Week in Review 6-8-13
This week saw two new releases to the digital platform. The first was EARTHWORM GODS II: DELUGE. Previously only available in hardcover and paperback, it is now also available on Kindle and Nook, as well. This means that the entire Worms Trilogy is now available in both paperback and digital.
Deadite Press have done a remarkable job of making my former out of print titles available again, and with this publication, there are now only three left to go — THE RISING, CITY OF THE DEAD, and THE RISING: SELECTED SCENES FROM THE END OF THE WORLD (the first of which will be out in paperback in a few weeks).
The second book released digitally this week was BLOOD ON THE PAGE: THE COMPLETE SHORT FICTION OF BRIAN KEENE, Volume 1. It’s currently available on Kindle, Nook, and Kobo. Paperback editions are forthcoming.
This marks my fourth foray into self-publishing, following on the heels of ALONE, SCRATCH, and THE GIRL ON THE GLIDER. As you can tell by the title (and the book’s foreword) this is just the first volume in a series. As of right now, there are enough short stories for three more volumes. Unless I die, I imagine there will be one or two volumes more after those. And ‘complete’ means just that — it is my intent to collect all of them, even the bad ones and early ones. But only because you demanded it. The second volume in the series, OTHER WORLDS, will be published this Fall.
This week also gave us a great deal from Al Sarrantonio on PORTENTS, which features my short story “Johnstown” as well as stories by many other great authors. $20 for a limited edition hardcover. Hard to turn that down. Copies are going fast!
Earlier in the week, I got my Mark Twain groove on while musing about my youngest son’s pre-school graduation. Thanks to all of you for the nice comments. It’s always a good feeling when something you wrote touches others.
We took a look at an essay and two new books from Sarah Pinborough, Tim Waggoner, and Nick Mamatas.
MTV Geek has a free five-page preview of me and Keith Giffen’s MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE: THE ORIGIN OF HORDAK, which is in comic shops next Wednesday. Yes, that’s one week later than originally announced. My buds over at The Outhousers have a theory about all this.
Some new pics were posted to my Instagram and WhoSay pages, including what happened when my 5-year old and I set up his Thomas the Tank Engine wooden railway set and then decided to have Galactus and Godzilla drop by for the greatest fan fiction story plot ever.
I’ll be in New York City for most of this forthcoming week, taking part in a Creative Summit, followed by a special Thursday morning screening of Man of Steel. But expect a new essay on Monday, and the release of MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE: THE ORIGIN OF HORDAK on Wednesday. And at some point in-between them, a new video on my YouTube Channel.
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