappin' Graveyard Punch ~ Tommy's Knocking by Patrick Winters
Deadman's Swamp Punch ~ New Fur for Old Skin by Oliver Smith

BONUS CLOWN SECTION
Clown Night by LS Reinholt
Friend or FOEccacia Bread Sticks
Chocolate Cherry Killer Clown Shake
Colorful Clown Smoothie
Deceptively Sweet Clown Tea
Red Harlequin Party Punch
Balloon Popping Cinnamon Marshmallow Coffee
Evil Jester Cheesecake
Within the Darkness of the Carnivale by Donald Armfield

NOTE: Drinks marked with an * contain alcohol; all others are non-alcoholic. With the exception of Cocktails/Mixed Drinks and Haiku Shots, nearly every recipe can be made non-alcoholic simply by removing the alcohol.
DARKLING’S BEASTS AND BREWS is available now on Amazon and from Barnes & Noble!
Also check out our previous and upcoming releases on our Anthologies page!

LVP Publications Email Down

UPDATE (2/27/19): E-mail service has been restored! Please contact us via LycanValleyPress(at)outlook(dot)com.

Our email is currently down due to Microsoft Outlook issues. This issue is currently impacting all LVP Publications Outlook email addresses.

If there is a pressing urgent matter, please send an email to our temporary email address at LVP(dot)Publications(at)gmail(dot)com or send us a private message through Facebook @LycanValley.

We apologize for the inconvenience and any emails that have gone unanswered.

Thank you,
LVP Publications

NEW RELEASE - Dark Voices

LVP Publications is proud to present our second charity anthology: DARK VOICES.

Voices are meant to be heard.
Darkness amplifies sound.
And Dark Voices cannot be silenced.

You won’t find pages filled with sunshine and lollipops or rose glass filtered landscapes. Instead, gloom and evil lurks, monsters and despair prevail.

As you read these 38 women of horror, sci-fi and dark fiction, their voices will linger in your mind and infiltrate your soul.

Their voices are loud.
Their voices are strong.
Their voices are dark.


INTRODUCTION — Theresa Derwin
BASEMENT — Michelle Scalise-Piccirilli
SMILEY ROACHES — Linda D Addison
TO SING OF LOVE AND LUST, ASHES AND DUST — Diane Arrelle
HOW IT DIED — Sara Dobie Bauer
JUST BELOW OUR FEET — Charlotte Bond
CUE: CHANGE — Chesya Burke
THE HOUSE AT THE END OF HER MIND — Christa Carmen
BEAR WITH ME — Lynn M Cochrane Lynn Edwards
IS THAT YOUR WIFE OR ARE YOU JUST HAPPY TO SEE ME? — Ruschelle Dillon
THE DEATH OF MARY KELLY — Pauline E Dungate
TELL ME HOW YOU DIE — Amber Fallon
UNDER THE SKIN — Cara Fox
WHAT ROUGH BEAST — Julie Frost
STUCK RECORD — Charlie Hannah
THE FARM — Penny Jones
POSTCARDS FROM THE LAKE — Reen Jones
BOBBI — Calypso Kane
YOU’RE LATE — Kitty Kane
THE HUNGRY LIVING DEAD — Nancy Kilpatrick
PTICHKA — Laura Mauro
NINE PORTRAITS OF EMPRESS DANRIN — Keris McDonald
HAUNTED — Helen Mihajlovic
TORCH SONGS IN PURGATORY — Christine Morgan
THE UNEASY DEAD — Billie Sue Mosiman and Franklin E. Wales
PLENTY OF ROOM ON TOP — Anne Nicholls
THE REAL ME — Marie O'Regan
THE URN — Hayley Orgill
THE ARRANGEMENT — N.O.A Rawle
SWEETGRASS BLOOD — Eden Royce
RETURN TO ME — EF Schraeder
LET THE WORDS TAKE YOU — Angela Slatter
EMILY — Kristal Stittle
THE DEAD GIRL — K.D Thomas
ROCK-A-BYE — Angeline Trevena
LOVING ROSE — Nemma Wollenfang
NIGHT’S IVY — Mercedes Murdock Yardley
WRAPPED IN BATTLE — Erin Sweet-Al Mehairi

Cover art and design by Luke Spooner

Available now on Amazon!

Also check out our previous and upcoming releases on our Anthologies page!

NEW RELEASE - Death's Garden

LVP Publications is proud to present the inaugural volume of the Reaper's Black Book series: DEATH'S GARDEN

The Lycan Valley Reaper has a new hobby -- Gardening.

He tends to each plant's every need from seed to harvest. The black seeds bloom in the shadows, petals unfolding as the twisted vines take root in your mind.

These 13 stories and 12 poems are planted, germinated and ready for the harvest.

Souls collected from:
* Edward Ahern
* Shaun Avery
* Ross Baxter
* R Bratten Weiss
* Jonah Buck
* O.R. Dalby
* JG Faherty
* Dale W Glaser
* Jill Hand
* Michael H Hanson
* Liam Hogan
* Mathias Jansson
* Jordan King-Lacroix
* Chad Lutzke
* A.M. Nestler
* Kurt Newton
* Gregory L Norris
* Allan Rozinski
* Susan A Sheppard
* David F Shultz
* Claire Smith
* Max D Stanton
* John McCallum Swain
* Sara Tantlinger
* Steven Wynne

Available now at Amazon!
You can also check out our previous and upcoming releases on our Anthologies page!

NEW RELEASE - Untimely Frost

LVP Publications is proud to present our first-ever poetry anthology, UNTIMELY FROST: Poetry Unthawed.

Collected and compiled by Suzie Wargo Lockhart and Bruce Lockhart, it features haunting verse by a vast gathering of dark poets:

1 The Courtships by Claire Smith
2 An Unintended Demise by Cari England
3 The Winter Witch by Allan Rozinski
4 The Crow Frost by Cynthia O’Quinn
5 She Was Beautiful by James Deitz
6 Autumn Shade by Oliver Smith
7 Remembering Another Life by Antaeus
8 Deathbed by Brian G. Chambers
9 Of the Night by Catherine A. MacKenzie
10 Deathbound by Shawn Chang
11 To his lover, awaiting sundown by Ronnie Smart
12 Blizzard by Frank Martin
13 In These Dark Woods by Taye Carrol
14 Her Arms Around Me by Kurt Newton
15 The Violins of Vendregal Bay by T.N. Allan
16 One Way Out by Paula Berman
17 Funeral Flowers by Joseph VanBuren
18 Winters Dead Hostas by Catherine A. MacKenzie
19 To My Holiday Ghost by Leah Bishop
20 Death by Thom Brucie
21 Enshrined In Glass by DJ Tyrer
22 Hushed by Sara Tantlinger
23 The Old Man by James G. Piatt
24 Uninvited Guests by Mathias Jansson
25 The Shadow Twin by Ellery D. Margay
26 Snow Falls on Dachau by Greg Beatty
27 When it all ends by Divya Baveja
28 Death Rides by a Comanche Moon by Ethan Nahté
29 I Knew by Gerri Leen
30 Encounter with Death by Heddy Johannesen
31 Captured by Kellye Guinan
32 Pyramids by Herb Kauderer and Scott Green
33 Beneath the Ice by Rie Sheridan Rose
34 The Color of Death by Tisha Emberton
35 Ghost River by Wayne Russell
36 Thoughts by Ian Hunter
37 Two Hearts as One by Linda M. Crate
38 The Trees in Our Forest by Soumya Sundar Mukherjee
39 Homecoming by Russell Hemmell
40 Framed by Rob E. Boley
41 Snow Stars by Cyn Bermudez
42 The Last Hour by Michael Hanna
43 Growing Cold by Sarah Cannavo
44 Arundel Castle by David Shultz
45 The Sea Horse Isles by Michael H. Hanson
46 The Darkness of Snow by Suzie Lockhart
47 At The Tomb by DJ Tyrer
48 Just Tired by Cali Atwood
49 Wraiths by Todd Fischer
50 This Is What Death Looks Like by Joan Pollak
51 Unending by R.W. Warwick

Cover art courtesy of Andrew Hurley

Interior artwork by Greg Chapman

The beauty and sadness of words clutches at the heart like the cold hand of Death. Image of darkness close in on us as we feel the anguish of life's final moments.

The darkness is beautiful and yet terrifying, calling on the strongest emotions for survival.

This collection of poetry combines words of beauty, of despair, of darkness, of mortality that reach out and chill the soul like an Untimely Frost.

Available now at Amazon!

You can also check out our previous and upcoming releases on our Anthologies page!

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.

New Website Updates!

The expansion of Lycan Valley's online territory continues!  Although we have a few more things to add and a few wrinkles to iron out, the LVP Publications website is up and running, fully functional and ready for exploration.

Check out the new pages that have been added to our website:

ANTHOLOGIES - Curious about which short story and poetry collections are due out soon? Looking for links to buy the previously released Lycan Valley titles? All that you seek is right here!

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES - Interested in submitting your work to LVP Publications? From layout to word count to genre and format, all the rules and recommendations are helpfully outlined here! (Seriously, read these before submitting.)

WRITER RESOURCES - Hoping to step up your writing game with lessons learned from scribes who've seen it all and lived to tell about it? Go ahead and take advantage of a wide assortment of articles and videos, all absolutely free! New resources will be added periodically.

This is only the beginning of the website resurgence, so watch this space for further updates, news about publishing releases, helpful articles and more!