PICKMAN’S MOTEL
Once upon a millennium, Mark McLaughlin, the Clown Prince of Horror, wrote a fiendishly funny Delirium Books chapbook entitled Shoggoth Cacciatore And Other Eldritch Entrees, tales of cosmic dread liberally laced with wackiness. This time McLaughlin has prepared a more adult spin on the Mythos-go-round. In Pickman's Motel, you'll explore Arkham's bad side of town, a freaky neon playground of horny horrors. Learn the titillating truth about ghouls in the title story, and then laugh up a lung as you encounter every stand-up comic's worst nightmare: "The Heckler In The Ha-Ha Hut." McLaughlin tops off the collection by loading you into a time machine and sending you back to caveman days in "Tony Tar-Pit And Monkey-Face Joe Battle The Flying Mushroom-Devils: A Tale of Prehistoric Arrkhumm." So check into Pickman's Motel and find out what the nightlife in Arkham is really like!
1/300 Limited, Signed Hardcover Chapbooks $19.95
The Delirium Chapbook Series books are pocket-sized (4.50 inches by 6.25 inches) hardcovers with full wraparound graphic covers laminated on the boards.
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Comment by SLIM on 20 November 2006:
Hey Shane, I thought the chapter book series was a limit of 500, you show 300 on this one? Or should I stop thinking like my wife said I should?
Comment by admin on 20 November 2006:
Starting with this chapbook, I’m taking the print run down to 300 copies.
Comment by H Casper on 20 November 2006:
I love this reduction in the print run.
kresby
Comment by Jizzlefinger on 20 November 2006:
I’ve just started to read the Delirium books I’ve got so far. Failure and Imprint rocked my little fragile world, so I’ve looking forward to this one.
Comment by macker on 20 November 2006:
print reductions are good for us, but does this mean they weren’t selling as well as you had hoped shane?
these little gems are quality but perhaps not everyones catching on right away
Comment by admin on 20 November 2006:
Honestly, these weren\’t selling very fast, but also they weren\’t promoted, as chapbooks are difficult to promote. You just have to see one and buy one to appreciate these. But beyond the immediate Delirium customers, few have really even picked up a copy.
My decision to reduce the print run was based on my wish to get these in production at a steady rate. If they were slow to sell, this would slow down the number of titles I\’d produce in a year, due to the back-stock.
I have faith that 500 copies of each title would eventually sell, but my business has always been based on selling out books and moving on to the next titles, so goes with the chapbooks now.
In the beginning, I was hoping these little books would sell due to their great reception and word of mouth. There\’s really no other way to sell them.
But just to forewarn customers who are on the fence, now that the print runs are down to 300, they will sell out fast and probably create a buzz once the public finds out how cool they are. But, by then, they\’ll probably be on eBay for hundreds of dollars!