King's Way Press

The purpose of Horror Drive-In is to celebrate the horror genre, with an emphasis on horror fiction. I like to talk about it, and I like to lend support to the ones out there that are bringing good products and service to the fans.

Case in point: King's Way Press. There was some controversy in regard to this publisher from the beginning. King's Way was born out of the ashes of Full Moon Press. If you don't know the history of Full Moon, I suggest that if you are interested, do a search on it. It should be hard to dig up a lot of brouhaha surrounding Full Moon and its demise. It was pretty ugly. I can't say that I was privy to all that went on behind the scenes, but I am convinced that Full Moon's president, Paul Little, is a good, honorable man. It just appears to me that he was too ambitious too fast. It's a long, unhappy story, and I think I'll leave it at that.

But I will say that there were people who were owed forthcoming books from Full Moon. As near as I have been able to determine, everyone was taken care of in due order. I know that Paul did everything in his power to make things as right as he could.

Zach Powell was working with Full Moon on some of the book productions. In fact, his signature is on my copy of the limited edition of Rick Hautala's The Wildman. A book that was manufactured well before the controversy surrounding the fall of Full Moon Publications.

This is the internet and conspiracy theories abound. People were suspect that Paul Little was somehow behind King's Way Publications. Some even suggested that Zach Powell is, in fact, Paul Little working under an alias. I can attest that this is absurd.

As far as I can tell, King's Way is doing everything right so far. They've just had one book published to date, which is Brian Pinkerton's Killer's Diary. As far as I can tell, everyone that bought a copy of Killer's Diary have received their books and they have been satisfied with the quality of it. Can't ask for more than that, can we?

Zach Powell has told me that he is considering working with the people from Premier Collectibles for the box in which his upcoming edition of Bram Stoker's Dracula. An edition which, by the way, appears as though it will be the definitive version of this classic. Powell knows that I am admirer of the boxes that Premier Collectibles used for their signed editions of Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child books. The protective boxes that Premier Collectibles used for these editions are some of the nicest, and most affordable, items of their kind that I have ever seen. I think it's a good idea.

Powell also says that he might sell copies of the King's Way Publications edition of Dracula on the Premier Collectibles website, which I think is another excellent idea. If he wants King's Way to become one of the big contenders, branching out from the pool of the horror small press is just smart.

But here's the kicker. Some of you know that Paul Little, who you'll remember as being the owner of Full Moon Publications, has written a children's book. A children's book which is now for sale on, yeah, you guessed it, the Premier Collectibles website. This gets a little bit confusing, doesn't it?

I really hope that readers and collectors will judge King's Way Publications on their own merits. I'd say that Zach Powell has gotten off to a good start. The King's Way edition of Killer's Diary sold out in two-and-a-half days.