Northern Illinois Publisher Will Release Two New Books

POPLAR GROVE, Ill. - Dec. 19, 2018 - PRLog -- Poplar Grove, Illinois based Tales of Wonder and Dread Publishing has two new books slated for release on February 5th. "Interstellar Journeys: A Collection of Space Travel Stories" and "Temporal Journeys: A Collection of Time Travel Stories" will be science fiction short story collections. The publisher is focused on science fiction and horror books along with books that have a general macabre tone.

"Interstellar Journeys: A Collection of Space Travel Stories"features modern stories from Eric Danhoff, Heath D. Alberts, Katrina Cooper, Gary Hill, Ian Christopher LeBlanc and John Michael Oro along with classic tales from H. P. Lovecraft and Edgar Allan Poe.  "Temporal Journeys: A Collection of Time Travel Stories" has new stories from  Heath D. Alberts, Abby Goldsmith and Gary Hill, alongside classic tales from Edmond Hamilton, H.P. Lovecraft , Edward Page Mitchell, H. Beam Piper and H.G. Wells.

Tales of Wonder and Dread Publishing have previously released five books. The first three titles were all released on September 4th: "Life Blood: A Collection of Vampire Tales," "Spooky Rockford: Creepy Tales in the Greater Forest City Area" and "Strange Realities: Collected Short Stories and More by Gary Hill - Expanded and Revised Edition."  "Spirited Classics: A Collection of Timeless Ghost Stories" was published on October 4th. Original Superheroes: Classic Tales of Superhuman Beings was published on November 6th.

"Life Blood: A Collection of Vampire Tales" is edited by Gary Hill. This new collection features modern vampire related contributions from Heath D. Alberts, Erynn Crittenden, Gary Hill, Dustin Urness and Dessie R. Voigt along with historical tales that seek to establish the new stories in the rich tradition of vampiric fiction.  It even includes some poetry.

"Spooky Rockford: Creepy Tales in the Greater Forest City Area," as the title suggests, focuses on tales meant to be at least a little scary and all set in the greater Rockford, Illinois area (stretching as far afield as the Southern Chicago area). It includes non-fiction, fictionalized non-fiction and fiction stories. Including contributions from Heath D. Alberts, Ernie Fuhr, Diane Hill, Gary Hill and Kathi Kresol, This collection also includes lots of photos.

"Strange Realities: Collected Short Stories and More by Gary Hill - Expanded and Revised Edition" is, as you might gather, a reissue. This new edition of "Strange Realities" includes five newer fiction tales not included in the  original collection of short stories. In addition, there are several of Gary Hill's blog posts and two non-fiction pieces. The new edition is about twice the size of the original version which was released in 2011.

"Spirited Classics: A Collection of Timeless Ghost Stories"  is described this way, "This is a collection of classic ghost stories from Algernon Blackwood, Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, Rudyard Kipling, Edgar Allen Poe, Robert Louis Stevenson and H.G. Wells." Original Superheroes: Classic Tales of Superhuman Beings, is a collection of mythology tales with some illustrations. It was edited by Gary Hill and is available in both paperback and hardcover. The collection gathers together stories from mythology including stories about King Arthur, Hercules, Thor, Perseus and more.

All of the books will be (are) available in paperback at lulu.com/strangesound and Amazon.com and other book retailers. A hardcover edition of each will be (is) available exclusively at lulu.com/strangesound.