Coming in January 2026 - KOLCHAK ERAS from Monstrous Books

I cannot wait for this release in January 2026 from editor James Aquilone and Monstrous Books: Kolchak Eras, an anthology of stories starring the legendary reporter Carl Kolchak, of TV's Kolchak - The Night Stalker fame. This one includes my short tale, "Up from the Underground," along with a dozen other stories.  These prose tales were originally part of the multi-award-winning Kolchak - The Night Stalker graphic novel deluxe edition that came out in early 2023. They have now been collected in an illustrated anthology of their own.

Kolchak - The Night Stalker  TV series (or simply The Night Stalker , as it was originally known), as well as the two original TV movies, The Night Stalker and The Night Strangler, back in the early 1970s, were among those TV productions that made a powerful and lasting impression on me, and so contributing to this volume feels right, to put it mildly.

TABLE OF CONTENTS: • "Summer in Rome" - James Chambers • "The Shot Heard Round the Underworld" - James Aquilone • "The Devil Level" - Bobby Nash • "On the Road With Carl" - David Avallone • "The Black Volga" - Will McDermott
• "Up From the Underground" - Stephen Mark Rainey • "Devour the Dead" - Naching T. Kassa • "Blood Witch" - Owl Goingback • "A View With a Room" - Jim Beard • "Wolf’s Clothing" - Leverett Butts • "Bruises on the Flesh of God" - Charles R. Rutledge • "LA Lizard" - Lisa Morton • "The Devil’s Chapel" - Simon Bestwick

Stay tuned for more details, ordering info, etc., to come as soon as it's available. Keep holding your breath, if you dare.