Year: 2015

Better WeirdFrom editor Paul F. Olson:

Coming in April as an e-book from Cemetery Dance Publications!

Better weird than plastic …

For a generation of horror fans, those four words signaled a momentous occasion: the arrival of a new issue of David B. Silva’s seminal publication, THE HORROR SHOW. For nine years in the 1980s, Dave and his magazine published some of the biggest names in the genre and introduced the world to countless others, nurturing dozens of careers along the road from first publication to major success. A man of limitless talent, Dave also earned a reputation as one of the field’s finest writers, producing a handful of brilliant novels and a vast collection of award-winning stories.

Following Dave’s untimely death in 2013, authors from around the world of horror came forward to honor his memory. Those who grew up reading his immortal magazine, those who learned from his kind and careful tutelage, those who admired the editor, the writer, the man – they are all here, gathered in the pages of this special anthology. Kealan Patrick Burke, Brian Hodge, Joe R. Lansdale, Robert R. McCammon, Bentley Little, Elizabeth Massie, Brian Keene, J.F. Gonzalez, Steve Rasnic Tem, Billie Sue Mosiman, Kathryn Ptacek, Thomas F. Monteleone, Gary Raisor, Yvonne Navarro, Robert Swartwood, G. Wayne Miller, and Paul F. Olson. With brand new tales of terror, lovingly-chosen classics, and heartfelt tributes, these writers have come to raise a chill, bring a tear, and remind you of the truth in Dave’s immortal words: It’s always BETTER WEIRD …

The Robert McCammon story is a reprint of “Yellachile’s Cage,” which is also found in Blue World.

A print edition of the anthology is planned for later this year.

Diabolique magazine has published a great interview with editor Paul F. Olson.

From Subterranean Press:

For those of you lucky enough to score a copy of the sold out limited edition of Robert McCammon’s alien invasion epic, The Border, here’s a first look at the signed, limited edition dust jacket. (The trade edition is still available for order, and copies will be plentiful.)

Meanwhile, back at the warehouse, we’ve been posting excerpts from various books including:

Check them out. You’ll find some mighty good reading.

You can pre-order The Border from Subterranean Press, Amazon US, Amazon CA, Amazon UK, B&N. It will also be available in ebook editions and as an audiobook from Audible. The book will be released in May 2015.

Bulgarian rights for The Border have been acquired by Ciela Norma. A Bulgarian edition of Boy’s Life was released by another publisher in 2013.

Czech rights for The Border and Speaks the Nightbird have been acquired by Classic, who published a Czech edition of Swan Song in 2014.

We previously announced that Chinese rights to The Border were acquired by Nautilus in August 2014.

Subterranean Press has released the updated cover for their upcoming trade paperback edition of The Hunter from the Woods. It will be released in September 2015, along with trade paperback editions of Blue World and They Thirst. You can read more about the releases here. Also, artist Vincent Chong recently blogged about his work for Blue World, including a couple of great interior pieces.

The trade paperbacks can also be pre-ordered from Amazon and B&N now.

Subterranean Press posted this update on their website:

We know a ton of folks are waiting for Robert McCammon’s The Border. We’re happy to let you know that it’s right on schedule to be released at the end of May. In one of  the next few updates, we’ll post the cover and some of the images from the SOLD OUT signed limited edition.

In the meantime, the signed copies of the trade hardcover (with the epic cover you see here) continue to sell very well. Fewer than 10% of those copies remain available. After that, we’ll be selling unsigned copies.

Trade: Fully cloth bound hardcover (signed): $26.95

 

The pre-order links for the trade hardcover edition of The Border are available on the various Amazon sites now.

The Border @ Subterranean Press, Amazon US, Amazon CA, Amazon UK

It’s been a while since we’ve posted links from around the ‘net….

Subterranean Press posted this news on their site this morning:

Huge Robert McCammon News—A New Limited Edition and Three Trade Paperbacks

Blue World by Robert McCammon

We’re pleased to announce three new Robert McCammon titles. First up is the Signed Limited Edition of his classic collection, Blue World, expanded to include three newer stories, as well as a full-color dust jacket and full-color interior illustrations by Vincent Chong.

About the Book:

In this expanded edition of Robert McCammon’s classic short story collection, you will encounter horrors and delights in equal measure, including:

  • A man who awakens one morning to find a skeleton in bed where his wife had been the night before.
  • A small-time thief who steals a makeup case, and learns a dead horror star’s secret.
  • A roadside diner, where a Vietnam veteran comes seeking shelter from the storm.
  • A young man in prison, who finds beauty and hope on the wings of a yellow bird.
  • Halloween in a very special residential area, where trick-or-treating is deadly serious.
  • A red house on a street of gray houses, and a breath of sweet fire.
  • The adventures of a has-been serial hero, who dons his old costume and goes in search of a serial killer.
  • A priest obsessed by a porno star, and his realization that both of them are being stalked by a third shadow.
  • An old woman who channels early, simpler times in a melancholy Bradburyesque future.

We will see worlds within worlds through the windows of these stories. We might even see the end of the world, and we might sit on a front porch for a while and sip a glass of gasoline on a hot December day.

Limited: 1000 signed numbered hardcover copies, with exclusive full-color illustrations: $80
Lettered: 52 signed leatherbound copies, housed in a custom traycase: $275

Table of Contents:

  • Introduction
  • Yellowjacket Summer
  • Makeup
  • Doom City
  • Nightcrawlers
  • Pin
  • Yellachile’s Cage
  • I Scream Man!
  • He’ll Come Knocking at Your Door
  • Chico
  • Night Calls the Green Falcon
  • The Red House
  • Something Passed By
  • Blue World
  • Strange Candy (previously uncollected)
  • White (previously uncollected)
  • Children of the Bedtime Machine (previously uncollected)

 

They Thirst by Robert McCammon

That’s not our only McCammon news of the day. This summer, we also plan to release three McCammon trade paperbacks;

If you’re a collector on a budget, there’s the option of having all three signed by the author. This special, limited to only 350 sets, can be ordered through the Blue World page.

 

 

 

The trade hardcover edition of Robert McCammon’s The Border is now available for pre-order from Amazon US, Amazon CA, and Amazon UK.

The lettered and limited editions are now sold out from Subterranean Press. Of course, they still have the trade hardcover available for pre-orders here. Copies of the limited edition can still be ordered from Cemetery Dance.

Chinese translation rights for The Border have been acquired by Nautilus.

The Border will be released on May 31, 2015, in trade hardcover, ebook (U.S.), and audiobook formats.

Subterranean Press is now taking pre-orders for Robert McCammon’s The Border, an epic SF/horror novel that will be released in May 2015!

The Border banner

Pre-order your copy from Subterranean Press

From the Subterranean Press book page:

World Fantasy award-winning, bestselling author Robert McCammon makes a triumphant return to the epic horror and apocalyptic tone reminiscent of his books Swan Song and Stinger in this gripping new novel, The Border, a saga of an Earth devastated by a war between two marauding alien civilizations.

But it is not just the living ships of the monstrous Gorgons or the motion-blurred shock troops of the armored Cyphers that endanger the holdouts in the human bastion of Panther Ridge. The world itself has turned against the handful of survivors, as one by one they succumb to despair and suicide or, even worse, are transformed by otherworldly pollution into hideous Gray Men, cannibalistic mutants driven by insatiable hunger. Into these desperate circumstances comes an amnesiac teenaged boy who names himself Ethan—a boy who must overcome mistrust and suspicion to master unknowable powers that may prove to be the last hope for humanity’s salvation. Those same powers make Ethan a threat to the warring aliens, long used to fearing only each other, and thrust him and his comrades into ever more perilous circumstances.

A major new novel from the unparalleled imagination of Robert McCammon, this dark epic of survival will both thrill readers and make them fall in love with his work all over again.

The limited and lettered editions will feature:

  • An exclusive wraparound dust jacket
  • Custom slipcase or traycase (as appropriate)
  • An original afterword by Robert McCammon
  • Several full-page interior illustrations not in the trade hardcover
  • The trade edition dust jacket as a frontispiece

Limited: 500 signed numbered copies, with exclusive wraparound dust jacket and interior illustrations, housed in a custom slipcase
Lettered: 52 signed copies, bound in leather, housed in a custom traycase
Trade: Fully cloth bound hardcover edition

Note: The first 1000 trade copies ordered direct from SubPress will be signed by the author

Ebook versions (U.S.) will also be available, as well as an unabridged audiobook from Audible.

Subterranean Press has also revealed two of David Ho’s interior illustrations for the limited and lettered editions. Click on each image to view a larger version.

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