From Subterranean Press:
While he was working on the iconic cover for Robert McCammon’s new vampire novella, Michael Whelan first took a crack at depicting one of the many creatures that Trevor Lawson faces down. This painting depicts one of them, in mid-transformation, to something that is no longer human, and beyond vampire. Michael was kind enough to send along the image, which will be exclusive to the Signed, Limited Edition of I Travel by Night.
Two more audio interviews conducted by Robert McCammon at the 1990 World Fantasy Convention are now available for your listening pleasure. (The first, Robert McCammon interviews Chet Williamson, was posted last week.) Authors Al Sarrantonio and Tom Monteleone were interviewed on November 3, 1990. The intention was to run the interviews in Lights Out!, but only an edited version of Al’s interview made it to print. After more than 22 years, here they are! Just click on the images to listen to the interviews.
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From Subterranean Press:
Legendary Artist Michael Whelan has turned in a killer, positively Gunslinger-esque dust jacket for Robert McCammon’s new vampire novella, I Travel by Night. We’ve heard rumblings that this will not be Trevor Lawson’s only foray chronicled by Mr. McCammon, so order now to get in on the ground floor of what is sure to be one of the most compelling tales of his distinguished career.
About the Book:
I Travel by Night marks Robert McCammon’s triumphant return to the sort of flamboyant, go-for-broke horror fiction that has earned him an international reputation and a legion of devoted fans. The terrors of the Dark Society, the gothic sensibilities of old New Orleans, and the tortured existence of the unforgettable vampire adventurer Trevor Lawson all combine into a heady brew that will thrill McCammon’s loyal readers and earn him new ones as well.
For Lawson, the horrors that stalked the Civil War battlefield at Shiloh were more than just those of war. After being forcibly given the gift of undeath by the mysterious vampire queen LaRouge, Lawson chose to cling to what remained of his humanity and fought his way free of the Dark Society’s clutches. In the decades since, he has roamed late nineteenth century America, doing what good he can as he travels by night, combating evils mundane and supernatural, and always seeking the key to regaining a mortal life.
That key lies with his maker, and now Lawson hopes to find LaRouge at the heart of a Louisiana swamp with the aid of a haunted priest and an unexpected ally. In the tornado-wracked ghost town of Nocturne, Lawson must face down monstrous enemies, the rising sun, and his own nature. Readers will not want to miss this thrilling new dark novella from a master storyteller.
Limited: 474 signed numbered copies, housed in a custom slipcase: $75
Trade: Fully cloth bound hardcover edition: $35From Publishers Weekly:
“Southern gothicist and paranormal historian McCammon (Gone South; The Wolf’s Hour) combines the two genres in this fun, fast novella… An explosive confrontation with the Dark Society in a bayou ghost town opens the door to more stories of Lawson and his companions, deftly sketching the wider world’s parameters without shortchanging personal conflicts.”
Time to gather some of the recent McCammon-related links from around the ‘net:
I recently stumbled over a microcassette containing a recording of an interview with author Chet Williamson that was conducted by Robert McCammon at the 1990 World Fantasy Convention. That interview is now available for your listening pleasure. Click on the image to the right or click here for more information and to listen to the interview.
Publisher Prime Books has announced the Table of Contents for their upcoming anthology Bad Seeds: Evil Progeny. The anthology is edited by Steve Berman and will be published in July 2013. It will include a reprint of Robert McCammon’s “Yellowjacket Summer,” in addition to reprints by Stephen King, Joe Lansdale, Charles Grant, and reprints and original stories by others.
The book is one of four anthologies edited by Steve Berman that Prime Books will be releasing. For the full contents, see the story on the Prime Book site:
Contents Announced for BAD SEEDS: EVIL PROGENY, ed. Steve Berman
The book can be pre-ordered from Amazon here.
Robert McCammon’s 1992 novel Gone South is being adapted for a possible movie by Rolling Boulder Films. At this stage, they only have permission to write a screenplay. Based on that, they may choose to pursue an option for the book. An option is not a guarantee that a film will be made; it simply gives the options holder the right to develop a script based on the novel and pitch it to studios. If a studio becomes interested, then the actual film rights have to be purchased.
With that in mind, Rolling Boulder Films consists of Chris Strompolos and Eric Zala. They are best known for having filmed a scene-for-scene version of Raiders of the Lost Ark when they were teenagers. There’s a new book out about how that movie was made (Raiders! The Story of the Greatest Fan Film Ever Made), and Chris was interviewed by ComingSoon.net about the book. In the interview, Chris mentions Gone South:
“There’s another book that falls into the Southern Gothic genre called ‘Gone South’ by Robert McCammon that I’m adapting into the script – we got the rights to it which took me a long time as well,” he told us about other developments with Rolling Boulder. “I’m adapting that script and then I’m working on a spec script with a buddy of mine who will produce it through our Rolling Boulder Films company called ‘Liquor by the Drink.’ It’s a true story set in Iowa in the 1950s about a sort of a murder love triangle that’s actually about my buddy’s family, his uncle, and it was a big scandal in Iowa in the early ’50s, an Inquirer level scandal, and it involves the local mob and illegal liquor and affairs and it was really a damn interesting story. We’re crafting that script right now and my plate is full with that.”
You can read the full interview on ComingSoon.net: Interview: Chris Strompolos on Raiders!
Further developments will be tracked on the Gone South Movie page.
Open Road Media has posted a YouTube video “Famous Authors Power Up Their Digital Bookshelves.” Authors Robert McCammon, Michael Chabon, William Shatner, and others talk about ebooks.
