Spotlight on Collecting: Inferno! Magazine

This is a quick introduction to collecting Inferno!, the short fiction magazine from Black Library publishing.

Black Library and Games Workshop have published a whole host of specialist magazines, of which the most well known is possibly Citadel Journal. All except White Dwarf have died a death, and it is unlikely that there will ever be any other physical magazine prints due to digital focus (e.g. Hammer & Bolter in 2012)

Black Library Live! 2013 - Write Up

I realise this is somewhat after the event but here is my write up of the event which took place on 2/3/13. This is mostly focused on the "experience" rather than the information disseminated by authors and editors as I feel these are pretty well covered already, have a look at Warseer, Bolthole & Heresy-Online, check them out if you want to know stuff.

Traitor's Gorge - Event Exclusive Novella

So Black Library have announced details about their "Event Exclusive Novella" today.

Traitor's Gorge, Mephiston: Lord of Death and other Black LIbrary Live 2013 news

Just read on the Black Library blog that there will be an exclusive "Space Marine Battles" novella entitled "Traitor's Gorge" authored by Mike Lee This will be on sale for the first time at Black Library Live! 2013 (2nd March) and other Black Library events only. This probably means that you will be able to pick it up at the Weekender and perhaps Games Day 2013.

No mention of it being a limited edition though so chances are it will be in the format of Flesh of Cretacia and Yarrick: Chains of Golgotha (see here of a rundown of Black Library Limited Editions). Hopefully this means it will be retailing at £12, not £30-35 like the limited editions. I will be most likely picking up one or two at BL Live this year, although Mike will not be there in person to sign them for me...

"Mephiston: Lord of Death" and "Yarrick: Chains of Golgotha"

Two fancy new releases form Black library announced over the past couple of days.

Number One - Mephiston: Lord of Death

Firstly the latest in the Black Library Limited Edition/Collectors Novella category “Mephison: Lord of Death” written by David Annandale. 

The Wonderful World of Black Library Limited Editions

Updated 16/03/13 to include latest releases

 
I hope to do a number of pieces on various aspects of the Games Workshop publishing arms; this is number one, looking at the rise of the phenomenally successful although financial contentions Limited Editions from Black Library.

Black Library has produced an increasing number of limited edition books over the years. These can be divided up into three categories: novellas, anthologies and chapbooks. The Novellas are all hardcover with a high production quality, almost always signed and numbered containing a bookmark ribbon and some form of internal art pages and are usually 128 pages long. Anthologies are hardback, unsigned 128 pages long, with a lower production value and all contain six short stories from Warhammer and 40k almost always including a Horus Heresy and a Time of Legends short story. The Chapbooks are always softback and without a spine, never signed and usually only 32 pages long. These chapbooks are all tie-ins to either UK Games Days or Black Library Live! events