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News: Hellboy Universe!

I have been sitting on this news for literal years! Mike and I talked about it at the end of 2019, we were set to start work … and then BAM! The Plague Years.

But it’s all good – we’re up and running now, and Castle Full of Blackbirds is due for release in September 2022. It stars Sara May Blackburn and Miss Brook from The Return of Effie Kolb (with some guest appearances from the Big Red Guy) and I’m super proud of this little baby, which was a delight to work on … something new and entirely different for me.

There’s artwork, colouring and lettering by The Incredibles: Valeria Burzo, Wylie Beckert, Marianna Strychowska, Vanessa Del Rey, Michelle Madsen and Clem Robins that just brings Sara May and the Linton School for Girls alive.

Thanks so much to Mike for asking me, and then being patient with all those questions that started with “So, this demon back in issue #thing of 19whatsit5 …”, and a huge thanks to the Dark Horse Team (Katii O’Brien, Jenny Blenk and Misha Gehr) for their sharp editorial eyes, also answering all my questions and humouring me (“There must be a green leaf on that apple!!”).

“This September, legendary Hellboy creator Mike Mignola and acclaimed artist Valeria Burzo will be joined by award-winning novelist Angela Slatter for Castle Full of Blackbirds, an all-new miniseries from Dark Horse Comics. The four-issue miniseries will mark Slatter’s comic-book writing debut. Mignola, Slatter, and Burzo will be joined by colorist Michelle Madsen, letterer Clem Robins, and cover artist Wylie Beckert. Vanesa Del Rey will provide a variant cover for issue #1.”

Here’s the full article over at Daily Dead.

Aaaaaand you can pre-order at your local comic book store … in Brisbane I gravitate towards Comics Etc and Pulp Fiction Booksellers will also order it in …

Locus Awards 2022

I’m both delighted and amused to see my little (profanity-ridden) Brain Jar Press writer chap as one of the finalists for the Locus Awards for Non-Fiction!

The shortlists are here.

Launch – The Path of Thorns

We are ready to launch my new novel, The Path of Thorns! And yes, Brisneyland, you’re getting the book ahead of the rest of the world!

Come and watch Kathleen Jennings and I bicker our way through an in-conversation, while Pulp Fiction Booksellers dance around in the background holding books. So, just like most of my launches, really. Thank you to @titanbooks for publishing me and to @cathtrech for editing me!

‘Tis free, but ye must book, so go here.

Blurb!

Asher Todd goes to live with the mysterious Morwood family as a governess to their children. Asher knows little about being a governess, but she is skilled in botany and herbcraft, and perhaps more than that. And she has secrets of her own dark and terrible – and Morwood is a house that eats secrets.

With a monstrous revenge in mind, Asher plans to make it choke.

However, she becomes fond of her changes, of the people of the Tarn, and she begins to wonder if she will be able to execute her plan – and who will suffer most if she does. But as the ghosts of her past become harder to control, Asher realises she has no choice.

Angela Slatter is the author of the gothic fantasy novels, All The Murmuring Bones, The Path of Thorns and the Verity Fassbinder supernatural crime series. She has won several awards including a World Fantasy, British Fantasy, Australian Shadows, Ditmar and Aurealis Awards.

Join Angela in conversation with illustrator and writer of Flyaway, Kathleen Jennings as they discuss her latest novel Path of Thorns.
Books will be available for purchase on the day or bring your copy from home to be signed.

Presented as part of the Lord Mayor’s Writers in Residence series.

The Bone Lantern

The Bone Lantern novella is now available to order on the PS Publishing website. Go here!

When a strange creature approaches Selke’s campfire, intent on filling its stomach with who knows what (or whom), Selke disarms it with her own meal and the promise of stories, eager to prolong her life while she searches for salvation.

There follows the tale of Gwynn, a young witch determined to survive the prince’s court and avoid the fate of his many wives; the story of a dital harp, imbued with the magic of its maker to aid in her quest for revenge, and lastly, the tale of Selke’s search for the bone lantern, and through it her salvation…

Bohemiana Podcast!

A couple of weeks ago I had the absolute pleasure of chatting with the fabulous George Penney on her Bohemiana Podcast about a range of stuff!

A big thanks for the wonderful Juliet Marillier for introducing us.

You can listen here.

NetGalley: The Path of Thorns

The Path of Thorns is now available for bona fide reviewers to request on NetGalley.

Asher Todd is employed as a governess to the mysterious Morwood family. But she has secrets of her own, dark and terrible – and Morwood is a house that eats secrets. Request THE PATH OF THORNS by @AngelaSlatter now!

Go here.

Podcast – Flight

Over at the Narrative Species podcast, Kathleen Jennings and I talk to Rick Kleffel about our collaboration on the illustrated book Flight (published by PS Publishing).

You can listen to us waffle on here.

And purchase the book here.

Shortlistings ahoy!

I’m delighted to say that the shortlists for the Aurealis Awards were announced today and as well as seeing a lot of excellent friends on the list I also found that All the Murmuring Bones is a finalist for Best Fantasy Novel, and The Tallow-Wife and Other Tales for Best Collection.

And The Tallow-Wife is also a finalist for the Australian Shadows Awards in the Best Collected Work category.

New Novels!

I’m absolutely delighted to announce that I’ve signed a two-book deal with Titan for new novels set in the Sourdough world. I’m so happy to be working with Cath Trechman and the Titan team again.

The Briar Book of the Dead will be out in 2023, and The Crimson Road in 2024. Briar Book will explore the lives of the Briar Witches – descendants of Gilly from the novella Of Sorrow and Such – and Crimson Road will delve into the early history of Fidelma and Orla who ran St Dymphna’s School for Poison Girls in The Bitterwood Bible and Other Recountings.

Interview – Narrative Species

Over at Narrative Species I had a chat with the delightful Rick Kleffel about the Sourdough world and my stories set there … You can listen here if you’re so inclined.