The new issue of Nightmare Magazine (issue 9) features a new interview with Robert McCammon conducted by author Lisa Morton. You can visit their website to purchase an EPUB (NOOK) or MOBI (Kindle) version of the magazine for $2.99. Or you can check back there on June 26 to read the interview for free.
This issue also includes fiction by Joe Lansdale, Laird Barron, Lynda E. Rucker, and Carrie Vaughn, as well as non-fiction articles by Julia Sevin and W.H. Pugmire.
I recently unearthed a 1981 promotional poster for They Thirst that I didn’t even know existed until I found someone selling it. The poster was produced by Avon Books, who published They Thirst as a paperback original in 1981. The front of the poster shows the cover art used for the paperback, while the back includes marketing material, including a synopsis of the book. Photos of the poster have been added to the Book Cover Gallery. (My apologies for the quality of the photos; the folded poster made it difficult to get a good photo without too much reflected glare from either natural lighting or the camera’s flash.) Until I saw this poster, I had no idea how extensively Avon marketed They Thirst.
COMING TO TERRIFY MILLIONS OF READERS IN MAY WITH A NATIONAL RADIO CAMPAIGN FROM AVON!
AVON brings Robert R. McCammon’s bloodchilling new novel to millions of radio listeners with a campaign of 60-second commercials on the ABC National Radio Network—airing in 203 markets nationwide!
And AVON reaches millions of late-night radio listeners with 60-second commercials on The Larry King Show, airing on 210 stations across the country!
LOS ANGELES ADVERTISING: 50 outdoor billboards, measuring 10 feet by 22 feet each, will inundate the Los Angeles area for one month!
There were also a 36-copy floor display and a 12-copy counter display available to booksellers.
Can you imagine seeing 50 billboards advertising They Thirst? I would so love to see a photo of one of those and to hear the radio commercials!
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