The Week in Review

Am posting this tonight, rather than tomorrow, because Turtle and I have a long weekend of Thomas the Tank Engine and Matchbox cars ahead of us. There was no Deluge this week because faithful pre-reader Mark 'Dezm' Sylva is on vacation with his family. Both Mark and Deluge will return next week. As an alternative, here are two free stories: one from my beautiful partner Mary SanGiovanni and one from my also beautiful collaborator Nick Mamatas.

Speaking of Nick, here's the cover and synopsis for our forthcoming novel The Damned Highway. The cover has a few more production tweaks, but we like it. Another collaboration of mine, To Fight With Monsters (with Mike Oliveri) ran into some distribution trouble, so we're asking folks to pre-order it directly from the publisher. If you do, you could win valuable prizes.

Two books were released this week. Portents began shipping, and is selling briskly. It contains the best story of my career, so if you want one, act soon. Meanwhile, over in Italy, I Vermi Conquistatori (The Conqueror Worms) went on sale in bookstores. Comix Connection celebrated their 23rd anniversary, and I posted some pics from the event. I also wrote a new rant/essay explaining the industry practice of "stripping" and "remainders". Finally, here's a run-down of what's happening over at The Keenedom.