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Ladies and gentlemen: the sixth instalment of Darklore - a fantastic anthology series covering hidden history, fringe science and general Forteana – is now available for sale.

Contents:

• Cat Vincent examines the birth of a modern monster meme: The Slenderman.
• Mark Foster unlocks the mystery of the ‘Trial Passages’ beside the Giza pyramids.
• Robert Schoch evaluates the chances of our Sun wiping out modern civilisation.
• Lynn Picknett and Clive Prince lift the veil on the esoteric foundations of The Royal Society.
• Neil Arnold goes in search of sewer monsters.
• Mitch Horowitz points out America’s mystical history.
• Nigel Watson shares a case of ‘alien contact’ that he investigated.
• John Reppion sheds some light on Liverpool’s forgotten megalithic history.
• Martin Shough looks into the strange case of ‘double suns’.
• Blair MacKenzie Blake discusses the mystery man of 20th century alchemy, Fulcanelli.
• Greg Taylor points out the astronomical archetype behind depictions of gods and kings in ancient cultures.
• Jack Hunter heads to the dark side of anthropology and finds the weirdness that doesn’t often get talked about in academic circles.

You can pick up your copy from any number of online retailers through a simple search. But here are the links for Amazon:

Darklore VI Paperback

• Amazon US
• Amazon UK

Darklore VI Limited Edition Hardcover

• Amazon US
• Amazon UK

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ometimes with Twitter, and Facebook, and Google+, and everything else, we get so used to putting bitesized chunks of information out quickly, as and when, we forget that some of the more major stuff can easily get lost amid more trivial things. So, for the benefit of those of you who might not be addicted to any of the above sites (as well as those who are but just missed any of this info as it zipped past), here are few exciting bits of Moore & Reppion news:

• The Thrill Electric will be available on iTunes (still 100% FREE) as of next month.
• Darklore Vol VI is coming early December 2011 (just in time for Xmas) and features an article about the mysterious prehistoric Calderstones monument here in Liverpool, written by John Reppion.
• Moore & Reppion have just sold their first Black Museum story to 2000 AD (thanks Tharg).
• We’re writing a brand new 8 issue series for Dynamite Entertainment (we also have our second Sherlock Holmes series – The Liverpool Demon – coming next year).

That’s all we can tell you about for now but there’s plenty more exciting news to come very soon. If you’re not one who Twits, or a Facebooker, or whatever, you might want to subscribe to our mailing list to make sure you don’t miss anything. Otherwise, please keep checking the site for regular updates.

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Although steampunk has been around as a genre since the 1980s, it came into its own as a subculture and artistic movement in the mid-oughts of the twenty-first century.

In these first issues of SteamPunk Magazine, some out of print for years, there are articles and interviews on music, fashion, politics, history, and mad science. Groundbreaking steampunk fiction and breathtaking illustration run beside bizarre philosophy and manifestos. Learn to etch copper, to build a pennyfakething from an old bike or a jacob’s ladder from trash. Discover vertical windmills or sew a pair of spats.

Here collected now are over 400 pages of awesome steampunkery. SteamPunk Magazine has always been known for keeping the punk in steampunk, for being willing to celebrate steampunk subculture as a part of the global counterculture.

The volume is introduced by the illustrious Jake von Slatt and features a cover illustrated by the remarkable John Coulthart.

ISBN: 978-0-9834971-5-8

Coming in Autumn 2011 from Combustion Books

Featuring interviews with:
Abney Park
Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society
The Chronabelle
Ghostfire
I-Wei Huang
Donna Lynch & Steven Archer
The Men That Will Not Be Blamed For Nothing
Michael Moorcock
Alan Moore
Sunday Driver
Dr. Steel
Thomas Truax
Ann & Jeff VanderMeer
Voltaire

Writing by:
Benjamin Bagenski
Usul of the Blackfoot
Libby Bulloff
Katherine Casey
The Catastrophone Orchestra
Andy Clark
Nicholas Cowley
Leah Dearborn
Carolyn Dougherty
David Dowling
Austin Dyches
Charles Eberhardt
Esther
Dylan Fox
Molly Friedrich
Joshua Gage
Jaymee Goh
Cheshire S. Grin
C. Lance Hall
Brenda Hammack
J.T. Hand
C. Allegra Hawksmoor
Olga Izakson
Allie Kerr
Margaret Killjoy
Donna Lynch
Richard Marsden
Robin Martin
Keith Newstead
Prof. Offlogic
A.M. Paulson
Johnny Payphone
Al-leen the Peacemaker
Rachel E. Pollock
Heather Pund
John Reppion
Jake von Slatt
Bruce Sterling
Will Strop
Lord Dr. Richard von Tropp
David X. Wiggin
B. Zedan
Zac Zunin

And artwork from:
Ben Anaman
Steven Archer
Benjamin Bagenski
Paul Ballard
Ms. Scary Boots
John Coulthart
Stanley Donwood
Sarah Dungan
Colin Foran
Fabiola Garza
Doctor Geof
Lisa Grabenstetter
Ivo Gregurec
Sam Haney
Allison Healy
Claire Hummel
Ikaruga
Juli(A)
Nick Kole
Ivan McCann
K.W. Moore
Leah Moore
Juan Navarro
Eric Orchard
Laura Pelick
Rob Powell
Amanda Rehagen
Fabio Romeu
Swizec
Emily Trow
Suzanne Walsh
Tim Wilson

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Darklore is a journal of exceptional observations, hidden history, the paranormal and esoteric science. Their roster of writers includes some of the biggest names in the ‘alternative’ field – Robert Bauval, Daniel Pinchbeck, Loren Coleman, Robert Schoch, Nick Redfern, Stephen Braude, Lynn Picknett and Clive Prince, and now me!

Darklore Volume 4 is now on sale and contains articles by the likes of Nick Redfern (on Animal E. S. P.), Greg Taylor (on The Georgia Guidestones – America’s Stonehenge), The Emperor (on The History of Flying Saucers), Richard Freeman (on Japanese Monsters) and many more including a revised version of my own piece on Liverpool eccentric Joseph Williamson – The Mole of Edge Hill.

Darklore Volume 4 can be purchased online now from Amazon. Just click the links below.

Amazon.com – Limited Edition Hardcover

Amazon.com – Paperback

Amazon.co.uk – Limited Edition Hardcover

Amazon.co.uk – Paperback

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After a lengthy struggle and much holding of heads, we are delighted to finally be able to announce the release of Issue #6 of Steampunk Magazine – The Pre-Industrial Revolution. With the final part of John Reppion’s ‘Doppler and the Madness Engine’; a look at the Romantics and what they did for us; alchemy; Luddites; corsets; sculpture; windmills; poetry; and Victorian martial arts, it’s our biggest issue to date.

As ever, Issue #6 can be downloaded from our website, or alternatively you can get your hands on your very own hard-copy through the order page on Strangers in a Tangled Wilderness.

Stay tuned for news about ordering your very own copy of Steampunk Magazine from our new UK printing operation, the website, Lincoln Steampunk Convivial, and the exciting things that will be happening over the next few months!

From www.steampunkmagazine.com

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