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"Goddess Gambit"

– Now available from Phantacea Publications –

Eyemouth over cover for Gambitsedonic eyes"For the Dead to Thrive, the Living must Die!"

So proclaims Nergal Vetala, the Blood Queen of Hadd.

When her soldier falls out of the sky she's not only back in the pink again – as in arterial – she reckons she's found the perfect foil through which to play, and win, a Trigregos Gambit.

She might be right as well.

Thus Ends 'The Thrice-Cursed Godly Glories' Trilogy


For more on the actual celestial phenomena upon which the eye-collages were based, click here. There's additional information re the Sedonic Eye here and here. The complete cover for Phase One #1 is here whereas yet another variation of it is here. The left eye double-click is the full cover for "Goddess Gambit", artwork by Verne Andru 2011/2. The right eye double-click is of Ian Bateson's enduring, 1986 Sedonic Eye as prepared by Jim McPherson, 2011. Gambit's main webpage is here.

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Welcome to Jim McPherson's PHANTACEA Mythos Online

"The 1000 Days of Disbelief" is not only 3/3rds Done, it's E-done (albeit for Kindle, not kidding nor kindling)

In part to celebrate the 35th Year of Anheroic Fantasy, Phantacea Publications is pleased to announce that "Feeling Theocidal", Book One of the trilogy, and all three mini-novels extracted from 1000-Daze are available on the Kindle platform from amazon.com and a number its affiliates worldwide.

Alternative covers for Goddess Gambitcovers and characters from Janna FangfingersSubtitled Sedonplay, Sedon Plague and Sedon Purge, the mini-novels commence, continue and conclude Book Two of 'The Thrice-Cursed Godly Glories' trilogy.

Watch for e-versions of Book Three, "Goddess Gambit", and its full-length predecessor in the Launch 1980 story cycle, "The War of Apocalyptics", coming soon from Phantacea Publications.

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Like the first two mini-novels extracted from 1000-Daze, "The Death's Head Hellion" and "Contagion Collectors", "Janna Fangfingers" contains a book-specific character companion. An Auctorial Prefatory and the opening chapter extracted from Gambit round out a 230-page volume bargain-priced at only $12.00 per book CAD and USD, vastly less as an e-book.

(Please note: although their character companions are for the most part applicable to Feel Theo, in large measure they're not so much so to either War-Pox or Gambit, which tend to feature characters more prevalent in the phantacea comic books and web-serials.)

Together they carry on recording the multi-millennia-long chronicles of the gods and goddesses, the demons and monsters, of antique mythologies — the same seemingly endless saga also presented in the 1990 graphic novel, "Forever & 40 Days — The Genesis of phantacea", and the three, thus-far-published, full-length mosaic novels featuring Jim McPherson's Phantacea Mythos.

Variations on covers prepared for Goddess Gambit

Each of the mini-novels is complete unto itself. Among many another character, they feature Thrygragos Everyman and his firstborn Unities (the incomparable Harmony, Thunder & Lightning Lord Order and Uncle Abe Chaos) in their freewheeling prime. On top of that, Fangers presents a framing story set in 5980 Year of the Dome. As such it could be considered a prequel to the Launch 1980 story cycle that began in earnest with War-Pox and eventually picks up again in Gambit.

[Check out www.phantacea.com for extracts, synopses, teasers, and a grab bag of even more intriguing graphics pertinent to Phantacea Publications' 35th anniversary.]

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Cover for the Death's Head Hellion, artwork prepared by Jim McPherson, 2010Cover for the Contagion Collectors, artwork prepared by Jim McPherson, 2010

"Feeling Theocidal", Book One of 'The Thrice Cursed Godly Glories', "The War of the Apocalyptics", the opening entry in the Launch 1980 story cycle, the three mini-novels, "The Death's Head Hellion", "Contagion Collectors" and "Janna Fangfingers", that comprise "The 1000 Days of Disbelief", Book Two of 'The Thrice Cursed Godly Glories', and the trilogy's concluding novel, "Goddess Gambit", should be available at your favourite book stops

If they're not, kindly direct local librarians and neighbourhood booksellers to www.phantacea.com in order to start rectifying that sad situation. Either that or, if you're feeling even more proactive, click here, copy the link, paste it into an email and send it to them, along with everyone else you reckon could use a double dose of anheroic fantasy. It will certainly be appreciated.

Help build the buzz. The more books sell, the faster the PHANTACEA Mythos spreads.


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Covers for Feeling Theocidal and Forever and Forty DaysTwo Ian  Bateson covers of the same scene

Individual copies of "Feeling Theocidal", "The War of the Apocalyptics", the three mini-novels comprising "The Thousand Days of Disbelief" ("The Death's Head Hellion", "Contagion Collectors" and "Janna Fangfingers") and "Goddess Gambit" can be ordered from amazon.com and its affiliates, including amazon.ca and amazon.co.uk, as well as from Barnes & Noble.

Libraries, bookstores and bookseller collectives can place bulk orders through Ingram Books, Ingram International, Baker & Taylor, Coutts Information Services, and a large number of other distributors worldwide.

E-books on Kindle can be ordered through amazon.com, amazon.co.uk and other amazon affiliates worldwide. An interactive e-book containing the entirety of "Feeling Theocidal", as built specifically for Adobe Reader, is available direct from the publisher. (Certified cheques or money orders only, please.) E-books on other platforms will be available eventually.

BookFinder.com lists the latest releases from Phantacea Publications along with a goodly number of additional booksellers carrying them. Also listed therein are almost all of the PHANTACEA Mythos print and e-publications, including the graphic novel and some of the comic books.

Another interesting option for the curious is Chegg, which has a rent-a-book program. Thus far its search engine shows no results for phantacea (any style or permutation thereof) but it does recognize Jim McPherson (a variety of them) and the titles of many releases from Phantacea Publications.

As for the Whole Earth (other than the Hidden Continent of Sedon's Head, at least as far as I can say and always assuming it's still around in what be its 61st century), well, this page contains a list of a few other websites where you can probably order the novels in a variety of currencies and with credit cards.

Of course you can always email or send me your order(s) via surface mail. No matter where you live or what currency you prefer to use, I'll figure out a way to fill your order(s) myself. Just be aware that I can only accept certified cheques or money orders. Plus, I'll have to charge an additional 12% to cover Canadian and provincial goods and sales taxes as well as Canada Post rates for shipping.

I do use bubble mailers, though.


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Spring 2012

Anheroic Fantasy featuring Jim McPherson's PHANTACEA Mythos

Story selections, synopses, commentaries & web-features written by Jim McPherson

Collages, photographs, scanning and web-design by Jim McPherson Credits for additional artwork ascribed in mouse-over text

Click here for lynx to the latest instalments of www.phantacea.com and Jim McPherson's Travels site

Ad using Verne Andru's cover for Goddess Gambit, prepared by Jim McPherson, 2012

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PHANTACEA

Latest Illustrated Essay: Copious Galoshes of Collages concocted for "Goddess Gambit"

Latest Web-Publisher's Commentary: Phantacea Revisited -- Maybe

Updated Image Map: "Sedon's Head"

Serendipity Now: "L'Ordre du Chaos"

Newest Web Gallery: "The Next 35 Years"

Travels Website: "Oz 2011"

Featured Story: "The Deviant Dead"

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Artwork by Verne Andru, red collage by Jim McPherson, 2012

Verne Andru's alternative front cover for "Goddess Gambit", 2011, rolls over for 'Rendering Reddening', a collage prepared by Jim McPherson utilizing some of Verne's Vetala artwork, 2012
Double-click the left eye at top of page for an enlargement of the complete cover; double-click the right eye for an enlargement of the Sedonic Eye; an enlarged version of the Reddening collage is here
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[Logo for PHANTACEA on the Web, done on Photoshop by Jim McPherson, Year 2002]

"Forever & 40 Days — The Genesis of phantacea", "Feeling Theocidal", "The War of the Apocalyptics", "The Death's Head Hellion", "Contagion Collectors" , "Janna Fangfingers" and "Goddess Gambit" are available for ordering online by credit card or from the publisher by certified cheque and/or money orders

Want to purchase any of the remaining print-publications featuring Jim McPherson's PHANTACEA Mythos? Here's how ==>

Ad for print publications prepared by Jim McPherson, 2011

Interested in having any of the PHANTACEA comic books scanned in and e-mailed to you for only $10.00 an issue? Here's a ditto ==>

Want to browse? There's over fifteen years, and counting, of Anheroic Fantasy out here in pH-Webworld. Here's my suggestion on how best to start doing so ==>

Artwork, especially artwork from Phantacea Publications(James H McPherson, Publisher), is as attributed in the mouse-over.

Unless otherwise noted everything else is designed, composed, photographed and/or scanned in by Jim McPherson

I appreciate your interest in the PHANTACEA Mythos online and welcome any comments you might have as to what you like, do not like and/or would like to see in future instalments of 'pH-Webworld'.

Jim McPherson
Writer, Web Designer, Publisher
[jmcp@phantacea.com]

Logo reads Featured Story, prepared on PHOTOSHOP by Jim McPherson, 2002

All he wanted was a beer  

Then they had him, her vamps, demystifying out of all that smoke.

Had him – arms pinned back against the chair, his quill shaken out of his grip onto the tabletop and his garlic necklace torn off and tossed against the wall – before he could dot a ditto to any of his getaway pages.

[Janna Fangfingers] leaned forward. Her breath was fetid. Nothing new about that. She licked her lips then bared her fangs. Nothing new about either of that either.

"Maybe I’m still thirsty, dearest, latest, incarnation of my first living lover. Maybe I’m not. But they are, my bats ..."

The nib of his Brainrock quill no longer just perceptibly glowed. It ignited instead; began to glow as brightly as a miniature sunburst.

About time too, thought Tethys, having had enough sense to close his eyes, both of them, just before it did so.

When he opened them again, the smoke in the barroom was even thicker and Athenan War Witches were all about the place, gathering up [vampire] dust.

They were bounty-hunters, too, although unlike capitalistic Iraches they’d have done it for free.

“Things are missing,” said Tsishah Twilight, Shenon’s non-Lemurian Aortic. “Her Crystal Skull and the fang-figured glove, where are they?”

“She got away,” said Janna St Peche-Montressor [the now lone Janna left in the bar, APM All-Eyes' most common shell in 5980].

-- from 'The Deviant Dead', the second chapter of "Goddess Gambit", the complete 2005 version of which is reprinted here
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2012 ad for Phantacea Publicationsb/w version of 2012 ad for Goddess GambitPage and Panel Backgrounds

Both the red and pink background images for this page are variations of 'Rendering Reddening', a collage prepared out of some of the Vetala artwork Verne Andru has done over the years for phantacea; an enlargement of original can be found here

Notes for some of the other background collages found on this page be found (and seen) here, here and here; as for why Durer's 4 Horsemen are reminiscent of Thrygragos Lazareme and his firstborn Unities, that's here

Double-click on the two ads in this panel for enlargements; the flip side of the blue ad enlarges here; the flip side of the Sedonic Eye postcard enlarges with a double-click here

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