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Norilana Books is proud to present Mansfield Park and Mummies: Monster Mayhem, Matrimony, Ancient Curses, True Love, and Other Dire Delights by Jane Austen and Vera Nazarian, a hilarious "comedy of monsters and manners."

This stylish and clever parody of the Austen classic Mansfield Park, comes complete with "scholarly" Footnotes that harangue the reader, amazing Appendices, back cover fake blurbs by Regency ladies and gentlemen, illustrations (by the author), a genuine romantic sub-plot that involves an Ancient Egyptian Pharaoh who takes on the form of a sexy Regency gentleman... and of course the mummies!

Oh, and there's a vampire, a werewolf or two, and an unspeakable monstrosity known only as the Brighton Duck!

Mansfield Park and Mummies:
Monster Mayhem, Matrimony, Ancient Curses, True Love, and Other Dire Delights
by Jane Austen and Vera Nazarian


Spinsterhood or Mummification!

Ancient Egypt infiltrates Regency England in this elegant, hilarious, witty, insane, and unexpectedly romantic monster parody of Jane Austen's classic novel.

Our gentle yet indomitable heroine Fanny Price must hold steadfast not only against the seductive charms of Henry Crawford but also an Ancient Egyptian Pharaoh!

Meanwhile, the indubitably handsome and kind hero Edmund attempts Exorcisms... Miss Crawford vamps out... Aunt Norris channels her inner werewolf... The Mummy-mesmerized Lady Bertram collects Egyptian artifacts...

There can be no doubt that Mansfield Park has become a battleground for the forces of Ancient Evil and Regency True Love!

Gentle Reader—this Delightful Edition includes Scholarly Footnotes and Appendices.


Mansfield Park and Mummies:
Monster Mayhem, Matrimony, Ancient Curses, True Love, and Other Dire Delights
by Jane Austen and Vera Nazarian
Norilana Books Fantasy
November 16, 2009
Trade Paperback
Retail Price: $16.95 USD - £12.50 GBP
ISBN-13: 978-1-60762-047-1
ISBN-10: 1-60762-047-2
568 pages

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Norilana Books is a Los Angeles-based new independent publisher, owned and operated by Vera Nazarian since 2006. With over 250 books in print, Norilana Books specializes in beautifully packaged hardcover and trade paperback classics of world literature, quality fantasy, science fiction, romance and women's fiction, and young adult titles. For more information visit http://www.norilana.com/

Contact:

Vera Nazarian, Publisher
Norilana Books, P.O. Box 2188, Winnetka, CA 91396
service (at) norilana.com - http://www.norilana.com/
Catalog of Books in Print: http://www.norilana.com/norilana-catalog.htm
Blog: http://norilanabooks.livejournal.com/

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The Daisy Chain by Charlotte M. Yonge

With a new introduction by Diana Birchall

Coming next week from Norilana Books Classics.

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SFRevu gives a nice review to MZB's Sword and Sorceress XXIV edited by Elisabeth Waters.

"If you enjoy fantasy tales with strong women protagonists, this anthology will provide you with a wide range of stories, from thought-provoking studies to witty pronouncements. The quality of story telling remains excellent throughout; these are stories worthy of reading and of re-reading to enjoy the pacing, the evocative descriptions of locations, and the unique personalities of the characters."
-- Carolyn Frank, SFRevu.com

Read the rest of the review here...

In a regular series of annual interviews of the contributors to the classic Marion Zimmer Bradley's Sword and Sorceress series of anthologies, Jonathan Moeller jonathanmoeller continues this year's interviews for volume 24 by interviewing Cynthia Ward.

Read this week's new interview here...

Read the previous interview with Michael Spence & Elisabeth Waters...

Read the previous interview with Teresa Howard...

Read the previous interview with Dave Smeds...

Read the previous interview with Helen E. Davis...

Read the previous interview with Melissa Mead...

Read the previous interview with Therese Arkenberg...

Read the previous interview with Michael H. Payne...

Read the previous interview with Deborah J. Ross...

SFRevu gives a solid review to Clockwork Phoenix 2 edited by Mike Allen time_shark.

"...a collection worthy of serious attention. I expect I'll see several of these stories again, in a year's best collection or two. Original anthologies of this strength should be encouraged, particularly as we see the digest-sized magazines cutting back and the market for short fiction ever shrinking. Fortunately, it's no sacrifice to support such an endeavor when the stories are this good."
-- Terry Weyna, SFRevu.com

Read the rest of the review here...

Roby James, our excellent editor of the SF anthology series Warrior Wisewoman, is interviewed over at EssentialWriters.com.

Read the interview here...

The brand new collection Sounds and Furies by Tanith Lee now has a cover! Tanith and John sent over this chilling and gorgeous image for the front and the back cover with the table of contents....

Artwork is once again by John Kaiine.

Sounds and Furies by Tanith Lee

(Story Collection: World Horror Convention Special Edition)
Coming March 1, 2010 from TaLeKa

In a regular series of annual interviews of the contributors to the classic Marion Zimmer Bradley's Sword and Sorceress series of anthologies, Jonathan Moeller jonathanmoeller continues this year's interviews for volume 24 by interviewing Michael Spence & Elisabeth Waters.

Read this week's new interview here...

Read the previous interview with Teresa Howard...

Read the previous interview with Dave Smeds...

Read the previous interview with Helen E. Davis...

Read the previous interview with Melissa Mead...

Read the previous interview with Therese Arkenberg...

Read the previous interview with Michael H. Payne...

Read the previous interview with Deborah J. Ross...

For once, I am proud to announce this great review of my own editorial debut! :-)

Publishers Weekly has good things to say about the fantasy anthology Sky Whales and Other Wonders edited by Yours Truly, coming December 1, 2009:

"Priced to sell, Norilana founder Nazarian's first anthology presents 11 intriguingly off-kilter fantasy stories where the unexpected doesn't so much jump out in the reader's path as subtly peek around corners..."
—Publishers Weekly

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Our beloved author Tanith Lee, author of, among other brilliant works, the recently released classic Night's Master, has just been interviewed over at Innsmouth Free Press.

It's a great review from an otherwise very private and reclusive fabulous author, so it's a special rare treat -- go look!

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Mansfield Park and Mummies:
Monster Mayhem, Matrimony, Ancient Curses, True Love, and Other Dire Delights
by Jane Austen and Vera Nazarian

Available November 16, 2009 from the Curiosities imprint.
(Coming by the end of the week to Amazon et al!)

Visit the Official Mummies Website!

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Women of Chivalry and Prophecy!

Norilana Books is proud to present Marion Zimmer Bradley's Sword and Sorceress XXIV edited by Elisabeth Waters, the twenty-fourth volume of the classic fantasy anthology series featuring stories of powerful and remarkable women, who bravely fight to change their worlds with magic or sword or sheer power of personality.


Marion Zimmer Bradley's Sword and Sorceress XXIV edited by Elisabeth Waters




For over two decades, the late Marion Zimmer Bradley, best-selling and beloved author, discovered and nurtured a grand generation of authors. The roster of contributors over the years includes Laurell K. Hamilton, Charles de Lint, Diana L. Paxston, Emma Bull, Jennifer Roberson, and countless others.

The seventeen original stories featured here include such stellar authors as Deborah J. Ross, Dave Smeds, Josepha Sherman, and exciting newcomers whose voices are sure to be heard again.


Marion Zimmer Bradley's Sword and Sorceress XXIV edited by Elisabeth Waters
Norilana Books Fantasy
November 15, 2009
Trade Paperback
Retail Price: $12.95 USD - 9.00 GBP
ISBN-13: 978-1-60762-048-8
ISBN-10: 1-60762-048-0
318 pages

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Norilana Books is a Los Angeles-based new independent publisher, owned and operated by Vera Nazarian since 2006. With over 250 books in print, Norilana Books specializes in beautifully packaged hardcover and trade paperback classics of world literature, quality fantasy, science fiction, romance and women's fiction, and young adult titles. For more information visit http://www.norilana.com/

Contact:

Vera Nazarian, Publisher
Norilana Books, P.O. Box 2188, Winnetka, CA 91396
service (at) norilana.com - http://www.norilana.com/
Catalog of Books in Print: http://www.norilana.com/norilana-catalog.htm
Blog: http://norilanabooks.livejournal.com/

Rich Horton (ecbatan) gives a great thoughtful overview to various Norilana Books anthologies over at Fantasy Magazine:

"But perhaps most notable about Norilana's list is their support of short fiction. They are putting out no fewer than four annual anthology series..." —Rich Horton, Fantasy Magazine

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In a regular series of annual interviews of the contributors to the classic Marion Zimmer Bradley's Sword and Sorceress series of anthologies, Jonathan Moeller jonathanmoeller continues this year's interviews for volume 24 by interviewing Teresa Howard.

Read this week's new interview here...

Read the previous interview with Dave Smeds...

Read the previous interview with Helen E. Davis...

Read the previous interview with Melissa Mead...

Read the previous interview with Therese Arkenberg...

Read the previous interview with Michael H. Payne...

Read the previous interview with Deborah J. Ross...

At last!

It's coming in a matter of days from the Curiosities imprint of Norilana Books!

MANSFIELD PARK AND MUMMIES:
Monster Mayhem, Matrimony, Ancient Curses, True Love,
and Other Dire Delights

by Jane Austen and Vera Nazarian

In a regular series of annual interviews of the contributors to the classic Marion Zimmer Bradley's Sword and Sorceress series of anthologies, Jonathan Moeller jonathanmoeller continues this year's interviews for volume 24 by interviewing Dave Smeds.

Read this week's new interview here...

Read the previous interview with Helen E. Davis...

Read the previous interview with Melissa Mead...

Read the previous interview with Therese Arkenberg...

Read the previous interview with Michael H. Payne...

Read the previous interview with Deborah J. Ross...

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Norilana Books presents The Captain's Witch, a stunning, erotic, dark epic fantasy by the acclaimed historical novelist Rosemary Hawley Jarman, newly revised and expanded, and detailing the complex story of true love and impossible evil.

"One of the greatest dark fantasies ever written -- in any genre." — Tanith Lee

The Captain's Witch by Rosemary Hawley Jarman




Her kiss can maim you
Her eyes can blind you
Her bed is shadows . . .

She is the dark of the moon
She is all that is dear
And she is death

Can you trust her?
Where will her lantern lead you?
To the bliss of death
Or the death of bliss

Know the most dangerous of all . . .

Rosemary Hawley Jarman was born in Worcester, England and came to fame in 1971 with her novel We Speak No Treason. Reprinted many times, the book's hero is the much maligned King Richard III. It sold 30,000 copies in its first week of publication, and gained her the prestigious Author's Club Silver Quill for best first novel, while in the U.S.A. she was nominated as a Daughter of Mark Twain. Further equally successful novels followed, also an illustrated account of the Battle of Agincourt. She lives in an antique stone cottage between sea and mountain in West Wales. The Captain's Witch is her first fantasy novel, and she is now working on a sequel.

Her website is: www.rosemaryhawleyjarman.com


The Captain's Witch by Rosemary Hawley Jarman
Norilana Books Fantasy
420 pages

Trade Hardcover (Revised and Excpanded Edition)
November 1, 2009
Retail Price: $27.95 USD - £20.00 GBP
ISBN-13: 978-1-60762-045-7
ISBN-10: 1-60762-045-6

Trade Paperback (Revised and Excpanded Edition)
November 5, 2009
Retail Price: $14.95 USD - £10.50 GBP
ISBN-13: 978-1-60762-046-4
ISBN-10: 1-60762-046-4

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Order Your Copy:

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Norilana Books is a Los Angeles-based new independent publisher, owned and operated by Vera Nazarian since 2006. With over 250 books in print, Norilana Books specializes in beautifully packaged hardcover and trade paperback classics of world literature, quality fantasy, science fiction, romance and women's fiction, and young adult titles. For more information visit http://www.norilana.com/

Contact:

Vera Nazarian, Publisher
Norilana Books, P.O. Box 2188, Winnetka, CA 91396
service (at) norilana.com - http://www.norilana.com/
Catalog of Books in Print: http://www.norilana.com/norilana-catalog.htm
Blog: http://norilanabooks.livejournal.com/

Publishers Weekly gives a great review to the upcoming fantasy anthology Marion Zimmer Bradley's Sword and Sorceress XXIV edited by Elisabeth Waters coming November 15, 2009:

"Waters ably continues the feminist anthology series founded by Bradley (1930–1999) to showcase short-form fantasy with a wide variety of heroic female characters . . . fantasy fans looking for original stories will find much to enjoy." —Publishers Weekly

Read the rest of the review . . .

In a regular series of annual interviews of the contributors to the classic Marion Zimmer Bradley's Sword and Sorceress series of anthologies, Jonathan Moeller jonathanmoeller continues this year's interviews for volume 24 by interviewing Helen E. Davis.

Read this week's new interview here...

Read the previous interview with Melissa Mead...

Read the previous interview with Therese Arkenberg...

Read the previous interview with Michael H. Payne...

Read the previous interview with Deborah J. Ross...

We're proud to announce another Norilana Books Starred Review from Publishers Weekly for one of our titles:

Night's Master by Tanith Lee

"Lush imagery, sensual language and erotic undertones age well in this reprinted classic—as complex, seductive, and daring now as when it first came out in 1978 . . . this fantasy continues to push boundaries and challenge expectations."

— Publishers Weekly Starred Review

CONGRATULATIONS to our ever-brilliant author Tanith Lee!