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		<title>The Best Books of 2014: Word Horde Edition</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ross E. Lockhart]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2015 17:26:55 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Word Horde published two books in 2014, The Children of Old Leech: A Tribute to the Carnivorous Cosmos of Laird Barron (hardcover, trade paperback), edited by Ross E. Lockhart and Justin Steele, and We Leave Together (trade paperback), a Dogsland novel by J. M. McDermott. Needless to say, we were quite pleased to see both [&#8230;]]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Word Horde published two books in 2014, <em>The Children of Old Leech: A Tribute to the Carnivorous Cosmos of Laird Barron</em> (<a href="http://wordhorde.com/books/the-children-of-old-leech/" target="_blank">hardcover</a>, <a href="http://wordhorde.com/books/the-children-of-old-leech-tp/" target="_blank">trade paperback</a>), edited by Ross E. Lockhart and Justin Steele, and <em>We Leave Together</em> (<a href="http://wordhorde.com/books/we-leave-together/" target="_blank">trade paperback</a>), a Dogsland novel by J. M. McDermott. Needless to say, we were quite pleased to see both books recommended in the following critics&#8217; best of the year round-ups.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.teleread.com/book-review/top-ten-titles-2014/" target="_blank">Paul St. John Mackintosh</a>, who called <em>The Children of Old Leech</em> &#8220;both a superb collection of dark tales and a testament to the highly developed, involved, and even self-referential status of the new new wave of American horror and weird fiction&#8221; included <em>TCoOL</em> on his top ten list, here:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.teleread.com/book-review/top-ten-titles-2014/" target="_blank">http://www.teleread.com/book-review/top-ten-titles-2014/</a>  </p>
<p><a href="http://www.countgore.com/Library.htm" target="_blank">Count Gore De Vol</a> has plenty of praise for the tales within <em>The Children of Old Leech</em>, calling it a &#8220;fine anthology,&#8221; and saying &#8220;Solid writing, solid anthology. And, if you are unfamiliar with Laird Barron’s fiction, this tribute will send you straight to the bookstore to catch up.&#8221; His top ten list can be found here:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.countgore.com/Library.htm" target="_blank">http://www.countgore.com/Library.htm</a></p>
<p><a href="http://wordhorde.com/books/the-children-of-old-leech-tp/"><img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" src="http://wordhorde.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/9781939905079-TCoOL_frontcover-194x300.jpg" alt="The Children of Old Leech: A Tribute to the Carnivorous Cosmos of Laird Barron" width="194" height="300" class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1077" srcset="https://wordhorde.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/9781939905079-TCoOL_frontcover-194x300.jpg 194w, https://wordhorde.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/9781939905079-TCoOL_frontcover-600x927.jpg 600w, https://wordhorde.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/9781939905079-TCoOL_frontcover-662x1024.jpg 662w, https://wordhorde.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/9781939905079-TCoOL_frontcover-258x400.jpg 258w, https://wordhorde.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/9781939905079-TCoOL_frontcover.jpg 1650w" sizes="(max-width: 194px) 100vw, 194px" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://unquietthings.com/14-things-i-liked-in-2014/" target="_blank">Mlle Ghoul</a> (AKA S. Elizabeth) breaks with the top ten tradition to bring a list of <em>14 things I liked in 2014</em>, including <em>The Children of Old Leech</em> on a list featuring the best dark music, horror films, notions, and books of the year. </p>
<p><a href="http://unquietthings.com/14-things-i-liked-in-2014/" target="_blank">http://unquietthings.com/14-things-i-liked-in-2014/</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.tangentonline.com/news-mainmenu-158/2621-tangent-online-2014-recommended-reading-list" target="_blank">Tangent Online</a> cites a quartet of stories from <em>The Children of Old Leech</em> in their 2014 round up, including &#8220;Snake Wine,&#8221; by Jeffrey Thomas, &#8220;Notes for &#8216;The Barn in the Wild&#8217;,&#8221; by Paul Tremblay, &#8220;Of a Thousand Cuts,&#8221; by Cody Goodfellow, and &#8220;The Last Crossroads on a Calendar of Yesterdays,&#8221; by Joseph S. Pulver, Sr.  </p>
<p><a href="http://www.tangentonline.com/news-mainmenu-158/2621-tangent-online-2014-recommended-reading-list" target="_blank">http://www.tangentonline.com/news-mainmenu-158/2621-tangent-online-2014-recommended-reading-list</a></p>
<p><a href="http://wordhorde.com/books/the-children-of-old-leech/"><img decoding="async" src="http://wordhorde.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/CoOL-187x300.jpg" alt="The Children of Old Leech: A Tribute to the Carnivorous Cosmos of Laird Barron" width="187" height="300" class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-547" srcset="https://wordhorde.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/CoOL-187x300.jpg 187w, https://wordhorde.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/CoOL-600x960.jpg 600w, https://wordhorde.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/CoOL-639x1024.jpg 639w, https://wordhorde.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/CoOL.jpg 1593w" sizes="(max-width: 187px) 100vw, 187px" /></a></p>
<p>And J. M. Mcdermott&#8217;s <em>We Leave Together</em> was picked as one of the best fantasy/sci-fi books of 2014 by <a href="https://www.forewordreviews.com/blog/posts/best-fantasy-scifi-of-2014/?utm_source=twitter&#038;utm_medium=social&#038;utm_campaign=best-fantasy-scifi-2014" target="_blank">Foreword Reviews</a>. &#8220;This heart-wrenching tale follows the final memories of a King’s man whose entire life has been affected by the existence of demons who walk the earth.&#8221;</p>
<p><a href="https://www.forewordreviews.com/blog/posts/best-fantasy-scifi-of-2014/" target="_blank">https://www.forewordreviews.com/blog/posts/best-fantasy-scifi-of-2014/</a></p>
<p><a href="http://wordhorde.com/books/we-leave-together/"><img decoding="async" src="http://wordhorde.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/WLT_FCover_300dpi-194x300.jpg" alt="WLT_FCover_300dpi" width="194" height="300" class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1107" srcset="https://wordhorde.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/WLT_FCover_300dpi-194x300.jpg 194w, https://wordhorde.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/WLT_FCover_300dpi-600x927.jpg 600w, https://wordhorde.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/WLT_FCover_300dpi-663x1024.jpg 663w, https://wordhorde.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/WLT_FCover_300dpi-259x400.jpg 259w, https://wordhorde.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/WLT_FCover_300dpi.jpg 1651w" sizes="(max-width: 194px) 100vw, 194px" /></a></p>
<p>We&#8217;ve got some amazing stuff in store for you for 2015, including two debut novels, Molly Tanzer&#8217;s <em>Vermilion</em> and Nicole Cushing&#8217;s <em>Mr. Suicide</em>, the anthologies <em>Giallo Fantastique</em> and <em>Cthulhu Fhtagn!</em> (both edited by Ross E. Lockhart), and Orrin Grey&#8217;s new collection, <em>Painted Monsters</em>. We&#8217;ll be announcing how you can preorder these books soon, so stay tuned! </p>
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