FEAR CITY BOOK TOUR: Here are the stops the publisher has scheduled immediately following FEAR CITY’s release - 7 cities in 10 days. I'm going to try to arrange a NJ event and something in New England, but I can't promise yet.


November 12, 2014
7:00 PM Poisoned Pen – Scottsdale, AZ

November 14, 2014
7:00 PM Borderlands Books – San Francisco, CA

November 15, 2014
7:00 PM Copperfield’s Books – Petaluma, CA

November 17, 2014
7:00 PM Powell’s Books – Beaverton, OR


November 19, 2014
Noon – Seattle Mystery Bookshop – Seattle, WA

November 20, 2014
7:00 PM Mystery One – Milwaukee, WI

November 21, 2014
7:00 PM Books for Less – Atlanta, GA

10/2 - Okay, FREAK SHOW (the anthology, not the TV show) is now out for real. The initial ebook incarnation was plagued by a host of errors. HWA has fixed them all and now you can read the anthology that took a year out of my life to assemble. http://tinyurl.com/me864r9

10/5 - iPhone grab FAIL. I’m told this was staged. If so it’s very well staged (see the way she falls back after kicking him in the face – just the way she would with real impact). Real or not, it’s inspiring in a way: http://tinyurl.com/p29a9or

10/9 - Good panel at the Union Square B&N tonight (we had them laughing), preceded by a stop at one of my high-school hangs: the Old Town bar on E. 18[SUP]th[/SUP] Street.

10/10 - my NY ComicCon day: wrote in the A.M. and hit the Javitz in the afternoon, then got together at the Algonquin with this crew where I did my annual recitation of Dorothy Parker's Martini poem (got it right this year). Then down the street to The Lambs Club for an amazing dinner. Where can you find 8 people who can discuss Pascal's Wager and Ray Palmer's Shaver Mysteries with equal passion? http://tinyurl.com/pt2p8kd

10/13 - What a kick to see Pee-wee Herman on this week's episode of "The Blacklist"

10/13 - AHS: "Freak Show" - Watched the pilot. Visually impressive but so far it's little more than a bizarre slasher flick. I'll give it another couple of episodes. If it doesn't push beyond the boundaries of Browning's film, I'll probably bail. Would love to see some sort of paranormal/supranormal overtones like we had in the "Freak Show" anthology.

10/14 - CNN defends its new slogan: http://tinyurl.com/ktdjj2k

10/15 - Rainy night at the Jersey Shore... time for a Langley's gimlet. http://tinyurl.com/m6qg8ko

10/16 - Whenever I hear one of those anti-vaccine mooks on the radio, I'm reminded of this Josh Billings quote: "The trouble with most folks isn't so much their ignorance, as knowing so many things that ain't so."

10/17 - Well, I don't know about you folks, but I'm sure I'll rest easier tonight knowing the Prez appointed a loyal party hack as Ebola Czar

10/19 - Enjoying "Peaky Blinders" on Netflix. I hear there's a season 2 now playing in the UK.

10/20 - every downside has an upside for someone - even when it’s ebola: http://tinyurl.com/nsnqkld

10/22 - Last month at lunch the marketing and publicity people mentioned a book trailer for FEAR CITY. I love what they did. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8p2O2SBSKI

10/23 - Can this be true? 10,000 pages of CREEPY & EERIE for <$150??? https://digital.darkhorse.com/genre/185/ (I’m in Creepy#44 and Eerie #34)

10/24 - POSSIBLE SPOILER - Boardwalk Empire - WTF??? Nucky Thompson died at 85 of old age!!! Totally bogus ending to the series. If you’re gonna pick a historical figure, stick to his lifeline.

10/27 - I began posting what I call “Fear City Snippets” - posters with little bits of dialogue plucked from here and there in the novel. One a day. A dozen of them. Here are the ones that have appeared so far. Check the website for the rest as they’re posted.

http://tinyurl.com/fear-city-1
http://tinyurl.com/fear-city-2
http://tinyurl.com/fear-city-3
http://tinyurl.com/fear-city-4
http://tinyurl.com/fear-city-5

I've begun posting what I call “Fear City Snippets” - posters with little bits of dialogue plucked from here and there in the novel. One a day. A dozen of them. Here are the first two. They're too big to load here so I'll post links to the rest as they appear.

http://tinyurl.com/fear-city-1

http://tinyurl.com/fear-city-2

Buzzed through it last night and I could read more of that anytime; a real departure from your typical writing. Liath could perhaps be Jack's great grandfather I was thinking.

All you have to do is pre-order the FEAR CITY hardcover or ebook. If you've already ordered, no problem. You're good. Details here: http://tinyurl.com/RJbookplate

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8p2O2SBSKI

I have copies of all the Gauntlet signed limited editions and, after several years of searching, I have been able to acquire copies of all the Gauntlet Advance Reader Copies except for Conspiracies and Legacies. If anybody has copies they are willing to part with please contact me:

maibusch@mindspring.com

Thanks.

So I got an email today.
I was thinking Yeah! I want one of those things* that you're offering.

Then I see that you're not shipping to Austria, Europe, or anywhere else except US and Canada.
No problem, I think, I'll put my parents' address in Canada.
But where do they live? In Montreal. QUEBEC!

What's up with that? You will send that thing* to Alaska and the islands but not to Quebec?
I know it's probably not your doing, I still have to ask: dafuq?



*I'm not sure if I am allowed to mention the thing* in the forum

Enter for a chance to win one of 5 signed copies: http://horrorworld.org/hw/?p=6143