Paul Simpson at Sci-Fi Bulletin has posted an extensive new interview with Robert McCammon in which they discuss I Travel by Night, The Five, and why The Village isn’t likely to ever see print.

Sci-Fi Bulletin: Interview: Robert McCammon (part 1)

Sci-Fi Bulletin: Interview: Robert McCammon (part 2)

Also, Staffer’s Book Review posted a short but very enthusiastic review of I Travel by Night. You can read their review here.

As it has been for the past few years, May is Short Story Month, and to celebrate that, Open Road Media has temporarily lowered the price of Robert McCammon’s short story collection, Blue World. The links below will take you to the various North American ebook vendor sites. The sale ends May 15, 2013.

Open Road Media also has a video about Short Story Month featuring quotes from several authors, including Robert McCammon. You can view the video on their website or watch it below.

Back in January, we mentioned that Robert McCammon’s short story “Yellowjacket Summer” was going to be reprinted in an anthology entitled Bad Seeds: Evil Progeny. The Prime Books trade paperback will be available in July and is pre-orderable from Amazon now. The cover for the book can be seen to the right; it has been added to the Book Cover Gallery.


A couple of great new reviews have shown up on the ‘net in the past few days:


Artist Lia MacLeod posted her design for a book cover and title page for Swan Song on Behance. She graciously allowed me to add it to the Fan Artwork page here. You can click on the image below or click here to see her work.

Swan Song cover by Lia MacLeod

The ebook editions of Robert McCammon’s new novella I Travel by Night are now available for Kindle, NOOK, and Kobo!  You can purchase them using the links below.

The book will be available via iTunes soon.

The trade hardcover edition is in-stock and can be purchased from Subterranean Press.

 

The audiobook version of Speaks the Nightbird has received an Earphones Award from AudioFile magazine. From their website:

Earphones AwardAudioFile awards Earphones to truly exceptional presentations that excel in all the following criteria:

  • Narrative voice and style
  • Vocal characterizations
  • Appropriateness for the audio format
  • Enhancement of the text

The audiobook is narrated by Edoardo Ballerini and produced by Audible, Inc. You can read the AudioFile review on their website. The audiobook has also been nominated for a 2013 Audies Award.

There are also audiobooks of The Queen of Bedlam, Mister Slaughter, and The Providence Rider. They, too, are narrated by Edoardo Ballerini. You can find them on the Audible website.

If you purchased Robert McCammon’s new historical vampire novella I Travel by Night from Subterranean Press, the trade edition is now shipping! The limited editions won’t ship for another six weeks or so (they’re awaiting the slipcases). If you haven’t purchased I Travel by Night yet, or if you’d like to read more about it and read an excerpt, click here.

You can read a couple of reviews of I Travel by Night here and here.