21st Century Dead - official Table of Contents

I thought I'd blogged this before, but apparently not. Herewith, the official table of contents for 21st CENTURY DEAD, which hits stores in late June.

“Zombies Are Good For You: An Introduction” by Christopher Golden

“Biters” by Mark Morris

“Why Mothers Let Their Babies Watch Television: A Just-So Horror Story” by Chelsea Cain

“Carousel” by Orson Scott Card

“Reality Bites” by S.G. Browne

“The Drop” by Stephen Susco

“Antiparallelogram” by Amber Benson

“How We Escaped Our Certain Fate” by Dan Chaon

“A Mother’s Love” by John McIlveen

“Down and Out in Dead Town” by Simon R. Green

“Devil Dust” by Caitlin Kittredge

“The Dead of Dromore” by Ken Bruen

“All the Comforts of Home: A Beacon Story” by John Skipp & Cody Goodfellow

“Ghost Dog & Pup: Stay” by Thomas E. Sniegoski

“Tic Boom, A Love Story” by Kurt Sutter

“Jack and Jill” by Jonathan Maberry

“Tender as Teeth” by Stephanie Crawford & Duane Swierczynski

“Couch Potato” by Brian Keene

“The Happy Bird and Other Tales” by Rio Youers

“Parasite” by Daniel H. Wilson

Welcome to the Drowning City. Hold Your Breath.

Hi all. Lots more news coming soon, but first, here's the cover to my upcoming second novel with Mike Mignola, arriving first quarter 2012 from St. Martin's Press, full of illustrations by Mike (who also did this cover, as any Mignola fan would know immediately). Hope you all dig it. The book is crazy cool, if I do say so myself.

JOE GOLEM AND THE DROWNING CITY

The cat's out of the bag.

Some time back, Mike Mignola and I mentioned we were writing a new novel together. Now that the announcement of the book has been made on Publishers Marketplace, I thought I'd share it with you. Much more to come.

"Mike Mignola & Christopher Golden's JOE GOLEM AND THE DROWNING CITY, a supernatural-steampunk illustrated novel following an orphaned teenage girl, an aging conjuror, a lunatic scientist, a Victorian occult detective, and the stalwart sidekick, Joe Golem, as they struggle for the fate of an alternate 1970s Lower Manhattan, which sank into the water during a catastrophe in 1925, leaving those unwilling or unable to abandon it to make a new life in streets turned to canals, to Michael Homler at St. Martin's, in a good deal, in a two-book deal, for publication in early 2012 (World)."

Bitten By Books Mega Chat - Secrets Revealed!

Tomorrow, I'll be hanging out all afternoon and into the evening online with the folks at Bitten By Books. Come by for a live chat, and win FREE signed copies of the new Octavian novel, or of THE WILD. Check it out:

You know you want to. You never know what secrets might come out, or what new projects might be accidentally announced before I'm supposed to reveal them.

Odyssey Writers Workshop

Just a quick post to mention I'll be a guest lecturer at Odyssey Writers Workshop this summer. Aspiring writers of horror, SF, and fantasy are encouraged to check out their six week program.


www.odysseyworkshop.org


From the folks at Odyssey....

Odyssey is one of the most highly respected workshops for writers of fantasy, science fiction, and horror writers. Top authors, editors, and agents serve as guest lecturers, and fifty-three percent of graduates go on to be published. The workshop, held annually on the campus of Saint Anselm College in Manchester, NH, combines an intensive learning and writing experience with in-depth feedback on students' manuscripts. Odyssey is for developing writers whose work is approaching publication quality and for published writers who want to improve their work. Director Jeanne Cavelos is a former senior editor at Bantam Doubleday Dell and winner of the World Fantasy Award.

This summer's workshop runs from June 6 through July 15. Guest lecturers are acclaimed authors Christopher Golden, Elizabeth Bear, Theodora Goss, Barry B. Longyear; and award-winning editor John Joseph Adams. The writer-in-residence is award-winning author Gary A. Braunbeck. The application deadline is April 8. For more information, visit www.odysseyworkshop.org.

The Secret Journeys of Jack London Blog Tour...come along!!

Are you ready to take a journey into the wild?

Bestselling authors Christopher Golden and Tim Lebbon have teamed up to create THE SECRET JOURNEYS OF JACK LONDON. Jack certainly lived a wild life, which inspired Golden & Lebbon to create this new book series based on his real-life travels. They've taken his true stories and his fiction and mixed in urban legends and myths of the time. While THE SECRET JOURNEYS series is fiction, not biography, the books are extremely well-researched, and spooky elements add another level of intrigue to the richly detailed stories. 20th Century Fox has acquired the film rights to the series.

The first book, THE WILD, will be released on Tuesday, March 1st. When seventeen-year-old Jack London travels to Alaska to join the Klondike Gold Rush, the path he treads is not at all what he expected. Along the way, he encounters kidnappers, traders, traitors, and a mysterious wolf. Jack must face the wild head-on in order to survive.

The buzz for THE SECRET JOURNEYS OF JACK LONDON just keeps getting louder. 20th Century Fox has acquired the film rights to the series. Garth Nix, author of the Abhorsen Trilogy, declared: "A masterful mix of gold, cold, supernatural creatures, and dread magic makes this a great action adventure story." Mike Mignola, creator of Hellboy, calls THE WILD: "A great old-school adventure novel and the best use of the Wendigo legend I've ever read."

Authors Christopher Golden and Tim Lebbon will launch a blog tour the day before the book's release, beginning at Bildungsroman http://slayground.livejournal.com on Monday, February 28th and traveling through the blogs of YA/kidlit bloggers who are also teachers, librarians, and/or adventurers through Tuesday, March 8th. Each tour stop will offer an exclusive piece of art from Greg Ruth, whose stunning illustrations give life to the characters, locations, and beasts throughout the book.

Here's the full schedule:

Monday, February 28th
Little Willow at Bildungsroman
http://slayground.livejournal.com

Tuesday, March 1st
Kiba Rika (Kimberly Hirsh) of Lectitans
http://lectitans.kimberlyhirsh.com/

Wednesday, March 2nd
Kim Baccellia from Si, Se Puede! and Young Adults Book Central
http://kbaccellia.livejournal.com/
http://yabookscentral.blogspot.com/

Thursday, March 3rd
Melissa Walker, author of Small Town Sinners
http://www.melissacwalker.com

Friday, March 4th
Justin from Little Shop of Stories
http://littleshopofstories.blogspot.com/

Monday, March 7th
Rebecca's Book Blog
http://rebeccasbookblog.blogspot.com/

Tuesday, March 8th
Martha Brockenbrough, author of Things That Make Us [Sic]
http://marthabrockenbrough.squarespace.com/blog/

Download the electronic press kit for THE SECRET JOURNEYS OF JACK LONDON: http://www.christophergolden.com/jack/

Publishing details:

THE SECRET JOURNEYS OF JACK LONDON: THE WILD
Written by Christopher Golden & Tim Lebbon
Illustrated by Greg Ruth

$15.99
ISBN: 9780061863172
On sale: March 1st, 2011
Published by HarperCollins Childrens

http://www.christophergolden.com
http://www.timlebbon.net

The Monster's Corner lineup!

Well, I posted the cover for THE MONSTER'S CORNER, but now, here's the complete lineup for the anthology. I had so much fun putting this baby together. Tears and fears and laughter. Something for everyone.


The Awkward Age by David Liss
Saint John by Jonathan Maberry
Rue by Lauren Groff
Succumb by John McIlveen
Torn Stitches, Shattered Glass by Kevin J. Anderson
Rattler and the Mothman by Sharyn McCrumb
Big Man by David Moody
Rakshasi by Kelley Armstrong
Breeding the Demons by Nate Kenyon
Siren Song by Dana Stabenow
Less of a Girl by Chelsea Cain
The Cruel Thief of Rosy Infants by Tom Piccirilli
The Screaming Room by Sarah Pinborough
Wicked Be by Heather Graham
Specimen 313 by Jeff Strand
The Lake by Tananarive Due
The Other One by Michael Marshall Smith
And You Still Wonder Why Our First Impulse is to Kill You: An Alphabetized Faux-Manifesto transcribed, edited, and annotated (under duress and protest) by
Gary A. Braunbeck
Jesus and Satan Go Jogging in the Desert by Simon R. Green