News
Updated May 5th, 2008
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Upcoming
Signings
Christopher
Golden will be a Guest of Honor at the British
Fantasy Convention. The event will be held at the Britannia
Hotel in Nottingham from September 19th through September 21st,
2008.
The
Veil
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.
Pick
up the free electronic press kits (EPKs) for all three books of
The Veil: The
Myth Hunters, The
Borderkind, and The
Lost Ones.
New
and Future Releases
Every
big city has a soul, and every soul has a dark, secret side. Christopher
Golden and Tim Lebbon are delighted to announce a thematically connected
series of collaborative contemporary fantasy novels for Bantam Spectra.
The Hidden Cities books will be set in
places we all know very well - places which hold secrets almost
beyond belief. The first book, Mind the Gap,
will be available in late May 2008.
British
Invasion is a collection of twenty-one unforgettable stories
of horror and the dark fantastic, edited by Christopher Golden,
Tim Lebbon, and James A. Moore. It is available in two limited editions
from Cemetery Dance. Learn more.
The Sisterhood is a three-issue series of comics from
Christopher Golden, Tom Sniegoski, and Wellington Alves. Find the
issues in your local comic book shop. See
a sneak preview.
Wildwood
Road and The Boys are Back in Town are
available in new mass market paperback editions from Bantam Spectra.
Golden's
brand-new short story Nesting is available for free at Horror
Literature Quarterly.
In
2007, Christopher Golden wrote a supernatural thriller called Poison
Ink. At the time of the writing, the author hadn't seen or read
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants. Now, having recently 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 will be available in July 2008 from Delacorte.
Soulless,
another book aimed at teens, 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 will be published
by MTV Books in October 2008.
Additional
Stories
Crashing
Paradise, the fourth book of The Menagerie,
is also available. Authors Christopher Golden and Thomas E. Sniegoski
have been living with these characters in their heads for at least
a decade now. Crashing Paradise includes the secret history of Creation
itself, as well as revelations about Eve and Clay, a legion of ancient
enemies of the Menagerie, a new member (who spends much of her time
naked), and the battle for Eden. Look for an update soon at www.the-menagerie.net
Pocket
Books has ended their Buffy the Vampire Slayer
publishing program. As such, Golden couldn't resist the temptation
to share one final adventure with the old gang. Dark
Congress is set after season seven, meaning after the end of
the television show, and it features more than one story that he's
had in mind for a while. In addition to the characters you'd expect
to see -- Buffy, Xander, Willow, and Giles -- there are also appearances
by several others he wanted to say goodbye to, like Oz, Tara, and
Faith.
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."
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.
The
Buzz
on Baltimore
Baltimore,
or The Steadfast Tin Soldier and the Vampire is now available
in hardcover. Golden says that Baltimore is "probably the coolest
project [he's] ever been involved with."
Learn
more about Baltimore and spread the word of its release by downloading
the electronic press kit (EPK) now! Read an excerpt of the book,
watch a video interview with the authors, download 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.
Baltimore
has already sold to Germany and Italy and is a featured alternate
selection of the Science Fiction Book Club.
Diamond
Distributors, the company that supplies comic book stores across
the U.S. with their product, has offered a special edition of Baltimore
with a different cover, a Mignola sketchbook section, and the original
Hans Christian Andersen story that helped inspire the novel, complete
with four or five additional illustrations by Mignola. This edition
can only be ordered from comic book shops, including those who sell
online.
Special
Editions
Roc
will be publishing a new trade paperback edition of The
Ferryman with a brand new introduction by Charles de Lint.
Earthling
Publications will be releasing a signed, limited edition of
Christopher Golden's novel Strangewood.
Paul Miller, the man behind Earthling, has received extraordinary
praise in recent years for the amazing job he does on each and every
book that the company produces. Strangewood will be a beautiful
package, including sixteen illustrations by Richard Kirk, an introduction
by Graham Joyce, and an afterword by Bentley Little. Even the endpapers
are fully illustrated. In addition, the book will be Smyth-sewn
and bound in leather, and housed in a cloth-covered slipcase. See
samples of Kirk's illustrations.
Golden
calls Strangewood, "My enduring favorite of all of my scribblings,"
and he is extremely excited about this release. He adds, "Yes, Earthling's
book are expensive, but they aren't intended for the casual collector.
What Paul Miller does is just as much a work of art as Richard Kirk's
illustrations. I'm honored he's chosen Strangewood for his Earthling
Classics series." To reserve a copy, email earthlingpub@yahoo.com
with the subject Reserve Strangewood.
The
Seven Whistlers, a novella co-written by Amber Benson and Christopher
Golden, is now shipping. Learn more about
the story and read an excerpt.
The signed, limited edition retails for $40.00 through the publisher,
Subterranean
Press. You may also order it from Amazon
for $26.40.
Sink
your teeth into Bloodstained Oz, a novella written by Christopher
Golden and James A. Moore. Find out more,
then email
Earthling Publications to get a copy.
E-books!
Get your e-books here!
Pre-order
Lords
of the Razor, a limited edition anthology from Subterranean
Press. Christopher Golden contributed a story entitled "The Art
of the Deal," in which a man who has given his entire life, dignity,
and self-respect over to the company business must figure out what's
left for him when it all falls apart.
Talent,
a comic book series from Boom!
Studios by Christopher Golden and Tom Sniegoski, is available
as a graphic novel or as four single issues. Talent deals with Nicholas
Dane, the only survivor of an airplane disaster, the power that
kept him alive, and the cost of his survival. It also concerns government
conspiracies, religious anarchists, a pair of deadly assassins called
Payne & Abel, and a group of excommunicated Vatican officials
called the Black Cardinals. Read
the reviews. Order
the comics and the trade paperback graphic novel.
MySpace
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.
Listen
Up
Dread
Central has posted an audio book of Christopher
Golden reading his short story Runaway.
Christopher
Golden also recorded a podcast for Bantam.
