Just received news that my novelette “The Sound of Black Dissects the Sun” will be part of Looming Low, the first Dim Shores anthology, edited by Sam Cowan and Justin Steele.
The rest of the lineup I’ve seen so far, writers making their own announcements on Facebook and Twitter, looks amazing. I’ll have more news about this soon, including a full table of contents.
I’m very excited to be part of what looks to be a great book, and thank Sam and Justin for the opportunity.
It’s great to see Laird Barron, certainly one of my favorite writers, recommending some recent books he considers worthy of attention. Even better to see myself listed among them!
Many of the writers I’ve see Laird recommend over the years have ended up becoming some of my own favorites. Though all the names on this latest list are known to me, there are a couple whose work I haven’t read, so I’ll have to remedy that. My thanks to Laird for the endorsement.
I don’t have too much to add to yesterday’s post, which included all the links to preorder HIEROGLYPHS OF BLOOD AND BONE from Amazon or from Journalstone, or even to check it out on Goodreads.com.
But today is release day, so the links in yesterday’s post no longer allow you merely to preorder the book, but to actually order it for real! In fact, if you buy the Kindle version, you should be able to download it immediately.
My thanks to Journalstone, in particular Publisher Christopher Payne and Editor John Palisano, for making this happen!
The Hieroglyphs of Blood and Bone paperback, coming this week from Journalstone, is now available for preorder from Amazon.
In case you missed the earlier announcement, the Kindle version is already available for preorder as well, for just $3.95.
You can also order direct from the publisher and receive both the paperback and the ebook together.
http://journalstone.com/bookstore/hieroglyphs-blood-bone/
Oh, and since this has become a list of every book-related link ever, here’s the book’s page on Goodreads:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34014900-hieroglyphs-of-blood-and-bone
The time is almost here!
I was very pleasantly surprised to see An Ideal Retreat featured on the latest Ask Lovecraft.
If you feel yourself convinced by the excellent P.H. Lovecraft to give the book a try, you can order directly from the publisher Dim Shores HERE. As of today, several copies remain.
My thanks to Leeman Kessler, aka H.P. Lovecraft and his alter-ego P.H., for this feature.
HIEROGLYPHS OF BLOOD AND BONE is up for Kindle preorder at Amazon.
KINDLE:
The paperback version is listed on Amazon as well, but not available for preorder yet:
Also, look… they show the back cover of the book as well.
The release date is February 24, 2017. So soon! Can’t wait.
Journalstone is running these nifty online ads for my novel HIEROGLYPHS OF BLOOD AND BONE, coming next month.
Preorder or read more about it HERE
The book comes out exactly a month from now, and I’m getting excited. Not only is it my first time working with Journalstone, but it’s my first published novel!
The Madness of Dr. Caligari is here! This tribute to the classic work of German Expressionist cinema The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari was edited by Joseph S. Pulver Sr. and features stories by many of the best and most interesting writers working in the genres of Horror and the Weird. It was released just before the holidays and seems to have been slightly overlooked, though I expect most of the people interested in this sort of thing will certainly find their way to a book like this, even if not on day one.
Table of Contents:
Ramsey Campbell – The Words Between
Damien Angelica Walters – Take a Walk in the Night, My Love
Rhys Hughes – Confessions of a Medicated Lurker
Robert Levy – Conversion
Maura McHugh – A Rebellious House
David Nickle – The Long Dream
Janice Lee – Eyes Looking
Richard Gavin – Breathing Black Angles
S.P. Miskowski – Somnambule
Nathan Carson – The Projection Booth
Jeffrey Thomas – The Mayor of Elementa
Nadia Bulkin – Et Spiritus Sancti
Orrin Grey – Blackstone: A Hollywood Gothic
Reggie Oliver – The Ballet of Dr. Caligari
Cody Goodfellow – Bellmer’s Bride, or The Game of the Doll
Michael Griffin – The Insomniac Who Slept Forever
Paul Tremblay – Further Questions for the Somnambulist
Michael Cisco – The Righteousness of Conical Men
Molly Tanzer – That Nature Which Peers Out in Sleep
Daniel Mills – A Sleeping Life
John Langan – To See, To Be Seen
Gemma Files – Caligarism
It’s really a beautifully made book, up to the usual quality standards of Fedogan & Bremer. Check out the endpapers by Nick Gucker in the hardcover editions:
For more information, don’t miss this earlier blog post linking to segments of the Microphones of Madness podcast in which they discuss each story in some detail:
The Madness of Dr. Caligari Discussed on Microphones of Madness
Furthermore, here is the original book trailer, created by Brendan Petersen, with a soundtrack by my wife, Lena Griffin:
If you’re ready to grab a copy, here are many links:
SLIPCASED AND SIGNED LIMITED HARDCOVER FROM FEDOGAN & BREMER
THE MADNESS OF DR. CALIGARI SLIPCASED, SIGNED LIMITED EDITION
TRADE HARDCOVER FROM FEDOGAN & BREMER
THE MADNESS OF DR. CALIGARI– SALE PRICE!
KINDLE FROM AMAZON
HARDCOVER FROM AMAZON
PAPERBACK FROM AMAZON
It’s also available from Book Depository, Barnes & Noble and other online outlets.
If you’ve read the book, please help spread the word, either by creating a review for Amazon or Goodreads, or just by mentioning the book on Facebook or Twitter or your blog. There are so many books out there, even one like this, full of stories by some of the most-loved writers in our scene, need a boost!
In the late part of the year, I haven’t been blogging as much due to distractions relating to preparing a house to sell, then actually selling it, buying another, and preparing to move a mountain of stuff (and what remains after months of purging, cleaning and culling is still a mountain). In just a few days we’ll be moved into our new place in North Portland, after more than a decade spent in outer SE, and it will be a very good thing.
Here is a summary of my 2016 publications:
BOOKS
My debut collection The Lure of Devouring Light was published by Word Horde.
My novella An Ideal Retreat was published by Dim Shores.
My debut novel Hieroglyphs of Blood and Bone was accepted for publication by JournalStone, coming in February 2017.
STORIES
“The Smoke Lodge” in Autumn Cthulhu, edited by Mike Davis, published by Lovecraft eZine Press
“The Carnival Arrives in Darkness” in Nightscript 2, edited by CM Muller
“The Human Alchemy” in Eternal Frankenstein, edited by Ross E. Lockhart (Word Horde)
“Endure Within a Dying Frame” in Lovecraft eZine #38
“The Insomniac Who Slept Forever” in The Madness of Dr. Caligari, edited by Joseph S. Pulver Sr. (Fedogan & Bremer)
Stories that appeared in The Lure of Devouring Light included:
“The Lure of Devouring Light” (first appeared in Apex magazine)
“Dreaming Awake in the Tree of the World”
“Far From Streets” (novella, first appeared as Dunhams Manor Press chapbook)
“The Book of Shattered Mornings”
“Arches and Pillars” (first appeared in Black Static magazine)
“Diamond Dust” (first appeared in The Grimscribe’s Puppets)
“The Accident of Survival”
“No Mask to Conceal Her Voice” (first appeared in Lovecraft eZine)
“The Jewel in the Eye”
“The Need to Desire” (first appeared in Phantasmagorium)
“The Black Vein Runs Deep”
That’s quite a lot for one year! I look forward to returning to productivity and focus as soon as we finish moving.
My debut novel Hieroglyphs of Blood and Bone is available for preorder on the publisher’s web site, where you can also see the final and official cover.
Purchase link:
http://journalstone.com/bookstore/hieroglyphs-blood-bone/
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