The Merry Blacksmith Press

03/01/2022

Newly released to the world! Available on Amazon or our website www.merryblacksmith.com

12/01/2021

Our latest collection by Timothy C. Lockley is ready and available for order either throughout website or on Amazon. Make someone smile this holiday season. Then make them scratch their heads... then laugh out loud!

09/02/2021

People of Earth …

We are happy to announce that a new book by Rory O’Brien is now available from Merry Blacksmith Press!

Senor Lugosi and Other Stories, as you might guess, is a collection of thirteen short stories, and a bonus essay.

Lennox and Ouellette, the detectives from Gallows Hill and The Afflicted Girl, make appearances, along with ghosts, corporate headhunters, a woman who ran away with the Sidhe, and the cast and crew of the infamous Spanish-language version of Dracula!

At the low price of $10, you're paying 77 cents a story! A bargain!

You can order straight from Merry Blacksmith here ...

http://www.merryblacksmith.com/

A collection of thirteen odd tales, some creepy, some thoughtful, and some pretty weird, with excursions into the past, the present, and the very near future following characters searching for something and not always being happy with what they find.

08/02/2021

All caught up on your pandemic reading and need something new? We got you covered. Storms On the Homefront by Matt Howarth is now available to order with the next two books to be released over the next couple of months.

Features over 40 original illustrations!

https://www.merryblacksmith.com/?page_id=1121

11/10/2020

Coming soon. Stay tuned for details.

10/30/2020

Who killed Halloween? It's a great question, and you can begin finding the answer with the first two chapters to The Afflicted Girl by Rory O'Brien, free to read!
http://www.merryblacksmith.com/?page_id=1094

10/26/2020

Read Chapter One to Matt Howarth's Gray Trilogy today. Free to enjoy. Free to share.
http://www.merryblacksmith.com/?p=1096

10/21/2020

Enjoy a free story from an upcoming collection by Rory O’Brien. A Merry Blacksmith exclusive!

Among the many projects we’re in the middle of getting ready for the end of the year, we’re especially looking forward to Senor Lugosi and Other Stories by Rory O’Brien.

10/18/2020

Some sneak-peeks at the artwork appearing in an upcoming book by Matt Howarth. Enjoy!
http://www.merryblacksmith.com/?p=1070

10/08/2020

Now available! Time travel. Vampires. The apocalypse. And some unexpected twists courtesy of noted writer and artist Matt Howarth!

http://www.merryblacksmith.com/?page_id=1050

10/08/2020

Now “live” and ready for orders. Time travel, vampires, and the end of the world... a three-book romp to get you through these very odd months.

http://www.merryblacksmith.com/?page_id=1050

Now available, Matt Howarth’s expansive adventure featuring time travel, vampires, and the end of the world. There are a lot of twists and tricks here, folks. Get ready for a classic Howarth adventure better than any movie. (See below for bundle deal.)

09/03/2020

Time to get some books out. Quite a bit scheduled for the smoldering remains of 2020. Here's a quick rundown of what to expect. Stay tuned for more details later this weekend!
http://www.merryblacksmith.com/?p=1044

Nevertheless, we’re sticking our heads out of our shell, so to speak, and getting back to trudging through the sand. COVID messed with our schedules a bit and some priorities had to be shifted for a time.

11/01/2019

We ran into an unexpected delay getting some of the orders out for The Afflicted Girl. We’re working on getting copies out as soon as possible.

10/21/2019

Hey! Check out our newest release, The Afflicted Girl by Rory O’Brien. Detective Andrew Lennox returns in a new Salem mystery guaranteed to keep you guessing right to the end.

And stay tuned for announcements regarding more new titles coming out this year.

http://www.merryblacksmith.com/?page_id=1029

09/27/2017

For your consideration this fall.

Outstanding titles for your consideration and enjoyment. Now that the tyranny of summer has passed, it’s time to enjoy the emerging fall season with these great reads.

09/26/2017

Blaming it on the new intern...
http://www.merryblacksmith.com/?p=1015

It has admittedly been a challenging year while breaking in our new intern Jack. New titles have slowed and we’ve not made it to many events this past year. That said, however, I’m happy to announce that we have a couple of new titles arriving before the end of the year. Special titles that are goin...

01/13/2017

Marla Mason is back for one more reality-shattering novel!

Marla Mason has been a runaway, an apprentice sorcerer, a magical mercenary, ruler of a city’s supernatural society, an exile, an occult detective, and a freelance monster hunter — and now, in her final adventure, she’s the god of Death, facing off against a malevolent cosmic force that threatens al...

11/23/2016

Just in time for the holidays!

Lockley returns! Yes, he’s back, and he’s bringing with him a sixth volume of cartoons to make you wonder why he hasn’t been locked up yet. He is, of course, “the one that got away” and we’re fortunate that he did. Now he can share his latest jokes, puns, and other offenses.

07/26/2016

Looking for books with a gaming theme. Game on!

The Merry Blacksmith Press is looking for books with a gaming theme to them–RPGs, strategy, board games, game development, and game history. This is a call for mostly non-fiction work, but this does include sourcebooks for game settings, gaming scenarios, collections of rules alternatives, and so fo...

07/08/2016

New and now available for order! Or, if you're at Readercon, available to purchase in the Bookshop! Take advantage of our special convention deals.

The last thing Barry Winsor could recall was drifting off to sleep, snug in his bed on a chill wintery night. Now, he was choking in a blue void—a cold one, at that.

05/26/2016

Zombie apocalypse, or something else? Even the hero isn't sure. One thing you can be certain of is that if it's a Matt Howarth novel, you're going to get a lot more than you expected.

Available for order quite soon!

04/30/2016

04/30/2016

Went to the Bud Webster memorial last night at RavenCon. Room full of people swapping Bud stories. He was quite awesome. Talked to Mary today and there will be a fiction collection including the Bubba stories. It'll be a while as we want to do it right, not quick, but the wheels are in motion.

02/15/2016

We're going to miss Bud. He was just the best guy ever.

We are deeply saddened and devastated to learn of the passing of Bud Webster. Bud had been ill for a while, and had moved into hospice care, but no amount of foreknowledge really prepares one for reality.

12/02/2015

Marla Mason is back with an all new novel just in time for the holidays! O our cups runneth over!
http://www.merryblacksmith.com/?page_id=967

When a vile spirit awakens in the underworld, only sorcerer (and part-time death god) Marla Mason can save the world from devastation.

12/01/2015

Our fifth volume of Timothy C. Lockley's masterful cartoons available for order now. In plenty of time for the holidays!
http://www.merryblacksmith.com/?page_id=970

O yez, o yez! A brand spanking new volume (our fifth!) of thigh-slappingly hilarious cartoons from the master of wordplay, Timothy C. Lockley! You’ve seen his work before in On Facebook… Everybody Knows You’re a Dog and When Cliches Collide.

11/30/2015

The latest by Rory O'Brien...now available for order! Woot!

http://www.merryblacksmith.com/?page_id=961

Gilded Age Newport… Millionaires and robber barons come to spend the season in their opulent mansions while their wives throw lavish balls and gossip over afternoon tea. In 1893, the toast of the town is a spirit-medium—just returned from Europe—who now summons the departed to the marble mansions an…