2003 News Archive

Harbor House announces two new lines set to Launch in 2004

AUGUSTA, Ga. -- 2004 is shaping up to be a big year for Harbor House as the Augusta-based publishing house gears up to launch two new lines aimed at Young Readers-Lights Out! and Heroes in Blue and Gray.

According to publisher E. Randall Floyd, Lights Out! is a "Goosebumps"-like series that pits older pre-teens and young teens against an unwholesome variety of ghosts, witches, demons, monsters and similar evil-doers. The big difference, says Floyd, is that each title in the Lights Out! series ends on a happy note with "happy and uplifting" resolutions.

"The series is designed to be scary and realistic while addressing modern fears and concerns of the youth of today," Floyd explained. "Parents will be pleased to know that, in each book, good invariably overcomes evil in the end-with happy, uplifting resolutions."

A number of nationally-acclaimed authors are in negotiation to contribute to this series, including Edmund Plante (Magic, Trapped, Seed of Evil, Garden of Evil, Alone in the House), Carol Costa (The Secret of Eastman Springs, Out of the Shadows, Death Insurance) and Edward Willett (Spirit Singer, Soulworm, The Dark Unicorn, The
Haunted Horn).

Heroes in Blue and Gray, which also targets readers in the 11-17-age bracket, tells
the story of America's Civil War through the eyes of some of the most famous battlefield commanders on both sides of the conflict. Biographical in format, these books focus on the uniqueness of each commander-their strength and values, hopes and dreams, frustrations and fears as they strategize and lead men into battle after battle from Fort Sumter to Appomattox.