Brian James Freeman

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Brian James Freeman is author of The Painted Darkness, Black Fire, Blue November Storms, More Than Midnight, Weak & Wounded, Dreamlike States, and The Illustrated Stephen King Trivia Book (with Bev Vincent), along with many short stories and many essays. He is also the managing editor of Cemetery Dance Publications and the publisher of Lonely Road Books.

The Girl Who Builds Monsters review copy!

May 20, 2020 / / 0 Comments

I don’t usually post photos of the review copies for books, but rarely are the review copies this beautiful! Vincent Chong’s incredible artwork somehow looks even better in the finished, printed form!

About the Book:
Emma is quiet, and often lonely, because the birthmark on her face scares the other kids in town. She lives with her kindly grandfather, who owns a factory where he creates the most beautiful dolls in the world.

One day while exploring the factory, Emma discovers a forgotten workbench and some wooden crates. Inside the crates are broken pieces of machinery and rejected doll parts, which Emma begins to assemble into dolls of her own design. They are very different from the dolls her grandfather makes, but Emma says this is what makes them special.

Emma loves her dolls, and she has no idea how much they love her back, but when two burglars sneak into the cottage where Emma and her grandfather are fast asleep, her new monster dolls will prove exactly how special they really are…

Featuring a timeless story by Brian James Freeman and beautiful full-color artwork by Vincent Chong, The Girl Who Builds Monsters is a tale for all ages.

Purchase the trade hardcover edition:
Amazon.com
Amazon.ca
Barnes & Noble
Books-A-Million
Cemetery Dance Publications
IndieBound

The Girl Who Builds Monsters: Coming This September From Cemetery Dance Publications!

May 5, 2020 / / 0 Comments

Emma is quiet, and often lonely, because the birthmark on her face scares the other kids in town. She lives with her kindly grandfather, who owns a factory where he creates the most beautiful dolls in the world.

One day while exploring the factory, Emma discovers a forgotten workbench and some wooden crates. Inside the crates are broken pieces of machinery and rejected doll parts, which Emma begins to assemble into dolls of her own design. They are very different from the dolls her grandfather makes, but Emma says this is what makes them special.

Emma loves her dolls, and she has no idea how much they love her back, but when two burglars sneak into the cottage where Emma and her grandfather are fast asleep, her new monster dolls will prove exactly how special they really are…

Featuring a timeless story by Brian James Freeman and beautiful full-color artwork by Vincent Chong, The Girl Who Builds Monsters is a tale for all ages.

Purchase the trade hardcover edition:
Amazon.com
Amazon.ca
Barnes & Noble
Books-A-Million
Cemetery Dance Publications
IndieBound

First Photos of New Chapbook for Patreon Supporters! “Lost Echoes: Volume One”

April 26, 2020 / / 0 Comments

Since trying something different with the last chapbook for my Patreon supporters went really well, I’m trying something different again for the May 2020 chapbook for Patreon supporters who are on Level Two or higher.

In addition to featuring the first in a series of “lost” chapters from my first novel Black Fire, I’m also upgrading these Patreon Supporter Chapbooks to be perfect bound like a trade paperback book!  This change really makes the whole production look great. Here are a few early photos of how this chapbook turned out:

More news to come. Thanks so much for all of your support!

Best,
Brian

New Chapbook Coming in May For Patreon Supporters! “Lost Echoes: Volume One”

March 26, 2020 / / 0 Comments

Since trying something different with the last chapbook went really well, I’m going to try something different again for the May 2020 chapbook for Patreon supporters who are on Level Two or higher as the end of MARCH.  If you’re a Level One supporter or not a supporter yet, this is the perfect time to sign up to qualify for this new chapbook:


Above is the cover for “Lost Echoes: Volume One,” and I’ll share more information as this one moves through production. Right now, my chapbook maker is still up and running, and they don’t think they’ll have to close due to the coronavirus, but we’ll have to see how things go.

More news to come. Thanks so much for all of your support!

Best,
Brian

New trade paperback of LOST AND LONELY shipping soon!

March 25, 2020 / / 0 Comments

I’m pleased to report there is a new revised and expanded trade paperback edition of Lost and Lonely, featuring amazing Vincent Chong cover artwork, which will ship next month to Patreon supporters on level Six and above!

Orders can now be placed through Cemetery Dance Publications, and books ordered there will be signed for a limited time only.

Orders via Amazon won’t be signed, but on the other hand they can get a copy of the book into your hands this week, so that’s pretty tempting, eh?

As you might recall, this new edition of Lost and Lonely follows the revised and expanded editions of Dreamlike States, Weak and Wounded, and More Than Midnight, completing the publication process for these new trade paperbacks.

Here are all four trade paperbacks, so you can see what the complete set looks like:

New Covers

Thank you again for all of your support!

Patreon Stories: Volume Two Lettered Edition

March 23, 2020 / / 0 Comments

The first copy of the hand-bound Patreon Stories: Volume Two Lettered Edition has arrived, and I’m really pleased with how this edition turned out. The book features real leather and imported hand-marbled endpapers, with a matching leather traycase. Best of all, this very special edition should ship later this week, assuming the postal system doesn’t shut down!

Here are some photos I took real quick for those who are interested:


Lots more news to come soon. Thank you  for all of your support!

Best,
Brian

New trade paperback of DREAMLIKE STATES shipping now!

February 25, 2020 / / 0 Comments

I’m pleased to report there is a new revised and expanded trade paperback edition of Dreamlike States, which will ship next month to Level Six and higher supporters on Patreon!

Orders can now be placed through Cemetery Dance Publications, and the books will be signed for a limited time only.

Orders via Amazon won’t be signed, but on the other hand Amazon can have a copy of the book with the amazing Vincent Chong cover artwork in your hands in two days or less, so that’s pretty tempting, eh?

As you might recall, this new edition of Dreamlike States follows the revised and expanded edition of Weak and Wounded and More Than Midnight.

Here are my advance copies of all four trade paperbacks, so you can see what the complete “set” looks like:

New Covers

Thank you again for all of your support!

“The Sniper” by Richard Chizmar: New Signed Limited Chapbook From LetterPress Publications Has Shipped!

January 28, 2020 / / 0 Comments

The newest chapbook from LetterPress Publications is “The Sniper” by Richard Chizmar, and as of yesterday all copies have shipped to Patreon supporters on Level 2 or higher!

Thank you again for all of your support! More news to come soon!

Best,
Brian

Patreon Update!

December 23, 2019 / / 0 Comments

I’ll try to keep this short since I know everyone’s schedule is crazy busy as the year winds down, but I wanted to give some project updates for those of you interested in what I’m doing on Patreon!

The Sniper Chapbook
We’re in the home stretch on The Sniper chapbook! All copies have been signed by Richard Chizmar and me, so now it’s a matter of preparing the custom-printed linen envelopes, putting together the shipping list, and packing all of them up to go out the door.

If you are a supporter on Level 2 or higher, please be sure to update your Patreon Account shipping address ASAP if you’ve moved because that database is where I get the shipping lists for rewards.

Patreon Stories: Volume Two
The printer managed to complete a partial run of the trade paperbacks before they closed for the holidays, and I expect the rest of the paperbacks and the full run of Limited Edition hardcovers in January. The sample copies they sent me turned out great:

Revival Limited Edition
The Revival Limited Edition has officially shipped to all the US retailers!

For my Patreon supporters on the LetterPress Publications Patreon Levels, your copy will be shipping next week if all goes well. My plan had been for your copies to ship FIRST, and that is the plan for all future books, but I thought up something special at the last second and that something special won’t be here until next week.

Here’s what we’re waiting for: your copy of Revival will be shipped to you in the custom printed shipping boxes I’m having made for VIPs (folks in the business, big name authors I send complimentary copies to, etc). Here’s a mock-up of what they will look like:

I hope this makes the book an even more special addition to your collection.

Thank you again for all of your support! More news to come soon!

Best,
Brian

REVIVAL by Stephen King: Publication Day Has Arrived!

December 16, 2019 / / 0 Comments

Hi Folks!

I’m very pleased to report that the Limited Edition of Revival by Stephen King, our first publicly available book from LetterPress Publications, is now shipping to retailers! It will take this entire week for me to process all of the retailer orders, and depending on where the retailer is located, it might be a while until they  receive their shipment, so please be patient.

In the meantime, I took a few photos of the very first finished copy, and if you click on the image below you can visit a new Photo Gallery for the project over on the LPP website:

The Lettered Edition of Revival is also moving along nicely through production. The latest report from the hand-binder is that they trimmed the finished book blocks, which were then sent out for the custom edge gilding.

I’ll have more news after the holidays including details about our next special project, our next Limited Edition book that will be available to the general public, and some long term plans for the press.

Thank you again for all of your support and enthusiasm!

Best,
Brian

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