ChiZine Publications is taking pre-publicaiton orders for the limited edition of Objects of Worship, a collection of twelve short stories by Montreal writer and editor Claude Lalumière. They will only print as many copies as necessary to fulfill the pre-orders, and expect to ship the book on 30 September.
The hybrid collection (some reprint, some original), is illustrated by Rupert Bottenberg, and has an introduction by World Fantasy Award-winning author James Morrow.
The contents of the book include:
Introduction by James Morrow
“The Object of Worship”
“The Ethical Treatment of Meat”
“Hochelaga and Sons”
“The Sea, at Bari”
“The Darkness at the Heart of the World”
“Spiderkid”
“Njàbò”
“A Place Where Nothing Ever Happens”
“A Visit to the Optometrist”
“Roman Predator’s Chimeric Odyssey”
“Destroyer of Worlds”
“This Is the Ice Age”
Afterword: Behind the Scenes with Claude Lalumière
In addition, the limited edition hardcover will contain “two bonus stories of extreme horror/humour: Claude’s tribute to Iggy Pop, ‘The World’s Forgotten Boy and the Scorpions from Hell’, and its sequel, ‘
‘Motherfucker’. Also unique to the hardcover edition is a mosaic of ‘Objects of Worship’ icons by illustrator Rupert Bottenberg on the back cover.”
All copies of the hardcover will be signed by the author, Bottenberg, and cover artist Erik Mohr. Horror Mall is taking orders for the book on this page.