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Yeah, I preordered Partridge's Oktober Shadows or whatever it is now renamed.
Because he could not finish that, I declined on the Butcher thing.
I wonder if there has been a shift in appetites for these more mainstream works?
Subterranean, for example, seems to have ceased all horror titles, shifting to SciFi and Fantasy. That strikes me as kinder to patrons, compared with presses who postpone publication dates until Caesar returns to Rome.

What am I looking froward to?
The titles Mark Beech announced for 2019!

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The issue stems from the fact that there's not a solid market for weird fiction in general. There are a number of small presses willing to invest in keeping the genre alive, but there's no monetary benefit in doing so. This creates an environment in which false promises are continually made.

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If you are talking about Dark Regions Press, maybe you mean take money from investors and then lie to their customers? When you ask for people to donate money to help your business, you have a responsibility to them. Don't ask other people to take the financial burden for your vanity projects then lie to them. Maybe if they ever delivered on their promises they would have customers willing to trust them and buy from them?

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That sounds like possible fraud to me. I was thinking of continual setbacks and such.

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My difficulties with small presses have been rare.
I realize most are one or two person outfits and I can be fairly patient.
My problems usually link back to larger publishers, who get over extended and cannot sustain the production line.
Often this is gradual and I do not realize until I am five - eight preorders deep.
I do like to think they are acting in good faith and will honor our arrangement.

One press that receives scant attention at TLO is Gauntlet.
Barry takes preorders, but only requests payment until the title is published, or publication is imminent.
Gauntlet is currently working on Clive Barker's works, with full cooperation of Mr Barker.
I am unsure how the TLO community regards Mr Barker.

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Don’t know about the community either, but i think he deserves some critical rehabilitation.

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Rosemary Pardoe apparently has a small handful left of her booklet “The Cropton Murders”, a very entertaining true crime tale from the 1870s alluded to by M.R. James. I read mine last night and was very engaged. They can be ordered from her directly.

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Dark Regions has never, to my knowledge, not shipped a book, which puts them one-up on a number of other presses.

However I wouldn't fault someone for exercising caution when pre-ordering from them... assuming that someone decides to order at all.

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As far as small Presses go I stick to Undertow and PS publishing. They’re both relatively cheap to order to the U.K. and have always been reliable to me.

I once had a small issue with PS but I contacted and it was sorted.

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Tartarus just published a new Reggie Oliver collection! How's that for the new year!