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Upcoming Appearances

September 19th, 2011

September 24, 3:00 PM

Eljay’s Books
3233 West Liberty Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15216

I’m really looking forward to this one.

It’s my penultimate event for 2011, winding down a tour of eight states that started with the International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts in Orlando this past spring and concluding next month with World Fantasy in San Diego. During that time I’ve also been working on two books, the soon-to-be-released collection Voices (due out late this year) and the third book in the Veins Cycle (currently titled Vortex) and some new stories for some high profile anthologies. More on those a little later.

The intimate setting at Eljay’s is the perfect venue for the 21st Century Scop (and if you don’t know what that is, please check out Scop 101). I plan to try out some new material, share some favorite stories, and chat with like-mined people in one of the city’s best indie bookstores. What better way to spend a Saturday afternoon?

Eljay’s has plenty of copies of Veins, Vipers, Visions, and This Way to Egress, as well as the ambient rock / spoken word CD Veins; the Soundtrack. And I’ll be bringing along some fun giveaways and a surprise of two. In all, it should be a terrific time.

Hope to see you there!

New Release: Gaslight Arcanum

September 14th, 2011

Sherlock Holmes plunges from Reichenbach Falls and wakes to find himself in the care of a mysterious inventor with a terrible secret in my new dark mystery story “The Executioner,” out now in Gaslight Arcanum, the third in a series of Holmes anthologies from Charles Prepolec, Jeff Campbell, and the good people at Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy.

The book features an amazing cover by Dave Elsey, who won the Academy Award ® for his make-up design on The Wolfman (2010), and a wonderfully surreal frontispiece by Hellboy creator Mike Mignola.

In addition, six of the twelve stories (including “The Executioner”) feature scene-specific illustrations by Luke Eidenschink, winner of the International Illustrators of the Future Award.

The book’s list of contributors includes some of the top names in dark fiction, including my good friends Stephen Volk and Simon Kurt Unsworth – both of whom also accompanied me on the contents page of Edge’s previous Holmes collection, Gaslight Grotesque.

With additional stories by Christopher Fowler, Kim Newman, Paul Kane, Tom English, Tony Richards, William Meikle, Fred Saberhagan, Kevin Cockle, and Simon Clark, this is one book you won’t want to miss.

Two years ago, when Gaslight Grotesque debuted at World Fantasy - San Jose, I presented an excerpt from my story “The Death Lantern” at a reception hosted by Edge. Next month I hope to be reading a portion of “The Executioner” at World Fantasy - San Diego. If you’re attending, I’ll hope to see you in the gaslight.