The Horned Whale, or An Morvil Kornek, to give it its Cornish title, is Jeremy Schanche's first collection of
fiction.
To coincide with the eighth anniversary of The Limpet (and also it's sister papers, The Caterpillar and The
Caterpillar Dub) which have between them achieved 340 issues so far, I've
finally got round to putting out my own book. It's available from smashwords.com as an ebook for three
dollars and ninety nine cents - that's just over three quid in British currency
for 567 pages of Gothic mystery and romance, told in my own special way.
Here's the 'official' blurb I put out...
If it’s
words you want, this book’s full of ‘em…
The
Horned Whale or An Morvil Kornek is
the first book by Jeremy Schanche. It
contains a short story, a full-length novel, a novella, a collection of poetry
and two glossaries.
The
Janetta Stone is a
subterranean tale which explores the origins of tin-mining and the roots of
language. Set in Cornwall’s metalliferous far-west, the story is
partly based on the author’s own experiences as one of the last generation of
Cornish miners. Glimpses of an underground past melt into the
present as the man from Chyannor shows reporter Pat Vulgata around
the old ‘bal’, or mine, that runs out under the sea.
The
Kramvil is a
gothic novel of mystery, romance and home-made science, set in the archaic
fishing port of New Lynsmouth, circa 1911. Elias Gillpington is a
young scholar, quietly pursuing a life of learning until he encounters the
elderly Lazarus Taxon and gets drawn into his world of extraordinary
experimentation. Desperate to win the love of the luminous Constance
Place, Elias pursues his fate through the foggy alleys of the Old Quarter,
while back in the lab, something is taking shape, swelling, writhing, emerging-
The fog, the sea, the
dappled sunshine and the clacking, rooking crows are as much a part of this
story as its cast of rare characters and the stream of inexplicable phenomena
through which they pass.
Gerlyvrynn
Kernouac or the Cornish
Glossary gives translations for the Cornish words which occasionally
enrich the script. Cornish is a Brythonek language – part of Ancient
British culture and pre-dating Sowsnek, or the English language, by many
centuries.
International
Glossary contains
words from thirty-one different languages, ancient, medieval and modern.
Ghost-Hulk
of a Phantom takes a
laconic dive into the world of a struggling writer whose only wish is to get
his book published. Determined to make a few quid before he gets
old, the fame-hungry, whimsical and volatile Arthur Buxtereide has a whale of a
time in the wacky world of publishing. A beastly tale.
Monstrous, lyrical
and dream-like, this collection of writing from the Keltek heart-land offers
rich food for those who look within.
Where to buy The Horned Whale on-line:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/horned-whale-or-morvil-kornek/id1164163097?mt=11
https://www.scribd.com/book/327205836/The-Horned-Whale-or-An-Morvil-Kornek
https://www.chapters.indigo.ca/fr-ca/livres/the-horned-whale-or-an/9780993490910-article.html
http://www.fnac.com/livre-numerique/a10159006/Jeremy-Schanche-The-Horned-Whale-or-An-Morvil-Kornek
http://books.rakuten.co.jp/rk/4963f74ecb463dff893bef191402c430/
http://sony-ebook-downloads.com/_/_/671145/the-horned-whale-or-an-morvil-kornek
http://pdb-ebooks.com/_/_/671145/the-horned-whale-or-an-morvil-kornek
https://www.scribd.com/author/333949305/Jeremy-Schanche
https://www.chapters.indigo.ca/fr-ca/livres/contributeur/auteur/jeremy-schanche/
Ebook distributors carrying The Horned Whale include
Amazon, Apple (itunes), Baker and Taylor Blio, Baker-Taylor Axis 360, Barnes
and Noble, Diesel, Flipkart, Gardners Extended Retail, Gardners Library,
Inktera (formerly Page Foundry), Kobo, Library Direct, Odilo, OverDrive,
Oyster, Scribd, Smashwords, Sony, Tolino, txtr, Yuzu, etc..
If you enjoy The Horned Whale, print out some leaflets, cut them up and pass them out - help get the Whale going! (This might work best by copying image into a word doc first)
Please also link to this page on your social sites.
Print this poster for The Horned Whale - for your house or your street:
https://www.youtube.com/user/floydyopz
A look behind the scenes at The Invertebrate Press...
https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRzIyzIDtFptC80VFofr8QONdiPmtA0vfJaNAZu8s464RYzJYQmS32zrM28ahyyppxX_QB9aIH-KK0p6llT3nXSFrNEyMki-JfixFlGd12cST-63y3M7FqaaP7J2HcsORJUAXwkRcP_Ow/s1600/Lim.31.P.31.JPG
The Invertebrate Press also produces The Caterpillar and it's echo, The Caterpillar Dub...
http://yecaterpillar.blogspot.co.uk/
Please read my interview with Harold Hempstead, the 'Caged Crusader' of Florida:
http://savetheholyheadland.blogspot.co.uk/2016/06/harold-hempstead-murder-witness-talks.html
Jeremy Schanche
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