LEVI RETURNS (and other stories)

Am spending this weekend working (albeit at a much slower pace than I did pre-heart attack), so here's a quick little round-up of various things, beginning with the news that the new Deadite Press edition of Castaways is at the printer, and should be on sale within the next two weeks. Castaways will be followed by (in order of release) Ghoul, Dark Hollow, Ghost Walk, Earthworm Gods (previously published as The Conqueror Worms), Earthworm Gods: Selected Scenes From the End of the World, The Rising, City of the Dead, and The Rising: Selected Scenes From the End of the World. Next year's Deadite titles will include Entombed (April or May) and Suburban Gothic (a sequel to Urban Gothic and my first original novel written exclusively for Deadite).

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Many of you have been asking when Levi Stoltzfus (star of Ghost Walk and A Gathering of Crows) will return. The answer is soon. Later this year, in fact. In a novella called The Witching Tree, which takes place just a few weeks after the conclusion of A Gathering of Crows. I'm not allowed to give you any other details yet, including who the publisher is, but I will tell you that it's part of a signed, limited edition hardcover, novella collection featuring three other authors in addition to myself. Set money aside now. When it is announced, copies will go fast.

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I've decided that there will indeed be another free online serial novel following the completion of Deluge (which has about four chapters left). It will be called Dead Air, and if all goes as planned, it should start in December.

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Here is a nice review of The Damned Highway (the new novel I co-wrote with Nick Mamatas). Click here to buy one.

Here is a wonderful essay by Mike Oliveri on why the new Kindle Fire will bury the Nook.

Here is a superb examination of why Borders failed, and thoughtful, sobering advice for future booksellers.

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