Tales of Peril - the Final Preview: the book has arrived!

Tales of Peril: The Complete Boinger and Zereth Stories of John Eric Holmes, premiered last week at the North Texas RPG Convention, in Dallas, Texas!

Tales of Peril at the Black Blade Publishing Booth
at the North Texas RPG Convention!

The book was well-received by +Chris Holmes and the rest of the Holmes family (via text message ;) ), and was one of our best-selling titles at the convention.  I'll post a full convention report later in the week, as well.

+Jon Hershberger and I will be posting ordering details as soon as we determine the best packaging options for shipping the books safely, and their corresponding postage costs!

Allan.

Previous Previews

• Tales of Peril - the Fifth Preview: Front Cover Art!
• Tales of Peril - the Fourth Preview: Back Cover Art!
  Tales of Peril - the Third Preview: Illustrations and Artwork
• Tales of Peril - the Second Preview:  Table of Contents
• Tales of Peril - the First Preview: Signature Page  

Tales of Peril - the Second Preview: Table of Contents

In the first preview for Black Blade Publishing's new fiction title, Tales of Peril: The Complete Boinger & Zereth Stories of John Eric Holmes, I promised more details soon. 

So, here is the Table of Contents for Tales of Peril.  The exact lineup may move around a little, since we're still wrapping up layout, but the actual content is finalized now:
  

Table of Contents

Introduction by Allan T. Grohe Jr.
List of Illustrations and Artwork

FICTION

Preface to The Maze of Peril by Chris Holmes
The Maze of Peril 
    Entrances
    Dark Water
    Green Cloak
    Centaurs and Clerics
    Theft and Pursuit
    An Unusual Ride
    The Second Descent
    Battles in the Dark
    Visible and Invisible
    Breakout
    Resolutions
   
Alarums & Excursions Campaign Materials
“Warrior for Hire”
“Were-Shark”
“The Adventure of the Giant Chameleon” by John Eric Holmes and Chris Holmes
“Adventure of the Lost City, Part One”  
“Adventure of the Lost City, Part Two”

Dragon Magazine Stories
Preface to “Trollshead”
“Trollshead”

Preface to “The Sorcerer's Jewel”
“The Sorcerer's Jewel”
Preface to “In the Bag”
“In the Bag”

Unpublished Short Story
Preface to “Witch Doctor”
“Witch Doctor”

NON-FICTION

“Confessions of a Dungeon Master”
“Boinger & Zereth PC Summary and Scans”
“My Time as Murray” by Eric M. Frasier
“The Writings of Dr. J. Eric Holmes” by Zach Howard
“Afterword” by Chris Holmes
Contributor Biographies

The fiction works include all of JEH's Boinger and Zereth stories and related campaign materials, based on his home game run during the 1970s. 

The non-fiction pieces include my introduction, prefaces to each JEH piece of fiction from Chris Holmes, as well as his concluding Afterword, JEH's 1980 "Confessions of a Dungeon Master" (originally published in Psychology Today), Zach Howard's extensive annotated bibliography of JEH's writings, and Eric M. Frasier's essay about gaming with the Holmes family. 

The next previews will include the List of Illustrations from Jim Roslof and Chris Holmes, as well as the front and back cover artwork by Ian Baggley.

Previous Previews

• Tales of Peril - the First Preview: Signature Page 

Allan.

Tales of Peril - the First Preview: Signature Page

A picture of the signatures sheet for the first edition printing of Tales of Peril: The Complete Boinger and Zereth Stories of John Eric Holmes, before we mailed the sheets off to the printer last month (which is why they're in plastic). 

Chris Holmes, Zach Howard, and I signed the sheets at the 2016 North Texas RPG Con.  The book is in layout now, and is Black Blade Publishing's first foray into fiction.  It will premiere at the North Texas RPG Con in June 2017.

More details soon!

Allan.