A new novel release and a double-layer giveaway
Mike Allen / Sunday, January 26th, 2025 / No Comments »A combination of terrific and not-terrific developments prevented me from posting several overdue items here before now. I’m going to get the absolute most important thing out of the way first:

My novel The Black Fire Concerto has been made available for pre-orders. Here is the ordering page at Ruadán Books. Should you purchase an advance copy through Ruadán, you’ll get an extra-special bonus that you can download right away — a free new short story about my wandering sorceress Olyssa, set many years before the events of the novel, when she was at her ruthless anti-heroine peak.

BLACK FIRE CONCERTO GIVEAWAY RULES
On top of Ruadán’s generosity, I’m offering a special giveaway all my own.
For the first six readers who:
you will have your pick of a paperback edition of my horror anthology A Sinister Quartet or horror collection Slow Burn. Shipping is on me!

If you happened to be one of the rare readers who already owns both books (bless you!) then we can negotiate a different Mythic Delirium Books (or Mike Allen) title.
I’ll conclude this post by sharing my delight at the attention shining right now on the works of Tanith Lee. (I’ll have a lot more to say about that in my next post.)
Years ago, after reading an older version of The Black Fire Concerto, she shared some very kind words, which I am utterly delighted to reshare, as they still warm my dark heart.

For those who might prefer, you can also order an e-book edition of The Black Fire Concerto directly on Amazon Kindle, but you don’t get the free short story that way. Up to you! I’m grateful however you choose to nab a copy.
