{"id":66831,"date":"2026-05-27T08:29:16","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T12:29:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/?p=66831"},"modified":"2026-05-27T08:29:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T12:29:16","slug":"the-calamities-pre-order-for-secret-sinister-delights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/2026\/05\/27\/the-calamities-pre-order-for-secret-sinister-delights\/","title":{"rendered":"The Calamities: Pre-Order For Secret, Sinister Delights"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Why yes<\/em>, fiendish readers, there is<\/em> a pre-order campaign for The Calamities<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As always, if you choose to pre-order The Calamities from my local, The Doylestown Bookshop<\/a>, you will receive some nifty things that you will not receive elsewhere<\/em> — <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Which is to say:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You will get the book, obviously.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I will sign it and<\/em> personalize it, if you choose that path.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I will also assign to you your very own, unique-to-you, demonic progenitor<\/em>, an ancestor from the time of chaos whose infernal blood now fills your own! (This may be inked in the book or on a separate postcard, depending. If so, the postcard will be cool. I promise. And I’ll sign the postcard, too, if that’s the case.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And you’ll get a very cool, very freaky sticker of one of the demons from within the text, drawn by the inimitable Natalie Metzger<\/a>, who did the stickers for Staircase, and who also did all the art for our book, You Can Do Anything, Magic Skeleton<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oh! And this will also be sent directly to you! Er, unless you’re a local who wants to pick it up at the bookstore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pre-order from The Doylestown Bookshop here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let’s see. Are there other little tidbits to talk about, regarding this book?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Probably! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Will there be a tour?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yup. Happening launch week and the week after it — I’m not at liberty to tell you for sure where that tour is going yet, but the theoretical tour takes me from PA to NY to OH to Chicago to Milwaukee. And there might also be a third<\/em> little wing of the tour later on, in October, as I make my way to CanCon in Ottawa<\/a> — but more on that as I have it nailed down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Is there a UK edition?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is! Releasing the same date. Did I ever show you the cover?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I love that cover. I love the US cover. I love both because they each take a very different approach, while still totally giving the proper vibe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Is The Calamities on Netgalley?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It sure is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can find it –> here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Will there be an audio version?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yup. Released same day. They’re working on narrator lists as we speak — when I know more, you’ll know more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why should I pre-order?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pre-ordering books does feel weird, I get that, especially when the book is not one that will have a tectonic, ground-shaking release because it’s the not<\/em> the next in the series of The Heartbroken Dragon Riders Of Shadow’s Wing Of Night series, yeah? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But pre-ordering is good for everybody!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

a) it’s good for the bookstore, because that’s a sale, and they need those to live<\/p>\n\n\n\n

b) it’s good for the publisher, which may not be your primary concern, nor should it be, but that leads to <\/p>\n\n\n\n

c) it’s good for the author because it sends the signal to both the bookstore and the publisher that hey you should carry this author and promote their books<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

d) it’s good for YOU because it makes sure a bookstore has stock, that you’ll get one, and also if you’re like me, you’ll pre-order the book, forget you ever did it, and then magically one day you have a new book<\/em>, a gift from a time-traveling version of you, high-five, Past You<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, please do pre-order the book! If not from my local, then from your own!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Or — from Bookshop.org<\/a>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What else can I do to help you?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

SO KIND OF YOU TO ASK, RHETORICAL PERSON I MADE UP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Listen — just tell folks. Spreading the word about this is the biggest and best and coolest thing to do. (Aside from just mailing me bags of money.) Spreading the word… well, gets the word out, generates buzz, and helps a lot. So! Please share this. Scream it so the heavens and hells can hear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And soon, if the world doesn’t end, you’ll get to meet the fiends…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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