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2016 - the score so far
It's that time of year again, when Black Library tots up all the books I've sold over the last six months and pins them up on the proverbial noticeboard. The numbers are generally smaller ones than those my Thanquol-scale optimism continues to predict, but it's always interesting to see what's selling and how much.
There are generally a few surprises. I really would've thought that Gotrek & Felix: Curse of the Everliving would do better. I still can't believe that so many people continue to buy The Karag Durak Grudge four years on. And so, in no way inspired by Gav Thorpe's blog, which was itself in NO way borrowed from James Swallow's, here's my top 5 novels/novellas and short stories from the last six months.
Novels:
1. Gotrek & Felix: Kinslayer
2. Echoes of the Long War
3. The Beast Arises Ten: [REDACTED BY THE INQUISITION]
4. City of the Damned
5. Gotrek & Felix: Slayer
Short Stories:
1. Beneath the Black Thumb
2. Infinite Circuit
3. Gotrek & Felix: Rememberers
4. Godless
5. Marienburg's Stand
The big surprise for me this year was
Beneath the Black Thumb which moved (for me) incredibly well. I'm hoping this reflects more general love for the Call of Archaon series. Also somewhat surprising was my two entries into the Beast Arises series already making the list despite not being released yet. The second of the two doesn't even have a cover yet! Hell, I'm still writing the second draft. The power of pre-orders, I guess, so thanks to everyone who bought their Beasts Arises subscription.
There are generally a few surprises. I really would've thought that Gotrek & Felix: Curse of the Everliving would do better. I still can't believe that so many people continue to buy The Karag Durak Grudge four years on. And so, in no way inspired by Gav Thorpe's blog, which was itself in NO way borrowed from James Swallow's, here's my top 5 novels/novellas and short stories from the last six months.
Novels:
1. Gotrek & Felix: Kinslayer
2. Echoes of the Long War
3. The Beast Arises Ten: [REDACTED BY THE INQUISITION]
4. City of the Damned
5. Gotrek & Felix: Slayer
Short Stories:
1. Beneath the Black Thumb
2. Infinite Circuit
3. Gotrek & Felix: Rememberers
4. Godless
5. Marienburg's Stand
The big surprise for me this year was
Beneath the Black Thumb which moved (for me) incredibly well. I'm hoping this reflects more general love for the Call of Archaon series. Also somewhat surprising was my two entries into the Beast Arises series already making the list despite not being released yet. The second of the two doesn't even have a cover yet! Hell, I'm still writing the second draft. The power of pre-orders, I guess, so thanks to everyone who bought their Beasts Arises subscription.
