Hola Fahrenhistas,
There’s no getting away from this, we owe you all a huge apology - this newsletter is DEFINITLEY GONNA COST YOU MONEY THIS WEEKEND.
First off we’ve got the very latest FAHRENZINE to announce.
Issue 11 of Fahrenzine (#FHZ011) features an exclusive story from BritNoir ninja PAUL GADSBY.
PECKING ORDER is a short-story about a robbery gone wrong - standard fodder for crime fiction lovers you might think, but as fans of Paul's Fahrenheit debut novel BACK DOOR TO HELL will already know Gadsby has the writing chops to make every story sing.
Here's what a couple of the world's most respected crime fiction critics have to say about Paul's writing...
"Back Door to Hell is an exhilarating thriller that seems ripe for film adaptation. What sets Back Door to Hell apart is its naturalness… While other contemporary crime fiction scribes go out of their way to make sure their books have the fashionable noir qualities, there’s no such affectation in Gadsby’s work. His characters are believable, his storylines are interesting, and his writing is organic. He excels at revealing the multiple dimensions of his characters’ life situations and internal makeup."
-Brian Greene, Criminal Element
"Back Door To Hell is as tense and edge of your seat as any heist novel, packing a lot into 200 pages plus change. What really separates it from others in the genre is how believable and contemporary it is."
- Louis Bravos, Crime Fiction Lover
If you’ve got one our hugely popular FAHRENZINE SUBSCRIPTIONS you don’t have to do anything, Issue 11 will be winging its way to you very soon - for the rest of you sadly that means there are only 35 copies of the 100 available for walk-up purchase so if you want to get your hands on this you’ll have to be quick.
And next on the agenda this week we’ve decided to REINVENT HOW PUBLISHERS LAUNCH BOOKS BY TELLING YOU ABSOLUTELY SOD ALL ABOUT OUR TWO NEW TITLES…
yup. Zilch, Nada, Nuffink…
Long time fans of Fahrenheit will remember that 6 years ago we were the FIRST PUBLISHER IN THE WORLD to persuade Amazon to list one of our books with NO TITLE, NO AUTHOR, NO DESCRIPTION and NO COVER - we just put up a photo of a book wrapped in brown paper and asked you to trust us. Hundreds of you did and we've never looked back - it formed a bond of trust between us and our readers that we've built on ever since.
Since then of course our idea has been 'borrowed' and re-purposed by many bookstores and publishers around the world - that makes us happy - most sincere form of flattery innit?
Now though we've decided the time is right to re-affirm that bond of trust between Fahrenheit and our army of readers so we've decided to go back to the future and SHAMELESSY STEAL OUR OWN IDEA - cant get more punk than that right?
In June 2021 we'll be publishing NEW BOOKS from Fahrenheit legends DEREK FARRELL and JO PERRY and we've decided to tell you ABSOLUTELY NOTHING ABOUT EITHER OF THEM.
So here's the deal - we want you to trust us and in return we'll reward that trust with cold hard cash.
If you PRE-ORDER EITHER ONE OF THE TITLES ON TRUST AND WITH ZERO INFORMATION FROM US we'll reward you with 20% OFF
Even better than that - if you order PRE-ORDER BOTH TITLES ON TRUST WITH ZERO INFORMATION FROM US we'll reward you with 25% OFF
(*The only thing we will say is that in our opinion with these novels both Jo & Derek have written THE BEST BOOKS OF THEIR CAREERS SO FAR - we don't say that lightly, we know what a high bar both of them have set.)
In a couple of weeks we'll reveal some more information and maybe give you a sneak peek at the covers (both of which are stunning btw) so if you’d rather wait until you know a bit more that's fine but we'll also BE CUTTING THE DISCOUNT IN HALF - fair's fair, right?
Finally a week or so before publication we'll TELL YOU EVERYTHING WE KNOW about both books but then YOU'LL HAVE TO PAY THE FULL PRICE.
GO ON TAKE A LEAP OF FAITH -EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU WHO DOES WILL CLAIM THEIR PLACE ON A SPECIAL LIST OF FAHRENHISTAS WE'RE PUTTING TOGETHER - we promise, this is a list you'll really want to be on, we've got something VERY SPECIAL planned - and no, we're not gonna tell you what, but trust us, you wont regret it.
In other news, if that’s all a bit too radical for you we’ll happily do things the old-fashioned way by just selling you awesome books in return for your hard-earned…
We will also happily accept your cash in return for THE COOLEST MERCH ON THE PLANET…
Okay people, that’s all from us, go enjoy yourself and buy a tonne of cool stuff.
Stay safe and look after each other this weekend.
Better days are coming, we can feel it.
We kiss you.
xx
P.S. Remember as with all the Fahrenzines, only the 100 people who buy this will ever get to read this story - Only 100 numbered copies have been printed - when they're gone, they're gone.