The Alchemy Press

10/05/2026

Available from The Alchemy Press and Phantasmagoria Magazine

23/04/2026

The latest Bunch Courtney Investigation, A PARTY TO MURDER by Jan Edwards is now available.

When Rose Courtney’s father asks her to act as the hostess for a party at their London house he hopes it might distract her from the dangers of sleuthing and launch her back into society. He couldn’t be more wrong. A Wren Officer is murdered that night. A valuable Faberge egg is stolen. And our ...

08/04/2026

05/04/2026

Where the Bodies Are Buried by Kim Newman was published by us (Alchemy Press) way back in 2000, in a signed limited edition. Now OOP but copies do crop up now and again.

CONDITION VERY GOOD GENRE Horror AUTHOR Kim Newman PUBLISHER Alchemy Press. 1st Edition 2000. Signed by Kim Newman, Peter Atkins, Sylvia Starshine

04/03/2026

We are looking for weird stories, strange tales, dark fantasy and/or horror stories for a forthcoming Alchemy Press anthology, to be published towards the end of 2026.

The tentative title is Weird Alchemy (see what we did?).

What kind of story are we really looking for? If you’ve read any of the Alchemy Press Books of Horrors, Shadowplays (published by PS Publishing) or No Laughing Matter (to be published by Flame Tree) anthologies, you’ll know what tickles our taste buds. Basically: well written and subtle weird/horror stories.

We want stories of 3,000-6,000 words (contact us before submitting if your story falls outside this range, remembering that below 3,000 words is going to be a very hard sell). Besides the adjectives used above, this is a non-themed book, so your imagination can fly far and wide. But no unnecessary violence or gore for its own sake; and no overt religious metaphors. Payment: 1p a word.

Please send your manuscripts to us (at [email protected]) during the submission window of 1st to 22nd July 2026 only (not before, not after, unless you query first), in standard manuscript format (or near enough – we don’t mind which font you use as long as it’s similar to Times Roman).

13/02/2026

It's coming out of the Shadows

A COLLECTION by Peter Coleborn Mike Chinn CATEGORY Fantasy/Horror PUBLICATION DATE August 2025 COVER ART Ilan Sheady EDITION ePub edition for Apple

16/12/2025

Ellen Datlow says nice things about Shadowplays (in the summary in Best New Horror 17, published early next year).

10/12/2025

Merry Xmas

10/10/2025

We are very excited to announce a new call for submissions which is now open!