Sky Dance Of Winter Fire - Michael Tierney - Deluxe Perfect Bound. SOLD OUT--OUT OF PRINT!

Limited to only 35 copies made, this 32 page magazine-sized book with a square-bound spine was a Kickstarter variant.The other version made was 25 copies in a saddle-stitched format with a different cover.

The copies offered here are all Near Mint  and unread. They came directly from the author, Michael Tierney, who is known for both his non-fiction 4-book series of the Edgar Rice Burroughs 100 Year Art Chronology and the newly released 4-book Robert E. Howard 100 Year Catalog Art Chronology. He is also a well-published fiction writer, with his long running series of Wild Stars novel appearing in every issue of Cirsova Magazine of Daring Suspense and Thrilling Adventure. Wild Stars will be celebrating its 40th Anniversary of its first comic publication next year, but the first story was actually first published in 1972.

Any future printings of Sky Dance of Winter Fire will be clearly marked as latter editions.

A few years back, author and artist Michael Tierney was out during about of surprisingly good winter weather, restocking his firewood. Huge waves of winter fireflies rose into the sky in an explosion of light. This fantastical spectacle stuck with Michael, and he envisioned the miraculous flight within context of an epic adventure and struggle. He wondered how the bugs that had been in the woodpile might have envisioned him: a giant; an out-of-this-world Cthulhu monster?

Michael initially put the story of the Sky Dance to paper, but that was not quite enough. He also wanted to capture the essence of those moments in art and imagery. Sky Dance of Winter Fire was born as a digital mixed-media storybook that Michael Tierney and Cirsova Publishing teamed up to bring to life.

Also included is Tierney's article, "The Evolution of the Publishing Process." A former journeyman printer and printing division manager, here he discusses not only the creation of this project, but how technological changes across the decades have changed the printing, typesetting, and creation processes.