ChiZine Publications

The Sunburst Award for Canadian Literature of the Fantastic is a juried award based on excellence of writing in two categories: adult and young adult. Unfortunately, the Sunburst Awards are running out of operating capital just as the operating committee is in the process of getting the Sunburst organization registered as a non-profit, and getting it "national arts organization" status.

As part of a fundraising drive, CZP is joining others in asking writers, editors, readers, and publishers in the speculative fiction community to record short (30 second to 2 minutes) videos that say what they think about Canadian speculative fiction.

Full details of what we're looking and what will happen can be found on the Toronto SpecFic Colloquium website.

ChiZine Publications Offers Limited Edition Hardcovers of Pontypool Changes Everything

We're excited to announce the limited edition hardcover release of Tony Burgess' Pontypool Changes Everything!

These limited edition hardcovers can be ordered from Horror Mall.

Thanks to ECW Press and Tony Burgess who have given us the opportunity to offer a special reissue of Pontypool Changes Everything in limited edition hardcover.

"Dark Passenger" Wins The Cities of Night Photo Contest, Plus A Bonus Story

Ania Bibulowicz's "Dark Passenger" has been named the winner of our Cities of Night Photo Contest. Her short story inspired "Dead Highways," an original short story by Cities of Night author Philip Nutman.

As a bonus, Phil was so inspired by the entries that he also wrote "Searching For Love In The Cities Of Night," a short story tying together the nine runners up.

We'll be leaving our Facebook and Flickr pages online where you can continue to add your dark, creepy and evocative photos of cities at night. We'll be keeping an eye on them.

ChiZine Publications Announces the Chiaroscuro Reading and Workshop Series (ChiSeries).

We believe that Canadian authors may be the rejuvenating force to revitalize the "pulp" genres of fantasy, science fiction and horror writing. As Canadian publications—Neo-Opsis, OnSpec, Ideomancer, Challenging Destiny, the Tesseracts collections, and ChiZine Publications—become increasingly prominent markets for speculative fiction, we need to establish a dialogue between senior and junior authors, between authors and editors, and between authors and readers in order to encourage the growth of this important literary domain.

The Chiaroscuro Reading Series will launch Fall (2010) with the Toronto SpecFic Colloquium.

Chiaroscuro Reading and Workshop Series Website

Become a Fan of the Toronto SpecFic Colloquium

ChiZine Publications (CZP) is an independent publisher of weird, surreal, subtle, and disturbing dark literary fiction hand-picked by Brett Alexander Savory and Sandra Kasturi, Bram Stoker Award-winning editors of ChiZine: Treatments of Light and Shade in Words.

Available Books

Limited Edition Hardcovers

Pontypool Changes Everything

by Tony Burgess

Limited edition hardcovers available from Horror Mall.

Trade Paperbacks & eBooks

People Live Still in Cashtown Corners

by Tony Burgess

Trade paperback and eBooks coming soon

In The Mean Time

by Paul Tremblay

"Powerful, emotional and unforgettable... Highly recommended."
- Ann Vandermeer, Hugo Award-winning editor of Weird Tales

The Hair Wreath and Other Stories

by Halli Villegas

"Slippery, evocative, tasty. Elegantly and eloquently unsettling."
- Ursula Pflug, author of After the Fires and Green Music

Sarah Court

by Craig Davidson

"A writer of immense power and surprising, accurate insights."
- Peter Straub, author of A Dark Matter

Nexus: Ascension

by Robert Boyczuk

"(P)age-turning thrills aplenty . . . The dystopian human dynamics (are) the stuff of an epic nihilistic hangover."
- Publishers Weekly

Major Karnage

by Gord Zajac

Trade paperbacks and eBooks available for ordering now.

Cities of Night

by Philip Nutman

"(H)as brought a fresh eye and deep enthusiasm to the business of horror."
- Clive Barker, author of The Great and Secret Show and Mister B. Gone

The Thief of Broken Toys

by Tim Lebbon

"A writer at the height of his powers."
- Ramsey Campbell, author of Thieving Fear and The Grin of the Dark

Katja from the Punk Band

by Simon Logan

"(R)eminds me of Harlan Ellison at his most daring and dangerous-raw, fearless, unpredictable, disturbing, and much needed."
- Jack O'Connell, author of Word Made Flesh and The Resurrectionist

A Book of Tongues

by Gemma Files

"(T)his promising debut fully delivers both sizzling passions and dark chills."
- Publishers Weekly

Chimerascope

by Douglas Smith

". . . the 16 stories in this collection showcase the inventive mind and immense storytelling talent of one of Canada's most original writers of speculative fiction."
- Library Journal

Chasing the Dragon

by Nicholas Kaufmann

"Old school horror with plenty of tension, action, and hot, wet viscera for you to hook your claws into. Get ready for a bloody ride into hell."
- Tom Piccirilli, author of Shadow Season

The World More Full of Weeping

by Robert J. Wiersema

"(H)aunting . . . seamlessly blends literary fiction with mythic fantasy"
- Publishers Weekly

Objects of Worship

by Claude Lalumière

"These stories are terrifically creepy. And not unlike Edgar Allan Poe or Potted Meat Product, they gave me the willies."
- Christopher Moore

Monstrous Affections

by David Nickle

"David Nickle writes 'em damned weird and damned good and damned dark. He is bourbon-rough, poetic and vivid. Don't miss this one."
- Cory Doctorow, author of Little Brother

The Choir Boats

by Daniel A. Rabuzzi

"I could not put it down until I finished it."
- Liviu Suciu, Fantasy Book Critic

The Tel Aviv Dossier

by Lavie Tidhar and Nir Yaniv

"The most enjoyably bizarre novel I've read."
- Gareth D. Jones, SF Crowsnest

Horror Story and Other Horror Stories

by Robert Boyczuk

"Boyczuk has a real knack for creepy, Twilight Zone-style atmospherics."
- Alex Good, Quill & Quire

Filaria

by Brent Hayward

"Crackling with invention, energy, and suspense."
- Alex Good, Quill & Quire