March 19, 2018
Artist Menton3 created an incredible artwork piece to be used as the Kickstarter-exclusive cover for the upcoming Dark Regions Press anthology I AM THE ABYSS. This artwork was not offered for retail customers until now: use coupon code MENTON3PRINT when preordering the deluxe slipcased hardcover edition of I AM THE ABYSS and we will ship you a print of this amazing cover piece signed by artist Menton3 10-14 business days after checkout! This special is extremely limited and will not last long.
March 15, 2018
We are very excited to let our customers know that our friends at Cemetery Dance reserved several copies of the Southern Reach Trilogy by Jeff VanderMeer Signed and Numbered Limited Edition Slipcased Hardcover for DRP! To build some momentum for our preorder launch of the book on DarkRegions.com we have created a new giveaway and weekend special! Details below.
Southern Reach Trilogy Published as a Collectible Slipcased Hardcover Limited Edition:
• Limited to just 698 signed and hand-numbered copies
• Personally signed by Jeff VanderMeer on a unique signature page
• Printed on 60# acid-free paper
• Bound in a fine binding with colored head and tail bands
• Featuring hot foil stamping on the front boards and spine
• Printed and bound with custom marbled endpapers
• Smyth sewn to create a more durable binding
• Each copy housed in a fine, hand-made slipcase
• Limited ONE TIME printing of this special edition
HOW TO ENTER: be a subscriber to the Dark Regions Press e-mail newsletter. That's it! Free to join at darkregions.com/newsletter
Winners will be announced exclusively in our e-mail newsletter on Tuesday, March 27th! Limit one entry per individual.
DETAILS: Place order of $500 or more (after discounts/credit) on DarkRegions.com w/ code SOUTHERNREACH and receive 1 Signed & Numbered Limited Edition Slipcased Hardcover of Southern Reach Trilogy by Jeff VanderMeer as a free bonus! No limit: 1 Southern Reach Trilogy limited edition bonus per $500 spent using above coupon code!
After your qualifying order is placed, we will create a new DarkRegions.com order for you for Southern Reach Trilogy limited edition(s) which is in preorder and will ship separately at a later date when we receive it from the publisher.
Thanks to everyone who enters our giveaway and watch for Southern Reach Trilogy limited editions by Jeff VanderMeer to be available for preorder on DarkRegions.com soon!
March 13, 2018
We are happy to report that as of writing this 95% of all preorders of Joshua Hoffine Horror Photography book trade and deluxe hardcovers have been shipped! Canadian orders are being shipped this week. The book is in stock and shipping now on DarkRegions.com.
March 12, 2018
Customers looking to save big on books and collectibles of horror, fantasy and science fiction from Dark Regions Press and other publishers should act soon: the 50% OFF Tax Break Sale on DarkRegions.com ends tonight, March 12th 2018 at 11:59PM PST!
March 08, 2018
Customers interested in reading I AM THE ABYSS today can do so by preordering the deluxe slipcased hardcover edition! After checkout an e-mail will be sent automatically along with a download link under your customer account to download the ebook to read and enjoy before the deluxe hardcover ships this summer.
I AM THE ABYSS is an anthology of personal afterlife fiction containing nine original novellas of horror and dark fantasy accompanied by nine original color paintings. Authors Michael Marshall Smith, Nicole Cushing, Reggie Oliver, Steve Rasnic Tem, John R. Little, Jeffrey Thomas, Greg F. Gifune, Douglas Wynne and William Meikle give us windows into the personal afterlives of unique individuals trapped in self-created worlds.
March 06, 2018
Dark Regions Press publisher Chris Morey is including some of the most valuable limited edition hardcover books from his personal collection with special one-time only use Tax Break Sale coupon codes! These special one-time use coupon codes can only be redeemed once by one customer and stack with other bonuses/specials! Click images for larger versions.
Read More About the Tax Break Sale and the Standard Bonuses You Will Get in Addition to the Above Special Collectibles with these One Time Use Coupon Codes at darkregions.com/sale
March 04, 2018
For our longtime collectors and loyal customers, we have a big special for big spenders in the currently live Dark Regions Press Tax Break Sale: use coupon code DRPTAXBREAK50 on an order of $750 or more (total after discounts/credits applied) and we'll double your value by giving you $750 in additional signed limited edition/collectible hardcovers! EXTENDED: by popular demand we have extended this special for our collectors by a few more days!
March 02, 2018
From Gregg Kopsa, supporter of the Joshua Hoffine Horror Photography Book Kickstarter campaign:
When the Kickstarter was announced I had seen some of Joshua's work before but did not really know much about him, after browsing the internet I was in love with his work. Seeing the option to do a photo shoot with him how could I pass up such a great opportunity. When I first decided to do this photo shoot I had no idea what to expect. Would we be a zombie extra in a big photo shoot, a dead body, who knows?
Joshua reached out when the kickstarter campaign ended via email and asked me what I wanted to do. It never occurred to me that we would get to choose what the shoot would be about. I knew immediately what I wanted to do but would it be possible, after a couple of days of thinking about it I told Joshua that I would like to do the Bride of Frankenstein. He seemed very excited about the theme.
Growing up in the 60's I was the kid who stayed up late Friday and Saturday nights watching the old B&W horror movie double features and especially loved the Universal Monsters. Frankenstein's monster especially always resonated to me.
I told Joshua that I would be like the scientist creator as I did not think it would be possible to go to the great lengths to do the monsters makeup. My wife Cindy's hair would be perfect for the Bride's. He checked with his hair stylist and she concurred that it would work. We set a date and made arrangements to travel from north Idaho to Kansas City. It would be a whirlwind trip, fly out Friday, shoot Saturday and return Sunday.
We had to provide the costumes, mine was easy but we ordered three different costumes for Cindy and they all sucked. I was getting despondent about finding something as the time was short, we had haunted all the second hand shops as well. With only a couple of days before the trip Cindy called me into the bedroom and there she was wearing her wedding dress, I thought it was perfect, the answer had been in front of us all along.
As time passed and the shoot approached I came to the conclusion that if I did not portray the Monster I would regret it forever. I was fixated by Karloff's classic image but he has been portrayed so many ways from Eddison's early silent film to De Niro, even Boyle in Young Frankenstein. So I settled that I would make do with what was possible and that attitude would compensate for lack of prosthetics. So I contacted Joshua and he seemed greatly pleased as he thought also it should be the Monster and the Bride for the shoot.
We took off on our 9 hour flight and were chatting back and forth with Joshua about arrival times and such when he commented that he could get a prosthetic of the Monster and that the make up artist had done one once before and would I be interested. I practically leaped with joy and replied it was awesome news.
Arriving in K.C. Joshua and two of his charming daughters picked us up at the hotel and off we went to accompany them to a local artist film festival that night and his short was one of the featured films. His film was by far the most polished and professional, there were some other fun films and it was cool hanging with him and the girls before the shoot that next day. You never know how its going to go when you are meeting someone for something like this, he could be a diva or something far worse. It was like meeting an old friend you had not seen in years, they all made us feel so welcome and we chatted about horror movies and the like. Talk about a font of information he not only shoots horror art, he has immersed himself in it for his whole life.
So we arrive about 10am and started the process of makeup and hair. Cindy's took about an hour and she looked fantastic. My hair is blonde so it was sprayed black and the application of the prosthetic began, forehead and cheeks. There was a nose and chin piece, but my nose was monstrous enough and the chin piece Joshua and we all agreed made it look like I had a pair of balls hanging off my chin. With my love of the old movie monsters this was another dream come true that I thought I would never get to experience. It took a little over three hours for mine. The girls doing the work were a gas, they own a glamour photo studio so they do a lot of specialty work on a regular basis besides the work they do with Joshua.
This year was our 25th wedding anniversary and we had chatted about the trip we took to Belize with Joshua, so he thought it should be a wedding theme style shoot. So he had me wear a white shirt and tie instead of the black shirt. Got my suit on and got dusted to give it the grimy tomb look.
Each of us did individual shots first, with a smoke machine puffing away to give some atmosphere and horror film music soundtracks playing on the record machine as he clicked away, adjusting lighting angles, poses, expressions. Then the Kiss shot and others followed. Joshua asked if we wanted to do something else and I said "Well you know the monsters always end up fighting each other in the movies, so we should do the Monster Love shot (choking each other)" The last shot was the Monster reading a comic of his story, which was a 1943 Classics illustrated that I had brought along for this purpose, I gifted it to Joshua when we were done.
The shoot took about another three hours. It was great having such a professional do this and the quality shows in the images, he is an artist.
We left to go back to the hotel and had some funny experiences with people in other cars doing classic double takes when they saw the Monster driving a car, plus a stop at a drug store for some supplies to remove the make up. There were some photos taken with people in the store, lots of laughs. We had been invited back to Joshua's to hang out and watch some movies that night, chatting about horror movies and experiences.
This experience was everything Cindy and I had hoped for and so much more, a once in a lifetime event that we will always cherish.
March 02, 2018
February 26, 2018
03/12/2018: The Tax Break Sale Ends Tonight, March 12th 2018 at 11:59PM PST!
Save up to 50% off books of horror, fantasy and science fiction from award-winning independent specialty publisher Dark Regions Press in business since 1985 and products from multiple other publishers with coupon codes DRPTAXBREAK20, DRPTAXBREAK33 and DRPTAXBREAK50. The more you spend, the bigger your break!
BONUS: Includes Dark Regions Press Ebook Bundle, 5 DRM-free ebooks from DRP!
BONUS (+ previous bonus): Includes 1 free month of the 2018 Dark Regions Press Collectors Club.
BONUS (+ previous bonuses): Includes a Large Halloween Grab Bag (3+ signed limited editions, 3+ trade paperbacks!)
We are keeping this one as a surprise, but rest assured you'll receive five DRM-free ebooks of great reading from Dark Regions Press as an added bonus with your purchase! A download link will be e-mailed to you manually within 72 business hours of your order. Ebooks available in both EPUB and MOBI formats and stored in a ZIP archived file.
The 2018 Dark Regions Press Collectors Club offers our members a base discount of 33% off (up to 40% off) all DRP publications past, present and the year of 2018. Maximum retailer discounts on products from other publishers. Exclusive access to the upcoming Pirates of the Old World preorder campaign. Custom payment plans up to six months in length and much more! Read more on the Dark Regions Press Patreon page.
The Large Halloween Grab Bag is included as a free bonus with DRPTAXBREAK50 orders!
February 23, 2018
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