NEWS DESK
Major Update: All titles released from 2012 will be in eBook format ONLY. We are no longer publishing in print.
Apart from changing to an E-Publisher, we are still the same.
WE ARE STILL CLOSED TO SUBMISSIONS UNTIL JAN 01, 2012
MAJOR NEEDS: HORROR NOVELS.
June 5, 2011: Triskaideka Books is currently closed to novel submission and collections until 2012. We are still open for Grave Grimore submissions. All submitted material for review is still in our reading pile, which has grown so high, and it will all get read. The currently accepted titles are still planned for their respected months. Nothing has changed, only the reading periods.
Major Announcement: Triskaideka Books welcomes C. D. Bennett and Ebon Studios as a full partner. Welcome to the family. http://ebonstudios.com/
Updated when necessary.
1st May 2011: New Anthology announced: Masters of Horror: Grave Grimore for more details click here. CANCELLED
27-04-2011 -- May release of Damned if you Don't is set to explode in 3 days. It is already out in e-book format. http://damnedifudont.weebly.com/index.html
Next release is O My Days, an awesome book by David Mathew: http://omydays.weebly.com/index.html
10 March 2011 -- Triskaideka Books now has the knowledge to add chapter hyperlinks into Kindle / ePub and other e-readers. As most e-readers keep a bookmark of your last page you read, there is no need for novels to have links, BUT in short story collections this is a bonus. At the end of a short story there is a link to take you back to the TOC. Test it out by grabbing a copy of Damned if you Don't anthology :)
These hyperlinks do not work on the Kobo.
We are Triskaideka Books, a little upstart of a publishing
company started in
New Zealand, now located in Japan. We are determined to release the
books you
are yearning to devour. We are always open to submissions. Please read
our
guidelines.
Our preferred genres: horror / suspense / fantasy / mystery / crime / thriller / YA (same categories).
There are a lot of good books out there, unfortunately there are more bad books than good ones. A lot of publishers (even the small ones) seem to fall into the trap of current publishing standards of marketability.
A lot of people think horror is slashing and buckets of blood and guts and squashed brain matter — it’s not — that’s the aftermath of horror. Real horror is the build up of tension and fear and worry. Gore is just the icing on the cake.
Thrillers (Panic by Jeff Abbott) is all about the tension of escape and the “why?” factor.
Crime (Caught by Harlan Coben) is all about criminals, their motives and the crime itself. Feel free to blur the lines.
Fantasy at Triskaideka Books should not contain elves or journeys to Camelot.
YA (Brianjack by Brian Falkner) books are adults books without the word ‘fuck’ splashed across the page, the descriptions of heinous acts are vague and sex does not belong.
Movies are visual, they hope to build up the tension and freak you out. Books are on a higher level than movies. You see, humans interpret words differently when bundled into sentences, paragraphs and scenes. We experience things differently to our neighbour. There are books that blew me away and books that didn’t. Red ball, Khai of Khem, Thunderland, Heart-Shaped Box, Blood bond (sequel to Bloodline), cold fire, fundland, funhouse, Run, Brianjack — all good examples. On the flip side: Quake, Let the right one in (well written but long winded), Slights, Berserk, Parient Zero, Horns.
The same cannot be said for movies, as we are all forced to one version of the storyline. The director’s vision. I know many people who love Avatar. I did not like it. I saw the plot holes and formula storyline of it all and did not confuse the beauty of the 3D version to the story.
The story is everything.
Tension and excitement is the be-all and end-all of books. It’s the final result. Remember that. Buzz yourself while writing and there’s the strong possibility you’ll buzz the reader.
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