QUICKLY, TO ME, MY VALIANT READERS
Ahem. Okay. Here’s just a scattershot blast of newsy-bits from yours truly.
A reminder that I’m at a bunch of cool places starting next week, and you can find that list right here. With some additions!
Monday night, I’m hanging at THE END Bookstore in Allentown, PA, from 5-7PM, doing a little pre-launch event for MONSTER MOVIE! There will be prizes and maybe some snacks and a dollop of delight. Deets here. You can also order books from them, and I’ll gladly sign ’em!
Also October 24th I’m going to be at the Bucks County Book Fest fundraiser — “A Taste of Book Fest” — at the Inn at Fox Briar Farm. Deets here.
The rest is the same! Philly with ML Rio! Denver for the Rocky Mountain Gold Conference! Then Chicago, Milwaukee, Madison and Minneapolis with Kevin Hearne and Delilah S. Dawson! And finally, Harrisburg Book Fest, now with CJ Leede, Rich Chizmar and Catriona Ward omg. We’re going to be talking about the mighty legacy of horror’s own royalty, Stephen King.
Come say hi! I might have a few more apple stickers left! Bring me weird apples! Wear cool Wendigian merch! Or don’t! I am not the worm inside your brain that commands you!
It’s me, speaking with the mighty Roger Sutton at The Horn Book!
I got to chat with EXCELLENT WRITER and COOL PAL Kameron Hurley on Get To Work, Hurley. Go check out the podcast. Do it!
I was fortunate enough to be on a digital panel about writing Middle Grade Horror with Justina Ireland, Lora Senf, and Dan SaSuWeh Jones, courtesy of Becky Spratford — check it out here.
Capes and Tights did a nice review for MONSTER MOVIE! which comes out… oh holy crap, this Tuesday. “Not all authors can do what R.L. Stine was able to make his name doing with Goosebumps, but every once in a while a talent writer comes along and gives it a go and man did Wendig do just that.”
(For the record, I think every professional trade review of the book referenced Goosebumps in comparison to MM! so that’s very exciting.)
(And, honestly, an honor.)
The Madison Daily Leader shouted out Black River Orchard:
“The twists and turns in this story and numerous, and to say that fans of ‘this’ or ‘that’ would certainly give spoilers to the story; however, it is safe to say that fans of Stephen King would likely enjoy this book.”
Finally, I am 100% doing apple reviews over at Instagram this year — this time, on reels. OOOH, PIVOT TO VIDEO. Anyway. Go find me on IG.
Don’t forget —
The Staircase in the Woods comes out in April 2025. Pre-order now from Doylestown Bookshop — folks ordering signed, personalized books from there will get a secret message featuring a unique [REDACTED] from yours truly, plus maybe some other neato swag.
Doylestown has a special pre-order page for the book —
OKAY BYE
