Archive for the ‘Horror Fiction’ Category
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January 1, 2008
One of the most influential vampire novels of the 20th century,
I Am Legend regularly appears on the "10 Best" lists of numerous critical studies of the horror genre. As Richard Matheson's third novel, it was first marketed as science fiction (for although written in 1954, the story takes place in a future 1976). A terrible plague has decimated the world, and those who were unfortunate enough to survive have been transformed into blood-thirsty creatures of the night. Except, that is, for Robert Neville. He alone appears to be immune to this disease, but the grim irony is that now he is the outsider. He is the legendary monster who must be destroyed because he is different from everyone else. Employing a stark, almost documentary style, Richard Matheson was one of the first writers to convince us that the undead can lurk in a local supermarket freezer as well as a remote Gothic castle. His influence on a generation of bestselling authors--including Stephen King and Dean Koontz--who first read him in their youth is, well, legendary.
--Stanley Wiater
Author:Â Richard Matheson
Mass Market Paperback:Â
320 pages
Company:Â Tor BooksÂ
(2007-10-30)
(2007-10-30)
ISBN:Â 0765357151
List Price:Â $7.99
Amazon Price:Â $3.80
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December 26, 2007
BRIAN KEENE (The Rising (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0843952016?ie=UTF8 tag=horficnewnet-20 linkCode=as2 camp=1789 creative=9325 creativeASIN=0843952016), Dead Sea (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/084395860X?ie=UTF8 tag=horficnewnet-20 linkCode=as2 camp=1789 creative=9325 creativeASIN=084395860X), Ghoul (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0843956445?ie=UTF8 tag=horficnewnet-20 linkCode=as2 camp=1789 creative=9325 creativeASIN=0843956445)) has updated us on his publication schedule for 2008. He includes works that are set with dates to be published in 2008 as well as work that have no set publication dates but expect to be released in this coming year.
2008 TITLES WITH PUBLICATION DATES:
The Little Silver Book of Streetwise Stories (https://www.borderlandspress.com/reserve3.html)
Borderlands Press
Publication Date: January 08
This 20,000 word short story collection is part of Borderlands' 'Little Book' series. Intended to be a 'best of', it actually features more new stories than old, including the tale of Ob versus Santa Claus, and a sequel to I Am An Exit .
Dark Hollow (https://www.horror-mall.com/store/product.php?productid=16710 cat=251 page=1)
Leisure Books
Publication Date: February 08
This is an affordable, mass-market paperback edition of my out of print and hard-to-find novel, The Rutting Season. There are no textual changes, but if you already own a copy of The Rutting Season, I hope that you'll do me a favor and pick up this version as well. If you do, at the end, you'll find an exclusive preview of Ghost Walk. Sales copy: Something strange is happening in LeHorn's Hollow. Eerie piping music is heard at night and mysterious fires blaze deep in the woods. Women are vanishing overnight without a trace, leaving behind their families. When up-and-coming novelist Adam Senft stumbles upon the secret, it plunges him and the entire town into the midst of an ancient nightmare. Folks say LeHorn's Hollow is haunted, but what waits there is far worse than any ghost. It has been summoned... and now it demands to be satisfied.
2008 TITLES WITHOUT PUBLICATION DATES:
The River
This short story, based on the song by Bruce Springsteen, appears in an anthology called Darkness on the Edge, forthcoming in 2008 from PS Publishing.
Untitled
This short story, set in the Hellboy universe, appears in a forthcoming 2008 anthology called Hellboy: Oddest Jobs.
House of Ushers
This short story, set in Edward Lee's version of Hell, appears in an untitled anthology of Edward Lee tribute stories, forthcoming in 2008 from Necro Publications.
Halves
White Noise Press
This 6,000 word chapbook is a story about a stray cat, an imaginary friend, and what happens when somebody leaves a door to the Labyrinth hanging wide open.
You can see the rest of the publication schedule at his website. (http://hailsaten.blogspot.com/2007/12/things-to-come-2008-heres-what-i-dont.html)
Source: Brian Keene (http://hailsaten.blogspot.com/2007/12/things-to-come-2008-heres-what-i-dont.html)
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November 21, 2007
Author:Â Stephen King
Paperback:Â
240 pages
Company:Â SignetÂ
(2007-10-02)
ISBN:Â 0451223292
List Price:Â $6.99
Amazon Price:Â $2.70
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November 20, 2007
NECESSARY EVIL PRESS has announced that they will be publishing a new novel from JAMES A. MOORE. DEEPER is the first book by JAMES A. MOORE to be published through NECESSARY EVIL PRESS and it will be issued in two states; 500 Limited numbered hardcovers signed by James A. Moore and 26 Lettered deluxe hardcovers with a metal traycase signed by James A. Moore and Alan M. Clark (Each lettered copy will come with an original remarque from Alan M. Clark and a manuscript page from the story signed by Moore.) The lettered edition is already marked as sold out through the publisher.
To coincide with the publication of DEEPER, NECESSARY EVIL PRESS will be publishing a short story by MOORE on their website. You can download the first chapter here. (http://www.necessaryevilpress.com/deeper_book.html)
About DEEPER
There are rumors that Golden Cove is haunted. That's why Joe Bierden and his crew are hired to take a group of scientists to the area for a month of research. For Joe, it's easy money. He plans to do a little fishing, some relaxing and simply enjoy the easiest gig of his life.
At least that's the plan. Sometimes easy money isn't as easy as you expect. There are things moving in the water, and ghostly apparitions which seem undeniably real.
Joe's problems get worse when he and his crew save a drowning girl who disappears only minutes later, and the scientific team captures an aquatic monster that appears almost…human. They drag it aboard and take it back to shore for experimentation, realizing only too late that the monster has a family who wants it back.
A very, very big family.
All the whispers about Golden Cove and its strange inhabitants are as true today as they were when the little fishing village had a different name and a truly dark reputation. Those who thought that the horror in Innsmouth had been vanquished one-hundred years ago were wrong.
And it just might cost Joe and his colleagues their lives.
Deeper: Sometimes there's nowhere to go but down.Source: Necessary Evil Press (http://www.necessaryevilpress.com/deeper_book.html)
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November 13, 2007
Imogene is young and beautiful. She kisses like a movie star and knows everything about every film ever made. She's also dead and waiting in the Rosebud Theater for Alec Sheldon one afternoon in 1945. . . .
Arthur Roth is a lonely kid with big ideas and a gift for attracting abuse. It isn't easy to make friends when you're the only inflatable boy in town. . . .
Francis is unhappy. Francis was human once, but that was then. Now he's an eight-foot-tall locust and everyone in Calliphora will tremble when they hear him sing. . . .
John Finney is locked in a basement that's stained with the blood of half a dozen other murdered children. In the cellar with him is an antique telephone, long since disconnected, but which rings at night with calls from the dead. . . .
Author:Â Joe Hill
Hardcover:Â
336 pages
Company:Â William MorrowÂ
(2007-10-01)
(2007-10-16)
ISBN:Â 0061147974
List Price:Â $24.95
Amazon Price:Â $12.95
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November 13, 2007
One of the most influential vampire novels of the 20th century,
I Am Legend regularly appears on the "10 Best" lists of numerous critical studies of the horror genre. As Richard Matheson's third novel, it was first marketed as science fiction (for although written in 1954, the story takes place in a future 1976). A terrible plague has decimated the world, and those who were unfortunate enough to survive have been transformed into blood-thirsty creatures of the night. Except, that is, for Robert Neville. He alone appears to be immune to this disease, but the grim irony is that now he is the outsider. He is the legendary monster who must be destroyed because he is different from everyone else. Employing a stark, almost documentary style, Richard Matheson was one of the first writers to convince us that the undead can lurk in a local supermarket freezer as well as a remote Gothic castle. His influence on a generation of bestselling authors--including Stephen King and Dean Koontz--who first read him in their youth is, well, legendary.
--Stanley Wiater
Author:Â Richard Matheson
Paperback:Â
317 pages
Company:Â Orb BooksÂ
(1997-09-15)
ISBN:Â 031286504X
List Price:Â $14.95
Amazon Price:Â $8.94
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November 13, 2007
"The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed." With those words, millions of readers were introduced to Stephen King's Roland - an implacable gunslinger in search of the enigmatic Dark Tower, powering his way through a dangerous land filled with ancient technology and deadly magic. Now, in a comic book personally overseen by King himself, Roland's past is revealed! Sumptuously drawn by Jae Lee and Richard Isanove, adapted by long-time Stephen King expert Robin Furth (author of Stephen King's The Dark Tower: A Concordance) and scripted by New York Times bestseller Peter David, this series delves in depth into Roland's origins - the perfect introduction to this incredibly realized world; while long-time fans will thrill to adventures merely hinted at in the novels. Be there for the very beginning of a modern classic of fantasy literature! Collects Dark Tower: The Gunslinger Born #1-7.
Author: Peter David, Stephen King, Robin Furth
Hardcover:Â
240 pages
Company:Â Marvel ComicsÂ
(2007-11-21)
(2007-11-07)
ISBN:Â 0785121447
List Price:Â $24.99
Amazon Price:Â $15.22
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November 8, 2007
CLIVE BARKER has a new interview with Reuters UK for his new book MISTER B GONE.
NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - The rise of horror movies dubbed torture porn has author Clive Barker wary about people using the H-word around his work.
British-born Barker, 55, has written about 20 books, earning himself the title of the father of fantasy horror, with his writing characterized by hidden fantastical worlds and the role of the supernatural.
His latest book, Mister B. Gone, starts with fiendish narrator Jakabok Botch imploring readers to: Burn This Book and vowing to release the full force of his blood lust if he doesn't get his way.
Q: So you wouldn't call your books horror?
A: I am not sure the H word -- horror -- is terribly useful. I think it is fine if you are describing the movie Hostel but Mister B. Gone does not fall into that category. It is about the word and the power of the word told through the confessional of a demon who has had a pretty bad lot in life.
You can read the rest of the interview here. (http://uk.reuters.com/article/lifestyleMolt/idUKN0641884720071107)
Source: Reuters UK (http://uk.reuters.com/article/lifestyleMolt/idUKN0641884720071107)
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November 8, 2007
LEE THOMAS has announced that he has landed a three book deal with HARPERCOLLINS for a dark fantasy young adult series. Not exactly horror but Lee is a good friend and dark fantasy is close enough. Look for the first book EXILED soon.
