Gauntlet Press (with and w/out Borderlands partnership)...

[sholloman81]

Just received my copy of The Upwelling. The cover artwork looks a bit nicer than the usual Gauntlet clipart. May hold off on reading it until I receive Lexie so that I can read them back-to-back but am not sure as I've been looking forward to reading this one!

[sholloman81]

Glad to see that the Upwelling is shipping soon! Can't believe The Upwelling & Lexie will be F. Paul Wilson's last books. Makes me sad. Seems like I've been reading Wilson's stuff forever. Don't recall ever reading anything bad by Wilson and his Repaiman Jack stuff makes me insanely happy. I guess all good things come to an end, but it's still bittersweet.

[Ben Staad]

Wilson is a fantastic author. Congrats on the pre-orders and hope Gauntlet does this story right.

[fanatic]

i AGREE. I will order these books. Wilson is a master,

[RonClinton]

I broke down and pre-ordered the two F. Paul Wilson LE's (The Upwelling & Lexie) that Gauntlet will be producing in 2025. I'm a huge F. Paul Wilson fan and just couldn't resist. I know that Gauntlet doesn't produce the most lavish LEs these days, but $60 a piece seemed fair for the price/production, and due to health issues, these may well be the last books that Wilson ever publishes. Glad we will be getting them but very bittersweet.

Don’t blame you…I’ve been toying with the idea of those two as well. I’ve been a Wilson for…forever, and it seems almost important to get these two as a farewell and thanks for all the wonderful entertainment he’s provided to me over the decades.

[sholloman81]

I broke down and pre-ordered the two F. Paul Wilson LE's (The Upwelling & Lexie) that Gauntlet will be producing in 2025. I'm a huge F. Paul Wilson fan and just couldn't resist. I know that Gauntlet doesn't produce the most lavish LEs these days, but $60 a piece seemed fair for the price/production, and due to health issues, these may well be the last books that Wilson ever publishes. Glad we will be getting them but very bittersweet.

[Ben Staad]

Congrats. It's always a good feeling completing a collecting goal.

Arrived yesterday: Finally picked up the S/L/slipcased of THE OCTOBER COUNTRY, completing my S/L run of classic Bradbury from Gauntlet w/ THE ILLUSTRATED MAN, DARK CARNIVAL, and SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES. I don't have THE HALLOWEEN TREE, but I'm okay with that omission. I also have a few of Gauntlet's other Bradbury titles -- MASKS, MATCH TO FLAME, and maybe one of two others -- but it was that set of four that I've been really looking forward to completing.

[RonClinton]

Congratulations! That's a nice set. It must be nice to have it finally on the shelf. I'd love to have more Bradbury on my shelf. I only have Centipede's Something Wicked This Way Comes, though it is one of the few (how many, I have no idea) that have the attached Bradbury-signed bookplate.

I'm working on something similar with Gauntlet's Matheson titles, though I'm focusing on the lettered editions and, as of right now, I'm trying to make it a matching lettered set (UU), but we'll see if I stick to that. I've put this on the backburner the last few years, choosing to focus on expanding my Centipede and Thunderstorm collections. However, one of the things I'm thinking of shifting moving in my collecting habits is focusing less on trying to keep up on new stuff and more trying to track down past publications on the aftermarket. I've been running at about 90-95% new and the rest older stuff, but I want to balance this out more. Putting tracking down the Matheson lettereds would help with this. I also would like to track down all of Gauntlet's lettered editions of their Jack Ketchum books.

Best of success with your Matheson and Ketchum quests.

I know exactly what you mean…I’m starting to gather up the S/Ls of the NIGHT VISIONS volumes of decades ago to upgrade my trade HCs. Call me a curmudgeon, but there’s a charm, an appeal, a nostalgic lure to titles from the ‘90s and ‘00s that much of the more contemporary just doesn’t have. With perhaps a few exceptions, 2025 will be for me, like you, mostly Centipedes and the upgrades and series fill-ins of the Good Old Stuff.

[Sock Monkey]

Arrived yesterday: Finally picked up the S/L/slipcased of THE OCTOBER COUNTRY, completing my S/L run of classic Bradbury from Gauntlet w/ THE ILLUSTRATED MAN, DARK CARNIVAL, and SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES. I don't have THE HALLOWEEN TREE, but I'm okay with that omission. I also have a few of Gauntlet's other Bradbury titles -- MASKS, MATCH TO FLAME, and maybe one of two others -- but it was that set of four that I've been really looking forward to completing.

Congratulations! That's a nice set. It must be nice to have it finally on the shelf. I'd love to have more Bradbury on my shelf. I only have Centipede's Something Wicked This Way Comes, though it is one of the few (how many, I have no idea) that have the attached Bradbury-signed bookplate.

I'm working on something similar with Gauntlet's Matheson titles, though I'm focusing on the lettered editions and, as of right now, I'm trying to make it a matching lettered set (UU), but we'll see if I stick to that. I've put this on the backburner the last few years, choosing to focus on expanding my Centipede and Thunderstorm collections. However, one of the things I'm thinking of shifting moving in my collecting habits is focusing less on trying to keep up on new stuff and more trying to track down past publications on the aftermarket. I've been running at about 90-95% new and the rest older stuff, but I want to balance this out more. Putting tracking down the Matheson lettereds would help with this. I also would like to track down all of Gauntlet's lettered editions of their Jack Ketchum books.

[RonClinton]

Arrived yesterday: Finally picked up the S/L/slipcased of THE OCTOBER COUNTRY, completing my S/L run of classic Bradbury from Gauntlet w/ THE ILLUSTRATED MAN, DARK CARNIVAL, and SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES. I don't have THE HALLOWEEN TREE, but I'm okay with that omission. I also have a few of Gauntlet's other Bradbury titles -- MASKS, MATCH TO FLAME, and maybe one of two others -- but it was that set of four that I've been really looking forward to completing.

[swintek]

I almost wonder if that's the reason why other publishers have been so quiet about DRP. Chris likely to thousands upon thousands of dollars for those other publishers books and some people would be quick to assume that the individual publishers owe them the books. For those other publishers, it's probably easier to stay quiet than to potentially jump in the fire.

That's an interesting take. Could be!

[Splync]

Dang- so sorry you got burned for that much $, Splync. That's terrible. I know there are many others out there as well with even more losses. I agree with both comments above that it was good to hear Barry speak out about it, and also that it does seem weird that nobody else really has, and the story seems to be getting brushed under the rug, as you say. Heck, the last "burn" in the small press that I recall -I'm sure there are many others that I wasn't directly affected by and thus, not high in my memory- was Hill House going under owing folks ONE BOOK- Gaiman's NEVERWHERE (which, thankfully, Gaiman was eventually able to get righted and books into everyone's hands who were owed). It seemed like everyone went nuts about that online at the time, even more so than what I've seen with DRP. At the time, Ron Clinton opined that DRP's defaults may indeed be the largest in the history of the small press and I think he has to be right. And yet- everyone's been so damn quiet about it. As I say, weird.

I wonder how much of the money taken by DRP was for their own books versus other publishers' books.

They certainly had some of their own titles lost in the void and never published, but their newsletters have been focused heavily on other people's books over the past year or so. They were offering copies of every Suntup title, the Amaranthine titles, and much more.

With Amaranthine in particular, they NEVER placed an order with Marko or even indicated with him that they were taking orders for Catch-22. I only know of two people who ordered Catch-22 (myself being one) through DRP, but he could have feasibly sold dozens of copies of a book he never ordered.

I almost wonder if that's the reason why other publishers have been so quiet about DRP. Chris likely to thousands upon thousands of dollars for those other publishers books and some people would be quick to assume that the individual publishers owe them the books. For those other publishers, it's probably easier to stay quiet than to potentially jump in the fire.

[swintek]

Agreed that it was nice to see. With the exception of Weird House Press (who was inundated with emails because of the Joe Morey/Chris Morey connection), I don't think I've seen any other publishers address the situation.

It sucks to see them out of money too. As far as I was aware, it had only been the customers who were screwed out of money. The other publishers weren't paid either, but hadn't sent DRP any of the books.

As someone who's out over a grand, I LOVE to see the situation get more attention. I know it won't get things any closer to a solution, but it feels better than having it get brushed under the rug.

Dang- so sorry you got burned for that much $, Splync. That's terrible. I know there are many others out there as well with even more losses. I agree with both comments above that it was good to hear Barry speak out about it, and also that it does seem weird that nobody else really has, and the story seems to be getting brushed under the rug, as you say. Heck, the last "burn" in the small press that I recall -I'm sure there are many others that I wasn't directly affected by and thus, not high in my memory- was Hill House going under owing folks ONE BOOK- Gaiman's NEVERWHERE (which, thankfully, Gaiman was eventually able to get righted and books into everyone's hands who were owed). It seemed like everyone went nuts about that online at the time, even more so than what I've seen with DRP. At the time, Ron Clinton opined that DRP's defaults may indeed be the largest in the history of the small press and I think he has to be right. And yet- everyone's been so damn quiet about it. As I say, weird.

[Splync]

Was nice to see Gauntlet call out DRP/Chris Morey in their newsletter today as I still feel like that situation didn't get enough attention. Still pretty irked about my loses with DRP. Haven't always been impressed with Gauntlet's production standards but at least they've been responsive to issues and haven't gone the DRP route with their customers and writers.

Agreed that it was nice to see. With the exception of Weird House Press (who was inundated with emails because of the Joe Morey/Chris Morey connection), I don't think I've seen any other publishers address the situation.

It sucks to see them out of money too. As far as I was aware, it had only been the customers who were screwed out of money. The other publishers weren't paid either, but hadn't sent DRP any of the books.

As someone who's out over a grand, I LOVE to see the situation get more attention. I know it won't get things any closer to a solution, but it feels better than having it get brushed under the rug.

[sholloman81]

Was nice to see Gauntlet call out DRP/Chris Morey in their newsletter today as I still feel like that situation didn't get enough attention. Still pretty irked about my loses with DRP. Haven't always been impressed with Gauntlet's production standards but at least they've been responsive to issues and haven't gone the DRP route with their customers and writers.