September Chronicle - Book Deals - The Chronicle - The Eternal Night Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Web Site

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Roger MacBride Allen: Roger MacBride Allen has signed a three book which will comprise a space opera adventure series described as having a Robert Heinlein feel with Juliet Ulman at Bantam Spectra.; .
Joseph Armstead: Double Dragon Publishing will be publishing THE DEMOGORGON AGENDA by Joseph Armstead in the fall of 2004. Sounds like a bit of a supernatural sleuth tale.; .
Kelley Armstrong: An as yet untitled novel (and three sequels) featuring supernatural women living the current world sold to Antonia Hodgson at Orbit/Little, Brown UK.; .
Jessica Barone: Book three in her Dream Series The Legendary is being prepared for release by Publish America.; .
K. P. Bath: THE SECRET OF CASTLE CANT, a young adult fantasy book sold to Andrea Spooner at Little, Brown Children's Books.; .
John Berlyne (ed.): Secret Histories, An Extensive Bibliography of the Works of Tim Powers (Compiled and Edited by John Berlyne) is to be released by PS Publishing. It will feature large amounts of previous unpublished Tim Powers material as well as contributions from William Ashbless, James P. Blaylock and Karen Joy Fowler. Dean Koontz will be writing the introduction.; .
K.J. Bishop: THE ETCHED CITY, the author's first fantays novel originally published by Prime Books will be reprinted by Bantam Spectra. It has been compare to China Miéville and follows events in the lives of two former assassins.; .
Bruce Boston: SHADES & ILLUMINATIONS, a collection of 40 previously uncollected poems will be released online by Dark Illuminati next year.; Also in 2004, Sam's Dot Publishing will be releasing an illustrated chapbook of twelve poems with a title taken from one of the featured poems, ACCURSED HUSBANDS; Fictionwise will be re-releasing his 1993 collection, SPECULA: SELECTED UNCOLLECTED POEMS 1968-1993; .
Charlotte Boyett-Compo: Amber Quill Press have bought the sequel to Charlee's novel BlackWind. Entitled WindStalker it will be released in in 2004.; .
Eric S. Brown: Eric S. Brown has signed a deal with Silver Lake Publishing which will see them publishing his first solo book (having previously collaborated on releases with people such as Jason Branon). The resulting book will be called Dying Days and Other Stories and it will be available from January 2004.; .
Ramsey Campbell: Ramsey Campbell's fourth PS Publishing release will be a new novel called THE OVERNIGHT which will feature a cover from J.K. Potter.; .
Steven Climer: DEMONESQUE, the story of a paranormal insurance adjuster teaming with a Detectiveto track down a serial killer has been optioned by After Dark Productions. Mass market and hardcover rights are as yet still available.; .
Dawn Cook: THE DECOY PRINCESS and a second, as yet untitled, fantasy novel to Berkley.; .
Peter David: Peter David has been signed by Del Rey to write the novelisation of the second Spiderman movie.; .
George Alec Effinger: GEORGE EFFINGER LIVE! FROM PLANET EARTH, the second volume of previously uncollected stories to Golden Gryphon Press.; .
Steven Erikson: THE DEVIL DELIVERED a new 40,000 word short sf novel will be released by PS Publishing.; .
Alan Dean Foster: Alan Dean Foster is slated to be writing the novelisation of the Pitch black spin-off movie, The Chronicles of Riddick for Del Rey Books.; .
Jane Frank (ed.): PS Publishing will be releasing The Wandering Soul: Glimpses of a Life, A Compendium of Rare and Unpublished Works by William Hope Hodgson compiled and edited by Jane Frank. This will feature an introduction by Mike Ashley.; .
Brian Freeman (as James Kidman): BLACK FIRE will be released in mass market paperback form by Leisure Books. A Hardcover Limited Edition will be published by Cemetery Dance Publications.; .
Beau Friedlander: First novel ANGER HOUSE by the publisher of Context Books has sold to Viking for publication in January 2006. It is a dark near future centering on environmenatl decline and terrorism.; .
Christopher Golden: THE BOYS ARE BACK IN TOWN, the story of a man attending his tenth college reunion who discovers that someone is violently altering his past, sold to Anne Groell at Random House.; .
M. John Harrison: US publication rights to Light, published in 2002 in the UK, have sold to Bantam Spectra.; .
Rick Hautala (as A.J. Matthews): Looking Glass, a suspense story with supernatural elements to Berkley.; .
Robert A. Heinlein: For Us, The Living, the legendary lost Heinlein novel has been rediscovered and sold to Scribner.; .
Doug Hewitt: RazorBlade Press will be releasing RAISING KHANE (in the UK).; .
Emma Holly: Three sexy new vampire stories, in the style of Catching Midnight and Hunting Midnight, sold to Berkley/Jove.; .
Brian A. Hopkins: FLESH WOUNDS has been re-issued by Scorpius Digital Publishing, and is now available in multiple e-book formats, through Fictionwise.; .
Lloyd Kaufman: ECW Press have bought the rights for the novelisation of Lloyd Kaufman's classic horror spoof movie, THE TOXIC AVENGER.; .
Nicholas Kaufmann: Debut short story collection WALK IN SHADOWS will be released by Prime Books/House of Dominion in the near future.; .
Brian Keene: Brian Keene has signed a two book deal with Bantam-Dell Publishing, with the first book (described as a crime novel) due in 2005.; .
Kelly Link: Japanese rights to Kelly Link's short story collection STRANGER THINGS HAPPEN have been sold to Hayakawa. This is the first overseas sale for Small Beer Press.; .
Jeff Mariotte: Simon & Schuster have bought a four book young adult horror series called WITCH SEASON, with volume one to appear in July 2004.; .
Sheri L. McGathy: Double Dragon Publishing have picked up the new novel from Sheri L. McGathy. Called Within the Shadow of Stone it will be released in ebook form in March 2004, and in paperback in June 2004.; .
Juliet E. McKenna: PS Publishing will be releasing the new Einarinn novella entitled TURNS AND CHANCES.; .
Yvonne Navarro: Yvonne Navarro has recently handed in the first novel in her new Buffy the Vampire Slayer trilogy Wicked Willow. This first book is called The Darkening, and the author is now at work writing book two in the series - to be called Shattered Twilight.; .
Megan Powell: Zumaya Publications has bought a Megan Powell novel called Waxing for publication in 2005.; .
Ann K. Schwader: STRANGE STARS & ALIEN SHADOWS, the author's first collection of dark fiction will be published later this year by Lindisfarne Press.; .
Lucius Shepard: A new collection TRUJILLO with a J.K. Potter cover will be released by PS Publishing.; .
David Sosnowski: David Sosnowski's tale of a Jaded vampire meets orphan girl entitled CHEWS LIFE has been sold to Amy Scheibe at the Free Press and Lauren McKenna at Pocket Books.; .
Peter Straub: IN THE NIGHT ROOM is the story of a children's novelist who suffers the loss of her husband and child to an accident in a manner linked to the book she is currently writing. It will be released by Random House. The audio book will be released simultaneously by Random Audio.; .
Lavie Tidhar: MICHAEL MARSHALL SMITH BIBLIOGRAPHY has sold to PS Publishing.; .
Phillip Tomasso III (as Grant R. Philips): SOUNDS OF SILENCE, a young adult non-genre novel sold to Kate Sudol at Star Bright Books.; .
Lisa Tuttle: Lisa Tuttle's contemporary dark fantasy THE MYSTERIES, featuring a Private Investigator who's missing person case brings him in contact with supernatural beings from Celtic Mythology, has sold to to Richard SanFilippo at Bantam Spectra in a two book deal.; .
Freda Warrington: Immanion Press (Storm Constantine's own small press publisher) will be reprinted Freda Warrington's Blackbird series.; .
Voronica Whitney-Robinson: Voronica Whitney-Robinson has written a tie-in novel to the new Star Wars online game. STAR WARS GALAXIES: AN EMPIRE DIVIDED, written in association with the game's producer Haden Blackman, will be released by Del Rey at the end of December 2003.; .
Wayne Wilson: Screenwriter Wayne Wilson's debut novel Soul Eyes, which concerns a young black woman with the psychic power to heal, has sold to Niani Colom, for Genesis's new Obsidian fantasy imprint.; .
L. Marie Wood: Short story collection CALIGINY was sold to Cyber-Pulp Publishing for publication in early 2004.; .