Thrilled to announce that my story In The Dust will appear in THE NEW DEAD, a brand new zombie anthology due from St Martin’s Press early next year. Here’s a write-up at editor Christopher Golden’s website.
And more zombie news coming soon …
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This anthology which I co-edited with Christopher Golden and James A Moore is shipping now. It’s a collection of all new horror stories from British writers, both established and relatively new to the field. And we happen to think it’s very good indeed.
You can buy BRITISH INVASION direct from the publisher, or from your usual indie dealers.
This is the third anthology I’ve co-edited, but the first that has been published (the tales behind the previous two, Tales from the Teeth Park, and Nightshades, are long and complex, buy me a drink one day and I’ll tell you). I’m very, very proud to have my name on a book as editor – editing an anthoklogy has long been an ambition of mine, and here’s hoping I get to do some more in the near future. I hope you like the book … do let me know!
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Cemetery Dance report that BRITISH INVASION, the anthology I co-edited w
ith Christopher Golden and James A Moore, is on the way! Click the link above to see full contents, and just take a look at this fantastic artwork by the very excellent Les Edwards. If you’re a contributor … you’ll be getting your copy soon. If you’re not, you really should invest in this. It’s an excellent collection, even if I do say so myself (and in fact, other people say so too … see below):
“From Gord Rollo’s transcendentally eerie tale of a comatose young boy’s revenge to Mark Morris’s cautionary tale about a pair of unorthodox vampires, the 21 original stories in this anthology establish the strength of British horror writers.” – Library Journal
“their authors are exceptionally articulate in the universal language of horror.” – publishers Weekly
Click Here to buy.
Tomorrow … how with my 40th fast approaching, I’m starting to feel my age.
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I received my advance copies of The Map of Moments today, the dark fantasy novel I’ve written with my most excellent collaborator Christopher Golden. The book looks fabulous, is attracting some great reviews, has already attracted some movie interest, and goes on sale at the end of the month. But pre-orders are Very Good Things, so if you’re interested pop along to your local bookseller and put in a request. Or order it on amazon.
Had a nice New Year’s present from Gwent Police – a speeding ticket! Haven’t heard how much I’ll be fined yet, but it’s three points on the licence. Good job they haven’t got any real criminals to catch grumble grr.
It’s been a good week workwise. I’m well into my new novel ECHO CITY FALLS, having a great time with it – though today it took a three mile run for me to think myself out of a corner I’d successfully written myself into (no mean feat for a post-Christmas fat bastard like me) – and I can’t wait to see how this one turns out. That’s an exciting part of any novel writing project for me … I produce a detailed synopsis to set up the deal with the publisher, then when I’m writing that often gets defenestrated at the first plot turn. And I always look forward to seeing what happens at the end!
Have a great weekend! Sometime over the weekend I’ll be posting a new Recommendation or two for you. Watch this space!
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Following on from the Publishers Weekly starred review of the forthcoming dark fantasy novel with the exceedingly excellent Christopher Golden, The Map of Moments, here’s another great review from SFRevu. A nice way to start the new year.
And talking of starting something, I began my brand new dark fantasy novel ECHO CITY FALLS today! I fell into the swing of things pretty quickly, and I’m really pleased with the prologue I wrote. This really is dark fantasy ….
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A big Happy New Year to you all!
I always love January. Many people get depressed, but for me it’s everything back to normal (kids to school, and me back to the keyboard), and the onslaught of consumerism seems to fade off, just a little. There’s still the Mega-Sales, of course, and holiday companies exhorting you to buy their packages, and supermarkets trying to sell you dieting products when they’ve spent the last three months trying to get you fat. But generally for me, Janauary is calm. January is good.
2009 is set to be a busy, exciting year for me. There are lots of projects lined up, including my new huge fantasy novel ECHO CITY FALLS which I’ll be starting tomorrow. I’ll also be working on the third Hidden Cities book with my mate Christopher Golden, as well as another novel later this year which I can’t announce just yet.
There’ll also be another novel released in my homeland – hoorah! – as well as an as-yet unannounced screenplay project. In fact, lots of what I’m working on this year has yet to be announced, for various reasons (contracts not signed, or official announcement not yet released by publisher etc). So please do watch this space, as over the next few weeks I’ll be revealing what they are.
There are also several books due this year, you can check here to catch up on what they are. I hope you’ll take a chance and check them out – I’m very proud of all of them.
2008 was a difficult year for almost everyone, and 2009 looks set to be worse in many ways. Here’s hoping that we can weather the storm. As for me … all I can do to to sit down and write, so after another day off today – a long walk up the mountain, having a nice (healthy) meal later this afternoon, and reading – it’ll be back to the keyboard.
I can’t wait.
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My forthcoming novel with Christopher Golden, The Map of Moments, has just had a Starred Review in Publishers Weekly! That’s a fine way to start the week, I can tell you. This is the second Novel of the Hidden Cities, and Chris and I are pleased that this review agrees with our own opinion – that it’s even better than the first.
In part, the review says:
Urban realism meets dark fantasy in this spine-tingling second collaboration between authors Golden and Lebbon (after 2008′s Mind the Gap) as they merge the repercussions of Hurricane Katrina with New Orleans’ terrifying ghostly past.
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Two years ago today was my first day working as a full-time writer. Leaving work to write for a living was a big decision, but definitely one of the best I’ve ever made, and through the downs as well as the ups I haven’t regretted it for a moment. It seems a lot longer than two years ago that I last left Monmouthshire County Council’s dodgy old building (it’s effectively falling down), and looking at the amount I’ve written since then, perhaps there has been a time-warp thingy going on somewhere. Here’s a rough list:
As well as those novels and novellas I’ve done several short stories, two screenplays (The Everlasting and The Dregs), and plenty of other stuff. It does make me wonder how the hell I wrote so much when I was working, but the fact that I’m still working just as hard after two years is great. I’ve still got plenty of work on … and a big THANKS is due to you discerning readers who continue to buy my books!
And on it goes …! I wrote a novelette this weekend for a US market (sending it to the editor for consideration today), brainstormed a new screenplay with a good friend of mine, and this week it’s back to the Yukon to finish off book one of the Jack London series.
Many more announcements coming soon, including a new short story option. So please do keep popping by, and in another year I hope the above list will be much, much longer.
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My wife often accuses me of being absent minded, and of having my head in the clouds. My excuse is that I live in (at least) two places at once: reality, and the reality of my latest novel or story. I say at least two places, because I’m inevitably working on more than one project (right now there are at least eight or nine different projects on the go). When I’m bloody minded as well as absent minded, I completely deny her allegation.
This, I can no longer do.
Yesterday, my wife called home from work to ask me if I’d seen her mobile phone. When she rang off I called her phone, and heard it buzzing away merrily in the kitchen.
Hoorah! I thought. Found it! I must tell Tracey.
So I sent her a text.
Now then, my excuse for this is that I’m currently in several places at once. These include:
So you see, it’s understandable, isn’t it.
Isn’t it?
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Published Bantam Spectra, January 2009
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USA
Trade paperback
What if you were given a map to a magic that could change the worst moment of your life…for a price?
From two all-stars of dark fantasy, Christopher Golden and Tim Lebbon, coauthors of Mind the Gap, comes this terrifying new thriller of magic and dangerous passions, where an ordinary man searches the magical landscape of an extraordinary city for the chance of a lifetime.
Barely six months after leaving New Orleans, history professor Max Corbett is returning to a place he hardly recognizes. The girl he’d loved—and lost—is dead, and the once-enchanted city has been devastated by Hurricane Katrina. Max has not thought much beyond Gabrielle’s funeral—until a strange old man offers him a map, and an insane proposition . . .
“Forget all the stories about magic you think you know. . . .”
It looks like an ordinary tourist map, but the old man claims that it is marked with a trail of magical moments from New Orleans’s history that just might open a door to the past. But it is a journey fraught with peril as Max begins to uncover dark secrets about both his dead love and the city he never really got to know. How is Gabrielle linked to an evil group from the city’s past? And can Max evade them long enough to turn back the clock and give Gabrielle one last chance at life?
REVIEWS
‘Urban realism meets dark fantasy in this spine-tingling second collaboration between authors Golden and Lebbon (after 2008’s Mind the Gap) as they merge the repercussions of Hurricane Katrina with New Orleans’ terrifying ghostly past.’ Publishers Weekly, starred review
‘A haunting, yet inspirational novel that could resonate very strongly with readers, “The Map of Moments” is undeniable proof that Christopher Golden and Tim Lebbon make a great team together…’ Fantasy Book Critic
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