Dead Romance (anthology)

In 2004, Mad Norwegian Press published a volume entitled Dead Romance as a "tie-in" to their Faction Paradox line. The book was mostly given over to a lightly-edited reprint of the Virgin New Adventures novel Dead Romance, but also included several shorter works by Lawrence Miles which had similarly been formative to the Faction Paradox mythos without being originally printed under the Faction Paradox brand.

Contemporary marketing from Mad Norwegian Press described the release as "a stand-alone fiction work" in a line called "Mad Norwegian Fiction" line, "not [as] part of the Faction Paradox range". However, it was also called a "pre-cursor" to the Faction Paradox series and "fully compatible with the Faction universe". Later marketing called it a "Faction Paradox tie-in".

The copyright blurb noted that in addition to the licensing of Lawrence Miles's creator-owned concepts as used in the various stories, permission was sought from Andy Lane for the appearance of Chris Cwej, and from Paul Cornell and Big Finish Productions for the references to Bernice Summerfield.

Publisher's summary
Considered Faction Paradox creator Lawrence Miles's greatest novel, Dead Romance now returns, after four years out of print, as a special re-release from Mad Norwegian Press. In addition to the text of Dead Romance, this volume includes Miles's short story Toy Story – presently only available in an out-of-print anthology – and his similarly rare short story Grass. Also included: A new introduction by Miles (titled “Disinterred Romance”) and an original essay by Miles on the mechanics of the Faction Paradox universe.