Pre-order pages for the ebook edition of Seven Shades of Evil from Open Road Media have started appearing on vendor sites. More will be added in the next couple of weeks.
Seven Shades of Evil for Kindle (Amazon US)
Seven Shades of Evil for Kindle (Amazon UK)
Seven Shades of Evil for Kindle (Amazon CA)
Seven Shades of Evil for NOOK at B&N
Seven Shades of Evil for Kobo (US)
Seven Shades of Evil for Kobo (CA)
RIP, William Friedkin. In addition to The Exorcist and many more films, Friedkin directed the 1985 The Twilight Zone adaptation of Robert McCammon’s “Nightcrawlers.”
I was reminded that this Trailers from Hell podcast features Joe Dante and William Friedkin discussing “Nightcrawlers” right after the intro music.
Trailers from Hell: William Friedkin
Here’s a behind-the-scenes photo of William Friedkin directing Scott Paulin on the set of “Nightcrawlers.”
When Subterranean Press published the limited edition of The Providence Rider in 2012, they included a bonus Matthew Corbett short story called “Death Comes for the Rich Man.” Several years later, the story was reprinted in the anthology Subterranean: Tales of Dark Fantasy 3.
Until now, the only way to read the story was by having a copy of one of those books. The story is not included in the upcoming collection Seven Shades of Evil, so Robert McCammon decided to release the story digitally here as a free gift for his readers. You can read the story as a web page here, or you can download the story in various ebook formats.
The cover art for the ebook is by Vincent Chong. The illustration accompanied the story in the limited edition of The Providence Rider. Thank you to Vincent for letting us re-use the image for the ebook files!
“Death Comes for the Rich Man” — A Matthew Corbett Story
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The next Matthew Corbett book, Seven Shades of Evil, will be published in October 2023 by Lividian Publications! And if you missed the news, a launch event for the book will take place October 28, 2023, at the Alabama Booksmith in Birmingham, AL. Robert McCammon will speak about the book, as well as sign copies of the book and other books you can bring with you. For full details, click here.
Today’s the day! The new trade paperback edition of The Border from Lividian Publications is now available from your favorite retailers!
Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Books-A-Million
Coming soon!
The King of Shadows trade paperback (September 5, 2023)
The Listener trade paperback (December 12, 2023)
I wanted to say thank you for all the birthday wishes! My daughter took the picture and her pronouncement was ‘a dunce hat for a dunce’ which tells you the amount of respect I get around here!
Another year! I am working on Leviathan now and I have mixed feelings…happy to be finishing the series the way I wanted it to be, but sad because I’ll be (in a way) losing the people I’ve spent so much time with lo these many years. They really do seem like family to me! I’ll miss them.
I guess I should appreciate the editor in that prestigious New York publishing house who said she didn’t know what the word leviathan meant. It gave me the thought to put the word somewhere in every Matthew Corbett book, and in the end it has become extremely important to the series and I think means something in a very surprising way.
So, should I thank her?
NO!
But it’s been so much fun doing this series, and the great thing is I got to do it exactly as I wanted without any hint of interference.
So much for the adventures of the Alabama hick in the hallowed halls of New York publishing!
I did it my way! (There’s a song of that title, I do think)
Anyway, thanks again for the birthday wishes! Pretty soon I’ll talk more about the upcoming release of Seven Shades of Evil, which of course is a departure being shorter material but I hope you enjoy the ongoing trials, tribulations and triumphs of Matthew, Hudson, Katherine, Minx and Berry!
Cheers!
“The Wicked Gambler” is a character who represents the era in which the Matthew Corbett stories are set. Robert McCammon’s next release is a collection of stories from Matthew Corbett’s world, Seven Shades of Evil. In his author photo for the book, Robert McCammon had makeup artist and photographer Amanda Chapman create “The Wicked Gambler.”
Robert McCammon has written a new short story entitled “The Wicked Gambler and His Walking Cane” to tell the origin of the walking cane that can be seen in the author photo.
“The Wicked Gambler and His Walking Cane”
The walking cane is the prize in an Alabama Booksmith giveaway that will take place at the Seven Shades of Evil launch party on Saturday, October 28, 2023! For details about the party and how to enter the giveaway contest, please read the June 26 post Alabama Booksmith: October Launch Event and a Giveaway!
The author photo for Seven Shades of Evil and huge news from The Alabama Booksmith!!
Robert McCammon’s walking cane is going to one lucky fan!
For his author photo for Seven Shades of Evil, coming in October 2023 from Lividian Publications, Robert McCammon once again asked makeup artist and photographer Amanda Chapman to create “The Wicked Gambler,” a character representative of the time period in which the Matthew Corbett stories are set.
The elegant walking cane Robert McCammon used in his period photo shoot will belong to one lucky fan when the book is published! The first 500 signed first editions purchased from The Alabama Booksmith will come with an entry in a drawing that will take place at the launch party. All previous pre-orders from The Alabama Booksmith have already been entered.
Read about the origin of the walking cane in the brand-new Robert McCammon short story “The Wicked Gambler and his Walking Cane”!
Seven Shades of Evil launch party set
The Alabama Booksmith announces details of the official launch party for Seven Shades of Evil. The event will take place on Saturday, October 28, 2023. At 2:30, in the upstairs auditorium, Mr. McCammon will talk about the new book and take questions. At 3:30, he will draw the name of the lucky winner of the beautiful walking cane and then go downstairs to sign books.
Because of limited space for the talk, reservations are required. There is no charge for tickets, but they must be requested as books are purchased. Each copy purchased from The Alabama Booksmith may receive one seat. No reservations are needed for the booksigning, and space is unlimited. Simply ask for a ticket in the Notes section when you place your pre-order for the book.
You can pre-order a signed first edition of Seven Shades of Evil from the Alabama Booksmith website.
For full event details, visit the Alabama Booksmith website page for the event.
Lividian Publications is producing the release of Seven Shades of Evil.
Polish publisher Vesper has revealed the cover to their upcoming translation of Robert McCammon’s The Queen of Bedlam, the second book in the Matthew Corbett series. The book is on-track for publication in October 2023. Vesper previously released a translation of Speaks the Nightbird in 2022. The cover art is by Maciej Kamuda. More info when it’s released!
Ukrainian rights to Robert McCammon’s Boy’s Life, Speaks the Nightbird, The Queen of Bedlam, and Swan Song have been acquired by Ukrainian publisher Zhorzh in a four-book deal!
Zhorzh on Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/ZhorzhClub
Zhorzh on Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/zhorzhclub/
More information when it’s available, of course.
Seven Shades of Evil: Stories from Matthew Corbett’s World will be published by Lividian Publications in October 2023. The book contains stories set in the world of Matthew Corbett and featuring various characters from the previous novels. Lividian has revealed the Table of Contents:
“*” indicates stories that are new to this collection. Two of the others were previously published in limited editions, and the other two were published here on RobertMcCammon.com.
