Category: Robert McCammon

Robert McCammon’s The Five will be released in paperback by Tor on November 26, 2013!

After finishing the novel, Mr. McCammon wrote the lyrics for a song called “Darkest Night” and collaborated with the band Dorean Lives to bring the song to life.

The video below features Robert McCammon discussing The Five, as well as the music video for “Darkest Night.” Please feel free to share the video far and wide! It can be found on YouTube: http://youtu.be/VowF6J6lGQc

Video directed by Chuck Hartsell.

Darkest Night

Lyrics by Robert McCammon
Copyright © 2013 Robert McCammon

I had a dream and I was wide awake
I sat there thinking of the choices you make
To rise or fall, that’s what it’s about,
To keep going, and I started to shout,
 
(chorus)
Every darkest night must give way to the dawn,
Every lost soul must keep searching on,
Every wrong love must fight to be right,
Everyone must live through their own darkest night
 
I’ve seen a lot since the day I woke up,
Been through the fire, drank from a poisoned cup,
But I’m still here and I plan to remain,
In the old world that can make you insane
 
I search for beauty, it’s hard to find,
Walking through shadows to leave darkness behind,
It’s a hard old world when nothing feels right,
Gonna find a reason to keep fighting the fight
 
Through the darkest night
The darkest night
Through the darkest night
The darkest night…

Robert McCammon with the Bulgarian edition of Boy's Life
Robert McCammon with the Bulgarian edition of Boy’s Life

Just discovered today: Robert McCammon was awarded the Japanese Adventure Fiction Association Prize two years in a row in the 1990s. The prize was awarded to Swan Song in 1994 and to Boy’s Life in 1995. The prizes were presented by the Japanese Adventure Fiction Association from 1982 to 2011 for the best adventure novel published the previous year.

Yet another international edition discovery: Robert McCammon’s short story “Black Boots” was included in a 1993 German anthology, Das große Horror-Lesebuch II (Big Book of Horror II). The cover for the book can be seen here. It has been added to the Book Cover Gallery.

And a roundup of various posts from around the ‘net in the past month:

Finally, the Robert McCammon Goodreads group is reading and discussing Usher’s Passing as their November Group Read.

 

The 2013 Bram Stoker Awards presentation was held on Saturday, June 15, 2013, at the Hotel Monteleone in New Orleans, LA. Among the awards presented were the Lifetime Achievement Awards to Robert McCammon and Clive Barker. A video of the full awards ceremony has been uploaded to YouTube  and can be viewed below. For information about all of the winners, please visit the Stokers 2013 website. The presentation of McCammon’s award by Yvonne Navarro and Hunter Goatley begins at 1:06:20.

You can also view the video on YouTube.

Robert McCammon was a guest reader at the My Favorite Poem Sixth Annual Literary Event held on September 23, 2011, at the Alabama School of Fine Arts in Birmingham, AL. Mr. McCammon read T.S. Eliot’s “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock.” A low-quality video of his reading is now available on the Robert McCammon YouTube channel:

Video of the entire event, with all 15 guest readers, can be found on Vimeo.

Author Joe Lansdale wrote a brief essay about Robert McCammon for the Bram Stoker Awards Weekend 2013 Incorporating The World Horror Convention Souvenir Book. Robert McCammon was presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award during the Bram Stoker Awards on June 15, 2013, at the Hotel Monteleone in New Orleans. With the help of Lisa Morton, Norm Rubinstein, and Bailey Hunter, Joe Lansdale has given permission for his essay to be reprinted on this site.

Click to read “Rick McCammon, A True Southern Gentleman” by Joe Lansdale.

Nightmare_09_June_2013-200x300As reported earlier this month, Lisa Morton’s interview with Robert McCammon for Nightmare Magazine is now available to read for free. You can find the interview on the Nightmare Magazine website.

Also now available, Steve Berman’s new anthology Bad Seeds: Evil Progeny contains a reprint of Robert McCammon’s short story “Yellowjacket Summer.” The story previously appeared in the October 1986 issue of Twilight Zone and in the Robert McCammon short story collection Blue World. The trade paperback can be ordered from Amazon here.

The Bram Stoker Awards Weekend 2013 Souvenir Book included an excerpt from The Five, as well as an essay by Joe Lansdale entitled, “Rick McCammon, a True Southern Gentleman.” The cover for the book has been added to the Book Cover Gallery and can be seen here.

The Spring 2013 issue of Dark Discoveries magazine includes a new short story by Stoker Award-winner Joe McKinney entitled “The Woman Who Collected McCammon.” The story was inspired by Robert Bloch’s classic story, “The Man Who Collected Poe.” You can purchase the issue (or subscribe) on their website.

Finally, the goodie bag for the World Horror Convention 2013 included a postcard from Open Road Media, the ebook publisher of many of McCammon’s backlist titles, congratulating him on his Lifetime Achievement Award from the Horror Writers Association. The front and back of the card are shown below.

Open Road Media - McCammon promo card - front

Open Road Media - McCammon promo card - rear

On Saturday, June 15, 2013, Robert McCammon received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Horror Writers Association at the 2013 Bram Stoker Awards banquet, held at the Hotel Monteleone in New Orleans. The weekend was a joint event with the 2013 World Horror Convention.

Click here or click on an image below to view some photos related to Robert McCammon’s reading, interview, and award presentation.

For more photos in general from the weekend, please visit Stacy Scranton’s Flickr page.

Robert McCammon was a Guest of Honor at the 2013 Bram Stoker Awards Weekend incorporating World Horror Convention held this past weekend in New Orleans. We’ll have some more photos up soon, but here’s a shot of all of the Guests of Honor (photo by Stacy Scranton). You can see many more of Stacy’s photos on Flickr.

LtoR: Jonathan Maberry, John Joseph Adams, Amber Benson, Glenn Chadbourne, Caitlin R. Kiernan (seated), Bruce Boston, Ramsey Campbell, Rocky Wood, Robert McCammon
LtoR: Jonathan Maberry, John Joseph Adams, Amber Benson, Glenn Chadbourne, Caitlin R. Kiernan (seated), Bruce Boston, Ramsey Campbell, Rocky Wood, Robert McCammon