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Fantasycon 2024: Meet The Dealers!
We asked the dealers at this year’s Fantasycon to tell us who they are and what they’re selling. In no particular order, the answers are listed below. This is not exhaustive, so prepare for surprises!
Sure, Fantasycon is all about the community and the meeting up and the social aspects and all that… but really, it’s about going home with a suitcase laden with new toys. These are just some of the people willing to sell you those toys (and also books) in the Dealer’s Hall – which we’re calling the Goblin Market – in Chester this weekend.
Not got your Fantasycon ticket yet? Grab one over here: Day tickets start at £40, weekend tickets are £85, and members get discounts!
AK Faulkner
AK Faulkner is the author of the PW-starred, award-winning Inheritance series, an ongoing Urban Fantasy saga with queer disasters, Celtic mythology, and horrible trauma. Visit their website, or follow them on BlueSky or Instagram @poopraven.
Brad Towers
Selling: War of the Seven, an epic fantasy, and Book 1 of the Ethasar Chronicles. Seven mighty kingdoms clash in a great war for the fates of their gods. War of the Seven is the first epic fantasy novel that comes with an original metal album, with nine songs linked directly from the book. It’s released in September 2024 and has high ratings on Amazon and Goodreads. Books 2 and 3 in the series come out in October and November 2024; link here.
More about Brad at: bradtowers.com
Sandra Bond
I shall be selling my own books, plus others from my publisher (The Canal Press, Pennsylvania).
Sandra Bond writes sharp, distinctive fiction, in the SF and fantasy genre. Her newest novel, “Three Men in Orbit” (2024), is a steampunk extravaganza featuring the three men from Jerome K. Jerome’s “Three Men in a Boat”.
Stephen Kozeniewski
I’ll be trading in the dealer’s room selling books from my indie press, French Press Publishing. The selection includes a number of my own works, works by FPP authors, and the newest book from Kit Power, MILLIONAIRES DAY, which we’re launching at FantasyCon. Visit the websites for French Press Publishing or Stephen Kozeniewski.
Rowan, Rook and Decard
Rowan, Rook and Decard are the creators behind Tabletop Roleplaying Games Eat The Reich, DIE, Heart, Spire, Honey Heist, Goblin Quest, and many more. Our mission is to create awesome moments through exciting, beautiful, clever games. Visit the website here.
Otto Redman
Otto is an author of Horror and is bringing his novels to Fantasycon. His first book The Vampire of Portsmouth was released in 2022 and August saw the release of his second witchcraft-based epic Sarah’s Cats.
Otto’s fascination with horror started from a young age with television series such as the Addam’s Family, theMunsters and the Twilight Zone. He sought out horror and gothic literature from authors including Mary Shelly, Bram Stoker, H P Lovecraft and Edgar Allen Poe and developed a love for the classic Hammer Horror and B-movies of the 1960s and 1970s. Otto revelled in the worlds created by Wes Craven, Jess Franco and Jean Rollin and the charismatic acting of Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing and Vincent Price.
During the COVID pandemic he made the decision to redirect his career into writing horror stories of his own centred around his hometown. His first novel The Vampire of Portsmouth was released in 2022 and having enjoyed the process, Otto decided that his next novel would be far longer and focus on witchcraft. Otto lives near Portsmouth in the South of England with his numerous cats. Sarah’s Cats is his second horror novel.
Visit his website or follow him on Twitter @otto_redman.
Beyond Cataclysm Books
Beyond Cataclysm Books sell and publish Fiction and RPG. We have a wide selection of our own games and books including ISBN Coffee – the world’s first bag of coffee and companion book with it’s own ISBN number.
Our website is here.
Liz Cain
Liz Cain is a Nuclear Medicine Physicist by day, and an urban fantasy author by night. She was born in East Yorkshire in the UK and grew up near the sea with her parents and two sisters. She moved to the midlands, which was much too far south for her, and spent 20 years trying to move back to her home town.
She has travelled at every opportunity from Thailand and Australia to touring national parks in North America. Liz has done lots of crazy things for charity, including skydiving, running, swimming, and even cutting off her hair. While out on adventures she finds herself weaving intricate tales in her head which one day she had to write down.
Liz has loved reading her whole life, growing up with Anne McCaffrey, Mary Stewart, and Terry Goodkind. Becoming an author happened by chance when she jumped at the opportunity to help a friend tell a story that deserved to be told. It inspired her to follow her lifelong dream and now she is self-publishing her own kickass, no-nonsense FMCs who you’ll love.
Website: www.lizcainauthor.com
Jan Foster
Escape into a tale with Jan Foster’s Historical Fantasy Fae Fayre. Discover a magical past in the Naturae Series of books, where fae, vampires and witches live hidden amongst the Vikings and Tudors. Customise free bookmark and try out calligraphy with a quill pen, or just chat about history and the kind of stories you love with the author. She’ll even sign any books you buy and every purchase will also earn you a free mini Escape Into A Magical Past Colouring Adventure!
Heather G Harris
At my stall I’ll be selling my internationally best-selling urban fantasy series’, and I’ll be giving away stickers, pens and other fantastic freebies. I will also be giving away a free book with any purchase – but only whilst stocks last! Visit my website, or follow me on Facebook or Instagram.
Alchemy Press
The Alchemy Press tables will be selling a range of old and new (including We’ll Always Have Alchemy and Of Sands and Tides) books, including a select few titles from other publishers (eg Phantasmagoria). We’ll also have a wide selection of second-hand paperbacks and hardbacks, many at knock-down prices, as well as old magazines.
Liv Strom
Tales of Bones & Roses – romantasy fairytale retellings with low spice and high fantasy. Start with the enemy to lovers, mistaken identity Cinderella in Tal, the gothic City of the Dead, and continue to Spinning Fire, a second-chance romance Rumpelstiltskin Retelling, to be launched on Saturday at FantasyCon. Or just stop by Liv’s table to share your favorite fairytale. Find Liv at livstromwrites.com or follow on Instagram or TikTok.
David Cartwright
My name is David Cartwright, I’m selling my speculative fiction titles. They are a mix of Science-Fantasy and Horror titles. I’ve attached a photo of me, and of my books at another event. Find me online at davidcartwriter.art.blog or on social media as David Cart-Writer.
E.C. Hibbs
My stall features my books: a range of YA and NA fantasy of various sub-genres, including gothic fairytale retellings, Arctic mythology, steampunk dystopia and vampire sagas. My website is echibbs.weebly.com
Jim Alexander
Jim has written for DC and Marvel. He has a story in X: Men: X-Verse – X-Women, which came out in late 2023. Two comic strips written by Jim (King’s Crown and Whisky in the Jar) have been adapted for the TV series Metal Hurlant Chronicles. He has written three novels: the novel the Light about a pandemic, written pre-pandemic, and the crime novel GoodCopBadCop and its sequel Good Cop. Also, a short story collection with an AI theme called Rerun to Eden. His graphic novels Gabriel (Cult Graphic Novels) and Wolf Country (Western Graphic Novels) are top five Amazon Books. Visit his website for more.
Ella Summers
I’m featuring the special editions of my 13-book Legion of Angels series, available as e-books, paperbacks, and hardcovers with gold foiling, illustrated end papers, sprayed edges, and more. Here’s a short blurb for the series:
Level Up Your Magic
Once you sip the Nectar of the gods, there’s no going back. To gain the magic she needs to save her brother, Leda joins the Legion of Angels, an elite unit of supernatural soldiers with powers gifted to them by the gods themselves. A tale of deities, love, and the infamous Angel of Chaos.
Ella Summers is a bestselling author of over thirty books. She writes fantasy fiction that blends magic and romance with lots of action.
Caroline AsTiago
Caroline will be selling copies of her debut urban fantasy novel, Somewhere Out There, alongside merch linked to the series. Inspired by anything supernatural, historical, and the myths and legends of Europe, Caroline writes fantasy and supernatural stories that pack an emotional punch. Her work has been featured in Liverpool’s Royal Court’s new writing night. When she’s not writing, Caroline spends her time helping to bring other people’s stories to live on stage, screen and radio. Follow Caroline on Instagram, or visit her website at www.carolineastiago.co.uk
Guardbridge Books
Guardbridge Books is a small press in Scotland publishing a variety of fantasy, science fiction and also history/non-fiction books. Many of the fiction titles have some non-western/multi-cultural aspect, and we have authors from around the world. Debuting at Fantasycon 2024 is an Argentinian ghost story, Back To The Well, by Gustavo Bondoni. Visit the website here.
El McInerney
I’m selling hardback and paperback copies of my novel, Soulstealer, along with a limited number of pins.
Visit my website at elmcinerney.com or follow me on TikTok.
Jack Harvey’s Comics and Books
Independent writer and artist. Creator of comics, illustrated short story collections and art prints. Frequent collaborator with other artists and creators from around the world. Teller of tall tales from historical, to fantasy, to sci-fi and beyond. Visit the website here.
James Flanagan
I’ll be in the Dealer’s Hall with my debut SciFi novel GENEFIRE. More at jimiflanwrites.com
Genki Gear
We are Genki Gear, a small independent uk company, we have lots of unique and original T-shirts and gifts with designs that are offbeat and fun with a twist. All our products are completely ethical and are designed by our in-house artist, so you won’t find them anywhere else. Also available on our website here, or follow us on Facebook.
PS Publishing
PS PUBLISHING LTD established in 1999 publishing a wide range of genre related titles, SF, Fantasy, Horror and Crime. Look out for our dealers tables, displaying our latest publications in the form of novels, novellas, collections, anthologies and much much more!
We have booked a spot on Friday evening at 5pm to celebrate some of our titles that are reasonably hot off the press. Ramsey Campbell will be available to sign copies of FEAR ACROSS THE MERSEY, his recent collection that we launched in the summer and also Dan Coxon editor of HEARTWOOD a Mythago Wood Anthology will be there with a group of contributors, Adrian Tchaikovsky, Jen Williams, Allen Stroud and Peter Haynes. Paul Finch, author of one of our most recent Absinthe publications ALL THE DEVILS ARE HERE will also be there along with Sean Hogan author of the novel THE CORPSE ROAD.
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Cathaven Press
Jilly Paddock & I run Cathaven Press. It was originally started around a decade ago specifically to publish her science fiction novels on Kindle.
I (Dave Brzeski) got involved with Occult Detective Quarterly from issue #1, and when publisher, Sam Gafford, passed away unexpectedly from a massive heart attack, we decided to take it over. We’d learned by then that the original quarterly schedule was too difficult for the other original editor, John Linwood Grant, and I to maintain. This was prescient, as COVID hit soon after we took over, and both John, and I have suffered some serious health scares. By sheer luck, we discovered that Jilly was very good at book formatting, even with something as complicated as a book with lots of images. Our first issue was Occult Detective Magazine #6, and we’ll be selling all issues from that point, through #10 at the convention. We also have 2 mythos specials out, plus a number of single author books by Rosemary Pardoe, Bev Allen & Tina Rath. We will also have Jilly Paddock’s science fiction novels on sale, albeit they are currently published by Pro Se Press.
We’re a labour of love publisher, in that we’ve yet to sell well enough for John, Jilly, or I to pay ourselves a single penny, albeit we always pay our authors, and artists.
Occult Detective Magazine has been nominated for the best magazine category in the British Fantasy Awards this year, which is very exciting.
You may also find within the Goblin Market:
- Caleb Hubbard
- Kell Willson
- Rodney Milton
Got your eye on any of these wondrous traders? Let us know what you’d like to take home with you in the comments below!