We’ve just returned from Cape Cod where my family holidayed with the Goldens – had a wonderful time, and I’ll post a picture or two over the next few days. Meanwhile, here’s an update of what happened when I was away:
Audio Realms Inc will soon be releasing an audiobook version of BERSERK. Go here to check out details and download the first chapter to listen to – it’s wonderful, and I can’t wait to hear the whole book.
There’s a new interview with me on the SF Site, you can go here to read all about it.
Workwise, Chris Golden and I are on the home stretch with the Secret Journeys of Jack London script for Fox 2000.
And there are a few other projects I’m working which I won’t say much about right now – early stages – but they include a TV series and a new screenplay.
More soon!
Hitting the shelves today, THE CHAMBER OF TEN is the third Hidden Cities novel written by me & Christopher Golden. And you will love it. Here’s the blurb:
From two masters of dark fantasy comes a chilling tale of magic and possession, set in—and beneath—fabulous Venice, a city slowly being swallowed by the very waters that have made it one of the wonders of the world.
Geena Hodge is an American archaeologist working to salvage Venice’s past from the encroaching Adriatic Sea. When she and her lover, Nico, discover the lost library of Petrarch under the Piazza San Marco, they rejoice not only at the historical significance of the find but at the opportunity to bring worldwide attention—and much-needed funding—to their endeavors.
But that find soon leads to another, a room buried more deeply still: the fabled Chamber of Ten, where centuries ago the secret rulers of Venice, in their quest for absolute power, met to plot betrayals and murders. After entering the Chamber, Geena and Nico are thrust into the midst of an ancient feud, a deadly battle of wills and black magic that threatens to poison the city’s future with the evils of its past.
Chris and I are delighted with this book, and hope you enjoy it. Please let us know what you think of it … we love feedback.
Swords & Dark Magic landed a couple of days ago (in a bloody huge box …. HarperCollins, stop the waste!) Great looking book with some wonderful writers, I’m looking forward to getting stuck in soon.
I’ll direct you to Lou Anders’s homepage for more details …
I’m delighted that the completely wonderful PS PUBLISHING are acting as UK distributor for my huge new Cemetery Dance collection LAST EXIT FOR THE LOST. So you can save on horrible US-to-UK postage and buy it direct from PS, go here to find out the details.
It’s a massive 150,000 word volume, containing most of my best short fiction from 2000 to 2006, as well as new novelette The Evolutionary, and new novella Nothing Heavenly.
… is out now! This huge anthology, edited by Jonathan Strahan and Lou Anders and published by Eos, is available from all the usual sorces, both online and in bookstores. Also available on Kindle, iBooks, and B&N eReader/Nook.
The book contains brand new sword & sorcery tales from the likes of Steven Erikson, Glen Cook, Gene Wolfe, James Enge and many others, including my tale ‘The Deification of Dal Bamore’.
What are you waiting for?
And that’s because I’ve been insanely busy. I delivered COLDBROOK to my publisher Corsair, which was a great feeling. I’m delighted with the book.
I also attended the AltFiction event in Derby, beautifully organised, well-attended, it has quickly become one of the convention highlights of the year. And rumour has it it’ll be two days next year … And if you scan Facebook you’ll see loads of pictures from the event, showing writers etc in various stages of deliberation, conversation, and inebriation.
My contributor copies of LAST EXIT FOR THE LOST arrived today, and … to paraphrase Chief Brody, we’re gonna need a bigger house. My office is quickly becoming overrun with books – no bad thing, but when I can’t type without being suspended above the keyboard by some hi-tech Mission Impossible style wire system, things are getting desperate.
Here’s an interview online with me, Chris Golden, and James A Moore about the nomination of British Invasion for the Shirley Jackson Awards.
Currently working on the Secret Journeys of Jack London screenplay for Fox2000, and THE SEA WOLVES (Book 2 in the Jack London series for HarperCollins).
And don’t forget THE THIEF OF BROKEN TOYS, which has been picking up some lovely review.
My novella NAMING OF PARTS gets a tenth anniversary appearance this year in Zombies: The Recent Dead, a ten year zombie retrospective edited by Paula Guran. You can see the full table of contents here.
No new books for a couple of months, then three turn up together. My postman must love me. Parcels, packages and boxes, I do more for his strength-building than any gym membership.
I’ve already told you about LAST EXIT FOR THE LOST. Yesterday’s two new additions were:
The hardback of THE THIEF OF BROKEN TOYS, an officially recognised Beautiful Object in the world of books. If you didn’t get your pre-order in for this one … watch the second hand market. It’s a gorgeous product yet again from the brilliant CZP Publications. Nice. And remember, paperback and Kindle editions are still available.
The second arrival yesterday was my brand new original 30 Days of Night novel, FEAR OF THE DARK. This one, based in the 30 Days of Night universe, is a mad vampire novel set in good old London, taking in archaeological digs, the British Museum, and a very strange guardian angel. It was fun to write, and I’m sure it’ll be fun to read as well.
More new books due very soon, watch this space for info.
Today (June 1st) buy my novella from Amazon and enter into an exciting draw to win loads of free books from CZP Publications.
Click here for all the exciting details.
Lebbon (Bar None) superbly captures the thoughts and feelings of a man whose misery so unhinges him that an encounter with the uncanny is unavoidable (Publishers Weekly)
Together with his masterfully nuanced prose, the surprising twist Lebbon springs on readers at the climax make this one of his most powerful works to date. (Booklist)
My new collection, LAST EXIT FOR THE LOST, has landed. It is a beautiful object – a gorgeous 557 page Cemetery Dance hardback, cover by the very excellent Les Edwards, collecting my best short fiction between 2000 and 2006 (watch out for a PS Publishing collection next year collecting fiction from 2006 to the present, including the award-winning and very hard to find The Reach of Children…)
Included here is an original novelette, The Evolutionary, and a brand new novella, Nothing Heavenly. Pay the Ghost is here too (soon to be a major movie), as well as Kissing at Shadows, The Horror of the Many Faces, Body, and many others. And to top it all off, the very excellent Joe Lansdale provides a wonderful introduction.
I’ve been waiting to see this one for a long time, and I’m delighted that it has landed at last. Those who’ve pre-ordered should be receiving their copies soon. Those who haven’t ordered … now’s your chance.
