The Taiwan publisher Nautilus has released their two-volume translation of Swan Song. This book was originally announced way back in 2013, and it was finally released on July 11, 2019!
Year: 2019
Robert McCammon reader Paul West adapted part of “Blue World” for a short independent film called Jigsaw, which was directed by Clyde Baldo. Paul also stars in the film as John. The film has been submitted to several film festivals. It’s screening now at Action On Film Megafest 2019, which runs July 24–August 3 in Las Vegas. It has been nominated for Best Drama Short there!
The poster and the trailer for the film can be seen below.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xo3ay8N0OvA
Cemetery Dance has posted a production update for their limited edition of Usher’s Passing:
Usher’s Passing by Robert McCammon:
Robert McCammon has signed the signature sheets, the interior artwork is now completed, and this title just needs two more proofreads to be ready. (The file we started with had some problems due to the age of the book, so we’re being extra careful with our proofreading!)
Bulgarian publisher Ciela has acquired the translation rights for a Bulgarian edition of Robert McCammon’s 2018 novel, The Listener. Presumably, the book will be published sometime in 2020.
This will be the sixth McCammon novel published in Bulgaria. See the covers for the previous five books in the Book Cover Gallery.
Amanda Desiree, who previously reported on the happenings at StokerCon 2019, also attended the Locus Awards 2019 event in Seattle on June 29, 2019. She has written up her recollections of the events, which included Robert McCammon on a panel entitled “Playing in the Historical Sandbox.”
The most recent newsletter from Borderlands Press included this paragraph:
Special Note:
Series III is almost completely sold out. It’s not too late to subscribe to the entire series of great Little Books with some upcoming writers such as Ramsey Campbell, Robert R. McCammon, Caitlyn Kiernan, and others to be announced. To set up your subscription, Contact us at [email protected].
If you’re not familiar with the Borderlands Press Little Books, they are a series of little books featuring a variety of content from the authors. Some are collections of new short stories, some collections of reprints, some collections of essays, etc. Each book is a different color. Titles include A Little Purple Book of Phantasies, by Gahan Wilson, and A Little Cobalt Book of Old Blue Stories…and Stuff, by Mort Castle.
There are no details yet on the Robert McCammon book, but I can tell you that he plans to write four new short stories for the book. I’ll provide more details when I can.
A subscription to the series is not necessary. The Robert McCammon book will be sold individually, and Cemetery Dance posted that they will have copies available for sale, too.
The 2019 Locus Awards were awarded yesterday, June 29, 2019, in Seattle, WA. The Listener was one of the ten finalists for Best Horror Novel. The award went to Paul Tremblay’s The Cabin at the End of the World.
Robert McCammon attended the event and participated in a panel entitled, “Playing in the Historical Sandbox,” along with authors Amal El-Mohtar, Darryl Gregory, Molly Tanzer, and Connie Willis. With thanks to Mindi Welton-Mitchell, here are two photos of the panel that she posted on Twitter.
Brian Freeman from Cemetery Dance posted this in the CD Forum today:
The slipcases for the Limited Edition of CARDINAL BLACK are on the way to the warehouse. Here’s a quick photo of how things turned out:
The limited edition is long sold out, but trade hardcovers can be ordered from CD here.
Still available is the signed, limited edition from UK publisher SST Publications.
Actually, the old T-shirts never went away, I just haven’t promoted them much recently. I’ve finally created T-shirts that feature the cover art from Freedom of the Mask and Cardinal Black. Vincent Chong graciously allowed me to reproduce his cover art on the shirts.
The T-shirts can be ordered from Spreadshirt. The prices of the shirts are the base prices from Spreadshirt. In order to keep the prices as low as possible, we did not tack on any additional fees.
Robert McCammon shirts at Spreadshirt
Paul Simpson at Sci-Fi Bulletin has posted a brand-new interview with Robert McCammon! You can read it on their website.
Interview: Robert McCammon at Sci-Fi Bulletin
Paul also interviewed Robert McCammon back in 2013.