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Check out the STORE page to pick up Christopher Golden's latest e-books, including the Body of Evidence series, The Menagerie series, Strangewood, Straight on 'til Morning, and more.

THE SHADOW SAGA is a brilliant epic that takes you into the secret world of vampires -- and a secret society sworn to destroy them. Sweeping, sensuous, and shocking, it is a powerful vision of immortality that will hold you in its spell . . . forever.

"Christopher Golden scared the unholy $#!& out of me. Thank god I was reading with the lights on! WAKING NIGHTMARES is one deliciously terrifying, un-put-down-able book. Totally, compellingly creepy. (I hate him now and shall have to kill him because I'll never be able to sleep again.)"
- Kat Richardson, author of the Greywalker novels.

THE GRAVES OF SAINTS, the next installment in The Shadow Saga, will be available on March 14th, 2013. With massive demonic incursions in locations around the world, Octavian should be focused on using his own sorcery to drive the evil out and rebuild our defences. But a renegade vampire named Cortez has murdered the person Octavian loves the most and, even with his friends and allies around him, he is so lost in grief that he can think of nothing but revenge. There are others who can fight the darkness - mages and Shadows, witches and Reapers and vampire samurai - but only the warrior-mage, Peter Octavian, can defeat it - if he will answer the call. Learn more about the series.

The MAGIC ZERO quartet, originally known as the Outcast series, features an unforgettable adventure. A young boy named Timothy has great potential for power - no magic necessary - in this action-packed fantasy series from New York Times bestselling authors Thomas E. Sniegoski and Christopher Golden. The first two books, Magic Zero and Dragon Secrets, are now available. Ghostfire will follow in June, and the conclusion, Battle for Arcanum, will be released in August.

Pick up THE WAKING, a trilogy of thrillers written by Christopher Golden under the pseudonym Thomas Randall. Kara Foster thinks the hardest thing about moving to Japan will be fitting in as an outsider. But dark secrets are stirring at her new school. When Kara befriends Sakura, a fellow outsider whose rebellious nature sets her apart from the crowd, she learns that Sakura's sister was the victim of an unsolved murder on school grounds. And before long, terrible things begin to happen. It starts with nightmares - strange, otherworldly dreams that wake Kara in terror every night. Then more students start turning up dead, with strange marks on their bodies. Is Sakura getting revenge on those she suspects are responsible for her sister's death? Or has her dead sister come back to take revenge for herself? Learn more about The Waking.

Christopher Golden and Mike Mignola have teamed up for the novella FATHER GAETANO'S PUPPET CATECHISM. It concerns an orphanage in Sicily during the second World War, a young priest given a new responsibility, and a strange bit of magic. Check out the Father Gaetano website and electronic press kit.

JOE GOLEM AND THE DROWNING CITY by Christopher Golden and Mike Mignola is now available. The short story JOE GOLEM AND THE COPPER GIRL is also available as an eBook for just 99 cents. Buy it now! The short story is a stand-alone, unrelated to the novel's plot, but it should give you a little taste of this new world they've created.

Charlaine Harris and Christopher Golden are hard at work on the script for the first graphic novel in the CEMETERY GIRL trilogy. Harris is the author of the Sookie Stackhouse novels, aka the Southern Vampire Mysteries, which inspired the TV series True Blood.

In THE SECRET JOURNEYS OF JACK LONDON, the classic adventure novel gets a hypermodern, paranormal update from bestselling authors Christopher Golden and Tim Lebbon. The world knows Jack London as a writer who lived his own thrilling, real life adventures. But there are parts of his life that have remained hidden for many years - things so horrifying even he couldn't set them down in writing. These are the secret journeys of Jack London. Follow him in Book One: The Wild (now available in paperback), Book Two: Sea Wolves (now available in hardcover) and Book Three: White Fangs (2013).

Fox renewed its option on THE SECRET JOURNEYS OF JACK LONDON after receiving a fantastic script from John Collee, who wrote the screenplay for Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World. Collee also wrote Happy Feet.

Learn more about the series.
Download the electronic press kit (EPK).

Golden has also signed a contract with St. Martin's for a brand new supernatural thriller. In his own words, he's ecstatic about it. Stay tuned for more details.

READ 'EM AND REAP

In the ancient world there was a myth about a king, a treasure, and a hellish labyrinth. Now the doors to that hell are open once again... Christopher Golden has written the official novel based on Uncharted: The Fourth Labyrinth, Naughty Dog's award-winning videogame franchise. Learn more about the book.

The Monster's Corner: Stories Through Inhuman Eyes, an all original anthology from some of today's hottest supernatural writers and edited by Christopher Golden, features stories of monsters from the monster's point of view. Demons and goblins, dark gods and aliens, creatures of myth and legend, lurkers in darkness and beasts in human clothing...these are the subjects of The Monster's Corner. With contributions by Lauren Groff, Chelsea Cain, Simon R. Green, Sharyn McCrumb, Kelley Armstrong, David Liss, Kevin J. Anderson, Jonathan Maberry, and many others. Click here for the full table of contents.

Quiet Bullets, Christopher Golden's 2011 convention chapbook, is now available for $15.00. Shipping is free in the US and Canada. The chapbook is signed by the author and by the artist, legendary comics superstar Frank Cho. Click the button below to purchase it online.

Now there's an easy way to purchase the THUNDERGOD graphic novel. Simply use the options below! The graphic novel collects the mini-series by writer Christopher Golden and artist Albert Debnam, originally published by Crusade Comics. The graphic novel, published by Digital Webbing, has a cover by Michael Avon Oeming and includes the final chapter from Caliber Press.

OTHER TIDBITS AND GOOD READS

THE SECRET BACKS OF THINGS, Christopher Golden's first-ever collection of short stories, takes readers into a realm rich with legends, folklore and myths, while still finding a place for some modern tales and even a couple Hellboy stories. Order The Secret Backs of Things eBook from Necon. Learn more about the collection.

Every big city has a soul, and every soul has a dark, secret side. THE CHAMBER OF TEN: A Novel of The Hidden Cities, the third Hidden Cities collaboration between Christopher Golden and Tim Lebbon, is now available. When an American archaeologist and her beau discover the lost library of Petrarch under the Piazza San Marco in Venice, they are thrust into the midst of an ancient feud, a deadly battle of wills and black magic that threatens to poison the city's future with the evils of its past. Learn more about The Hidden Cities.

Love the Hidden Cities novels? Here's your chance to get the next one FREE! The first 50 (fifty) people to review The Map of Moments: A Novel of The Hidden Cities by Christopher Golden and Tim Lebbon and post the review at both their blog (or website) *AND* at Amazon will get a free signed copy of the next Hidden Cities boo. Once you've posted your review, send your link(s) to citieshidden@yahoo.com The reviews must be at least one paragraph of at least five sentences. This contest is open to residents of the United States, Canada, and Europe. Must be at least 15 years old to enter.

Golden calls BALTIMORE, or The Steadfast Tin Soldier and the Vampire "the coolest project [he's] ever been involved with." Months after a devastating plague ends World War I, Europe is suddenly flooded with deadly vampires. Lord Henry Baltimore, a soldier determined to wipe out the monsters, is on the hunt for the creature responsible for this chaos and his own personal tragedy. What he uncovers is a terror as horrific and frightening as any he's seen on the battlefield.

Download the Baltimore electronic press kit (EPK) now! Read an excerpt of the book, watch a video interview with the authors, and check out the press release, the cover image, the authors' photos and biographies, and more.

There's more to that story: Dark Horse Comics has published BALTIMORE: The Plague Ships and BALTIMORE: The Curse Bells. Each mini-series is a five-issue arc. Baltimore: The Plague Ships is also available as a graphic novel. Next came BALTIMORE: The Play in November 2012, then BALTIMORE: The Widow and the Tank in February 2013. More Baltimore stories are on the way. Learn more about the Baltimore books and comics.

New Regency has acquired film rights to BALTIMORE. Golden and Mignola will write the screenplay. David Goyer will direct. We will keep you updated as the production moves forward.

The zombies have arrived. Live it up with THE NEW DEAD, an anthology edited by Christopher Golden which includes original short stories from Joe Hill, John Connolly, Max Brooks, Kelley Armstrong, Tad Williams, David Wellington, David Liss, Aimee Bender, Jonathan Maberry, and many others. Publishers Weekly gave it a starred review, saying, "The 19 provocative, haunting, and genuinely unsettling original stories in this zombie anthology move the genre beyond its usual apocalyptic wastelands." Follow that up with 21st CENTURY DEAD, an anthology with an all-new lineup of authors from all corners of the fiction world, shining a dark light on our fascination with tales of death and resurrection...with ZOMBIES!

SOULLESS is a darkly unpleasant story about spirits, life after death, priorities, and zombies. It is an insidious, gruesome bit of work that differs in several vital ways from most zombie stories. It's also an ensemble piece. Soulless was published by MTV Books. Visit the Soulless website.

When Christopher Golden wrote a supernatural thriller called POISON INK, he hadn't seen or read The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants. Now, having viewed the film with his kids, he has taken to saying that Poison Ink is sort of The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants with EVIL. Actually, the only similarity is that both involve a group of girls of very different backgrounds and the way that a brush with magic changes their relationships with one another. In Poison Ink, that brush is decidedly darker and more permanent than a funky pair of jeans. Visit the Poison Ink website.

At last, the Ghosts of Albion role playing game (RPG) is available for download online. Order the book through RPG Now or DriveThruStuff. Want to order it from your favorite local bookstore? Print out this form and ask them to order it for you at the shop! You can also buy a PDF download online via Eden Studios, where you may also download a free demo.

Earthling Publications has released a signed, limited edition of STRANGEWOOD. This edition includes sixteen illustrations by Richard Kirk, an introduction by Graham Joyce, and an afterword by Bentley Little. Even the endpapers are fully illustrated. (See samples of Kirk's illustrations.) The book is Smyth-sewn and bound in leather, and housed in a cloth-covered slipcase. To order the limited edition of the book, visit the Earthling Publications website. To obtain the paperback edition of the book, visit your favorite local bookstore or online shop.

Behind THE VEIL, every captivating myth and fairy tale is true, the vanished exist -- and every fear is founded. The series concludes with The Lost Ones. After the first two ended on cliffhangers, the third act of Oliver Bascombe's story finally plays out. The Two Kingdoms are at war. Make sure you read the series in order: The Myth Hunters, The Borderkind, and The Lost Ones, all of which are available as trade paperbacks and mass market paperbacks. Pick up the free electronic press kits (EPKs) for all three books: The Myth Hunters, The Borderkind, and The Lost Ones.

Meet THE SISTERHOOD, a three-issue series of comics from Christopher Golden, Tom Sniegoski, and Wellington Alves. Find it in your local comic book shop. Learn more.

LISTEN UP, CATCH UP

Listen to LIGHTS OUT on BBC Radio online. The script was written by Christopher Golden and Amber Benson, and the radio play reunites the writers with Jasmine Hyde, the star of Ghosts of Albion.

Dread Central has a free audio book of Christopher Golden reading his short story RUNAWAY.

In honor of AMC's series THE WALKING DEAD, many of the contributors to editor Christopher Golden's THE NEW DEAD from St. Martin's Press got together to talk about zombies and the television show. Read the interview.

Check out Christopher Golden's serial interview at Bildungsroman. Start with Part 1 and keep on reading all the way through Part 13.

Book Banter interviewed Christopher Golden. Download the podcast or simply listen to it online.

Bitten by Books posted an interview and chat with Golden.

Download and listen to his podcasts for Bantam here and here.

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