Butterfly
(CDSS #4)
by Simon Clark
Featured Artist: Steve Gilberts (click
here for samples!)
"I dream I am flying over forests, then seas, then cities. Then I am swooping
down firing my guns at people. They run through the streets like frightened
sheep, but I roar at them, kill them with my guns. When I have no more bullets
my wings become scythes that cut them down ."
The dying days of WW2: Nazi secret weapons draw lines of fire in Germany's
skies. In the depths of a forest the pilot of a ME163 rocket-plane battles not
only the formations of allied bombers but a creeping menace that invades both
his body and his mind.
About the Author:
Simon Clark lives in Doncaster, England with his family. When his first novel,
Nailed by the Heart, made it through the slush pile in 1994 he banked
the advance and embarked upon his dream of becoming a full-time writer. His
subsequent novels include Blood Crazy, Darkness Demands, Death's Dominion
and The Night of the Triffids, which continues the story of Wyndham's
classic The Day of the Triffids. His revival of the wickedly ambulatory
Triffid plants won the British Fantasy Society's August Derleth Award for best
novel. He also created and co-presented "Winter Chills" for the BBC TV. His latest
book from Severn House is The Midnight Man, a story of ghosts, madness
and murder that features Vincent Van Gogh during one of the most turbulent periods
of his life in 1888. Simon also experiments in short film, one of which, "Dear
Simon, Where Do You Get Your Ideas From?" has been featured in the UK's Channel
4 ShortDoc series, and earned the accolade "the ultimate in TV democracy."
Published in two states:
Hardcover Limited Edition of 550 signed and numbered copies bound in full-cloth and Smyth sewn with illustrated endpapers ($35)
Traycased Hardcover Lettered Edition of 26 signed and lettered copies bound in leather
and Smyth sewn with illustrated endpapers and a satin ribbon page marker ($175)
Lettered Edition Status:
The deluxe Lettered Edition of this book is currently with our traycase manufacturer who will begin building the traycases as he catches up on the projects we've sent him. We will update this page as the Lettered Edition progresses through production. Thank you for your patience.
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 Clark Evolves Again...
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08/17/2010 - by Nick Barracato from Staten Island, NY US
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In 2001, Simon Clark's novel BLOOD CRAZY had one of the best ideas ever given for a zombie apocalypse: evolution. Now, nearly 10 years later, Clark's latest novella takes another look at evolution, this time with even more horrifying results.
Sickened that most of his students have gone on to join the Hitler Youth, teacher Karl Widderman begins to take walks in the woods in an attempt to clear his mind. He comes upon a man named Fredrick, who spends his days sketching an abandoned car, waiting to be called into action as one of the Nazi's most lethal pilots.
In this short novella, Clark has created two mysterious and fascinating characters, opposites yet both who eventually share a similar fate. While this story can easily be filed under "Dark Fantasy," the horrorific overtones take it to a level that's darker than most tales of said genre. BUTTERFLY can be read in one sitting, but there's much more for the reader here than its short page count might suggest.
Cemetery Dance has done a primo-job here, complete with plenty of haunting artwork from Steven C. Gilberts. This is a must for Simon Clark fans, and those who'd like to see the novella/novelette format done in an epic way.
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