George MacDonald

And the youth answered, and Tangle heard him, though not with her ears...

-George MacDonald

Here at Pegana Press, Mike has been hard at work on a beautiful edition of The Golden Key.

The story is an allegorical fantasy of rich adventure and the journey of life through the eyes of that visionary George Macdonald.  Each section of the book is being printed on different pastel colours of paper.  Here is a sneak peek of the rose and yellow sections to be followed by light blue and green.

The Golden Key will be available for pre order soon.

...Behind those world-enclosing hills

There sat a mighty woman, with a face

As calm as life, when its intensity

Pushes it nigh to death, waiting for him

To make him grand forever with a kiss

And send him silent through the toning worlds.

George Macdonald  1857

Catching Up-Early Spring at Pegana Press

Lord Dunsany Lost Tales Vol 3 from Pegana Press with color Sime illustration

I want to take time out to thank those of you who bought our Winter Tales chapbook.  And I am very encouraged by the feedback on the stories.

Also, Michael Swanwick has posted a review about Lost Tales Volume 3 by Lord Dunsany.  And you can read it here on his blog.

The third bit of news I want to pass on is that Mike is hard at work on a new book and we will be sharing more details soon.

Don't forget to go to our website if you would like to see Lost Tales Vol 3.  It has a color Sime illustration provided by the Dunsany Estate, and while all the stories are rare, some of them have never been published.  Pegana Press is honored to bring them to you.

Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday Mike!

♥  Rita, Zoë, Buddy, Esmerelda, Penny, Ruby, Fanny, & Tricksy

Today's the day to sit down to read an improving book.  ;^)  Rather than typesetting one, that is.

Lost Tales Vol 3 by Lord Dunsany

Lord Dunsany Lost Tales Vol 3 with color illustration by S.H. Sime

But when I may have my choice by what fire I will take my warmth and dream my dreams or listen to friendly voices that tell old tales I let it be a fire of what we call "turf," which is the "peat" of the English.  In such a fire are good visions.

Fuel by Lord Dunsany

Yet that is in any case of all things the most certain; the cliffs of destiny wholly hem us in, they are beautiful in the morning lit by the rising sun, but they grow darker and darker as evening falls behind them.

Jetsam by Lord Dunsany

"Properly speaking," said the stranger, "I'm only a planet.  But I'm as good a star as any of you."

Sources of Information by Lord Dunsany.

These lines were taken from stories which appear in Lost Tales Volume 3 by Lord Dunsany and are available from Pegana Press Books.


Please visit our website for details.

Winter Tales Release

Winter Tales released January 19, 2015 from Pegana Press Books

Don't miss out on the special preorder price for Winter Tales.  

LAST DAY Sunday January 18, 2015

Book begins shipping Monday.

Preorder Now

One More Week

Winter Tales available January 2015 from Pegana Press

Our seasonal chapbook, Winter Tales is nearing completion.  Mike has finished printing the stories, and is in the process of printing title pages and table of contents, etc.  And I will be sewing them this week.

For those of you who have preordered this book, we wish to express our heart felt gratitude for your support.  Your books will go out in the mail as soon as they are ready.

We will offer the special preorder price through Sunday January 18, 2015.  On Monday the price will go up.

If you haven't had a chance to listen to our latest StoryCast, you can listen to that here.  We discuss our latest release and read two excerpts from Winter Tales.

We hope you will enjoy this latest release from Pegana Press.

Pegana Press StoryCast #4: Reading Samples from Winter Tales

Winter Tales chapbook available from Pegana Press January 2015

We've just finished our first StoryCast since July.  We discuss Winter Tales in the intimate setting of the library in front of a cozy fire (which, as you will also learn, plays the main role in Voice of Fire), with short excerpts read from two of the three stories.

We hope you will enjoy it.

Winter Tales is available from Pegana Press at the special preorder price through January 18, 2015.