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Jan. 31st, 2021 01:55 pm...and I'm pleased to announce, first of all, a pair of books now available for preorder, and a pair of graphic novel projects now available as e-comics.
Let's begin with the one that's likely to stir up the most discussion, debate, spluttering indignation, and blind rage. The King in Orange: The Magical and Occult Roots of Political Power is my book-length exploration of the occult dimensions of the Trump era and its aftermath. The Cthulhu mythos reference is of course deliberate; the history of the last five years has been shaped by the rise of squamous, rugose realities that sane, sensible, comfortable people thought were buried forever. Those of my readers who've followed my blogging through the last five years or so know a good many of the ideas I discuss in this book, but not all. It will be released in print and ebook formats in May. Interested? You can read about it here -- the distributor has a good publicity site, unlike some -- and preorder a print copy here.
Also in a tentacular vein, but considerably more lighthearted, is a project I've been working on for some time: The Weird of Hali Companion, an encyclopedia of the people, places, and (ahem) things that feature in my epic fantasy with tentacles, The Weird of Hali, and its four companion novels. Puzzled by sidelong references to the Kitab al-Azif? Not sure why a book by Zosimus of Panopolis was in Charles Dexter Ward's library? Wondering where you met Tom Gilman before that scene in The Weird of Hali: Arkham? Here's your guide. (It's also going to be a fine resource for the Weird of Hali roleplaying game, which is most of the way through the intricacies of production -- I expect to have an announcement to make in the not too distant future.) As a lifelong fantasy geek, I kept copious notes while working on my tentacle novels, and it seemed unfair not to inflict their gibbering horror on fans of the series. Interested? You can preorder copies in print and ebook format here.
In the realm of graphic novels, meanwhile, I know many of my readers have admired (and purchased) copies of the two graphic adaptations of my stories "Winter's Tales" and "The Next Ten Billion Years" by Wormlamp Productions. I'm delighted to report that both of them are now available online from Comixology, the largest online sales venue for e-comics. Those readers who haven't been following my blogs since the dawn of time will want to know that Winter's Tales is a very capable graphic adaptation of a three-part story from the very earliest days of my former blog, The Archdruid Report, tracing a family's journey through three generations in the declining years of industrial civilization, with a slide rule providing the thread that ties the tales together. The graphic adaptation is by Marcu Knoesen and Walt Barna. You can get the digital comic here, and the print version (originally published in the Summer 2018 issue of Into The Ruins) can be bought here.
10 Billion is based on a future-history vision from the later years of The Archdruid Report, adapted by Marcu Knoesen with art by Daryl Knickrehm You know how authors so often grumble about visual adaptations of their work? This is that rare exception, a visual rendering that's better than the original. With an original frame story and vivid imagery, it's astonishingly good. You can get the digital comic here, and the print edition here.
(And if you're interested in reading the original stories on which these were based, together with the rest of my short fiction from The Archdruid Report, it's available in a single volume as An Archdruid's Tales, which you can order in print and ebook formats here.)
There will be more announcements coming in due time. Stay tuned!
Let's begin with the one that's likely to stir up the most discussion, debate, spluttering indignation, and blind rage. The King in Orange: The Magical and Occult Roots of Political Power is my book-length exploration of the occult dimensions of the Trump era and its aftermath. The Cthulhu mythos reference is of course deliberate; the history of the last five years has been shaped by the rise of squamous, rugose realities that sane, sensible, comfortable people thought were buried forever. Those of my readers who've followed my blogging through the last five years or so know a good many of the ideas I discuss in this book, but not all. It will be released in print and ebook formats in May. Interested? You can read about it here -- the distributor has a good publicity site, unlike some -- and preorder a print copy here. Also in a tentacular vein, but considerably more lighthearted, is a project I've been working on for some time: The Weird of Hali Companion, an encyclopedia of the people, places, and (ahem) things that feature in my epic fantasy with tentacles, The Weird of Hali, and its four companion novels. Puzzled by sidelong references to the Kitab al-Azif? Not sure why a book by Zosimus of Panopolis was in Charles Dexter Ward's library? Wondering where you met Tom Gilman before that scene in The Weird of Hali: Arkham? Here's your guide. (It's also going to be a fine resource for the Weird of Hali roleplaying game, which is most of the way through the intricacies of production -- I expect to have an announcement to make in the not too distant future.) As a lifelong fantasy geek, I kept copious notes while working on my tentacle novels, and it seemed unfair not to inflict their gibbering horror on fans of the series. Interested? You can preorder copies in print and ebook format here. In the realm of graphic novels, meanwhile, I know many of my readers have admired (and purchased) copies of the two graphic adaptations of my stories "Winter's Tales" and "The Next Ten Billion Years" by Wormlamp Productions. I'm delighted to report that both of them are now available online from Comixology, the largest online sales venue for e-comics. Those readers who haven't been following my blogs since the dawn of time will want to know that Winter's Tales is a very capable graphic adaptation of a three-part story from the very earliest days of my former blog, The Archdruid Report, tracing a family's journey through three generations in the declining years of industrial civilization, with a slide rule providing the thread that ties the tales together. The graphic adaptation is by Marcu Knoesen and Walt Barna. You can get the digital comic here, and the print version (originally published in the Summer 2018 issue of Into The Ruins) can be bought here. 10 Billion is based on a future-history vision from the later years of The Archdruid Report, adapted by Marcu Knoesen with art by Daryl Knickrehm You know how authors so often grumble about visual adaptations of their work? This is that rare exception, a visual rendering that's better than the original. With an original frame story and vivid imagery, it's astonishingly good. You can get the digital comic here, and the print edition here. (And if you're interested in reading the original stories on which these were based, together with the rest of my short fiction from The Archdruid Report, it's available in a single volume as An Archdruid's Tales, which you can order in print and ebook formats here.)
There will be more announcements coming in due time. Stay tuned!
It's just past midnight, so we can proceed with a new Magic Monday. 
