News Updated June 11th, 2009

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Every big city has a soul, and every soul has a dark, secret side. The Map of Moments: A Novel of The Hidden Cities is now available. In this terrifying new thriller of magic and dangerous passions, an ordinary man searches the magical landscape of an extraordinary city for the chance of a lifetime. Click here to read an exclusive excerpt from the book.

Love the Hidden Cities novels? Here's your chance to get the next one FREE! The first 50 (fifty) people to review The Map of Moments: A Novel of The Hidden Cities by Christopher Golden and Tim Lebbon and post the review at both their blog (or website) *AND* at Amazon will get a free signed copy of Tell My Sorrows to the Stones, the next Hidden Cities book, which will be released in 2010. Once you've posted your review, send your link(s) to citieshidden@yahoo.com The reviews must be at least one paragraph of at least five sentences. This contest is open to residents of the United States, Canada, and Europe. Must be at least 15 years old to enter.

Soulless is a darkly unpleasant story about spirits, life after death, priorities, and zombies. It is an insidious, gruesome bit of work that differs in several vital ways from most zombie stories. It's also an ensemble piece. Soulless is now available as a trade paperback from MTV Books. Visit the Soulless website.

The Hiss of Escaping Air, a special chapbook novelette, was created and released by PS Publishing to mark Christopher Golden's appearance as Guest of Honour at Fantasycon 2008. This brand-new story has a limited print run of only 300 numbered copies. Each and every copy was signed by the author. The cover art was created by Wayne Blackhurst. Rich Horton has The Hiss of Escaping Air for his anthology Fantasy: The Best of the Year anthology. This is the first time any of his short fiction has been selected for one of these collections. Note: The original chapbook is still available from PS Publishing, and with the way the pound has dropped against the dollar, it's MUCH cheaper for US readers than it was upon publication back in the fall.

A new trade paperback edition of The Ferryman with a brand new introduction by Charles de Lint has been released by Roc. What happens when a woman refuses to cross the river Styx with fabled ferryman Charon? Learn more about The Ferryman. Read the prologue.

When Christopher Golden wrote a supernatural thriller called Poison Ink, he hadn't seen or read The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants. Now, having viewed the film with his kids, he has taken to saying that Poison Ink is sort of The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants with EVIL. Actually, the only similarity is that both involve a group of girls of very different backgrounds and the way that a brush with magic changes their relationships with one another. In Poison Ink, that brush is decidedly darker and more permanent than a funky pair of jeans. Poison Ink is now available in trade paperback. Visit the Poison Ink website.

At last, the Ghosts of Albion role playing game (RPG) is available for download online. Order the book through RPG Now or DriveThruStuff. Want to order it from your favorite local bookstore? Print out this form and ask them to order it for you at the shop! You can also buy a PDF download online via Eden Studios, where you may also download a free demo.

Check out Christopher Golden's serial interview at Bildungsroman. Start with Part 1 and keep on reading all the way through Part 13.

Earthling Publications has released a signed, limited edition of Strangewood. This edition includes sixteen illustrations by Richard Kirk, an introduction by Graham Joyce, and an afterword by Bentley Little. Even the endpapers are fully illustrated. (See samples of Kirk's illustrations.) The book is Smyth-sewn and bound in leather, and housed in a cloth-covered slipcase. To obtain a copy of the book, email earthlingpub@yahoo.com with the subject line Reserve Strangewood.

Behind The Veil, every captivating myth and fairy tale is true, the vanished exist -- and every fear is founded. The series concludes with The Lost Ones. After the first two ended on cliffhangers, the third act of Oliver Bascombe's story finally plays out. The Two Kingdoms are at war. The Myth Hunters, Book One of The Veil, and The Borderkind, Book Two of The Veil, are available in trade paperback and in mass market paperback. The Lost Ones, Book Three of The Veil, is available in trade paperback. Pick up the free electronic press kits (EPKs) for all three books: The Myth Hunters, The Borderkind, and The Lost Ones.

Meet The Sisterhood, a three-issue series of comics from Christopher Golden, Tom Sniegoski, and Wellington Alves. Find it in your local comic book shop. Learn more.

Wildwood Road and The Boys are Back in Town are available in new mass market paperback editions from Bantam Spectra.

Golden's short story Nesting is available for free at Horror Literature Quarterly.

Many Bloody Returns, an anthology edited by Charlaine Harris and Toni L.P. Kelner, is now available. Golden is particularly proud of his contribution to the book, "The Mournful Cry of Owls," and thrilled to be on the table of contents alongside Toni Kelner, Charlaine Harris, Jim Butcher, Kelley Armstrong, Tanya Huff, PN Elrod, and a host of other talented writers.

The anthology Five Strokes to Midnight includes thirteen stories by five authors -- Gary A. Braunbeck, Deborah LeBlanc, Tom Piccirilli, Hank Schwaeble, and Christopher Golden -- plus an introduction by Tim Lebbon and cover and interior illustrations by Hellraiser star Ashley Laurence. Golden's category of Folklore includes three stories: "Shaft 39," "Under Cover of Night," and "All Aboard." Five Strokes to Midnight has been nominated for the World Fantasy Award and won the Bram Stoker Award.

Check out the trade hardcover edition of Joe Hill's extraordinary short story collection 20th Century Ghosts. Christopher Golden wrote the introduction to the limited edition a couple of years ago, before most people had heard of Joe, and now he can't wait for the rest of the world to get their hands on this collection, which shows so many facets of a brilliantly talented writer. Morrow has kept Golden's introduction for the new trade edition. If you weren't already planning to do so, you must check it out.

Golden calls Baltimore, or The Steadfast Tin Soldier and the Vampire "the coolest project [he's] ever been involved with." Download the Baltimore electronic press kit (EPK) now! Read an excerpt of the book, watch a video interview with the authors, and check out the press release, the cover image, the authors' photos and biographies, and more. New Regency has acquired film rights to Baltimore. Golden and Mignola will write the screenplay. David Goyer will direct. We will keep you updated as the production moves forward.

Someone finally took the plunge and created (with a little help from Little Willow) a MySpace page. Come by and visit, jump aboard, be a friend, and all of that other fun stuff.

Dread Central has posted an audio book of Christopher Golden reading his short story Runaway.

Download and listen to his podcasts for Bantam here and here.

E-books! Get your e-books here!

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