As we previously announced, Robert McCammon will be the Literary Guest of Honor at Chattacon 45 in Chattanooga, TN, the weekend of January 24–26, 2020. The schedule for the weekend has been posted, and the scheduled Robert McCammon events are listed below.

Friday, January 24:

  • 5–5:50 — Pros Reception: Come meet and greet our guests while enjoying a selection of hors d’oeuvres and beverages. McCammon, Hunter, Gay, BVD This event will conclude at 6:45.
  • 7–7:50 — Opening Ceremonies: An introduction to our guests and the official start of the convention! Sessoms, McCammon, Hunter, Gay, BDV

Saturday, January 25:

  • 11–11:50 — Author Signing: Robert McCammon
  • 12–12:50 — Remembering the 1980s Horror Boom: The Netflix cable series Stranger Things has romanticized horror in the 1980s, but what was it really like back then? Return with us to the glory days of printed paper fanzines and VHS “video nasties,” when Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone was resurrected as both a TV show and a newsstand magazine, and authors such as Robert McCammon, Whitley Strieber, Peter Straub, and Charlie Grant were hailed as “the next Stephen King.” Nicoll, McCammon, Webb, Antczak
  • 2–2:50 — A Reading from Guest of Honor: Robert McCammon. Award winning author Robert McCammon will read a sample of his work (author’s choice), followed by a short Q&A with the audience.
  • 5–5:50 — Historical Thriller: Matthew Corbett, Professional Problem Solver. With the latest release of Cardinal Black, there are now seven books in the popular Matthew Corbett series. Join GOH Robert McCammon as he discusses the world of Mattew Corbett and the future of the series.

Sunday, January 26:

  • 1–1:50 — Bullet or Boogeyman?: Has the current world, with mass shootings, nuclear tensions and climate disasters, become scarier than the horrors we imagine? Or does it provide fertile ground for new terrors? McCammon, Nicoll, Antczak, Mills

I presume there will be many opportunities to get books signed after each of these sessions.

The Donald Maass Literary Agency has announced that Chinese publisher Xiron has acquired the Chinese rights to Robert McCammon’s Swan Song.

As we reported last month, these rights deals were also recently signed:

These will be the first translations of each book published in those countries. Presumably, these editions will be published in 2020 or 2021.

Other upcoming international editions planned include:

If you read German, an excerpt from Luzifer’s upcoming translation of Boy’s Life can be read on their website.

German publisher Luzifer Verlag has announced the March 31, 2020, publication date for BOY’S LIFE – DIE SUCHE NACH EINEM MÖRDER, their translation of Boy’s Life. The cover art by Michael Schubert can be seen below.

BOY’S LIFE – DIE SUCHE NACH EINEM MÖRDER @ Luzifer

Also, Luzifer’s translation of Mister Slaughter was released at the end of November!

The Donald Maass Literary Agency has announced the following new translation rights deals for Robert McCammon novels.

These will be the first translations of each book published in those countries. Presumably, these editions will be published in 2020 or 2021.

Other upcoming international editions planned include:

 


Italian publisher Fanucci has published a trade paperback translation of Otto Penzler’s anthology Zombies! Zombies! Zombies!

Il grande libro degli zombie (The Great Book of the Zombies) was published on December 5, 2019, and includes Robert McCammon’s “Eat Me,” originally published in Skipp & Spector’s Book of the Dead anthology from 1989.

The ISBN is 9788834738764, and the book can be found on various European Amazon sites, including Amazon ES and Amazon FR. Oddly enough, only the Kindle edition is currently available on Amazon IT, though Amazon sellers offer it.

Saturday, November 23, 2019, Robert McCammon participated in a Noir at the Bar event with a dozen other authors at The Wild Roast Café in Hoover, AL. Each author had a few minutes to read a short story or an excerpt from one of their works. McCammon chose to write a new story for the event called “DST, INC.”

David Walters of Authors on a Podcast Talking Books recorded audio of the event, including the full reading of “DST, INC.” He posted the podcast on Anchor.fm. It can also be heard on Spotify.

I extracted Robert McCammon’s reading and adjusted the audio some to make it easier to hear. You can listen to Robert McCammon reading “DST, INC.” below.

If you’d rather read “DST, INC.” you can find it here.

You can also download the story in these formats: AZW3 (Kindle), MOBI, EPUB (NOOK), PDF

Here are a couple of photos from the event, courtesy of Andy Davidson via Twitter.

Robert McCammon will be the Author Guest of Honor at LepreCon 46, to be held in Chandler, AZ, the weekend of April 10–12, 2020! The other guests that weekend are Local Artist GoH David Ayres, Filk GoHs Margaret & Kristoph, and Science GoH Dr. David A. Williams.

For all the details currently available and to register for LepreCon 46, please visit leprecon.org.