Tag: Books

Blog Tour

Stephen Oram’s Extracting Humanity is on tour!

Reviews so far have been fantastic. Please pay the following a visit for book talk and more:

Bookphace – “Mr. Oram’s creative power is remarkable and this collection of short stories offers a unique peek into a possible future.”

Linda’s Book Bag – “… a poised balance of clinical, factual writing that simultaneously has huge emotional impact …”

Hayley Reviews – “Some will tug at your heart strings where others are strange and thought provoking. This has shown me that I really must delve out of my comfort zone.”

Charles Heathcote (Vlog) – “… a mix of utopian and dystopian uses of technology… They could be used to improve our lives.”

From First Page To Last – “A picture formed in my mind, and I let it take hold and gain the grip that I wanted it to have on my thoughts. Blocking out all sense of reason or consequence, I let it build…”

Eleanor Nicbhatair (Vlog) – “This was a thought-provoking short story collection. It really invites the reader to the near future to consider how advancing technology will change everything. They show a utopia as well as a dystopia.”

The Shelf of Unread Books – Sample Story “The Crunch”.

In other news, I’m thrilled to share that Extracting Humanity has been longlisted for the BSFA award for Best Collection, and Adtatter Love for Best Short Fiction. BSFA members can select their favourites now, so we’d appreciate your support if you’re eligible to vote. Here’s the full list:

BSFA Awards Longlist

If you haven’t picked up a copy of Extracting Humanity yet, you can get one from all the usual places plus our webshop, where there are also a limited number of signed copies available.

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Extracting Humanity Launch Event

We’re having a party!

Join us to celebrate the launch of Extracting Humanity and Other Stories by Stephen Oram at Burley Fisher Books in Haggerston, London on 27th July 3RD AUGUST (rescheduled).

Stephen will be reading from the collection as well as talking with our special guest, Dr Christine Aicardi, about how we can use sci-fi to interrogate research and bring theory to new audiences. There will be plenty of time for questions and a drink or two from the bar.

The evening will be moderated and recorded by Luke Robert Mason for the FUTURES podcast. Entry is free, but you do need to reserve a place using this link: BOOK NOW. Hope to see some of you there!

PS: The book is available for pre-order with free UK shipping from our shop now.

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New Release: The Gift Garden by Kenny Mooney

This apartment is his world.

Something grows within the walls and within his being.

Her world lies beyond these walls. Beyond him.

A man is slowly poisoned by his own self-doubt within the hallucinatory shell of his decaying apartment. As he struggles to free himself, he descends into the surreal world that has grown around him. Into the gift garden…

Praise and reviews for The Gift Garden:

“A dense, claustrophobic vision, oozing dread, infection, spilled viscera. This is literature without compromise.”

“A truly original sense of imagery, dream, and lush language.”

“An expertly controlled meltdown told in a beautiful style. The Gift Garden left me satisfied as a reader and excited as a writer for the possibilities of innovation in the short novel form.”

“This intense novella is a feverish and poignant exploration of romantic jealousy. … A dark and breathless read.”

Kenny Mooney is writing the stuff I only wish I could. I admire his insight, sincerity, boldness and style no end, and I’m honoured to share this new edition with the world.

Available now in paperback and ebook from:

Orchid’s Lantern Store

Amazon

Apple iBooks

Barnes & Noble

Waterstones

Kobo

And more.

To request a review copy, or for any wholesale enquiries, please email us.

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The Gift Garden

I’m excited to share with you the cover of Kenny Mooney’s The Gift Garden (designed by the author):

This is a dark, claustrophobic novella that invites the reader to experience the same surreal atmosphere as its narrator. The border between his apartment and psyche blur, poison saturates, and human contact begins to fade.

The language here – word choice, repetition, rhythm – is stunning. A prose poetry fever dream with a growing sense of dread…

This title was originally published in 2017 by Flat Field Press, but Orchid’s Lantern are lucky enough to have acquired the rights for re-issue and to bring this to ebook for the first time. It will be released on 23rd May 2023.

You can pre-order the paperback from our store (with free P&P within the UK) here.

You can pre-order the Kindle edition from Amazon here.

You can add The Gift Garden to your Goodreads list here.

If you have a book blog/vlog and would like a review copy of this or any of our other titles, please send us an email to make your request.

And you can read an interview with the author here.

Do tell us what you think in the comments! Do you like the cover? Are you intrigued by this title?

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Extracting Humanity

We’re pleased to be able to reveal the cover for Stephen Oram’s Extracting Humanity and Other Stories, designed by the fabulous Matthew Revert!

In this remarkably perceptive collection, Stephen Oram blends cutting-edge science and tech with everyday emotions and values to create 20 thought experiments with heart.

Extracting Humanity is a skilful exploration of smart currencies, memorials, medical care, treatment of refugees, social networks, data monitoring, and justice systems. Always without prescription or reprimand, these stories are simply the beginning of the conversation.

From an eerie haptic suit that Tommy must call Father, to a protective, nutritious bubble that allows Feng Mian to survive on a colonised Moon; from tattoos that will earn their wearers a mini-break in a sensory chamber, to Harrie anxiously awaiting AI feedback on her unborn child… These startling, diverse narratives map all-too-real possibilities for our future and the things that might ultimately divide or unite us.

Extracting Humanity will be published by Orchid’s Lantern on 27th July 2023. The paperback is now available for pre-order from our shop, with free UK shipping.

You can read a sample story here.

Add to your Goodreads list here.

And find out more about the author here.

Do let us know what you think in the comments! If you have a book blog/vlog and would like a review copy of this or any of our other titles, please send us an email to make your request.

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Press News

I am thrilled to announce that we will be publishing brand new editions of Kenny Mooney’s first three books this year!

The Gift Garden is a breathless, claustrophobic novella about jealousy, mental deterioration, and the spaces we inhabit.

Desk Clerk is a novel-length fragmentary prose-poem exploring reality and boundaries. It is ‘a nihilistic attack upon all the organs of social control’.

In the Vast and Boundless Deep, memories blur… This is a novel of two parts, both feverish and experimental, set in a post apocalyptic world not quite our own.

Orchid’s Lantern readers are going to love them.

The releases will be throughout the year, so please check back for more details.

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January Sale

Until the end of January, we are offering a massive 40% off Orchid’s Lantern press books on our webstore! That’s Fragments of Perception, Mind in the Gap, Vast, and Abyss. Simply enter JANUARY at checkout.

Go to store.

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BookNook is here!

I’m thrilled to announce that our BookNook is now live!

In collaboration with The Art Cafe in Whitby (North Yorkshire), we have put together a curated selection of small press books to bring you the very best of lesser-known and innovative literature.

It is our impression that small, independent presses don’t get much attention in big book stores, yet they are busy taking creative risks, supporting challenging works, and translating world favourites into English for the first time. We think such books are a great fit for fans of contemporary art and look forward to drawing them out from the margins and into readers’ hands.

We have installed a bespoke bookcase, designed and made by local blacksmith James Godbold, and it looks fantastic next to the staircase commissioned from the same.

The Art Cafe is open Wednesday to Sunday, 10am to 4pm (with possible seasonal variation), and consists of two spacious floors of contemporary art, an espresso bar, and the open studio of textile artist Judith Reece.

In addition to the physical location, all our BookNook books are available to buy from our online store. We offer flat rate shipping within the UK, which means you can buy as much as you like without increasing P&P.

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Press News

I am thrilled to announce that Orchid’s Lantern will be publishing Stephen Oram’s latest short story collection next year!

Extracting Humanity is a thought-provoking collection of near-future fiction, inspired by conversations with artists, scientists, and technologists.

Stephen has already had stories featured in our anthologies Vast and Abyss, and his novel Quantum Confessions was one of the very first books to be reviewed on Orchid’s Lantern, so it’s a pleasure to be working with him again.

You can read more about Stephen and his previously published work here.

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Dreams

We are busy working on a print edition of our first journal, Dreams, which will be available exclusively on our website and in the Book Nook. We have an awesome line-up of writers, poets, and artists. Another thing to look out for in November!

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