Zeno Literary Agency Ltd.

I’m delighted to announce that Stephen Volk‘s novella Vardøger, a chilling psychological thriller published by Grey Friar Press has been nominated in the relevant novella category in this year’s Shirley Jackson Awards, a prize ‘established for outstanding achievement in the literature of psychological suspense, horror, and the dark fantastic.’

The winners will be announced at Readercon 21, taking place in Burlington, Massachusetts, this coming July.

A section of Stephen Volk’s powerful and richly written novel THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO LAZARUS has been excerpted in EXOTIC GOTHIC 3: Strange Visitiations, published by the award winning Canadian outfit, Ash-Tree Press, who specialise in works of supernatural fiction.

LAZARUS is an extraordinary, ambitious and audacious piece, one that the author describes as ‘Part Jacobean revenge tragedy of epic proportions.  Part variation of the “Frankenstein” myth.  Part heretical alternative history.‘

Stephen Volk is a Bafta award winning screen and television scriptwriter – check out his page on the Zeno web site. You can order EXOTIC GOTHIC 3 by following this link.

Ash-Tree Press, Stephen Volk and Zeno Agency will all be attending this year’s World Horror Convention in Brighton in a couple of weeks. Feel free to come up and say “Boo!”

… a brand new web site!

And, as if that’s not reason enough to throw a party, Steve’s brand new novella, a chilling psychological thriller entitled Vardøger is now available for pre-order from Grey Friar Press.

It is being released in two separate limited states – there’ll be 300 unsigned trade paperbacks and 100 signed hardcover copies. Stocks are limited, so get your order in now!

Stories by Zeno clients Aliette de Bodard and Stephen Volk grace the pages of the brand new issue of British horror mag Black Static. In terms of fiction therein, that makes it 20% Zeno!

Alliette’s story is called The Lonely Heart and Steve’s has the typically uncompromising title of Fear.

Issue #09 is out now – subscribe here.

He’s only been a client for a day or two, but already Stephen Volk is out there flying the flag! Here’s a little something worth putting in your diary…

Stephen Volk is giving a talk on the creating and writing of his award-winning TV drama series Afterlife at ‘Fantastic Writing – science fiction, fantasy and magic: Writing the future, the past and other worlds‘, a one-day event for budding scriptwriters taking place on Saturday 7th March 2009 at De Montfort University’s Leicester City campus.

The day also includes a keynote speech from acclaimed novelist Graham Joyce (The Facts of Life, DOOM), Q&A sessions with guests such as Phil Ford (Sarah Jane Adventures, Dr Who, Torchwood) and James Moran (Dr Who, Torchwood, Spooks), and a presentation on writing for on-line drama.

Tickets for the event are £65 per person including lunch, refreshments and car parking. For more information or to book a place, please contact:

Promotion & Recruitment Centre
Faculty of Humanities

Tel–0116 250 6470
Email – pghums[at]dmu[dot]ac[dot]uk

And here is the direct link to the event web site.

Zeno Agency is delighted to announced that we’ve signed up the Bafta award winning screenwriter Stephen Volk as a client, specifically representing him for books. All Steve’s other writing commitments (film, television and radio) will continue to be handled by Linda Seifert Management.

John Berlyne says ‘I met Steve at the World Fantasy Convention last year over in Calgary and we got to talking about his novel The Gospel According to Lazarus. When I read a sample it was clear to me it was something really very special indeed – an epic and powerful work, dark, brooding and exquisitely written. This is part Jacobean revenge tragedy,  part variation of the ‘Frankenstein‘ myth and part heretical alternative history – and it’s terrific! I’m absolutely thrilled to have Steve on board.‘